Horse back riding
By lulu897
@lulu897 (176)
Canada
6 responses
@ButtrflyDreams (1139)
• United States
7 Dec 06
I fell off a horse & had a horse roll on me when I was a teen. I didn't get injured...thank goodness. The best thing I ever did was go back the next day & get right back on. That's the best thing you can do. You just have to get right back on.
@ButtrflyDreams (1139)
• United States
17 Dec 06
Yes! I still LOVE to ride when I get the opportunity. :) I want to get my own horses sometime soon.
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
26 Dec 06
Yes, I have fallen from a horse. Went riding with some neighbors and the horse balked, put his head down and over I went. Knocked the breath out of me and boy did it scare me at the time. However, I never though another thing about it once I could breathe again. Got back up and off we went with me being more careful about this stubborn animal. Had a great day after that.
@musecreek (163)
• United States
4 Dec 06
I took a fall when I was a kid, but my moms best friend made me get back on. At the time I was scared to do it but I was so glade that she made me. Now that I'm older I don't ride as much. I have osteopenia and can't afford to take a fall.
It is the one thing that I miss most. We had a 13 year old mare that was put down this past August. Since then I have not rode because we have a 4 year old gelding that has attitude.
@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
5 Dec 06
I don't know how many times I fell off when I was kid and riding my ponies. I always climbed back on! We had to sell them when I was 8 or 9. I didn't have horses again until my 30's. My gosh the ground has gotten alot harder since I was a kid. I'm not a very confident rider anymore, but really enjoy the ground training with my babies and am confident with that. I wish I had more confidence riding. I miss the days of flying through the pastures without a care in the world! What a rush!!
@lulu897 (176)
• Canada
6 Dec 06
I got my first horse when I was 34, and I am also not a confident rider. We have two horses now that I can't ride one has decided he doesn't want to be ridden and I'm not getting on a horse that threatens to buck me off and my little girl is not broke yet maybe this spring if her little feet are okay (severe arthritis in her back feet)
lol the ground sure is harder. I haven't experienced that rush in a long time. Can't wait till Joey is trained properly and I can ride him.
@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
7 Dec 06
You should go to someone who can give you some help getting back on and maybe just start out gently. My son has the same problem because he fell off once this summer and it's only his first year. He has gotten back on but is also wondering how he can get over getting scared.
@lulu897 (176)
• Canada
7 Dec 06
I have been riding many times since falling off. You just need a really calm horse who is use to beginners. I took lessons and started slow, but the horses I rode where school horses that had been really well trained. The reason I am not riding my two is because Joey is not trained very well and has an attitude, hopefully this summer we will have him trained professionally so I can get back on him. He is a very big horse 16 hands and it's a long way down lol. Dakota is only 3 1/2 and has not been broke yet. She will be broke this summer also, I think she will be a very good riding horse.
