Stumble and fall
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glenatronToday Zorro and I went for our first hack down the lane the yard is on with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sleepsy_mouse joining us on foot. In the first few minutes after leaving the yard we had a tractor and about five cars go past, none of which bothered pony in the slightest (although smoke from a bonfire and a roadside salt bucket were both clear sources of danger) and we mooched cheerfully down the hill. The road past the church, which is the steepest part of the lane, was surprisingly slippery- dry tarmac but old and very smooth so that even unshod Zorro was sliding a little. We got by fine though.
Just before the end of the lane, where we were planning to turn round, we had a sudden attack of yapping small dog behind a closed gate by the road. Zorro spooked but we were still on the slippery tarmac and his legs literally slid out from under him. I didn't know what to do- I'd lost my stirrups but his body was still upright and I was still reasonably well balanced so I figured it was probably safest to stay where I was and let him have his head and get back up of his own accord. We had an anxious moment of scrabbling but he picked himself up really well and marched quite soundly the last few yards to the village green where I hopped off and we let him have a bit of a munch while we checked him for any injuries.
Amazingly, aside from some very superficial grazes on his legs he seemed ok in spite of the fact that his fall had been heavy enough to leave dents in the road. We walked him back for a while but he seemed quite sound and happy to the point tjat I felt it would be alright to ride him the last half of the way home.
It wasn't until after we had given them their dinner and were heading home that the adrenaline subsided and I started feeling sick. I think that he's fine, although he'll probably be a bit creaky tomorrow I would expect that if there were any serious problems they would have shown up immediately, but it could have been so much worse. We've clearly been very lucky indeed.
Maybe not really our week, so far.
sleepsy_mouse joining us on foot. In the first few minutes after leaving the yard we had a tractor and about five cars go past, none of which bothered pony in the slightest (although smoke from a bonfire and a roadside salt bucket were both clear sources of danger) and we mooched cheerfully down the hill. The road past the church, which is the steepest part of the lane, was surprisingly slippery- dry tarmac but old and very smooth so that even unshod Zorro was sliding a little. We got by fine though.Just before the end of the lane, where we were planning to turn round, we had a sudden attack of yapping small dog behind a closed gate by the road. Zorro spooked but we were still on the slippery tarmac and his legs literally slid out from under him. I didn't know what to do- I'd lost my stirrups but his body was still upright and I was still reasonably well balanced so I figured it was probably safest to stay where I was and let him have his head and get back up of his own accord. We had an anxious moment of scrabbling but he picked himself up really well and marched quite soundly the last few yards to the village green where I hopped off and we let him have a bit of a munch while we checked him for any injuries.
Amazingly, aside from some very superficial grazes on his legs he seemed ok in spite of the fact that his fall had been heavy enough to leave dents in the road. We walked him back for a while but he seemed quite sound and happy to the point tjat I felt it would be alright to ride him the last half of the way home.
It wasn't until after we had given them their dinner and were heading home that the adrenaline subsided and I started feeling sick. I think that he's fine, although he'll probably be a bit creaky tomorrow I would expect that if there were any serious problems they would have shown up immediately, but it could have been so much worse. We've clearly been very lucky indeed.
Maybe not really our week, so far.
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Date: 5 May 2007 22:08 (UTC)Piceur once fell over on the road. She was looking at the horses in a field nexct to the road and forgot to move a front leg when walking and just fell over. It was when we used to ride her and Asher was riding her at the time. She'd only been broken in a couple of days. You do get to laugh about these silly scrapes after a while.
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Date: 5 May 2007 22:25 (UTC)