flamepony12
11-27-2004, 08:42 PM
-sigh- :( Merlin bucked me off again. :mad: he is SUCH A PIG! We took him out onto the cross country course and he IMMEDIATELY ducked for grass. Now, he knows that he'll get in trouble if he eats, so he's decided to try to eat and canter at the same time. My trainer is following me, trying to pull the tuft of grass out of his mouth. BTW, I was jumping without stirrups, so I didnt have them at the time. So, this is where the trouble begins.
Merlin starts to run away from Chris (my trainer). He ducks down for grass again, and is trotting at the same time. I gave him a tap on the butt with my crop, and he took that opportunity to bolt.
So, as my pony is twisting in the air and bucking like a bronco, I'm holding on for dear life, WITH NO STIRRUPS. :mad: finally, as we get to the stump jump, Merlin gives a "grand-finale" buck and throws me.
I was really scared that I was going to land on the standard, but I kind of flung myself in midair to dodge it. I ended up falling on my whole right side. The part that got most of the impact was my hip, but I got some pretty good scratches around my ribs, too.
Merlin runs back over by the barn and you can probably guess what he does, EATS GRASS. :mad: it took a really long time to catch him, because every time someone came near him he would snort and gallop away, but finally another trainer and a man who boards there cornered him and caught him, FINALLY.
I woke up this morning feeling like crap, REALLY sore. My ribs are the most sore, but when I sit down my hip hurts too :( I have a pretty good bruise. :( I guess I'm lucky that I didn't break any bones, though. I guess the question now is how I'm going to get him through the cross country course at the rally that's coming up with tall, green, tempting grass surrounding my fat pony. :(
Merlin starts to run away from Chris (my trainer). He ducks down for grass again, and is trotting at the same time. I gave him a tap on the butt with my crop, and he took that opportunity to bolt.
So, as my pony is twisting in the air and bucking like a bronco, I'm holding on for dear life, WITH NO STIRRUPS. :mad: finally, as we get to the stump jump, Merlin gives a "grand-finale" buck and throws me.
I was really scared that I was going to land on the standard, but I kind of flung myself in midair to dodge it. I ended up falling on my whole right side. The part that got most of the impact was my hip, but I got some pretty good scratches around my ribs, too.
Merlin runs back over by the barn and you can probably guess what he does, EATS GRASS. :mad: it took a really long time to catch him, because every time someone came near him he would snort and gallop away, but finally another trainer and a man who boards there cornered him and caught him, FINALLY.
I woke up this morning feeling like crap, REALLY sore. My ribs are the most sore, but when I sit down my hip hurts too :( I have a pretty good bruise. :( I guess I'm lucky that I didn't break any bones, though. I guess the question now is how I'm going to get him through the cross country course at the rally that's coming up with tall, green, tempting grass surrounding my fat pony. :(