After seeing a few recent videos posted through bad_riding a thought struck me. Some of these riders could have saved themselves (and their horses) a lot of grief had they just gotten off rather than tried to cling on desperately in a situation that was not going to get better any time soon ( Read more... )

I took my horse to a hunter pace in Myles Standish State Forest (in South Carver for the Massachusetts folks on here) yesterday, and wore my GoPro. My teammate and I had a fantastic time and got some great videos. I thought I'd share this gem of a clip with you though :)

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We still managed to finish in second place!

 Yesterday, I got thrown from a horse for the first time.

I was thrown face-first (I was wearing a helmet, of course) into a metal fence. I am bruised and scraped, and my knee is smashed up but not broken. I'm going back today to ride my regular horse, to be sure I'm not afraid or nervous.

Anyone care to share their first fall stories??

Just dropping in to say THANK GOD FOR HELMETS ( Read more... )

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I did not realize how attached I became to the horses I take care of for a couple near me until I became unable to go there. I started to reply to lyoness's post about sense of humor, and then I started to ball because I miss all of those horses, even Duncan, who is a bit special ( Read more... )

I was riding a thoroughbred mare today for the first time (and this was a riding school mare, FYI and I'm a novice but clue #1 she was spooky was she was being ridden in a standing martingale.) First she spooked at a yellow part of a jump and I stayed on, but then coming past it again she bucked me off. It was a relatively soft fall but I didn't ( Read more... )

Without getting much in to the backstory of why I'm asking, I was wondering if anyone in the community has ever used a sports psychologist, what they did to help you overcome whatever issue was going on, and if you felt they were worth the time and money ( Read more... )

Hi Folks,

Greetings from warm Louisiana. I have my AC running and the temps will probably top out above 80F before the end of the week. I have a question for you. Have any of you fallen and not remember what happened? How did you feel when you got to ride again?

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Hi,
So I have posted here a handful of times and lurk pretty much daily. I posted back in September about a work-for-lease on a QH mare and thought it was time for an update and to get a little advice. And post pictures!

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