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Nightmare before Christmas
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dislocated and broke jumping horse jumps on foot....fail
broke collar bone whe horse decided it didnt want a face clip and reared onto me! broke fingers as a kid pulling hoof oil on and horse stepped on them
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broke collar bone whe horse decided it didnt want a face clip and reared onto me! broke fingers as a kid pulling hoof oil on and horse stepped on them
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Littlelegs
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Broken ribs, broken feet, smashed kneecap & a selection of bite scars & bone chips accumulated over the years.
Currently have a rather embarrassing one. I bruise easily & being pale they are always easy to see. I'm also oblivious, so frequently don't notice when they happen. Friend has a new unhandled colt who had a small injury needing cleaning. Gave her a hand holding unhalter broken colt. As a result I have a fine set of teeth mark in my arm with large bruising, & amongst others a very visible bruise the size of a fist from slamming into a wall. Unfortunately the teeth mark look similar to humans, which coupled with the larger one have led to some v funny looks.
Currently have a rather embarrassing one. I bruise easily & being pale they are always easy to see. I'm also oblivious, so frequently don't notice when they happen. Friend has a new unhandled colt who had a small injury needing cleaning. Gave her a hand holding unhalter broken colt. As a result I have a fine set of teeth mark in my arm with large bruising, & amongst others a very visible bruise the size of a fist from slamming into a wall. Unfortunately the teeth mark look similar to humans, which coupled with the larger one have led to some v funny looks.
MrsHutt
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Ooooh! Some of these are making me wince!
I have been lucky and the worst 'on the ground' is a couple of nasty bites (on on the back, where obviously there isn't a lot of spare flesh to nip!)
But my friend was behind her mare, doing her feet when she kicked back and propelled her across the stable, smashing her against the back wall. She kicked her in the face and broke her cheekbone. Ouch!
I have been lucky and the worst 'on the ground' is a couple of nasty bites (on on the back, where obviously there isn't a lot of spare flesh to nip!)
But my friend was behind her mare, doing her feet when she kicked back and propelled her across the stable, smashing her against the back wall. She kicked her in the face and broke her cheekbone. Ouch!
DragonSlayer
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Cracked jaw, lost a tooth, split tongue and MAHOOSIVE lip due to a riding school neddie who liked to throw his head about, and I got in the way of his cheek...! He sent me flying through the air and I landed a few feet away, opened my eyes and I remember a riding school chum looking down with her riding hat on saying '...you OK?'...
I opened my mouth to reveal the blood and tooth as it fell out!
I had to liquidise my food for a month because of the swelling, couldn't open my mouth
It was awful...
...and talking of feet, it was a small pony who broke my foot, swelled to the size of a balloon and couldn't wear a shoe for weeks! It went a lovely shade of black, purple and blue....
I opened my mouth to reveal the blood and tooth as it fell out!
I had to liquidise my food for a month because of the swelling, couldn't open my mouth
It was awful...
...and talking of feet, it was a small pony who broke my foot, swelled to the size of a balloon and couldn't wear a shoe for weeks! It went a lovely shade of black, purple and blue....
TrasaM
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My friend's cob gave me a demo as to why tackling when the opponents feet are off the ground in rugby, is not allowed. I hopped back to get out if his way when he tried to rejoin his field buddies and he flipped me onto my back. It seemed to take a long time before I landed right in my sacrum. It really really hurt. Didn't want to admit how much it hurt at the time as I felt stupid for letting it happen.
I went to my next riding lesson very well pain medicated and had the best riding lesson ever. It was like someone else had taken over my body! Hes also tried biting me when I pick out his feet but was very told off for it. I now rests his muzzle on my back when i do his front's like a reminder. Git!
I went to my next riding lesson very well pain medicated and had the best riding lesson ever. It was like someone else had taken over my body! Hes also tried biting me when I pick out his feet but was very told off for it. I now rests his muzzle on my back when i do his front's like a reminder. Git!
MrsElle
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'Mashed' (in the doctors words!) ankle, and badly bruised shoulder.
Lad had been in during very bad weather, I opened the stable door, slipped, he saw freedom and legged it, trampling me in the process. As I dragged myself up onto my feet using the fence he whizzed past me and bucked. I just managed to move my head out of the way and he got my shoulder instead.
Couple of weeks on crutches (difficult with a damaged shoulder!), and a good year for my ankle to get back to normal.
Lad had been in during very bad weather, I opened the stable door, slipped, he saw freedom and legged it, trampling me in the process. As I dragged myself up onto my feet using the fence he whizzed past me and bucked. I just managed to move my head out of the way and he got my shoulder instead.
Couple of weeks on crutches (difficult with a damaged shoulder!), and a good year for my ankle to get back to normal.
vickyb
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Some of these sound SO painful! I got a broken big toe and mashed/removed toe nail many years ago after being trodden on by a very large hoof. My foot was so swollen I couldn't get a proper shoe on, so I rode with a sandal on that foot for the duration. Nothing was going to stop me getting on board.
Ilovefoals
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So many!!!
Pulled over stable door by my hand by very mean horse. Resulted in lost thumb nail.
