rabbitsfizz said:
You did post that you screamed at him to stop, which, as Lyn pointed out, was entirely the wrong thing to do. If you do not have the experience to handle a runaway DO NOT GET IN THE CART!!!!
Fizz, you know I love you but you should be ashamed of yourself for posting without double-checking your facts.
MiniSeasons said:
I pulled back my reins to tell him to whoa, and he went faster, at a full gallop. I screamed help several times, my grandparents didn't hear, even my neighbor who was in his driveway didn't hear.
She did NOT say she screamed at him to stop, in fact she said she only screamed
for help after he had already panicked and bolted. At that point and in her location (an arena) and with her experience level, I would be doing the same although I would probably call it a "yell" and not a "scream." The horse is already a lost cause at that point and as a youth getting someone to notice you are in trouble and step in is critical. I completely agree that she should have had a helper in the first place, but I think you are being a bit harsh. How, precisely, is one to get the experience to handle a run-away without having driven a bit? She drives her mare regularly so it's not like she's never done it.
That said- MINISEASONS, GET SOME HELP OUT THERE! LOL
Driving is dangerous at the best of times and should never be done alone if you can help it. A greenhorse is a ticking time bomb and should be handled with the level of care warranted by TNT. You love Dusty like I love Kody, but that doesn't mean things don't happen. As you now know.
Thank you for the reminder about helmets, I know one saved my life when my big horse took off in his cart in 1997. Projected from the wrecking cart at great speed and head-first into a gatepost, then rolling about two horse lengths from the
left-over momentum. I got double vision and a headache even with the helmet!
So youth or not, if you value your life you will wear one any time you can.
Leia
