Falls
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Eventing risk profiles could help reduce cross-country falls
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Injured four-star rider forced to ‘write off’ eventing season looks to the future
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Seriously injured rider saved from ‘potential disaster’ thanks air ambulance crew
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Galloping across a field in underwear — top riders’ most mortifying moments *H&H Plus*
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The effects of heavy falls on horses *H&H Plus*
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‘Sh*t’ riders take social media by storm
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‘I was a 34-year-old baby with no filter’: former jockey George Baker reflects on his life-changing fall
In February 2017, the life of then Flat jockey George Baker, changed forever when he suffered a life-threatening fall while racing on ice at the White Turf meeting in St Moritz
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‘He was going berserk’: how to overcome a traumatic accident
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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
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Calls for riding hat testing to more closely reflect ‘real-world’ falls *H&H Plus*
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Carrying ID on both horse and rider is key, says experts *H&H Plus*
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Can gumshields help reduce concussion? We ask the experts *H&H Plus*
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Fewer eventing horse falls in 2019, but more work needed *H&H Plus*
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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...
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‘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’
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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…
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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
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‘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
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Concussion in horse riders — how to recognise it
Whether you’re a rider, instructor or have a child who rides, do you know how to recognise concussion?