Wear your *&%$# Helmut
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Maru,
American Saddlebreds are an "english" style horse. The tack is nearly the same as what you see on your hunters. The dressage classes are reffered to as the "Equitation" class. Quite often the hats you see are actually safety caps, especially with the younger riders.
The other American Saddlebred classes consist of 5 gaited and 3 gaited horses and ponys. Both ridden and driven. The "hackney pony" class is a gaited pony pulling a racing sulky. This is the only other class that requires helmets. They wear the helmets more for a traditional thing than safety, as they also wear the same jockey get-ups that trotting racers (standardbred) would wear.
The expertise required to compete with horses of this caliber makes it so most folks are expert handlers/rider of their horses. Falling down is a rare occasion, although it happens-the rate is far below that of jumpers.
American Saddlebreds are an "english" style horse. The tack is nearly the same as what you see on your hunters. The dressage classes are reffered to as the "Equitation" class. Quite often the hats you see are actually safety caps, especially with the younger riders.
The other American Saddlebred classes consist of 5 gaited and 3 gaited horses and ponys. Both ridden and driven. The "hackney pony" class is a gaited pony pulling a racing sulky. This is the only other class that requires helmets. They wear the helmets more for a traditional thing than safety, as they also wear the same jockey get-ups that trotting racers (standardbred) would wear.
The expertise required to compete with horses of this caliber makes it so most folks are expert handlers/rider of their horses. Falling down is a rare occasion, although it happens-the rate is far below that of jumpers.
Maru,
I started riding American Saddlebred horses when I was about 6 or 7. My family has been into them since the 40's. I also was in the race horse business for awhile after I got out of the Army. My grandmother is still in the race horse industry, owning a thoroughbred farm in Ky. A horse family, you might say.
I started riding American Saddlebred horses when I was about 6 or 7. My family has been into them since the 40's. I also was in the race horse business for awhile after I got out of the Army. My grandmother is still in the race horse industry, owning a thoroughbred farm in Ky. A horse family, you might say.
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Just like a dirtbike, anyone who rides a horse enough will eventually fall off. My daughter was wearing a helmet when she fell, we were lucky in that she fell in some long dry grass which I am sure cushioned her fall. I agree engine running (or horse saddled), helmet on.
Jim
Jim
For those from Alabama who know the bowl in Helena,AL you will know
exactly what I am talking about.There are some EXTREMELY STUPID people
who ride there,no helmets.These idiots are flying around on their motors or
4 wheelers without a helmet and some even with no shirts.Now how damn
dumb can you get.I hope some of you idiots read this post and put on a
helmet.Let me explain it to you-a helmet covers the head,which
is an important part of the body.It contains your brain,which I doubt some
of you have.When you ride a motor without a helmet you are just showing
everyone that you have a IQ level of 2.
Everyone falls at some point or another-SO PUT ON A DAMN HELMET STUPIDS!And you look like rednecks to boot without one!
89vett
2000 CR125r
2000 CR125r
exactly what I am talking about.There are some EXTREMELY STUPID people
who ride there,no helmets.These idiots are flying around on their motors or
4 wheelers without a helmet and some even with no shirts.Now how damn
dumb can you get.I hope some of you idiots read this post and put on a
helmet.Let me explain it to you-a helmet covers the head,which
is an important part of the body.It contains your brain,which I doubt some
of you have.When you ride a motor without a helmet you are just showing
everyone that you have a IQ level of 2.
Everyone falls at some point or another-SO PUT ON A DAMN HELMET STUPIDS!And you look like rednecks to boot without one!
89vett
2000 CR125r
2000 CR125r
A recent study showed that since bicyclist starting wearing helmets, head injuries have actually gone up! Apparantly the helmets are giving some the confidence to do things that they would not normally do and thus are getting hurt. :scream: Someone that is going to do something stupid, is going to do it one way or another. Its almost as if a certain amount are going to get injured regardless. You just shift the victums around.
Helmets
I was at sand lakes a couple months ago, there were people mostly on quads that were not wearing helmets, people were mostly drag racing and if they lost control and crashed they were done, because they would have gotten run over by other quads, trucks, bikes, or their own machine. Oh well it gets rid of the idiots.:p
I was at sand lakes a couple months ago, there were people mostly on quads that were not wearing helmets, people were mostly drag racing and if they lost control and crashed they were done, because they would have gotten run over by other quads, trucks, bikes, or their own machine. Oh well it gets rid of the idiots.:p
