What is the worst jumping experience you've ever had?

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Permalink Reply by Timika F on July 9, 2009 at 6:36pm

well, mine would have to be when i was hunting on my pony China. She got very excited and started to rush! and i was continualy trying to slow her down, Till it came to a big log(1.5m just guessing) and cause in Australia we had a drought it was still very dry, so the horse in front of me was aout 16.3 17hh, so as the horse in front of me as cantering on, he/she was kicking up dirt into my eyes, and i couldnt see so i had to close my eyes cause the dirt was hurting my eyes. And by the time i opened them there was this log about 2 strides ahead of me, and i dident have time to turn her away, so she stoped....well should i say skidded to a stop before the jump. and i FLEW off and landed on my back on the log, not next to the log ON the log. it dident hurt as much as it would of if i dident use my protective vest. Other wise it would hav really hurt. I got away with a grazed thigh and a sore back the next day.

Timika F

Permalink Reply by cheyanne on July 9, 2009 at 6:53pm

mine would be when i was learning to jump and my pony dusty was really a good jumper and i was doing a caveletie and he decided to jump it 80cm instead so i fell off and landed on my bum and was lying there and dusty decided to run away so it took me my mum and my riding instructor ages to catch him in the paddock cause he was always such a ninconpoop (but very cute and nice in his own way) and he didnt want to be ridden ne more lol and we finnaly caught him with food-_- :)

Permalink Reply by Timika F on July 9, 2009 at 7:56pm

haha, funny Cheyanne! Dusty has always had a love for food. lol! xxx

Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Pannell on July 9, 2009 at 11:49pm

mine was out hunting as well, I was 15, riding in the Keith Hunt at Willalooka, on SOUTHWARK ( goofy) . It was very sandy and on the way back , with 30 riders jumping the ground got very chopped up. We jumped over a log that was in a tree , about a metre high. Goofy hit it with one knee and I fell off out the front, landed in front and under him as he was landing . My helmet fell off, his hoof hit me in the side of the head. Just a glancing blow, but enough to have 22 stitches. It didn't bleed much and I didn't feel a thing. Found my hat, he must have trodden on it as it was squashed!!!

Permalink Reply by Timika F on July 10, 2009 at 12:53am

OW! I'm guessing that the horses name was Goofy? WOW! that must have really hurt!

Permalink Reply by IrishRider on July 21, 2009 at 12:06pm

The worst experience I had was during one of my lessons. I was in a lesson with a girl who has a horse that is in love with my horse, and vice versa. It was the first time we had been in a lesson together. I bet money that the two of them decided in their horse language to be evil because all of a sudden her horse started acting up. He was running out of fences and just being a butt. Well it was my turn to do the course. SO we were going around it just fine and then we came to this line. My horse started to jump it and at the last minute she veered left. I had started to get into my jumping position so when she veered left, I didn't but she pulled me and I slammed into the jump standard. Still in the saddle and holding onto the reins she spooked because of me hitting the jump standard and I could feel her starting to want to take off. So I kicked my foot out of the left stirrup and made an emergency "exit" and landed on my feet but the momentum brought me to my knees. My horse never refuses, never runs out. My shoulder hurt for weeks after that because it was the thing that hit the standard the hardest.

Permalink Reply by Leah Klaassen on November 7, 2009 at 11:06am

mine was a couple weeks ago, i was riding this tiny pony who i thought couldn't do anything too bad, but we were jumping a course andf he spooked and he threw me into the wall. i was mostly okay, but i cracked one of my ribs and it huuuuuurt!

Permalink Reply by Holly on November 27, 2011 at 11:37am

My worst jumping experience would be this summer I fell of this horse who was the biggest horse in our barn 17'0 hands high  and so we both fell cuse he triped and we fell he fell on me and when he got up he steped on my helment I had a concustion for like 3 weeks ( so not that bad) I still ride him today he took the longest long spot ever and just made it over the jump and then triped after that ='( but I still do ride him alot and rode him in a show today and won!