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what was your worst horse fall? what horse were u riding? what were u doing (jumping, cross country, dressage, ect...)? how did u fall? did u get any serious injury's? did your horse get hurt?

Oh, i got two!

1.) it was during a lesson on this gelding Sky, i rode this horse before and he was fantastic. I was going to lease him. But this time he was being a little snot and couldn't handle being outside so we went inside. We were doing..eh, OK, but i was just about to ask him to canter and we were at a stand still and we EXPLODED and before i knew it I tumbled over the side of he shoulder...and into the wall xP. I re-sprained my ankle that day. Never did lease him.

2.) This on was on my horse, Cookie. While waiting to use the round pen(the only ring i have) my dad said well, why don't you take a walk on the trail. So i went a little bit in the trail, and the first part of the trail is very narrow, just enough room to squeeze on it, because we had to carve it outourselfs becasue the real trail was more in the woods on landlocked property. i went a little bit then just turned her around to go bakc, but she was like no!!! i dun wanna! so we started to "fly away home" weaving through the trees, oh yeah i was bareback and was just using my hackamore and there was no room at all to do an emergency stop, we would probably get really hurt. she was buckin' rearin' (no i'm not southern haha, nor am i making fun of them) and i was doing on ok gob of staying on, untill the last 3 yards of the end of the trail and the opeing to our land, i slipped oiff her shouldber becasue i couldn't hold on anymore, and i fell off her, the only fall off her....yet. It was very scary for me! And i just hoped on her, i didn't do any games or warm ups...bad me >.>

My worst fall was when I had my riding accident.
I was galloping through the woods,a pretty normal practice,up a hil.One minute I was heading up the hill with my mate beside me the next I veered off to the left while clinging onto the side of my saddle.
The next thing I remmeber was hitting the ground and seeing my horses feet go past my head as she rolled.

Phantom ( my horse that I was on) and I had fallen down a 3-4 ft bank into an area that had recently been tree felled.
Sadly Phantom shatterd her shoulder and had to be put down.It was the saddedst moment ever and the most shocking.To have a happy healthy horse when I left the stables to going back without one was a real blow.
I survived (obviously) luckily I had fallen off just before she had rolled and on the opposite side to the one she had gone down on,I am sure if I had falen off of the right side I would most certainly have been crushed to death.
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Edit : The horse that I own now ,Bryer, is Phantom's daughter 3nodding

The most stupid one was when I was learning to ride, I was on this tiiinnyy welsh x called Ted, we were trotting round the corner, with stirrups and everything and I just... slipped off. It was pretty funny actually, and to this day I don't know how I managed it xD

Another weird one was when I was riding this lovely roan called Rocky, and he just tripped and fell onto his knees and I rolled off over his head o_o;
He was a bizarre horse, and it was probably good we were in the sand school and not on the road or anything Dx

I've never had any bad falls *touch wood*. My sister got thrown into a jumping wing though once, and they thought she'd fractured a vertebrae in her neck. Turned out to be just a pulled muscle, but it was still pretty scary.

I've never had any super-bad falls, although I've had a couple scary ones.

Like the time I was riding my Shetland pony, Pony, bareback and she spooked at a lawnmower. Falling off wasn't scary, but her almost running over me was.

Then there were those few times I fell off my Welsh pony Dominique and got the air knocked out of me. I know this happens to everybody at some point, but it scared me to death the first time!

Scariest for me (and still not TOO bad lol) was when my horse was cantering in the arena and he fell down when we went around a corner. It was awful timing--he had never been willing to canter in corners, always cutting off the ends of the arena, and when he finally followed the rail, he fell. Needless to say he still hates corners.

I think probably the worst fall I've had in terms of physical after-effects would be one last summer off of our horse Rusty, who we'd raised from a baby but never really done anything with (and who I'm just now starting to work with, now that he's almost 10). I attempted an emergency dismount but landed kinda on my hip, and I've had back and neck problems for almost a year now because of it.

Frankly I think my most terrifying experiences have been when I stayed ON the horse, lol! xd

I havent fallen off in over... a year and a half maybe? it sucks!! i never knock on wood when i say that cause i barely remember what its like. i need to fall off sometime soon to get me ridin back in order.

i havent ever had really terrifying falls, ive just gotten the wind knocked out of me like fifty times.

the most terrifying times for me are when i get bucked around and barely stay on. one time i was walking out and the horse i was riding started bucking around cause he spooked at something. ...i was drinking a mountain dew (which i had to aggressively clean off my saddle), holding my reins loose with one hand, and no stirrups... i was so scared because no one was watching, lol. for some reason, when a horse freaks out on me, no one's in the ring. and they're perfect when like everyones watching. sweatdrop

my friends have had some pretty scary falls. one of them almost fell into a liverpool, one was hanging on to the neck at a full gallop but magically climbed back up >.> one banged her head into a standard and got a concussion... lordy. lol!

My worst fall...

My worst fall was when I fell in love with shay. LOL! My parent's bank account has never been the same (okay so that's not entirely Shay's fault).

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I'll think about it and post it later =P