https://www.horseillustrated.com/young-rider-dont-fear-falling-off/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/young-rider-dont-fear-falling-off/#comment-426994 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:40:39 +0000 /young-rider/dont-fear-falling-off.aspx#comment-426994 I actually had a fall today. Technically an emergency dismount. I was riding a barrel horse (I usually ride English) and we were doing some half halts and halts. I asked her to canter and she spooked at something. She took off at a full gallop in the arena. We were heading straight to the end of the arena so I pulled her to the left. Keep in mind I had super long reins because we were working on halting with my seat not my hands. We took the turn too sharply and Patty the horse I was riding slid a little. Luckily she didn’t fully fall but she got straight back up and kept running as I’m still in the saddle. I was lopsided in the saddle and knew I was going to fall off. I avoided a jump post and decided to jump off. I jumped off and kept running so I wouldn’t face plant. I luckily ended on my feet with no injuries. Patty was perfectly fine. Of course afterwards I got back on and took a lap it two to calm her down. I found I was never scared about falling off. I had stayed calm and afterwards we laughed about it.

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