View Full Version : fell off...
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 12:47 PM
a horse...gonna stick with bikes methinks:rolleyes:
Monday morning - landed on my lower back, couldnt move - screamed a lot -gas and air made me swear and talk rubbish apparently ;) - 6 hours at the hospital - nothing broken thank god! still in agony but normal service very slowly resuming :( :)
plowsie
06-02-08, 12:51 PM
Sorry to hear of your off, hope the bikes ok :rolleyes:
mrs mousetrapper
06-02-08, 12:52 PM
Ouch! You have my sympathy having fallen off a large horse a few years ago, come to think of it I think it hurt more than coming off the bike last year - although I had a better scar from the bike!! ;)
Further to fall too....ouch GWS.
Tim in Belgium
06-02-08, 12:56 PM
GWS, fell off my mountain bike a few times in the snow at the weekend and that hurt, falling from a horse is a fair height to fall from.
Were you jumping, the horse spook, or just one of those random falls?
dirtydog
06-02-08, 12:56 PM
ouch hope you're feeling better soon
I knew i was right to not like horses, never ride something that has a mind of it's own!!
Pedro68
06-02-08, 12:59 PM
Oooh, hope managed to lift the horse back up on your own ;-)
Sorry to hear about the off ... GWS :grouphug:
Fizzy Fish
06-02-08, 01:02 PM
ouch GWS!
I've just booked to go riding on Sunday and am getting nervous now! maybe i should ask for a small one - not so far to fall... :lol:
:eek: Ouch!! I only ever came off a horse once and that REALLY SMEGGING HURT for days after... and I was a kid and they heal faster....
Hope you feel better soon!
:(
owwww i know exactly how that feels-think ive fell off more horses than i have bikes! gws huni x
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 01:57 PM
Sorry to hear of your off, hope the bikes ok :rolleyes:
hehe - safe and sound in the shed;)
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 02:07 PM
GWS, fell off my mountain bike a few times in the snow at the weekend and that hurt, falling from a horse is a fair height to fall from.
Were you jumping, the horse spook, or just one of those random falls?
yup...my friends horse is almost 17 hands so a loooong way down and more time to think "oh **** this is gonna really hurt!
I dont ride very often these days but have ridden her quite a few times before...and I am used to her little quirks but not sure what happened really - I was schooling in the arena - transition from canter down to trot, she suddenly stuck her head in the air and started leaping about - not bucking - more of a sort of Zebedee thing which she does do occasionally - I tried to push her through it which normally resolves it but she suddenly shot sideways while I was up in the air already and I "went out the window" :rolleyes: :(
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 02:08 PM
ouch hope you're feeling better soon
I knew i was right to not like horses, never ride something that has a mind of it's own!!
Im tending to agree! - fallen off horses more times than i care to remember:rolleyes:
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 02:09 PM
Oooh, hope managed to lift the horse back up on your own ;-)
Sorry to hear about the off ... GWS :grouphug:
lol! she just stood there looking at me!:laughat:
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 02:10 PM
ouch GWS!
I've just booked to go riding on Sunday and am getting nervous now! maybe i should ask for a small one - not so far to fall... :lol:
dont worry - good idea to wear a body protector though - I never have done! but maybe will invest in one now!
Dicky Ticker
06-02-08, 02:26 PM
I suppose 17 hands can be rgarded as a "Highside" i'll be round your way in a minute
Sorry to hear of your off, hope the bikes ok :rolleyes:
Err... :laughat:Good to see you read the article!
EPIC FAIL.
plowsie
06-02-08, 03:22 PM
Err... :laughat:Good to see you read the article!
EPIC FAIL.
Good to see you read humour well :laughat:
;)
missyburd
06-02-08, 05:34 PM
yup...my friends horse is almost 17 hands so a loooong way down and more time to think "oh **** this is gonna really hurt!
