Wagtail
Horse servant
Most people including myself, do not wear a body protector for flatwork schooling in an arena. However, all that has changed since Monday, when one of my liveries had a nasty accident whilst schooling her horse. For reasons we are unsure of at present, he took off with her around the arena at a flat out gallop and headed straight for the fence. She could not stop him or turn him. But he slammed on the brakes at the last minute sending her flying onto the top of the fence, where she hit it with her back at high speed. Poor thing has been in hospital for 3 days now. Thankfully she is all right but very hurt. Virtually all her injuries would have been prevented had she worn her body protector.
I know they can feel cumbersome, but you do get used to them after some time. From now on, I will always wear mine, even when schooling a well behaved horse.
I know they can feel cumbersome, but you do get used to them after some time. From now on, I will always wear mine, even when schooling a well behaved horse.