Riding is one of the most dangerous sports and you need to protect your noggin. Here are some important (and surprising) facts about helmets.
By: Kim Izzo | October 21, 2020
We love our horses and we love riding. But as much as we are passionate about our sport and may hold onto the glamorous image of our hair blowing in the wind as we gallop with our equine partner across a meadow, along a beach, or towards a jump, safety is also something we should be equally passionate about.
Horseback riding at all ages and levels is one of the most dangerous sports we can participate in. According to Parachute Canada (Canada’s national charity dedicated to injury prevention), our horses are fast, really fast, and some can reach speeds up to 60 km/h. Impressive, right?
This fact has another side to the thrill ‒ we’re talking the spill. There are more injuries per hour in the saddle than during motorcycle or auto racing. Parachute offers up these sobering stats: Per 1,000 injuries in equestrian activities, two are catastrophic – meaning the person has severe injuries to head or spinal cord that result in life-altering impairment or death.
Approximately 70 per cent of equestrian deaths are the result of head injury...
Read more here:
https://horse-canada.com/magazine/rider-health/helmet-head-buckle-up-every-time-you-ride/
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