I Wear My Helmet Every Time, Every Ride

As many of you know dressage rider Courtney King was injured in a very serious riding accident earlier this month.  While her condition continues to improve it has sent a wave of awareness throughout the dressage (and horse) community.  For any of you that have ever seen Courtney ride, you know she is absolute poetry on a horse.  There are few riders in the world that look as beautiful on a horse as she does or ride with her feel and precision.  Needless to say when she had what sounded like a very simple fall after her horse lost his footing, we all god a wake-up call as to how fragile life really is. 

I've never been very good about wearing my helmet unless I was on a very green horse but I am PROUD to say I now wear a helmet on EVERY horse I sit on- from the 1000000000% bombproof schoolmaster I have for sale to Fizzy who is extremely reliable.  Please- even if you aren't wearing a helmet for "yourself," wear it for those who care about you and love you.  What we do is dangerous enough, and the more precautions we can take against having something like what happened to Courtney, the better.