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[evixtus]

I can NOT express enough how important helmets are when you’re riding your horse. Even if you’re just getting on in the pasture, WEAR A HELMET. Because today I went to the hospital for the first time in the past 13 years I’ve been riding. And this was nobody’s fault. It was a pure accident.

Lucky and I (my gelding) were loping around the roundpen when he slipped, first his back hoof and then his front. The inertia of forward movement slipped to me falling sideways. He didn’t get hurt, just me. My foot got stuck in the stirrup and I barely managed to get it out before I hit the ground with my right shoulder and slid across the dirt. I don’t remember falling off, I don’t remember crying, I don’t remember freaking out to see if he was okay, and I don’t remember calling my mom to tell her what had happened. All I remember is using one of the fence panels to haul myself up, and cuing him to lope.

My helmet is cracked, along with the styrofoam interior in three places. My amazing great aunt and grandmother drove me to the hospital where I got the best care I could’ve received for such an accident. I got a CATscan, and they took X-Rays of my right shoulder and ribs. All I left with was a mild concussion, and a shoulder contusion.

If I hadn’t been wearing my helmet, my concussion would’ve been severe or I would’ve cracked my head open. The easiest thing to say is that this helmet saved my life. I am so thankful for this helmet, and I am thankful for such an amazing horse who came to check on me after I came off. I am thankful for the family members that were there to take care of me, and I am thankful for whatever superior being there is in this world to let me continue my riding career.

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@lynn

orion would have a very different life compared to the fillies. titan is very relaxed with
how the girls are raised but colts? he's strict. he expects them to grow up how he did
essentially. they're raised to be tough, he doesn't show affection with them and even
expects the mares to back off once the colt's done nursing tbh. he knows stallions have
it rough so he raises them to be able to handle it

@evi,

i'm so sorry to hear that happened! i'm happy to hear that it was the best possible
outcome though and that you'll be okay!

[cheshire.]

Mazi and Titan are going to argue for sure over Orion. She’s so protective.

I saw your post on FB Evi, you’re so lucky. That could’ve ended terribly. I only ride without a helmet when I’m doing western.

[evixtus]

@chesh: tbh sometimes I forget that you’re friends with me on FB. XD I’ve only ridden without a helmet once, and I loved how it felt when the breeze was going through my hair, but I don’t think I’m every going to ride without a helmet again. (Sorry if any of the spelling or grammar is messed up. This concussion is really giving me a ride xc) I’m honestly just glad that my gelding is alright and tbh I love him even more after this accident.

My aunt and grandma said that after he slipped he tried to get back up and underneath me so I didn’t fly off, but I was too far out of the saddle to avoid falling. I’m usually really lithe and quick on my feet, but my foot got stuck in the stirrup (my foot went through the whole thing) and that’s the reason I hit my head. I either land on my hands and knees, my feet, or my butt, but today was just a wicked crazy accident.

My aunt texted me and said that Lucky looked really upset when she went to go and feed him. She thinks he’s worried about me. Honestly all I wanted to do was go and tell him that I was okay and give him a bunch of hugs and kisses to let him know that he was a good boy but I couldn’t get up for about 15 minutes because I was so nauseous.

[lynettetan1]

Oh my goodness evi, please rest well! Also your boy sounds like such a good gelding he deserves a hug >.< are you okay?

[eventer]

@only posted for panda, busy atm, will hopefully do the others later c:

@evi, oh god, so glad your okay hun

i ride with a helmet 99% of the time, but for the last few weeks when riding my little thoroughbred flat work, i've not used it purley as i couldn't find it at the time or i got on without it and couldn't be bothered getting off to get it. (this being a horse who does rear and sometimes buck into canter)

however last year in march i was riding my warmblood gelding, (was wearing a helmet and he was wearing tendon boots). we were training at home over a 95cm course, mum was with me, and we came over one upright, that we had jumped about a hundred times over the last few weeks. however, one miss step from jackson and the pole ended up between his front legs, then his back legs, and he stumbled to his knees, scrambled about a stride to get up before falling onto his forehead and somehow he managed to roll himself up hill as he flipped over me, managing to only roll over my knee. my landing was awkward and when the ambulance came we thought i had cracked my collar bone and damaged my spine as well as my knee. i only remember the fall in bits and pieces, i don't remember getting onto my back, i don't remember him rolling over my knee, i only remember pieces of it from what mum told me after. i don't remember him nickering to me the whole time i was on the ground apparently screaming in pain until the ambulance came and gave me a shot of morphine, i ended up with two shots of morphine, and a helicopter ride to the hospital in the city, neck brace and everything. slight concussion and a very swollen knee with muscle and tendon damage.

i rode a week later (as nothing keeps me off or long) and i was absolutely petrified just getting on (and i've never been scared of a horse, ever) got on, took 35 minutes before i could trot, and another 30 minutes before i got the courage to canter and another 45 mins before i could even walk over the jump we came off from. (yes it was a long ride but we weren't doing much, he didn't break a sweat) i competed that weekend on two horses.

year before that one, i had the same horse slam the breaks infront of a jump, i was thrown over, landed on my head, rolled over and freaked as i watched him jump over me, he landed on my elbow and cantered off. no doctors, no nothing, took 8 months to heal, and by the 5 month we figured it was a hair line fracture but it was healing so oh well. no visible cracks in my helmet but replaced anyway.

i've been thrown into jump poles and jump wings (deliberatly.. my mare was a troll)

ex friends horse double barrelled me in the thigh (deliberatly) as i was mounting him, pure maliciousness. (lost friendship years later due to something else... she's a bit nuts lol)

and in 2010, i had a beautiful welsh x quarter horse, who had been stuffed up by his previous owner who lied to us. he was downright dangerous undersaddle with a kid on, violent bronco bucks, threw me over, stood on my chest, smashed my helmet, smashed my entire elbow. i have scars all over my elbow and a decent one on my eye brow where the helmet snapped and cut me.

last year alone in the last 3 months i had about a dozen falls of three horses, some were over the necks when horse refused, two were off my bigger thoroughbred who refused and reared and i rolled off as i'd lost a stirrup and slipped during the refusal

[lynettetan1]

*stares around quietly* ... posts?

[eventer]

still here c:


by the way it's stitch cx

feel free to call me eventer or stitch lol,

[lynettetan1]

HAHA okk. I'm waiting on na'vi and Ches(if Mazi or Bjorn wanna pick up Thera) to reply, but if they haven't replied tomorrow I might just reply to Panda with Phantom first. ) do you plan on having her go back to Jotunheim before she foals? Or have her foal in the neutral territory? Phantom still had to talk to Heidi and co and the foals need to play. (Forseti and Astrid also need to find their crushes hehehhehehehe)

[eventer]

shes actually going to foal in the middle of the herd, once she and phantom are finished talking I’ll probably have her go to attempt to talk to one of the other mares before basically collapsing in labor pains. Basically a very fast painful complicated birth, foal will be basically still born for a minute or so and then he will start breathing c:

Sorry going to bed so was just giving the run down cx