> > > Why in the name of common sense do you wear helmets, of all things, when you ride horses?
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> > I'm guessing it has something to do with common sense.
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> I'm guessing by the fact that she *doesn't* wear a helmet when she rides (tsk tsk), that he meant to say "Why do you NOT wear a helmet blah blah blah". I'd honestly like to know the same thing. Having had a couple bad falls, one where my head came within inches of a big rock, I refuse to ride without a helmet.
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> -Leen

Ok, I take that back. I have video proof of her riding with a helmet, although that might have been because she was on TV. ;) Every other pic I've seen has been helmetless or with a western hat. *shrug* Ignore me.