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If she had her own insurance and I was happy that her riding was good enough, yes - only for a few months though - I'd feel uneasy about letting anyone past about 5 months ride tbh.
 
I think so, as long as she was fully aware of the risks, had her own rider insurance, and my horse was trustworthy. Buuut, I would be very worried about the risk of something dreadful happening, and the responsibility I'd feel for that. I would have to think about it very carefully.

Why do you ask?
 
Possibly - If she signed a disclaimer and was fully insured. If she wants to be that foolish that's her look out........
 
I wouldn't either, just because I would be too worried about anything happening. I am just wondering as there are quite a lot of posts about riding while pregnant. What are RS policies, does anyone know?
 
I know lots of people that do and also S.J's and Eventers that competes while pregnant,its their choice to do it,i did not ride when i was pregnant,and long as they sign a disclaimer that my horse would not be responsible in case something happened then i would have no problem with it...anyone can have an accident crossing the road
 
My best mate shares my horse, she is planning for a baby and is going to ride him for as long as she can when she becomes pregnant. However she knows my horse, she has shared him since I bought him 2 years ago. Shes fully aware of the risks and knows what could happen. I am happy for her to do this.

However if it were someone I didnt know, or someone who didnt know my horse then I definatly wouldnt regardless of them having their own insurance or not. I would feel bad enough it someone fell off my horse, nevermind if they lost their baby in the process.
 
I rode when I was pregnant untill the bump got so big it was sitting on the pommel. Infact I sat my stage 3 when 3 months gone and PTT when 8 months gone, it was not a problem back then (17years ago)
Not the case now though, dont think anyone should to take the risk now, we are now a society of litigation and that risk is way to high.
I have very strong feelings about this kind of subject, so much so that if a person is not going to be fully covered by either my insurance, their own insurance or the yards insurance they are not allowed to handle my horse, even though he is very well behaved.
 
im 5 and a half months pregnant and still ride 2 friends horses plus take rides out in the riding school, have my own insurance though! dont ride my own pony coz he's a baby and going through silly mode at the moment!
 
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Possibly - If she signed a disclaimer and was fully insured. If she wants to be that foolish that's her look out........

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I agree. Woudl only let them ride knowing that if something happened they were aware of the risks and that I wouldn't be to blame. Still would be a bit uneasy about letting a pregnant woman ride my horse when she was a bit larger. (5 - 6 months ish)
 
There will always be different views and circumstances by my view is NO.

Babies are to precious especially unborn babies and even though you may have the quietest horse, they are entitled to there off days to.
 
Tricky. While I'm not sure it would be entirely sensible of them, I hate our obsession with Health & Safety and believe individuals should be allowed to make their own choices. If they were a capable rider, knew my horse's funny little ways and were prepared to take full responsibility for their own actions I think I would probably let them make the decision about whether they rode or not.
 
Yes from their point of view, it is their choice. Not once they got past a certain weight/size etc as I believe it can have an effect on balance etc, and wouldnt want my horse ridden by someone not quite in balance
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would depend completely on my horse and the stage of her pregnancy. TBH i would not feel comfortable letting her ride if she was less that 5 months.
 
No way, not if it's your horse, no matter how good your horse may be, no matter how good/loyal your friend is, it only takes the once for your horse to do something out of character and her to fall badly and loose her baby.

We take risks letting friends ride our horses anyway so do I but when an unborn is involved we should draw the line I think. You owe it to your friend to make sure she's safe which means no riding...specially on your horse.

Just my view though.
 
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Tricky. While I'm not sure it would be entirely sensible of them, I hate our obsession with Health & Safety and believe individuals should be allowed to make their own choices.

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I agree. However with the way litigation goes then I would say no - to protect me, not the pregnant lady!!
 
No, I didn't ride when I was pregnant and I wouldn't let anyone else ride my horses if they were pregnant. It's just too risky, if anything happened, I couldn't handle the guilt.
 
Exactly how I feel. I may come across as more than a little anul over who does what to my horse, but its to protect me more than others. I also would refuse to teach someone who was pregnant now, where 20 years ago I would not have thought about it being a problem, if they were comfortable and balanced.
Just my thoughts and views.
 
No, I had this arguement many years ago when my sister who was riding my horse fell pregnant. She argued it was her decision, I said ""yes to ride, but not your decision to do so on my horse"! I felt I didn't want that responsibility on my head or my horse's as I know if something had happened, it would have made me feel dreadful and my horse would have probably got the blame by my family.
 
I don't think I would have any reason to feel guilty if someone, knowing my horse, made the decision to ride him when they were pregnant. They are responsible for their actions, not me.
I would be more worried about the threat of litigation if anything happened.
 
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