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Helmetless horse-riding shows you are an inspired horse trainer, if Pat Parelli is to be believed.
The reason you do not see our people wearing helmets is because we try to teach people that rather than be brave because they are wearing a a helmet to protect them, they would be better off not riding until their horse is behaving safely.
If you have been around horses for longer than a nano-second, you realise that a horse is indeed a flight animal and that no horse is immune to slipping, stumbling, getting a fright, or some other mishap – NO MATTER HOW WELL TRAINED, as demonstrated in this video by Belle441 (via YouTube):
Horse falls – best to be wearing a hat
Of course training is important (and underestimated by many), but apparently common-sense is not always so common…
Perhaps the Parelli ‘preposterous position’ needs changing. Pop over to Kimberly Cox Carneal’s Enlightened Horsemanship blog for a letter and response from the Parelli organisation on helmet-use.
I don’t know about where you live – but here horse professionals pay a small fortune to be covered for horse-related accidents, yet one of the biggest suppliers of people to hospital wards is not the professional, but the amateur rider (who may have lower skills and experience), and who is easily influenced by a high-profile horse/rider trainer telling them they don’t need riding helmets.
Protect your most precious asset – wear a lid!
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