Accidents/mishaps

I guess accidents are bound to happen when you ride for many years. I’ve never had a wreck where I had a lasting injury until about a month ago. Before it was just bruises. In this last wreck, I pulled something in my shoulder, probably in the rotator cuff. These types of injuries often take a very long time to heal but I am able to ride again now although the shoulder is still a bit sore. It makes me cringe to think of hard pulling or jerking.

I let my horsemanship skills down and received a poll to my hip.
That’s right, a poll to the hip.
I was feeding my mares, Sprite and Tessa, when I startled 20-year-old Sprite by rushing by her on my way to a cocktail party.
You see, I was in a hurry to accomplish very task of equine-care I could in the shortest amount of time, so I could make it to a ‘meet and greet’ cocktail party at a convention for work. Lucky for me, it was in my hometown, and I could attend.