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
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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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Comments (149)
lonewolf621 17
They can bite you too :)
Lizzypumba 7
Ouch! Maybe try an English saddle next time.
AerBear115 15
Ouch! I know what you mean! I slammed my pelvic bone into the horn and that hurt! Hope you feel better soon!
DustyStorm 16
Oh shiiiiii-crapola! Can take 6-8 months to regenerate nerves if you have severe nerve damage, sometimes even more. I feel for you! :-/ Might be better than serious pain...maybe? You tell us...
Life_sucks_13 6
Sorry OP. horses are pretty crazy with spooking. Maybe switch to an English saddle for now? = feel better
Girher 6
Oooh that's the worst! Luckily riding English I don't have to worry about a horn. Quick healing though!
vgla 7
I feel so sorry for you :( thats awful
KyraJFoxx 14
lmao , that really sucks ! Hope you feel better soon OP .
kittykat2345 10
This is why you ride english, not western.
jem970 19
Ouch. I've had that happen before, one of the reasons I switched to an English saddle. I jumped horses for years and my big boy very rarely spooked. But the mare I had before that was drugged at the auction I bought her at and she threw me into a barbed wire fence when we got her home and the drugs wore off. I feel your pain, just make sure you get back on when you are physically able. Also try keeping your heels down, your weight centered and squeeze your thighs and start exposing her to more things now. Tying a plastic bag to the horn and putting her on a lunge line will do her wonders. Also make sure to expose her to dogs and other animals like cows if possible. You can make a horse damn near bomb proof if you work at it. My big boy Ari was. Just don't let this get you down and that "new" horse will make a good one if you start now rather than later.
jem970 19
Why the hell was I thumbed down?