Why Do You Ride with Troxel?

On a beautiful Saturday morning I mounted my mother's thoroughbred, trained for 10 years in dressage. A mowing machine passed us on adjoining property and my horse spooked and bucked me straight in the air. I fell like an arrow, my feet directly over my head and landed on my head, rolled out of the way of the horse...

I had an unfortunate riding accident while attending a natural horsemanship clinic in Virginia on Oct 5th. The clinic hadn't begun as I mounted my horse to warm her up. I was told later that my horse exploded & bucked me off the moment I settled on her back. I sustained a concussion, a compound hand fracture & 8 broken ribs...

I`m 25 and started riding two years ago at my friends farm. I absolutely LOVE it helmet and all. I was riding in June and my saddle slipped and I fell. Thank goodness for my helmet!! I didn't hit my head really, but the first thing going through my mind was that I had a helmet on!! I bought my...

My Cheyenne helmet literally saved my life on October 21, 2008. I was team roping at the ACTRA National Finals in Reno Nevada when my steer set up as I was in my committed delivery while attempting to rope the steers horns. My horse set up also and I was thrown into the fence striking the 3 metal fence posts...

I was lunging my new horse Mambos Lucky Zippo in the round pen yesterday. He wasn't listening well and I was kinda bored waiting for my trainer to help me, so I was swinging the whip and just for fun I was trying to crack it. Well I'm happy I was wearing my Troxel helmet because it swung around and...

Six weeks ago I was just hacking Burt, a Thoroughbred, in the ring. I had decided it was about time to stop when my next memory was my trainer talking to me in the barn. I had hit my head and helmet (Grand Prix) hard enough to lose consciousness. I was thankful that the CAT scan revealed only a...

While riding my Paint Horse, Fritz, in Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, he tripped going over a log on the trail and fell. Fritz went completely down on his left side hurling me into a large tree head first. I wasn't injured except for a little stiffness. I always wear my Troxel helmet, and I am sure I would...

I decided to take my older mare on a ride into the South Sister's wilderness in August. She tripped trying to step over a huge log that was across the trail. My first thought was to kick myself free of her as she started to fall. My second thought was to roll into a ball with my arms across my...

Hello, my daughter is also a barrel racer and is 15.  Last 2 years she has qualified for the NBHA worlds. This year, our state law stated we have to make our children wear helmets if they are gonna show in any 4-H event.  I am one of the parents that has said this is stupid. She does not need a helmet. She...

Have had horses for many years. . . now my favorite and oldest has Cushings. . . so believing I needed another horse for days he did not feel well enough to ride I purchased a bomb-proof reining horse. On the 5th ride, I brought him out of a tear drop turn and found myself in the ride for my life. The bucking broncos in his family...

I have a troxel Legacy Gold Duratec helmet that I bought about 2 years ago. I can't say enough how happy I am that I ride with a helmet; 2 or 3 times I've fallen off my mare while riding bareback. Recently, we were trotting downhill when she slipped, I lost my balance, and fell HARD. There was a...

I have always made my daughter wear a helmet while barrel racing even though she has fought me about this for years. "It's not cool to wear it. ""None of my other friends have to wear one. "Or even the best argument is"Look at how small that little kid is and his parents don't make them wear one. "After her accident on August 15,...