Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Thought Process of a Fall

Today I took a bit of a tumble. Due to my instructor's endless efforts to make me sit down properly in the saddle when I was 15, I don't fall too often these day. However, when I do, I do it in style!

Instead of stopping at a jump like a normal pony, Diesel decided to panic a bit and run straight through the jump wings. We were jumping a pretty decent oxer and he ran through one jump wing, and I, being slightly off centre due to him slamming the breaks on and whipping to one side, got literally wiped off on the other!

If you ever wondered what goes through a rider's head when we fall off, here is what goes through mine:

OWW!!!
Ok, so what hurts? Ribs, knee and shoulder.
Anything broken? No! Excellent!
Can I breath? Yes! Just....
Am I going to cry over this? I can feel tears....Shall I use them? No, its not that bad. I only crashed through a jump wing! That probably looked quite funny! Now I'll start laughing!
Can I move? Possibly.... One minute while I untangle myself from the jump wing... YES!!!
Where's my horse?


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