Re: Minor wreck, but awesome damage to saddle

On Dec 1, 12:11=A0am, Caelan <dippenflip...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Well, just when I thought everything was going well. I had a nice mare
> to ride, a nice situation and everthing was going well...
>
> I drove up and pretty much the entire barn was going for a ride. Good
> times! As they left, the BO told me where they were going. I figured
> that if I trotted (they had kids with them, so I knew they were
> walking) that I could eventually catch up and join them. I caught my
> horse, groomed and tacked her up and headed out at a slow jog. Sabi is
> fine going out alone, so I wasn't worried about her acting up.
>
> We jogged or loped along for about 2kms and everything was going well.
> Nice, easy pace. Then, Sabi caught sight of the other horses and
> riders about 3 kms ahead of us. She called and called and called to
> them. This should have been my clue to make her walk, but she's such a
> good girl that I just honestly got complacent. And I paid for it.
>
> I felt her rock back in preparation to bolt and I was so surprised at
> what she was doing that it took me a millisecond longer than it should
> have for me to react. As she launched into a run, I turned her in a
> circle. She did 2 revolutions and was about to come to a stop. I
> thought I was good. This mare is not a bolter, so I was really taken
> aback and was slightly off balance from the two fast circles.
> Naturally, she took this op****tunity to spook at something only she
> could see and tele****ted sideways out from under me. I initially
> stayed with her, but that stupid saddle slipped about 10 degrees and I
> knew I was beat. I kicked my off side stirrup off and allowed myself
> to come off, land on my shoulder, then roll onto my back. I figured
> controlled bailing was better than coming off who knows how and
> possibly getting dragged, so I just went with it. I landed mostly
> unhurt and stood up. Sabi stopped about 15' away and looked at me. The
> saddle was dislodged from me coming off, but it wasn't under her or
> anything. I started to walk over to her to fix the saddle, but the
> little sh*t discovered she was loose, bucked huge, and took off home
> at a gallop. She bucked ran and bucked some more, finally disappearing
> from view.
>
> I jogged along after her, picking up pieces of tack. Both split reins,
> the ENTIRE left fender and stirrup, cinch and pad and, finally, the
> dismembered saddle. Sabi was back at the barn, sore from her gallop
> and off on her left front, but nothing too bad. Two pinprick wounds on
> her legs barely worth mentioning and a very small cut on her left
> hind. No other injuries. =A0I cold hosed the front leg, put a cooler on
> her and put her in a stall. She didn't seem upset, just tired.
>
> The saddle is toast. I was in awe of the amount of damage. The left
> fender was ripped right off the tree and where the jockey and cantle
> meet was all ripped open. Horn was broken, cheyenne roll was broken.
> Argh! I didn't see her get the saddle off, so I have no idea how she
> did it. The off billet broke and that's what caused it to fall off,
> but I don't know how she broke it. She didn't fall on it as I would
> have seen the mark in the fresh snow so I have no idea what happened
> to the fender, horn or cantle.
>
> I should post a photo of that saddle. It is *destroyed*.

i'm glad you aren't hurt!!!

what happened with the saddle?  like hunter, i'm kinda wondering---did
she roll on it??

but again...YOU are not hurt...and that is such a wonderful thing!