Wow, i actually bounced.

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You hear people talk that kids bounce when they fall off, but i'm yet to see someone actually bounce.. skid/slip/slide/stumble for several ft./yrds.. but not bounce..

Anyway, i was schooling something at work today over the hurdles.. it really can't jump!! it's the most unatural jumper i've ever come across.. anyway! i'm just doing as i'm told.. so off we set, flat out, jump the first one nicely!! see a bit of a long one into the second, and it paddles through it, goes head first towards the ground, and shots me out the front door, and i kid you not i hit the ground so hard, i left it again and bounced like a ball! i must of gone another 1.5ft in the air before hitting the ground again... was a very funny feeling!!!

Sorry, pointless post!
But i've never actually bounced before!! it felt so funny i thought i'd post about it!!!
 
Well done you!!

Does bouncing hurt more than merely being catapulted into the ground??
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haha.. it was so strange.. i hit the ground with a thud, as you do, only to leave the ground again!. i wasn't expecting that
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It did make me chuckle.. untill trainer leged me back up and sent me off to do it again
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yes, i did have one on!

Not sure how i bounced.. must of been the speed!!
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hehe.. not sure i'd want to try it again tho!! i still have a stiff neck

how is the leg anyway?? the sitting trot must be pretty good by now??
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It did make me chuckle.. untill trainer leged me back up and sent me off to do it again
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Did it jump better second time round??
 
not really, as i said it can't actually jump.. i just rode it differently.. ie didn't let it stand off, but got in a little deeper!!
Hmmm, seeing a deep stride at that speed isn't easy!
 
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not really, as i said it can't actually jump.. i just rode it differently.. ie didn't let it stand off, but got in a little deeper!!
Hmmm, seeing a deep stride at that speed isn't easy!

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Hmmm doesnt sound promising- you'd want it to have learnt something from crashing like that!!
 
I'm sure it did.. it's not a case of the horse being thick!! it's not, and it tries its heart out!! one of the most genuine horses i've known in racing.. but it physically can't jump!!!! i've never seen anything like it!!! you'd have to see it to understand what i mean...
i'd watched someone else jump it in the school, and was shitting myself at the thought of jumping it over hurdles!!
 
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Well you must be younger than me then!! Now *that* isn't fair!
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haha, i doubt that.. i'm about to be quite old in Dec
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well, not that old, but old compaired to everyone else in my line of work (racing yards)
 
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MDM, you officially have serious bottle!!

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haha, i think i have more bottle that i give myself credit for.. as i usually think of myself as a bit of a wimp, as my heart will race and i'll try and get out of anything i think looks scary!! (although when i see someone else do it, badly, i'll then want to try and do it better).. so i don't think it's bottle that i've got.. i'm just very competitive!!!
 
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yes, i did have one on!

Not sure how i bounced.. must of been the speed!!
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hehe.. not sure i'd want to try it again tho!! i still have a stiff neck

how is the leg anyway?? the sitting trot must be pretty good by now??
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I think it is like skimming stones on water, the angle and the speed are paramount!
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Is very scary riding rubbish novice hurdlers, I did it when I was 'a lot' younger! Now I am only prepared to 'break' myself on my own horses
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Sorry but PMSL! Need to get someone to take a vid next time me thinks...
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next time??? who said anything about a next time!! I aint letting go of that buggers head again!!
 
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nice one!!!! hopefully not to many bruises tomorrow!!

When my OH had big bike accident years ago, the only way he said he knew he was alive was everytime he bounced on road he went OUCH!!! 5 times in total
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Nice to see the laws of physics working properly - hit the ground at the right angle as a ball shape and you will bounce LOL

Next time, get some pics or vids please
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Nice to see the laws of physics working properly - hit the ground at the right angle as a ball shape and you will bounce LOL

Next time, get some pics or vids please
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hehehe, that sounds so funny, like someone has tested it in a lab!!
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Wasn't on a serface no.. on grass.. dew frozen grass!
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