Hullabaloo
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We had a bit of a drama on christmas eve. I took one of the kids from the yard out hacking with me. She's a good rider and her pony is very sensible and I rode my friends sensible cob. We had a lovely ride but on the way back, coming down a steep, narrow track her pony fell over and she was caught underneath. When the pony got to her feet the girl couldn't get up and her leg looked to be at a bit of an odd angle. I got off and got hold of her pony but I couldn't deal with 2 horses and look at her injury. Also where the track was narrow she was in danger of being trampled. I had to let the horses go so I could see to her injuries. They both headed off down the track and I felt terrible as it wasn't even my horse. Eventually I managed to get her up and I rang her mum to let her know what had happened. Thankfully nothing was broken, but she has a badly swollen knee. She was very brave and hobbled down the rest of the track, although it must have hurt like hell. All the way down I was trying to be calm and reassuring but panicing like mad about my friend's horse being loose. Thankfully when we got to the bottom her mum was waiting with the pony and the horse had been caught in someone's drive.
My friend who was very understanding and said not to worry as I'd done what I thought was best and he was none the worse for his adventure. I still feel bad about letting him go and still keep going over and over whether I could do anything differently.
Then yesterday one of the other liveries came down. She's notorious for stirring things and had been in the thick of it as she had helped hold my friends horse when he was caught. She told her he'd galloped round the village, (even though he turned up a drive at the bottom of the bridleway), had wrecked someone's lawn, been a nightmare to handle (well he was probably a bit anxious), everyone was saying what a pain he was and her husband and ahis mates were joking about getting their guns for a bit of target practice. Her whole attitude really upset my friend and by the time she's finished she managed to make me feel even worse than I did already. She also commented that the track we were on (which we use regularly) was lethal, and that I seem to have a habit of letting horses loose in the village (my horse got loose once, about 2 years ago when I fell off).
Why do some people just not know when to keep out of things?
Anyway, well done if you've got this far. Think I just had to get it off my chest!
My friend who was very understanding and said not to worry as I'd done what I thought was best and he was none the worse for his adventure. I still feel bad about letting him go and still keep going over and over whether I could do anything differently.
Then yesterday one of the other liveries came down. She's notorious for stirring things and had been in the thick of it as she had helped hold my friends horse when he was caught. She told her he'd galloped round the village, (even though he turned up a drive at the bottom of the bridleway), had wrecked someone's lawn, been a nightmare to handle (well he was probably a bit anxious), everyone was saying what a pain he was and her husband and ahis mates were joking about getting their guns for a bit of target practice. Her whole attitude really upset my friend and by the time she's finished she managed to make me feel even worse than I did already. She also commented that the track we were on (which we use regularly) was lethal, and that I seem to have a habit of letting horses loose in the village (my horse got loose once, about 2 years ago when I fell off).
Why do some people just not know when to keep out of things?
Anyway, well done if you've got this far. Think I just had to get it off my chest!
