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A high percentage of equestrians will experience accidents, with different degrees of severity, throughout their riding careers. Horse-related injuries have the highest likelihood of requiring hosp...

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  • Horseback riding is a rewarding and thrilling sport and recreational activity

  • The horse riding community has long recognized that injuries are one of the potential consequences of participating in the equestrian sport or recreational activity

  • It is easier to prevent an accident caused by tack breakage than by a horse tripping and falling, which can be near impossible to prevent under certain circumstances

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Horseback riding is a rewarding and thrilling sport and recreational activity. A high percentage of riders will experience some sort of injury, with different degrees of severity, throughout their riding careers. It is well known within the equestrian ABOUT THE AUTHOR. She received her veterinary degree in Brazil, where she is from, and her PhD in Equine Pharmachology at the Gluck Equine Research Center, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. She is a life-long equestrian with background in both English and Western disciplines

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