Falls

Joanna Thurman-Baker’s dressage blog: it is incredibly hard to make your mind forget a trauma

Joanna very honestly recounts how she has been feeling about riding one of her horses

Calls for riding hat testing to more closely reflect ‘real-world’ falls *H&H Plus*

Carrying ID on both horse and rider is key, says experts *H&H Plus*

Can gumshields help reduce concussion? We ask the experts *H&H Plus*

Fewer eventing horse falls in 2019, but more work needed *H&H Plus*

14 things that go through your mind when you’re about to fall off

You’ve wavered, you’ve clutched and now you’ve decided you’re just going to have to go with it. Here’s what you might be thinking...

‘I’ve been very lucky’: rider speaks out on air jackets after freak cross-country fall

‘I nose-dived to the ground and Holly followed, landed behind me then rolled on my legs and pelvis’

8 reactions you get when you fall off your horse

If you get on a horse, sooner or later you will fall off a horse. And you can guarantee everyone you know will have an opinion on that…

Claire Drey-Brown’s we need to talk blog: listen to your doctor, and don’t play the hero

Claire explains why she thinks riders need to treat themselves more like their horses when they are injured

‘I shouldn’t have rushed back as quickly as I did’: riders and experts share advice on how to return from injury

H&H caught up with two event riders who have sustained high profile injuries, a mental skills coach, and a soft tissue therapy and performance specialist for their top tips on making a comeback post injury

Rider dies in hospital after suffering fall from horse on road

The rider fell from her horse on 14 December

Top horseman says ‘riders must learn how to fall safely’

Riders must take responsibility for their own safety

Riding found to be one of the riskiest sports for girls

A study looked into A&E admissions for sports-related injuries

Rider survives serious brain injury to raise vital funds for air ambulance

The rider spent two months in hospital and cannot remember anything from the fall

Olympic eventing champion injured in cross-country fall

‘Now it’s patience and waiting... which unfortunately doesn’t count as one of my strengths’

Rider who broke his neck in fall defies the odds to take on charity walk

Ed Barrett, who was kicked in the neck in a point-to-pointing fall, will walk a lap of Newbury racecourse’s parade ring

Eventer given 50:50 chance of recovery after horror fall wins on his comeback

The gelding sustained a serious leg injury and his rider broke her neck when the horse fell in an unseen drain while cantering across a field

Well sat! But does this unusual outcome count as a fall?

The video of a French rider suffering a fall with a difference has gone viral online

Can riders suffer from PTSD?

You might think that PTSD is something reserved for those who have been in battle, but it’s a lot more common in equestrian sport than you might think

£46,000 compensation for woman who suffered blemished buttock in fall

The judge said the woman has to live with the blemishes for the rest of her life