riding hats and horse-driving

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hi,
got an idea to break a horse to harness. young horse and i am new to horse driving, well done a little was a teenager. . any way. what i really want to know is, back then didnt wear riding hats. i notice in competitions its a given to wear riding hats, just wondering any horse drivers wear them just out and about in their exercise cart round thier villages etc. and just wondering any recomendations for hats.
 
Never when driving.

I have had a couple of nasty moments driving, including the classic 'bolting horse jumps fence' :O
Hat wouldn't have helped.
 
Here I will confess I don't always wear a hat driving but I usually do ( Ayr 8 because it's nice and cool) if I am trotting in circles in the schooling paddock I often don't.
The backstepper must always wear a hat .
If you where to tip the carriage a hat could save your head
 
I always wear a hat when driving as does OH who backsteps for me. Cant really understand why people wouldnt to be honest.
 
YES we ALWAYS wear riding hats on the carriage - both driver and groom - not just for competitions, even just for a pootle down the lane. Like benson21 I don't understand why people don't... but then I don't understand when people ride without them either and I know a lot of people who do!
 
I always wear a hat now when driving. I learned the hard way, trotting along one evening,quiet rural single track road, two large dogs came flying out of the driveway of a house and attacked my pony she bolted with dogs snapping at her legs and started bucking as well, cart half turned over I fell out but got leg stuck and was dragged along for a while. suffered cuts and bruises and a right shiner. I was lucky, I would now never drive without one.
 
Always wear a hat, like Katastrophy kat, from harness up to unhitching. A young girl was killed in a competition here in a freak accident when her vehicle turned over. The hat wouldn't necessarily have stopped her from getting injured but surely it would have diminished her head injuries. A tragedy for all concerned so not wearing a hat is rather selfish really isn't it?
 
daughter's groom said:
Always wear a hat, like Katastrophy kat, from harness up to unhitching. A young girl was killed in a competition here in a freak accident when her vehicle turned over. The hat wouldn't necessarily have stopped her from getting injured but surely it would have diminished her head injuries. A tragedy for all concerned so not wearing a hat is rather selfish really isn't it?
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I love this argument. How 'selfish' to risk our lives by horse riding at all. Particularly those of us who have children. What are we thinking?
I'll stay in bed tomorrow - much safer.
 
I hate it when people play the selfish card there's no end to it.
Eat butter selfish ,
Drink wine , smoke ,don't walk 10000 steps a day selfish( so no bed for you penny turner )
Climb trees , mountains ,swin across seas selfish selfish selfish .
Some of mans greatest achievements where made using a fair degree of selfishness .

However I do think it makes sense to wear a hat.
 
Personal opinions aside and back to original question.

Most of the time i wear a hard hat, but not always ! It would be very hipocritcal of me to preach about wearing a hat whether on the road or otherwise, as for showing i dont, and that includes road drives !

I have a beagler for in hand showing that i usually wear but have just bought myself a Just Togs one with harness as i feel very aware of not having a secure hat
 
pennyturner said:
I love this argument. How 'selfish' to risk our lives by horse riding at all. Particularly those of us who have children. What are we thinking?
I'll stay in bed tomorrow - much safer.
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Haha that sounds just like my dear non-horsey mother, she hates that both me and my daughter participate in such a reckless and dangerous activity. Even though we do wear hats, always (apart from when daughter forgets to put it on and I have to chase her :O ) Seriously though...it's a case of reducing the risk and hats for driver and groom make sense since you are a vulnerable road user.
 
Not something I tend to do,but I do recommend wearing one.(I am a hypocrite here).
I took a tumble from a carriage and hit on a tree, knocking myself out for two minutes.
 
Almost always- both driver and groom. Don't want to say always as there would be times when based on risk assessment I'd hop on the back of a carriage without a hat. However, in general in driving things go wrong less often but when they do its more serious and you'd want a hat!
 
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