Ever been hurt by a horse?

[oliverstoned]

Physically I mean. The other day I dodged a running 1100 pound broodmare by less than a foot. Twenty years ago I was quicker but dumber and zigged when I should of zagged and got slammed by a big late yearling, flew 15 feet through the air beaking my wrist leaving my hand freakishly dangling. Emergency room had to rebreak it with no painkillers too (hurt more than the original break). Got bite real bad on the neck and jaw by a broodmare from New Zealand (are they a little more wild over there?). That's all I can remember right now, how about you?

[Crystal]

my mom broke her collar bone being bumped by my arab broodie..

[ageecee]

got kicked by a horse after a race-broke 2 ribs and had to be put into intensive care because i fluid in lungs. For 2 months i was on pain killers. Dont wish that on anyone

[walaa]

yi

[Lucy]

First time I ever got legged up on a moving horse, I landed behind the saddle, he bolted, and I ended up getting tossed right on top of the fence rail. Found out months later (in for unrelated x-rays) that I'd broken my coccyx. So THAT's why I couldn't sit for a week...

Another time I managed to get the back of my calf stomped on, once the swelling went down I had a perfect purple horseshoe bruise. I have pictures of it someplace.

I was pretty lucky, though. Got tossed around a lot, but I had so little weight on me that I'd just bounce.

[LB]

A better question might be: is there anyone who's spent a significant amount of time around horses who hasn't gotten hurt?

[Fair Play]

I could write a book, but I think we have all disproved the old wive's tale that a horse won't flatten you. I have been flattened four times in my life despite never believing it. I have no idea how I got out of the way of a two year old today who was going through a gate that I thought she wasn't ( I was coming in and she decided to leave), but I know it was everyone for herself at that instant. If you are the smallest person around, don't be a way out for a horse trying to be caught. They know who weebles, and who falls down.

[winds]

Let's see, been run over 4 times by yearlings. Been kicked in the head, had my right breast bit so bad I was black and blue around to the middle of my back for 2 months. Was thrown into the outside rail chest first, had my back stepped on after thrown off, had my left shoulder sprained 2 times in 2 weeks and then a few years later it was dislocated. Um, I'm sure there's more but it's all I can think of off the top of my head.

winds

[Diane]

Yes, mild injuries around horses, no broken bones but the scariest was related to a pissed off wild cow one time. We'd gathered and were starting to sort and this wilder than the rest cow is pissed off and gets stuck in the fence. I'm standing next my horse taking a break when this cow gets stuck and as I'm watching she fixes her gaze on me 150 ft away and breaks loose. I'm tired and not had much experience with wild mad cows so I'm alittle slow on the uptake. By the time she got to where I'd been standing my cousin had reached over and helped me scramble up and over the board fence I'd been leaning on. My mare had been nodding off too but was quick as a cat and scambled out of the way. I haven't had any qualms about eating beef since.

[oliverstoned]

Ok so the first thing I've learned from this thread is to keep ones Mother out of the barn. Winds, I'm a guy and that breast bite story got me queasy and ageecee your injury doesn't sound like a picnic either. Maybe when this thread dies down we can turn it into a poll and vote on these injuries....whats that tv show...."ok lets be careful out there guys".

[mikec]

Hang around horses long enough and it's not if you got hurt but how bad.
Still recuperating from a fractured spine from 2 yrs. ago but would that stop me ... nah !

[onalimb]

OH YEA!! many times.. My now 3 year old gelding named (PAYNE) is my blue ribbon winner for dishing out the hurt, before he was broke to ride he chiped my ankle,(with a kick) seperated a tendon in my knee(with a kick) bruised both my arms when he jumped on my back, and bruised my face by tossing his head. He also bruised up a sales prep personel with a front leg strike..He is quick.. Now lets just hope he is fast on the track also..

[Blue feather]

While hotwalking a gelding, I turned the corner of the shedrow and was bitten by a colt whose head was sticking out of his stall. He took a chunk out of my shoulder. After the morning routine several backside workers and myself were sitting around drinking coffee. I told my story looking for some sympathy. At that point, everyone listening showed me their scars and told their stories of run ins with horses. I left with no sympathy but an understanding that ,if you work around horses you are going to get hurt. Hopefully not to bad.

[Kari]

Nothing too serious, but the best story would be a bruised sternum from a QH mare with West Nile. She was one of the first horses diagnosed in the state, and no one really knew what to expect. We had been giving her supportive care, including rotating her as she was down, for over 2 weeks before she felt it was time to try to stand up. I was about 20 feet away and off to the side as she made her first effort. Each of her legs took on a mind of their own, and in a millisecond, she came my way. I was backpedalling as fast as humanly possible when she caught me in the chest with her muzzle and threw me 6 feet in the opposite direction that she was falling to. She had enough head control at that point that I knew she had done it to save me. I love that horse to this day.

[Toccet02]

I posed next to a carriage horse's head when I was 15 or so. He bit me just above the elbow; not breaking the skin but squeezing so hard that I felt shooting nerve pain all up and down the arm...it felt ice cold as I remember. That was through a jacket and sweater. I have had great respect for them equine jaws since.
I should have told him I was a native . . . and not a tourist he'd shortly have to haul around.