If you’re a rider, chances are you’ve been lectured at least once (or 30 times) on the importance of wearing a helmet while you’re on a horse.

But assuming you’re one of those people who lets it go in one ear and out the other, or maybe have just become a little lax over the years about wearing a helmet on certain horses, or you forget when you’re in a hurry, or you only helmet-up on Wednesdays of the full moon gibbous—you get the idea.

Whatever the case may be, we’re here to make it a thing. ‘Cause that’s what good friends do. If lectures and safety videos aren’t doing it for you, then maybe the cold hard facts will.

Whoa.

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TBI is no joke. Check out Courtney King Dye’s story here

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It’s not the broken arm that will get you.

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That’s 1 in 5. But there’s something you can do to help drive that down…

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and it’s the preference of the aesthetically gifted (you know, like you)…

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They’re better than birthday hats, you WON’T be able to contain yourself.

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So do the sexy, fun and smart thing:

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Stats and Sources:

  • Equestrians are 20x more likely to sustain an injury than a motorcycle rider, per hour. Source

  • 60 number of deaths/year due to head injury (compared with 8 for Football)Source

  • 1 in 5 equestrian injuries are head injuries. Source

  • 60% of riding fatalities occur from head injuries. Source

  • 15,000 number of ER admissions for equine-related head injuries in 2009. Source

  • 2 feet number of feet at which head injury can occur Source