I broke and trained most of my own horses until I was in my 40’s. The last one was a gray mule. He nearly killed me, so I retired from that. I got him broke to ride though.
The one that stepped on my head was one I trained from a foal. I had his mother. He was half Appaloosa and about 16 hands. I was riding on the farm one day and my daughter was with us on the 4-wheeler. We stopped to talk and he suddenly bolted to the left. I was riding in my English saddle because it was so hot outside. He wasn’t spooky so I was totally unprepared for that move. We rode in a lot of wagon trains together and he was well broken. Anyway, when he went left, I stayed put. I went under him and before the stirrup came loose, one foot landed on the side of my head. The last thing I remember was looking at his belly and that big foot coming down. That wouldn’t have happened if I’d had my big Western saddle or been riding bareback. Knocked me out. When I came to, my daughter was hysterical, and I thought I was blind, but it was the blood in my eyes. LOL That horse never left me. When I was able to see, he has his nose on my face checking me out and he was jerking all over.
We found out later that he was going blind from Leptospirosis. He eventually had to be put down.
I hope your boo-boo clears up faster than mine did. LOL
This event took place in August of 2009 in Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico in front of a hotel located at Ocampo Street in between the avenue Cuauhtémoc and Pino Suárez. The news broadcast features a young woman named Gabriela Rico Jimenez screaming in front of a luxury hotel. She repeatedly pleads for her freedom, and claims she was held against her will. She also makes claims of murder and cannibalism, and drops some very big names in her accusations.
https://twitter.com/Thekeksociety/status/1661704793981591552
I broke and trained most of my own horses until I was in my 40’s. The last one was a gray mule. He nearly killed me, so I retired from that. I got him broke to ride though.
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Horse wrecks! I’ve had a few, broke and trained young horses when I was younger, then rode reiners. Had one go over backwards on me, on a cement barnyard, he was cinchy. But my fault. My head smacked the concrete first and knocked me out, otherwise it really would have smarted when he landed on me. It did smart later anyway. But your remark about looking up and seeing that foot coming down reminded me of going over and seeing that horse coming down. YIKES.
Anyway, hope Petey feels better soon.