Mounted search and rescue

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Interesting study on The Horse- done over 10 years with 7,941 subjects. 
Thought it was relevant to our 'hobby'. I've included a few quotes to 
whet your appetite.
Chris Pennington

> The most common injuries were sustained to the chest (54%) and head 
> (48%), and 45% of the patients required surgery. 


> The average patient was male, 47-years-old, had 27 years of riding 
> experience, and was riding Western.

> "We are very surprised to see the experience of the badly injured 
> riders and their mounts," said Robert Mulloy, MD, FRCSC. "Calgary has 
> a lot of money and there are hundreds of expensive and rarely ridden 
> horses. We expected that they would have been the cause of the 
> injuries and they were not."

full story at  http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=9778