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Sorry having an insomniac moment which has got thoughtful now
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and some of the recent posts have got me thinking
I have had quite a horse related, accident prone year what with one thing and another
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Whilst remembering lying on the ground for the last time thinking 'what the bloody hell happened there
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?' I decided it was all too scarey for me, retired the arthritic TB who probably could do with gentle exercise but TBH I don't have that much of a death wish (bit selfish I know but trust me no-one else is gonna want the psychotic beast
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) and now being very careful what situations I put my other beastie and myself in.
Just an age thing, do you think?
Or a 'that was just a tad too close for comfort' and now I'm not gonna risk it thing?
Do you all avoid certain situations now that you are older? Or am I just a wimp?
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I can give you two answers to this. Not because of any mental state on my part, but because my OH has become 'risk averse' resulting from a nasty fall. She has many years experience as a rider, and although she's never been a regular competitor, she has done all the PC games, and bonkers gallops through woods, and jumping stuff at a gallop bareback downhill in the rain stuff that young confident / innocent riders do. Her fall was at an UA jumping comp locally, and she was lucky to walk away uninjured, but the very loud 'CRACK' she heard from her neck (she fell onto her neck / head), really put the willy's up her, and she is now much more considered about jumps.

I am the same age as my OH, and have ridden motor bikes since I was 14. I have hillclimbed them and ridden trials, I have raced cars and also been heavily involved in the Martial Arts since I was in my 20's. I am still happy, after numerous crashes and injuries, to put myself in harms way and I am currently learning to jump, and taking the occasional tumble.

I believe people react to accidents differently. In VERY general terms (as there are many degrees of reaction) you either take fright and decide not to do THAT again (much as our horses do), or you shrug it of as an occupational hazard and carry on.

In MA terms, there is more to be learned from being put on your backside than there is from a success, but then I don't ride a 17 hh horse, so I don't have too far to fall
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I think it just hurts alot more when you are older... I bruise more and hobble for a few days wheras when I was younger I just seemed to bounce!

It really affected me and I didn't really want to jump (doesn't help that April is a catleaping loon of a jumper)

I have been trying to get more flexible as I think that's the key. Have been working on vaulting, riding bareback and doing all the sort of nonsense I did when younger.
Is working a bit as I fell off twice last month when jumping but I wasn't as crippled as when I fell off last summer
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It's also helping psychologically as I am much braver jumping now.

We are all mad really!!
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yes as ive got older i think about everything very carefully and asess every situation before going in head first,also whilst out riding i notice things ahead and brace myself for every eventuality !!!! god how boring have i become,when i was younger i could do anything on my horses but now even though i have a very good horse,when out hacking i get a little nervous,plus nobody has any respect on the roads anymore so that doesnt help !!!
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i am much more careful cos i have a child and if i am out of action there is no one to look after him, simple!
 
As you become older you become more aware of the risks, and the pain!
 
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