tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769599757981579429.post9057187023386887972..comments2024-03-20T05:20:15.475-04:00Comments on A Bay Horse: Horse stories: "I totally lost it when..."A Bay Horsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519878838113259362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769599757981579429.post-19226620022519020692008-12-20T08:54:00.000-05:002008-12-20T08:54:00.000-05:00I have a deer story, too. We were riding with abo...I have a deer story, too. We were riding with about a dozen people -- my husband and kids in the lead, then me & the rest behind me. Shortly after passing an area, a deer jumped out and crossed the trail behind 2 riders behind me. Their horses spooked, spun & lost one rider. My horse & I heard the commotion - she went to bolt, but I pulled her back in & went to quickly dismount. Nothing under pressure is ever pretty & I ended up falling as I dismounted. Nothing hurt but my pride. <BR/><BR/>We have seen hundreds of deer on the trail & they don't bother her, but the chain of events after the deer is what lead her to spook. <BR/><BR/>Yes, thank goodness for helmets. I took a dive off my gelding this year and my head broke the fall. Hate to imagine how it would have felt without a helmet!Tammy Vasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531335275070860886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769599757981579429.post-39414453465248966392008-12-16T15:37:00.000-05:002008-12-16T15:37:00.000-05:00I totally know what you are saying about reacting ...I totally know what you are saying about reacting first. I know I've done that myself! :) <BR/><BR/>You are so right about the helmet. After I realized how busted it was (and bought a new one) I thought "thank goodness for helmets"!A Bay Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519878838113259362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769599757981579429.post-31217023390630191222008-12-16T15:28:00.000-05:002008-12-16T15:28:00.000-05:00I'm very impressed at how you bravely continued on...I'm very impressed at how you bravely continued on toward the deer. I'm ashamed to say that in the same situation, the horse would have been more scared by MY reaction to the deer than the deer. I have this problem with Harvey -- I'll see a baby stroller, assume he'll be afraid of it, and ride differently toward it. Harv will notice the difference in my riding, my rigidity, and react to that, and I think he's reacting to the stroller, and it's a circus. <BR/><BR/>So pat yourself on the back and thank goodness for your helmet. That's a good helmet story as well.Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.com