The scariest most horrible thing just happened.
please read all of this, it is horrifying!
We are currently looking for a perfect first horse for my brother and my mother. My brother wants to do pony club with me and my mum just wants to be able to trot around the paddock (they both currently have to wait until I have finished working Kenny!)
We found a horse only and hour away, he was a 16.3hh 14 year old dark bay QHxTB gelding. The lady who was selling him, said to us that he was her first horse and that she had bought him in april this year, but now she is pregnant to her boyfriend (keep oin mind she is also young, in her early 20's).
So we got our loyal friend (equine therapist and world championships rider) to be our experienced rider (even though after owning 5 horses, and are kind of experienced!)
We got there and the horse had just had his hooves done. He was very sweaty and very alert. I felt that something was wrong.
The lady said that she would just pop the saddle on and show us how well he goes and then we could hop on!
They put on the saddle and he started to spin around in circles while they did up the girth. I really started to worry that he wasnt going to be any good and we basically said that we wouldnt take a horse like that.
She got a boost up (no helmet), she kicked him and he jumped. She kicked again and he reared a little. She kicked again and he jumped again. She kicked again and he reared, sat on his bum and flipped over onto her. The cantle of the saddle crunched in to her stomach and the pommel (it was a western saddle with a horn) the horn dug into her chest. He got up and took off. 5 people (including my mother and our friend), rushed over to the limp lady.
I rushed off to catch the horse because he was going belistic in the paddock. I didnt want their expensive saddle getting wrecked or the horse caught in a fence.
I stopped because mum asked me to wait, she didnt want another accident to happen.
My mum called the ambulance, and I ran to the front gate to guide the ambulance off the highway and to the lady. 1 ambulance came and i ran in front to guide them to the paddock. When they got there she was screaming "my baby my baby" SHE WAS 6MONTHS PREGNANT!
The ambulance couldnt get her on a stretcher as she was in so much pain. He gassed her and put her on a machine to tell them her heart beat and pulse.
Her lower back was hurting her and her ankle was hurting, her stomach was cramping and her hip and pelvis were sore.
The cramping stopped and she calmed a little bit.
They called another ambulance and a helicopter.
After a bit more gas another ambulance cam and i again guided them to her. Meanwhile i had to look after a 4 year old girl and a 2 year old girl.
They had to cut off her boot on the sore leg and said that her ankle was definately fractured. She may have broken her pelvis and spine.
They finally got her on a stretcher with much screaming and crying.
They put her in and left. The helicopter had to pick her up from the hospital instead of the paddock as they were running late.
We took the kids to a park for some chips as they were brilliantly behaved. they sat under a tree. The 4yo looking after the 2yo for me while I helped.
We called to ask how she was (her boyfriend wasnt there and neither were her parents)
SHE WASNT EVEN MEANT TO BE RIDING!!!
We got hold of her boyfriends best friend who said that the baby was checked by a scan and the baby was fine! THANK GOD!
She is off in the Sydney hospital now and we are going to call tonight to see how she is andwhether there is any more damage other than her ankle.
We hope she is okay. She said while lying on the ground that she was glad that it happened to her and not my brother. AND SHE APOLOGISED!!! FOR WHAT?
We are hoping to go see her when she is back from the Sydney hospital (6 hours away) and when the family has quietened down.
it was just such a sad day. It scared me soooo much.
The horse wont be living much longer we dont think as the boyfriend wasnt very happy. (BTW it did end up caught and untacked and released)
We found out that it was napping as they had moved it from its regular paddock last night and his old paddock with his other horsey friends were down the road.
the end!!
please read all of this, it is horrifying!
We are currently looking for a perfect first horse for my brother and my mother. My brother wants to do pony club with me and my mum just wants to be able to trot around the paddock (they both currently have to wait until I have finished working Kenny!)
We found a horse only and hour away, he was a 16.3hh 14 year old dark bay QHxTB gelding. The lady who was selling him, said to us that he was her first horse and that she had bought him in april this year, but now she is pregnant to her boyfriend (keep oin mind she is also young, in her early 20's).
So we got our loyal friend (equine therapist and world championships rider) to be our experienced rider (even though after owning 5 horses, and are kind of experienced!)
We got there and the horse had just had his hooves done. He was very sweaty and very alert. I felt that something was wrong.
The lady said that she would just pop the saddle on and show us how well he goes and then we could hop on!
They put on the saddle and he started to spin around in circles while they did up the girth. I really started to worry that he wasnt going to be any good and we basically said that we wouldnt take a horse like that.
She got a boost up (no helmet), she kicked him and he jumped. She kicked again and he reared a little. She kicked again and he jumped again. She kicked again and he reared, sat on his bum and flipped over onto her.
The cantle of the saddle crunched in to her stomach and the pommel (it was a western saddle with a horn) the horn dug into her chest. He got up and took off. 5 people (including my mother and our friend), rushed over to the limp lady. I rushed off to catch the horse because he was going belistic in the paddock. I didnt want their expensive saddle getting wrecked or the horse caught in a fence.
I stopped because mum asked me to wait, she didnt want another accident to happen.
My mum called the ambulance, and I ran to the front gate to guide the ambulance off the highway and to the lady. 1 ambulance came and i ran in front to guide them to the paddock. When they got there she was screaming "my baby my baby" SHE WAS 6MONTHS PREGNANT!
The ambulance couldnt get her on a stretcher as she was in so much pain. He gassed her and put her on a machine to tell them her heart beat and pulse.
Her lower back was hurting her and her ankle was hurting, her stomach was cramping and her hip and pelvis were sore.
The cramping stopped and she calmed a little bit.
They called another ambulance and a helicopter.
After a bit more gas another ambulance cam and i again guided them to her. Meanwhile i had to look after a 4 year old girl and a 2 year old girl.
They had to cut off her boot on the sore leg and said that her ankle was definately fractured. She may have broken her pelvis and spine.
They finally got her on a stretcher with much screaming and crying.
They put her in and left. The helicopter had to pick her up from the hospital instead of the paddock as they were running late.
We took the kids to a park for some chips as they were brilliantly behaved. they sat under a tree. The 4yo looking after the 2yo for me while I helped.
We called to ask how she was (her boyfriend wasnt there and neither were her parents)
SHE WASNT EVEN MEANT TO BE RIDING!!!
We got hold of her boyfriends best friend who said that the baby was checked by a scan and the baby was fine! THANK GOD!
She is off in the Sydney hospital now and we are going to call tonight to see how she is andwhether there is any more damage other than her ankle.
We hope she is okay. She said while lying on the ground that she was glad that it happened to her and not my brother. AND SHE APOLOGISED!!! FOR WHAT?
We are hoping to go see her when she is back from the Sydney hospital (6 hours away) and when the family has quietened down.
it was just such a sad day. It scared me soooo much.
The horse wont be living much longer we dont think as the boyfriend wasnt very happy. (BTW it did end up caught and untacked and released)
We found out that it was napping as they had moved it from its regular paddock last night and his old paddock with his other horsey friends were down the road.
the end!!
