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tuckermmr


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Date: Sep 26, 2012
Izzy then and now
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First saddling:

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No one was around for pictures of the first and second rides

Third ride- w/t/c and first ride outside the round pen (please excuse my hair, the humidity was making it do crazy things)

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Fourth ride- added her first obstacles at the end of the ride- logs and tractor tires

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9th ride was at a show, around the trailers, past the vendor booth, in the busy warm up pen with scary banners, and the Ranch Riding class (walk, jog, extended trot, lope, stop, turn around, walk, lope, extended lope, stop, back up).  Still waiting to see if there are any pictures from that.  We got 6th out of 6, but were only 1/2 point behind a nice three year old that has won AQHA Ranch Riding classes.  Her inexperience cost us a few points- she didn't want to stay quite next to the rail, but I was happy we didn't DQ.

11th ride- my mom and little sister rode her so I could get some sales pictures.

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Figarocubed


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Lovely mare! I really like her, and obviously you know what you're doing -- but I have to ask, where's your helmet?

Accidents can happen to even the best riders at any time -- witness Courtney King-Dye's fall involving a young horse walking 7 stumbling. She now has a permanent brain injury and may never ride above a trot again.

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tuckermmr


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It's in the barn on top of my English saddle.  Accidents can happen with helmets on too.  Let's just say it boils down to professionalism/stereotypes whatever you want to call it.  In the western ring, a trainer wearing a helmet would just not be considered very professional (overall).  If I ride English, I put it on.  Western, either bare headed or my hat.



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Barbara F


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Lovely mare, and you certainly seem to be doing a great job.

Too bad wearing a helmet isn't considered professional in the Western world. I mean, Western or English, a head is a head.

My coach was in the Olympics and she wears a helmet every ride. In the dressage world it used to be uncool for the top riders to wear a helmet. After the Courtney King-Dye accident, everyone put on a helmet.



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Hey, I'm seeing more and more rodeo rough stock riders using helmets and I bet NO ONE accuses those guys of being unprofessional. It's a matter of seeing enough guys getting carted out of the arena on a stretcher with TBI's. Sure, accidents and serious injuries can happen in spite of helmets -- but why take the chance?

Tell me, do you drive without a seatbelt? Do you think anyone who uses one is a less-than-competent driver?

Be a good example of a safe Western professional. Kids watch you and emulate you, no doubt. Wear a helmet every ride, every time, and pretty soon it won't seem so "unprofessional".

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