There's nothing lke hearing a scream over the phone from a friend at an equestrian practice

[Xipe Totec]

Screams, sounds of running, and then dead air over the cell phone.

My friend has a nine year old daughter involved in equestrian training.

Next thing I see is a text message; I'm driving to the hospital.

She has a nine year old daughter

Then nothing for the last four hours.

Calls are going to voice mail.

Still no word.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Holding good thoughts about this, Xipe Totec...

Hopefully all will turn out OK.

Take care.

Let us know if you hear more.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Xipe Totec...

Omigod.

I hope her daughter is OK...

Vibes to them...and you, sweetie...

:hug:

[MissB]

3. Terrifying.

Especially since you don't know what happened.

Good thoughts for your friend's daughter.

[csziggy]

4. I hope everything is OK - let us know when you hear! n/t

[Xipe Totec]

5. Thank you all for the good vibes - she's ok, just very sore

The horse got spooked and started bucking. The rider let go of the horse and dropped to the ground as she was trained to do. But she hit a fence with her leg and fell awkward. Her mother flung the telephone as she went to her aid. The horse took off at full gallop jumping fences and onto the highway. The foreman finally caught the horse and brought it back safe.

Hours in the hospital getting X-rayed. No broken bones, just a very sore leg; unable to walk.

My friend was about to put a down payment on the horse this very day but now the girl does not trust the horse so off it goes from Texas back to Arkansas. The girl still want a horse, just not that one.

Didn't find this out until this morning when I checked e-mail.

Thank you all for the good wishes!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Xipe Totec!

Thank goodness! What a relief after such a bad scare...

I'm so glad she's OK, just sore. That will pass...

And I'm even gladder that they didn't buy that horse!

:hug:

[Flaxbee]

8. oooh, that happened to me. A horse I was on during a very windy day

got spooked and bucked me off, not once, but twice (as I got up and got back on after the first go around). But the second time I got back on, I didn't get bucked off.

However, once I got my boots off, my legs were black and blue. I hit the ring railings going down both times. BLACK AND BLUE for MONTHS.

Glad your friend's daughter is OK.

[riderinthestorm]

7. Scary day! But it's probably best that the girl and her mom discovered the horse's

true nature now before they paid money for the horse.

I am glad she's okay. You have a hard "horsey maxim" to tell that mom: a rider falls off 100 times before they master horse back riding. Even then you never really know it all. Mom's across the planet have been fretting for millennium as soon as they see their kids get on a horse.... Thankfully most falls only involve a bruised ego. If the daughter is still set on owning a horse or pony even after such a bad fall, that mom probably has a horse crazy daughter whose in it for life!

9 years old needs a well broke, older "packer". I hope they have a professional helping them who is honest and won't steer them to something "fancy" (big bucks and big commission) at this stage of the game. Kids need something fun and safe, not scary. That usually means it will be a cheaper horse or pony too (bonus for mom!) since it may have some minor issues that keep it from being "fancy". Tell her to keep asking for the "bombproof packer". It should at least weed out having her daughter getting on the worst of the goofballs.

Hugs all around. Scary day for sure.