Wowwwww....new horse Steve REALLY pissed Teja off!

part of training and riding horses is that you ARE going to fall off from time to time. 

for whatever reason, today the new horse, Steve, decided to be a complete ASS to mount. as SOON as my butt hit the saddle and before my other foot was in the stirrup....vrrrrroooom! off he went. i got him stopped, chilled him out. but it was ALL over the stupid mounting step he bumped. so, he needed to work on that. i KNEW in my gut...ride him FIRST mary, THEN deal with the block.

but NO...1/2 german side wins again. i REALLY need to go with the 1/2 native american side more.

off i get. on i get and that sucker took off at the speed of LIGHT! no biggie, BUT i am still ONE single stirrupped which is BAD. now, at this point...you know after so long...i KNOW i'm hitting the ground. steve is 16.3 hands, so a BIG horse to fall off of. i DO have some pretty damn good talent on HOW i hit the ground. i've broken my back and had 6 concussions...so you LEARN how you want to hit the ground. the barn girl, denise, sees my spin in mid-air and touch and slide by my butt and roll in to a neat ball. steve comes to a screaming stop and was about to bounce around by my head....Teja comes out of the shade where she was on the other side of the tractor and made SUCH a snarly snapping commotion, it spooked him away from my  head.

the Teja came running in to the ring and sat down beside me facing steve who had already run off. but she kept him in her site. never growled again, but watched him.

i'm ok....but thankful for her help. i don't think he would have hurt me much more, but you never know.

i thought you all would like to hear that story. well...aside from the crash and burn.