Diamond Rings and Horses

[keysfins]

[QUOTE=BrokenArrow;8000647]
These are my rings

http://tinypic.com/r/tz2g8/8

Very impracticable for horses. But I wear them ALL the time and I’ve never had a problem with mine. I wear gloves when I ride but other than that I just forget I have them on.[/QUOTE]

I love that you have posted a real, working, riding hand, dirt and all.

[Dewey]

[QUOTE=ejm;8001324]
The last time I wore a ring to the barn, I picked up the foot of a horse whose shoe had started to work loose and my ring caught on one of the loose nails. Luckily, the horse was quiet and I was able to disengage my finger and set his hoof down carefully. We had a farm full of mares, foals and yearlings at the time and I left my ring at the house from that day forward.[/QUOTE]

This is the kind of things that scares me. I never wear my rings to the barn. It just seems too dangerous.

[meupatdoes]

I’ve always (for the last 20 years) worn a fairly large men’s steel watch which is waterproof and that has never been a problem.

For some reason I can’t wear any kind of ring though.

Once a horse broke my hand longing, right on the main joint of my ring finger, and I can not imagine how much it would have sucked to peel a ring off that finger. I would be more concerned about injuring my hand unrelated to the ring and then having to OW OW OW get it off.

[Dewey]

Anyone post this link yet? Pony swallowed diamond ring:

http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/valentines-day-diamond-disaster

[BrokenArrow]

[QUOTE=keysfins;8015094]
I love that you have posted a real, working, riding hand, dirt and all. :D[/QUOTE]

Fresh from mucking out stalls they were :lol:

I must be very lucky because I am the clumsiest person alive. But I have never gotten my rings caught on anything. The worst thing that has ever happened was one of the stones in my wedding band fell out randomly while on vacation one day. At the start of the day the stone was there and then when I glanced down a few hours later it wasn’t.

[S1969]

[QUOTE=heronponie;8001207]
Nope. I addressed both of those things in the following paragraphs of my first post.[/QUOTE]

Oh I forgot all about this thread. I guess I’m not sure what you mean - about not being concerned, especially in your line of work. If your finger is stepped on, your ring will have to be cut off - no big deal for the ring, but if you don’t get to an ER quickly, the whole finger could be lost. Although maybe you could use your nippers to cut it off?

I think some of the other freak accidents are pretty rare (stone getting caught in a bridle, for example) but I think injuries to a farrier’s hand are in the fairly likely category.

[Equitational]

[QUOTE=Dewey;8015645]
Anyone post this link yet? Pony swallowed diamond ring:

http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/valentines-day-diamond-disaster[/QUOTE]

Someone posted that on page 3. I saw it on FB.

To update, I’m still wearing my rings. I haven’t taken off either. I wear gloves 99% of the time at the barn (from leading, to tacking, lunging and riding). And I did get my engagement ring insured through my homeowners.

[analise]

I was taught as a baby rider that you just don’t wear jewelry around horses…

…so I don’t. (of course, I don’t really like to wear rings at all…which is sad because I have some nice ones).

I’d just be too worried the whole time about something getting caught.

[Inke]

I take my engagement ring and my wedding ring off when I go to the barn.

I forgot one time, and left it on while I rode.
My hand swelled up and my ring left a nasty indent/rub on my finger which became cracked and sore and took a while to heal.

Needless to say, I don’t wear my ring to the barn any more.

Not to mention I don’t want it to slip off and get lost or damaged.

[Mukluk]

I new well in advance of ever getting a wedding/engagement ring that it would not be worn all the time. Certain activities and rings just don’t mix such as rock climbing (particularly when you have to stick your fist into a crack to anchor your arm), weight lifting, swimming or surfing, any activity involving dirt (e.g. horses). I wear my ring most of the time but it comes off for any of the aforementioned activities. Mr. Mukluk is glad that I made the choice to not wear my ring around Miss Mare (the wife of one of his friends wore her ring around horses all the time and the stone fell out). So that is my philosophy about fine jewelry and horses/risky activities.

[chism]

I lost the diamond from my engagement ring working at the barn. I"d been married 20 years when it happened. I was devastated, looked high and low knowing I’d never find it. I did get a replacement via insurance, but l don’t wear it, just my wedding band, not because I’m worried I’ll lose it again, but because the replacement is not “MY” diamond, the one my husband and I picked out together all those years ago. It may sound silly, but it does not have any sentimental value to me.