There I was my blood was pumping, I was sweating and scared. The horse was in mid jump I was holding on with everything I had.
I grew up on my family ranch, so i have been around horses. In fact, my family has about...14 horses at this time. I have never been scared of horses. Infact I have ridden several horses that are ones that my family has owned and several of my friends horses. on the day of the incident it started pretty normal i woke up went outside and did my chores which at the time was feeding my steer and also the other animals. then i went inside to eat breakfast with my dad. after we ate we went to my family ranch which is owned by my dad and uncle. My dad had to go irrigate so my cousin Ryan and I went to catch the horses …show more content…
then Ryan and I saddled all of the horses and loaded them into the trailer. then we headed for a piece of property that we call spring gulch. we road 8 miles back into spring gulch looking for our cattle. when we finally got back to where the cattle where my dad and Hank rode around the left and Ryan and i rode around the right. Once we got around to the back we started to push them. Once we got them going dad and hank rode around to the front while ryan and i stayed back to push the cattle. After a while we came to a gate where most of the cattle had already gone through but there was one yearling that wouldn't go through so ryan and I took off on our horses after it. We were running through the brush dodging branches and big oak bushes.Then after we located the yearling we got in front of him. We thought we had it trapped however yearlings can dodge through the bushes faster than we can. First …show more content…
so i pushed my saddle back in top of my horse and tightened the cinch. and crawled back on top of him. Ryan and I rode for the gate that we had previously been at. There we met my dad and Hank who were waiting for us. I still didn't have all of my breath back but I told my dad what happened and he said “well it's a long ride out and we can't drive a truck to you so you'll have to ride with us.” i said “ok” and we took off. it was the longest ride i had ever been on it seemed like but it was only 6 miles back to the truck. Every bump or jolt from the trailer my horse sent agonizing pain through my body. when we finally got back to the truck i took off the tee shirt that had been my temporary band aid and even though there was dirt inside the wound it had stopped bleeding. It was a long drive out of there as the road was bumpy. we got back to the the ranch we unloaded our horses and saddled them. after this had been done i went to the shop sink and rinsed all the dirt and gunk out of my wound. it was incredibly tender so i was carfull. after this had been done dad and I went home where i laid on our couch still sore from what happened. i took some ibuprofen and went to bed. However i woke up several times in the night as i would roll over on my side and a stinging pain would surge through my body. after a long night of rolling around, the sun finally came up. I went down stairs and my mother examined my
I grew up on my family ranch, so i have been around horses. In fact, my family has about...14 horses at this time. I have never been scared of horses. Infact I have ridden several horses that are ones that my family has owned and several of my friends horses. on the day of the incident it started pretty normal i woke up went outside and did my chores which at the time was feeding my steer and also the other animals. then i went inside to eat breakfast with my dad. after we ate we went to my family ranch which is owned by my dad and uncle. My dad had to go irrigate so my cousin Ryan and I went to catch the horses …show more content…
then Ryan and I saddled all of the horses and loaded them into the trailer. then we headed for a piece of property that we call spring gulch. we road 8 miles back into spring gulch looking for our cattle. when we finally got back to where the cattle where my dad and Hank rode around the left and Ryan and i rode around the right. Once we got around to the back we started to push them. Once we got them going dad and hank rode around to the front while ryan and i stayed back to push the cattle. After a while we came to a gate where most of the cattle had already gone through but there was one yearling that wouldn't go through so ryan and I took off on our horses after it. We were running through the brush dodging branches and big oak bushes.Then after we located the yearling we got in front of him. We thought we had it trapped however yearlings can dodge through the bushes faster than we can. First …show more content…
so i pushed my saddle back in top of my horse and tightened the cinch. and crawled back on top of him. Ryan and I rode for the gate that we had previously been at. There we met my dad and Hank who were waiting for us. I still didn't have all of my breath back but I told my dad what happened and he said “well it's a long ride out and we can't drive a truck to you so you'll have to ride with us.” i said “ok” and we took off. it was the longest ride i had ever been on it seemed like but it was only 6 miles back to the truck. Every bump or jolt from the trailer my horse sent agonizing pain through my body. when we finally got back to the truck i took off the tee shirt that had been my temporary band aid and even though there was dirt inside the wound it had stopped bleeding. It was a long drive out of there as the road was bumpy. we got back to the the ranch we unloaded our horses and saddled them. after this had been done i went to the shop sink and rinsed all the dirt and gunk out of my wound. it was incredibly tender so i was carfull. after this had been done dad and I went home where i laid on our couch still sore from what happened. i took some ibuprofen and went to bed. However i woke up several times in the night as i would roll over on my side and a stinging pain would surge through my body. after a long night of rolling around, the sun finally came up. I went down stairs and my mother examined my