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Emergency dismounts

7K views 34 replies 22 participants last post by  HollyBubbles 
#1 ·
I had never encountered this idea til I moved to the US, it's very possible it exists in the UK but I was not familiar with it.

Personally I think it is not a good idea, unless you are 1'' from a brick wall. I feel that you should be riding your horse and trying to control it and minimize the damage at all times. If you are in a situation where there is little you can do, I think you can still do something to prevent injury to your horse.

What's your thoughts?
 
#34 ·
Haha ohh dear, did you get the feeling of "that's a long way down" ?
I did when I come off Mitchell, my thoughts were "why did I buy such big horse, and man that's a long way"... THUD
LOL haven't we all at one time? I used to feel that way everytime I was on the mounting block and had to get on :lol:! And a lot of times on the "almost-falls"! I also love it when I critique the place I think I'm going to fall, have you ever done that? xD
 
#35 ·
I think the mahority of us would have, its only now that i have a bigger horse that I have time to think before I eat dirt.

Yes I've done that too:lol:, happened to be a nice soft-looking (boy was I wrong) green patch of grass, that had a nice big fresh pile of manure in the middle which is exactly where I landed *HeadDesk.
So needless to say I got back on that horse covered in his own manure:oops:.
 
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