Bitten by foal proud mare resulted in lost pinky nail.
Jumped on by 16.2hh mare spooking resulted in lost big toe nail.
Broken foot while trying to get stubborn mare to load.
Bitten on the bum by a riding school pony when I was a kid doing up his girth. That required a tetanus.
And being knocked over in a scuffle trying to get my horse out of the field past a bully of a gelding who then trampled on me and kicked me in the forehead. Found by another livery an hour later sitting outside my mares stable with a huge black and blue lump on my head unable to remember what happened!
Pulled over stable door by my hand by very mean horse. Resulted in lost thumb nail.
Bitten by foal proud mare resulted in lost pinky nail.
Jumped on by 16.2hh mare spooking resulted in lost big toe nail.
Broken foot while trying to get stubborn mare to load.
Bitten on the bum by a riding school pony when I was a kid doing up his girth. That required a tetanus.
And being knocked over in a scuffle trying to get my horse out of the field past a bully of a gelding who then trampled on me and kicked me in the forehead. Found by another livery an hour later sitting outside my mares stable with a huge black and blue lump on my head unable to remember what happened!
cremedemonthe
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Had a few with stroppy or spooky horses knocking me about whilst fitting saddles last one being a stroppy mare who lifted me up and slammed me into the stable door, had a near miss with a T/B once that was grazing happily next to me when horse's ears pricked up and I instinctively knew the horse was going to spook and in my direction. I was about 8 feet away so had little time to react so I dived forwards as I did I felt the horse's chin slide across the top of my head parting my hair and felt his chest slide across my back!
As he passed me he did a huge buck and was off, had I not moved half a ton of spooking T/B would have run right over me.
Other one I remember was a Shire I was standing next to fitting her saddle when she plonked her foot down on mine, that hurt!
After the I always wore steel toecap boots when handling horses or fitting saddles.
Oh and had teeth marks in my bum from youngster turning round and biting me whilst fitting it's saddle, try explaining to your girlfriend how you got teeth marks there!
My experiences pale into insignificance though compared to some of yours!
As he passed me he did a huge buck and was off, had I not moved half a ton of spooking T/B would have run right over me.
Other one I remember was a Shire I was standing next to fitting her saddle when she plonked her foot down on mine, that hurt!
After the I always wore steel toecap boots when handling horses or fitting saddles.
Oh and had teeth marks in my bum from youngster turning round and biting me whilst fitting it's saddle, try explaining to your girlfriend how you got teeth marks there!
My experiences pale into insignificance though compared to some of yours!
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Mariposa
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Worst incident was getting kicked in the face by a foal.
She was only a couple of months old, she was in the stable and I went in to pick up her mum's feedbowl, and the filly just got a shock, and bucked, and got me in the mouth and cheekbone.
She knocked one tooth straight out, it was literally hanging from a scrap of flesh, I somehow pushed it back in, and then had two other chipped teeth. My lip was sliced open, had stitches in that, and the best shiner ever after a few days.
I was so lucky, apart from the teeth, which I had to have root canal surgery on years later and had a few infections, all I have to show for it is a scar on my lip, which only really shows when I get a sun tan!
She was only a couple of months old, she was in the stable and I went in to pick up her mum's feedbowl, and the filly just got a shock, and bucked, and got me in the mouth and cheekbone.
She knocked one tooth straight out, it was literally hanging from a scrap of flesh, I somehow pushed it back in, and then had two other chipped teeth. My lip was sliced open, had stitches in that, and the best shiner ever after a few days.
I was so lucky, apart from the teeth, which I had to have root canal surgery on years later and had a few infections, all I have to show for it is a scar on my lip, which only really shows when I get a sun tan!
fidleyspromise
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The worst was when grooming a show jumper and something spooked him so he whirled, knocked me over, and managed to trod on my calf. He then stood trembling at the back of his stable, where I had to calm him down before hobbling out to find my leg twice the size and quickly changing all sorts of colours from knee to toe! I still have trouble with my leg and if I do too much it collapses under me, and it locks so I can't bend my leg.
There was the day I went to catch a pony and her friends went whizzing off, so she went through me, I fell under her chest and she leaped over me.
There was the day I went to catch a pony and her friends went whizzing off, so she went through me, I fell under her chest and she leaped over me.
YorksG
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My worst was walking the Old Appy mare in hand to a show. The entrance was up an unpaved track, with trailers, boxes etc coming towards us. One range rover.trailer combo was right over on our side of the track, the mare was always somewht wary of tall vehicles, we got past the range rover and the idiot driver set off, with the front of the box coming straight for her, she jumped sideways, shoved me into the hidden ditch and then came down on top of me I watched her front feet, complete with shoes, flash past my face She avoided everywhere but my legs. I then climbed out of the wet ditch 
and walked her home. I was black from ankle to hip for about ten days and couldn't climb upstairs for about three days.
I watched her front feet, complete with shoes, flash past my face She avoided everywhere but my legs. I then climbed out of the wet ditch and walked her home. I was black from ankle to hip for about ten days and couldn't climb upstairs for about three days.