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Horseback-Riding Accident Kills Fla. Girl
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| 22-march-2007
Posted on 03/22/2007 8:59:06 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
VENICE, Fla. -- A 13-year-old Venice girl died after being thrown from a horse.
Mary Angela Jaquith was practicing for a jumping competition at her family farm on Saturday when another member of her riding club had a problem with a horse. Jaquith saddled up to see if she could help.
But the horse reared back, threw Jaquith to the ground and rolled over her.
Jaquith's mother, Debra is a former nurse. She rushed to the girl's side and found her unconscious and bleeding heavily.
Jaquith was airlifted to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg.
Despite her riding helmet, Jaquith suffered a fracture to the base of her skull. She died on Sunday.
A Mass of Christian burial is scheduled for today in Venice.
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To: edcoil
Hmm. I heard on TV last night that Ostriches kill more people than sharks.
To: HairOfTheDog
Good point. You don't see many old bull/bronc riders on the circuit.
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
It's fun... that's why people do it. It's a challenge, it's a rush... Some people live for hard, dangerous sport, and some don't.
I loved jumping as a kid. I had a limit... I started getting spooked when the jumps got bigger than about 4 feet. Some people's limits are set lower, some higher. :~)
To: coloradan
And ban helmets too -- obviously the weight of the helmet caused her fatal head injury.
/harley-rider mindset
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:37:36 AM PDT
by
zipper
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
The history has a special on-gong about dirty jobs and it discusses this. I believe more people are killed in industrial fishing than any other business. In injuries, oil field hands on rigs lose more fingers and hands.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:38:11 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
It makes me crazy when people buy horses because of its color or pedigree. Every horse is potentially dangerous just because of its size, but there are ways to judge a horse's nature and temperament in relation to safety. Everything else is secondary if kids are involved.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:38:36 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: HairOfTheDog
I can see that it might be potentially more dangerous than rodeo sport That's because when you're riding broncs or bulls, not only are you expecting bad behavior, you're encouraging it, therefore, you're prepared.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:40:37 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been Cowboys)
To: stainlessbanner
The secret to riding a horse "safely" is to be prepared to jump off it at any moment while convincing the horse that you're not going anywhere.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:41:09 AM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(I'm holding out hope that at least the DEMOCRATS might accidentally nominate a conservative.)
To: cowboyway
To: RexBeach
More often than you think. Our daughter was 15 and was just getting on the horse in a riding rink. It reared, flipped backwards, crushed our daughter. 8 breaks in the pelvis, leg and ribs broken.
She is 22 now and riding 4 th level dressage in Florida at this time. The laws are very clear " The horse is entitled to the first error" In our case the training barn had had rearing problems with this horse before. Hid the fact from my daughter. They were trying to sell it to us. We are in a huge lawsuit due to that fact. Our daughter will never look the same.. Damage to pelvis was huge and could not be put back the same. She will never have normal childbirth and has huge scars, etc. Not a nice thing for a girl (very pretty) to carry around with her. I fully understand the motives of the young girl, but know that she did exactly what she wanted to do to help the other girl.. God bless!
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:42:20 AM PDT
by
primatreat
(Alzheimer's glory is knocking at my door: Soon I will be able to post no more...Shit..)
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
A few years back I went horseback riding at a stable down in the Ozarks of Missouri. The trail we were on had some extremely steep slopes, and the horse I was on kept stumbling and slipping on rocks and twigs as we were going down. I was sure that horse and I was going to go rolling down that hill at any moment.
It scared the crap out of me, even though these were trained horses and they had walked the trail many, many times before.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:42:28 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
To: coloradan
I don't know a lot about this discipline but I would guess that there are now more safe guards than there have ever been. I know you were being saracastic but we can't bubble wrap our kids and thankfully most do make it to adulthood.
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh yeah I'm sure it's for the rush...but why is it any different then say standing on a horse?
Both are dangerous, both potentially can cause a horse injury, why is one justifiable and the other not...
I'm realize riding horses, in and of itself is dangerous...my puzzlement tho is why take the danger element to the very limit...that's what I don't get. But I guess the line is different for everyone, and that's OK, just a rambling thought:)
Becky
To: stainlessbanner
Some years ago I was in the emergency room after having an accident with a oyster shucking knife. I had a nasty gash and it hurt like hell as an ER nurse was cleaning it out. I was in a room with other people being taken care of and one of the patients was this brave little girl who had been kicked in the head by her horse during a competition. Her face was horribly mangled but she was being so brave about it. Needless to say I felt like a whiner even thinking I had any real pain.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:44:57 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:45:33 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: edcoil
If you have that study please send it to me? A friend of mine is thinking about having his daughter get involved with riding.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:46:51 AM PDT
by
warsaw44
To: stainlessbanner
My husband and I like to watch bull riding. I mentioned the other night that it was a young man's sport. He laughed and said "a very young man's sport".
To: stainlessbanner
I have owned horses most of my adult life. Crap happens when around animals. I do not wear a helmet. I wear strictly western hats. When people say you need to wear a helmet I simply ask "Do you wear a neck brace, back brace, knee brace, elbow brace? You might as well wear an armored suit."
Things like this are sad but it happens. My daughter started riding 16hand horses at the age of seven and did great.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:48:21 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: stainlessbanner
These young riders cannot control the animal physically should the need arise - they always make me nervous. Aw hell, I've seen plenty of adults that couldn't control their horse any better than a small child.
Also, most, if not all, of the horses that you see these small children on in rodeos are 'bomb proof'. Most are 18 to 24 year old veterans of the rodeo circuit and if you take notice, you'll see that a lot of times these small kids are just on for the ride because the horse knows the pattern.
The world is a dangerous place and people die. Some sooner than others.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:48:36 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been Cowboys)
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Becky:
I have never understood why people who know nothing at all about a subject feel compelled to spout off about it.
To better inform you:
The show ring today is a prepared surface, free of stones, hard spots, soft spots, etc.
The show horse is the best kept, best fed, best cared for animal other than maybe some elderly widow's poodle.
Most large show stables have their vet set up on a weekly farm visit schedule.
The horse rarely works over 45 minutes a day, is sheltered from flies in the summer, vaccinated for many diseases on a regular schedule, etc.
Most show jumpers that go lame would have done so anyway from genetic reasons, such as navicular or arthritis related problems.
Today, 9 out of 10 show jumper riders are young women who baby their horses in every way.
There are some horse sports that are harder on the horse. Chasing and eventing, for instance.
But show jumping is the movie star life of the horse world.
Please learn something about a topic before you spout off.
By the way, I do not show jumpers. I did many years ago and I have a granddaughter who is doing well riding in the jumper classes.
Hunter classes are even easier, if you know the difference, which I doubt.
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