Dave Smith said...

> Andy wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The worst part is that I am going to have to consider giving up riding
>>> lessons. I broke my collar bone 6 years ago but went back to lessons
>>> when that healed and thought that I could keep doing it as long as
>>> there were no more injuries. Now I have broken a second bone, and I
>>> am getting close to 60.
>>> :-(
>>
>>
>> Geez, that sucks! At lease you live to talk about it!
>>
>> At YMCA camp I was 7-yo, a horse reared me off it, I landed on the
>> ground. It was just a roped around and around a pole, coral exercise.
>> Don't know what I did or didn't do or why it did what it did but I've
>> never gone near a horse ever since.
>
>
> I used to ride once every year or two and fell off so often that I
> assumed that was part of the deal. I have been taking lessons for the
> last 6 years and had not fallen for more than two years. Only got hurt a
> few times falling, but broken collar bone and rib are painful enough to
> make me reconsider equestrian jumping at my age.


Heck, Dave, you've been in the saddle that long and you like it that much,
now is no time to quit!

It seems you have falling off a horse down pat and still get back on! I
quit after once.

Best,

Andy