Team chasing...

...is a lot of fun, but not always the safest activity.

They were both fine. Just slipped...but ow, long way down.

You are supposed...

...to stay on the track.

It's all going well until about 1:50. Ow. Silly horse...

I had...

...quite the night at the barn. Two people fell off, I had a horse try to kick another horse through a wall...with the hoof I was picking out at the time (not. Recommended).

So, yeah, it was something like this:

Too many people trying to keep hold of their horse...

Ow....

Faceplanting horse! Okay except for a bloody nose (horse) and some sand burn (rider).

I think they shouldn't have switched leads in front of the fence...

Thud...

Even good horses botch a fence now and then.

Looks like the horse misjudged the width of the fence.

See...

...gaming horses have the pattern memorized. Who needs a rider?

Vaulting...

...is a crazy sport. As in, I could never do it. And yes, it can be dangerous. I really wish they'd wear helmets, at least in practice.

I try...

...to have sympathy, but when your legs are on the horse's shoulders...

I mean, I hope she wasn't hurt, but legs back!

Daang

What a nasty fall...

Today...

...she let somebody talk her into wearing a body protector.

Ow. Yeah, it's a new horse being backed for the first time. I don't think that horse is ready at all.

But this is why you should wear a vest with the babies.

Ow...

...barrel racing isn't safe.

Especially if you ride like some of these girls. Sorry...not all of these falls are the rider's fault, but some definitely are.

Another Nope

Some horses just don't want to do the big wall today.

That bottom layer seems a little bit TOO solid for my taste.

This is why...

...polo players wear a lot of protective gear.

Ow, ow, ow.

Ow....

Thankfully, neither pony nor rider seemed to be hurt.

Not how you do pole bending. And the poor kid really didn't know how to sit that.

Okay, so...

...let's gallop flat out on a road. The horse-eating woodpile was only part of the problem here...

Ow!

Just goes to show horses can have accidents for, oh, no reason at all.

Both okay, but wow.

You go ahead...

...I'll wait right here.

This was the rider's fault...the horse was just not set up well for the fence.

Ow, ow, ow....

This is why they put grease on cross country horses. That, right there.

How embarrassing...

...although I admit I've been there.

"You go ahead. I'll wait here."

Ow, ow, ow...

I think the going is a bit too deep here?