I dont ride very often these days but have ridden her quite a few times before...and I am used to her little quirks but not sure what happened really - I was schooling in the arena - transition from canter down to trot, she suddenly stuck her head in the air and started leaping about - not bucking - more of a sort of Zebedee thing which she does do occasionally - I tried to push her through it which normally resolves it but she suddenly shot sideways while I was up in the air already and I "went out the window" :rolleyes: :(
Ouch!!! Glad to hear nothing's broken especially from that height :shock:
I want to take up riding again, thinking of going on a hack when the weather's warmer. Only ever had the one lesson though and that was a fair while ago. They put me on 16.2 called Gus, he was absolutely lovely but seemed a giant to an 11 year old! Wish lessons weren't so dear these days, I'd love to do it more :rolleyes:
yorkie_chris
06-02-08, 05:37 PM
See what you get utilising transport without an engine :rolleyes:
Glad there's nowt badly hurt.
yup...my friends horse is almost 17 hands so a loooong way down and more time to think "oh **** this is gonna really hurt!
I dont ride very often these days but have ridden her quite a few times before...and I am used to her little quirks but not sure what happened really - I was schooling in the arena - transition from canter down to trot, she suddenly stuck her head in the air and started leaping about - not bucking - more of a sort of Zebedee thing which she does do occasionally - I tried to push her through it which normally resolves it but she suddenly shot sideways while I was up in the air already and I "went out the window" :rolleyes: :(
At least I wasn't there to vido it happening!
They've now OK'd me to ride at Uni, but my session is the first one so once I've untacked I make it back round to the school and video everyone else. Beforehand I was videoing all the sessions, so at least those on mine now get let off...
... though I'm definately going to have enough material to put together my own 'gag' reel' for the end of the year! :twisted:
17 hands is slightly on the big side, no wonder you're feeling a bit the worse for wear:(
I've fallen off horses and fallen with horses more times than I care to remember. Right collarbone broken three times, left collarbone broken twice, coccyx broken once:rolleyes:
Still love the brutes though:D
glad no bones broken and only a bruised ego.
Horses are bigger than me with 2 more legs therefore they Scare me.
were you wearing back protector?
Badum tisch!
GWS!!!
gas and air made me swear and talk rubbish apparently ;)
Ahh the good old gas and air, its what i had when i had me accident in sept-just made really sleepy/feel drunk and made my voice go all husky/deep LOL.
I tried to push her through it which normally resolves it but she suddenly shot sideways while I was up in the air already and I "went out the window" :rolleyes: :(
B**ger exit stage left... :(
Good to hear you've not done yourself too much injury.
Hope you're up and about soon.
:grouphug:
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 08:03 PM
:eek: Ouch!! I only ever came off a horse once and that REALLY SMEGGING HURT for days after... and I was a kid and they heal faster....
Hope you feel better soon!
:(
yeah it definately hurts more the older you get!:smt089
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 08:08 PM
owwww i know exactly how that feels-think ive fell off more horses than i have bikes! gws huni x
Why do we do these things?! at my age I should be knitting :lol:
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 08:13 PM
I suppose 17 hands can be rgarded as a "Highside" i'll be round your way in a minute
thanks for the visit DT - youre lucky I didnt get you doing all the housework :lol:
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 08:21 PM
They've now OK'd me to ride at Uni,
thats good news K, enjoy...and no falling off!;)
I can actually honestly say I've only even come off once - but I was about 9 and sneakily nipping over the fence to ride a young chestnut over the other side of the village from my house :twisted:...
... so it was unbroken and I had neither saddle or bridle... but it was fine until some rabbit bolted out of a hedge under his feet. :roll:
I can actually honestly say I've only even come off once - but I was about 9 and sneakily nipping over the fence to ride a young chestnut over the other side of the village from my house :twisted:...
... so it was unbroken and I had neither saddle or bridle... but it was fine until some rabbit bolted out of a hedge under his feet. :roll:
btw: when arewe getting the vids/pics of all the pretty uni girls in Jodhpurs & riding boots....?
btw: when arewe getting the vids/pics of all the pretty uni girls in Jodhpurs & riding boots....?
I'm not the kiss and tell type. ;)
vBulletin® , Copyright ©2000-2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.