News story about rider kicked in the head after a fall

Yes but D_D you don't like it when people "gang up" and comment on other aspects of your life either - you may feel like it's justified because of this risks of injury, but it's not actually helping, is it? How much more constructive might it be to say something helpful like:

"how about trying a neckstrap to help her bareback - I use one pretty much all the time so I never accidentally catch mine in the mouth"

rather than:

"it's awful she's ragging that horse around, can't balance and keeps tugging on its mouth :mad: "

Not that you said that, I'm just talking hypothetically.
 
Nah said:
I agree with you 100%.
I would rather upload a video of me falling off, or doing a big jump, than when I taught Ned to leg yield, or practicing 20m circles. It's just not interesting to watch! Doesn't mean I don't do it though.

The rear on the road looks like an accident, not a command. The commanded rears look much more under control and the one on the road looked like the horse taking the pee!

And riding without a hat? I really really hate seeing it, but I'm guilty of taking my hat off (at a VERY steady walk and standing still) for a photoshoot or two. However I would advise Rosie to wear hers more often. I know several girls her age who ride without one and it makes me cringe.
I hate seeing threads go this way.
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I'd just like to say the Grey horse that reared.... He was not taught to rear on command at all... He did it naughtily on the road! He did it several times!
Ad you're right My red bay horse was taught to rear on command because he basicly reared onto a postmans bonet! I may not have his rearing under complete control but now I have it under better control. All I want to say now is.... Everybody is just commenting on my 'fail' videos, nobody seems to even watch any of my other videos where I am actually just cantering/jumping. So I don't think you should be judging me as a rider or even judging my horses before you see any of the other videos!:) And I'd just like to say thank you to the above people who did'nt jump to conclusions like everybody else!
 
Ummm... Wow! Well that escalated quickly! (OK over a few days not clicked on the thread until tonight!)

Think I'll refrain from commenting on this one in a public forum ta very much ;)
 
"As for riding on frosty ground, seems a bit insane for comments against it as a lot turn out on it but each to their own."

I ride on it - often bareback too :D So I don't "get" those comments at all. I moderate what I do on it, but I'd rather jump on it than on some surfaces which are commonly considered totally acceptable, so perhaps my beliefs are someone out of step with the ordinary!
 
Delicious_D said:
I wouldnt personally jump on it, but then, i dont jump and the reason i wouldnt jump is my own leg not the horse :) Your poor pony is abused JFTD so you do have some nerve commenting on here. :mad:


:p ;)
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Very very true. I even have a photo album on facebook entitled "Pony abuse" because I do so much of it. 'tis a hard life for a highland :D
 
WelshGirl said:
yes the police. and probab;y much much much younger than her
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Police who are much, much younger than the girl in the video? I'm a bit lost here, I'm not sure what the police are going to do - or why!

WelshGirl, many many people on here have expressed CONCERN about the safety and well-being of your friend. Hopefully she might take some of the comments as a suggestion that she reviews her approach to safety. Not for the people here, but for herself, her pony and her family.
 
That looks like a horse at the end of it's tether. I do believe that kick was deliberate, I have seen how specific horses can be with their teeth and feet, whether they make contact or not, I no longer believe a horses accidentally kicks and makes contact. I don't believe there was malice, if that horse wanted to seriously damage or kill the girl he could have done it before the camera person got there. I *think* he was frustrated.
I always use a neckstrap when riding bareback and when riding green/young horses, I see it as a seat belt, I probably don't need it 90% of the time but when I have needed it it has been invaluable, perhaps Rosie should use a neckstrap from now on, and if she wishes to continue to ride bareback get a friend to give her some seat lessons on the lunge. Or an instructor.
 
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As soon as I saw the word 'police' I heard a distant clanging, I realised it was my ovaries when I started fantasising about being frisked over a large powerful police car for posting on a forum, damn..
 
hahaha !! No he may discover that being with a sane woman is much more fun for him, so i wouldn't risk it......but I can recommend a few websites ;)

I met my hubs when I called him out to help with a cruelty case, when I was in the RSPCA. We bonded over pinworms - he held the tail to one side, i took the photos, he arrested the owner, I asked the questions, and that was it.
 
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