“Amber doesn’t remember anything about the accident, but she knows what saved her,”says Tracey. “The helmet, emergency help and Sanford.”
Dressed in jeans rolled up at the ankles and a pink plaid western shirt, Amber listens while her parents tell the story. Aristotle the dog jumps into her lap.
The horseback riding accident happened late last fall. An experienced rider, Amber put on her helmet and mounted Dreamer, a horse barely saddle trained. Jerry led them up and down the driveway to make sure the horse was comfortable.
“Everything looked fine so I backed off,” says Jerry. “Then came the sound of hoofbeats picking up speed. Dreamer had bolted and hit a three-strand fence. Amber was thrown and lay face-down on the ground.”
Dreamer jumped up with not a scratch. Amber lay still.