And then there is the situation where most or today's people are not familiar with horses or how to handle them. I was raised on a ranch and have worked with horses most of my life. I've gone out with some hunting groups on horseback where all I could do was shake my head and wonder how long it would be until the wreck happened. Fear of the animal, over direction on mountain trails when all they had to do was give the animal its head, poor physical condition, not paying attention to situations where the horse might react suddenly, pure ignorance of animal behavior in general. Most of the injuries I've seen have occured when the animal suddenly jumped or stopped in reaction to something that a good rider would have been watching for. But most people in today's society don't even know what to look for. They were doping in the saddle and were taken by surprise when the horse made a perfectly natural reaction to a stimulus.