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"My horse reared up and landed me in the hospital with back injuries"
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Dear Keith...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
I was with my husband down at a horseman's camp 2 years ago with some friends and my horse reared up and landed me in the hospital with back injury's. This happened in June and I was not allowed to ride again until after January. I didn't have back surgery because of insurance reasons.
What happened was that my husband and I were ready to go on trails waiting for our friend to put his bridle on his horse. He was having trouble so my husband went to help. I had my back to the situation when all of a sudden my horse reared up and flipped over on top of me. I was straight in the saddle when the horse came back on top of me. He was thrashing on my left leg and hip when I saw him coming back with the saddle horn heading for my mid section that's when I kicked him in the hip with my right leg.
We had just been trail riding the day and evening before with out any problems at all. The horse and I were totally relaxed on the ride. I only do trail riding now but my husband and daughter have shown this horse in reining and have gotten points and won money with him.
I'm now unsure of him and I don't want this to happen again. Everything happened in a split second. I didn't have a chance to even pull him around. My husband said to send him down the road. We have other horses but the slight side step and I'm off.
Lon can get along with him, but I'm the one that wants to ride him.
Please Help
Jennifer |
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