Today, I was riding a new horse when a lawnmower starting up spooked her. She jumped straight up in the air and I landed directly on the saddle horn. I can't walk or feel anything between my legs. FML
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Today, I was riding my newly trained horse. I've recently been suffering from bad gas, and ended up farting so violently, it spooked my horse into bucking me off and running away. FML
Today, I was putting my horse away into her pasture, when I slipped in the mud. In a haisty attempt to support myself, I grabbed the electric fence in on hand, and my horse with the other. The shock from the fence traveled through me to her, sending her running and leaving me with 2 broken teeth. FML
Today, my horse farted and scared itself, then ran all the way up the hill and wouldn't stop until I fell off. FML
Today, my horse, who has been nothing but gentle for 27 years, kicked me right in the knee on my last vacation day. It's so bad, I can hardly sleep or sit down on the toilet. Tomorrow I go back to work, which involves lots of walking, sitting down and getting back up, as well as lifting heavy stuff. FML
Today, while riding a massive draft horse, the horse thought it would be fun to walk under a very low apple tree that sat level with his back. A branch hit me and made me fall off onto a coil of barbed wire, twisting my ankle in the process. FML
Today, my horse learned a new acrobatic trick. Unfortunately, I was still on top of him when he tried to somersault. The horse is fine. I'm in the hospital, fresh out of surgery for a broken femur. FML
Today, I was horseback riding. Somebody yelled something behind me, so I turned around. Next thing I know, I am on the ground and my head is killing me. It turns out I ran into a tree branch. The person behind me simply said, "Watch out!" FML
Today, my idiot horse decided to grab a mouthful of stinging nettles while I was riding him. He panicked at the burning sensation in his mouth and bucked me off. Don't worry, though, my fall was cushioned, by the nettles. FML
Today, my parents came to visit me at the ranch I work at. They're scared to death of horses, but I was explaining how they are almost completely harmless. I was showing them how to work around the horse without getting kicked. As they relaxed, the horse kicked me. I now have a broken leg. FML
Today, I broke my wrist when I got into a disagreement with a horse. FML
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perdix 31
Gack! We don't know the OP's gender, so it's hard to make a fitting comment. This is why we stick to cars.
stormchaser24 24
Ouch, FYL. Hope you feel better soon.
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skyeyez9 25
Horses scare me. They are prey animals and alot of them get spooked easily. I saw one drag an 11yr old girl to death. All because she asked her brother for a soda. When she opened the can, the noise spooked the horse and it took off running, with her foot stuck in the stirrup. Dragged her over a mile.
Kovu_fml 16
If she got dragged by a stirrup she shouldn't be riding a horse that easily spooked. That's why you have your heals down In the stirrups
redmane 21
She shouldn't have been making a noise like that near an easily spooked horse. When I was 10, a dog ran under the horse I was on and the horse jumped five feet in the air. On a trail ride, the same horse cantered down a steep hill and I was so small I fell off with my foot caught in the stirrup but since my cousin taught me emergency procedure, I got my foot out of it. It's very unfortunate that happened but safety first.
jisaac09 25
She didn't die because of that soda. She died because she was too inexperienced to ride that horse. If the horse was that spooky then she never should have taken her hands of the reins.
redmane 21
Put a child on an older horse. They know better. If the horse was just broken or middle aged then of course they're going to get easily spooked.
MidnightWolf3 12
That doesn't mean that all horses are dangerous...I have been working with horses that literally way a ton for over a year. I'm still alive...Never been kicked, or injured. Just gotta know how to work with them.
skyeyez9 25
This was not my kid. She was a friend of mine's neighbor. I have no experience with horses and therefore had no idea of this horse's temperament, and that she was an inexperienced rider. And I know not all of them are like that, but that is the first thing in my mind is her getting dragged away and her body being flung around like a rag doll when I see a horse.
skyeyez9 25
It was her horse. Her parents had him for about 6yrs and supposedly never done anything like that before.
NoDontKillMe 19
68 You mean **weigh, right?
jem970 19
I know how you feel. When I was about 7 our friends bought a new horse and they wanted me to ride double with their son. They didn't know the horse had never done that and as soon as they set me behind their son the horse flew forward. The son and I knocked heads and I was knocked unconscious and had a concussion and many scrapes and bruises. All I have to say is that they need to know the animal. I have had damn near bomb proof horses before and that's what that little girl should have been on. Accidents happen. Also the experience of the rider is important. You don't put a little kid on a huge thoroughbred and say "hi ho silver!"
DocBastard 40
That would be a pudendal nerve injury. It's most likely temporary and should resolve in a few days. The pudendal nerve also allows for erectile function and sensation in the genitals. I do NOT envy you right now.
crazytwinsmom 25
Assuming OP is male.
NurseJonathan 9
Male or female, it still would hurt.
expertsmilee 26
It would hurt either way yes, but I think it would hurt a guy just a TAD more.
DocBastard 40
Crazytwinsmom - Last I checked, the ******** has erectile function and sensation too.
RedPillSucks 33
Can you get ED as a female? Just asking, not challenging.
crazytwinsmom 25
Doc, I didn't know the nerve was called the same for both male and female. Learned something new today! Thx!
DocBastard 40
RPS - Not as such, as far as I know. But they are looking into using Viagra and its cousins for women too.
NickaPLZ 26
I was thinking of riding horses with my girlfriend this weekend, but I think I just made up my mind.
NurseJonathan 9
She can still. Long as you're hung like one.
NurseJonathan 9
Miss Noor, does my number two comment count?
Chigal88 16
That sucks OP. you may want to go to a doctor just to be safe!
titibug823 11
As a fellow rider, I know your pain...
ponylegs89 24
I popped my cherry doing that. Thank God I was using an English saddle and not a Western saddle or if would have been a lot worse.
BlackBlazeCobra 16
I know the feeling, OP. fellow western rider.
titibug823 11
you mean hooves... their shoes aren't permanent and can be removed with farrier tools.
monnanon 14
horseshoes are nailed into the hooves. thats a lot more permanent than normal shoes