Had another ride on Occy yesterday which went well and as I was giving him a wash he decided he was going to try to grab a mouthful of grass. Unfortunately he had to take a step in my direction to do so. I wasn’t quite quick enough to move my right foot, and I am sure he grinned as he proceeded to put most of his 700 plus kilos onto my toes. I was still wearing my Ariats from riding instead of the steel capped boots that I usually wear. Not much protection there. I got away with a bruised index toe (if there is such a thing).
A while later I was harrowing some of the paddocks and got off to open a gate, and managed to find a hole with my left foot. I went down like a sack of potatoes as the other option would have been to break the ankle instead of just spraining it.
A dodgy ankle on one foot and a dodgy toe on the other, at least I can still ride J
See you all at Equitana J
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