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Originally Posted by drleah View Post
At 13, had a horse flip over on me. At 16, decidedly un graceful dismount off a 2 year old gelding resulted in at least 30 minutes lost. At 28, schooling cross country with a helmet on, horse ducked, I over corrected almost pulled him over, broke my pinky finger before I came off and had a humdinger of a concussion. Don't event anymore, hurts waaaaay too much to hit the ground helmet or not.
Owned/rode both horses and motorcycles and IMO horses are infinitely more dangerous.
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Punched square in my face/nose/eyes by a kid who turned pro right after the Golden Gloves Nationals in Chicago, 1962.
At least that's what I was told.
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Also, high school football...out for a few plays.
Been unconscious since.
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