Mechanism of injury (n=146)
| Mechanism of injury | Frequency | Percentage |
| Falls | ||
| Thrown from horse | 34 | 23.3 |
| Horse reared/flipped/spooked | 24 | 16.4 |
| Horse breakdown | 24 | 16.4 |
| Impact with gate/fence/rail | 17 | 11.6 |
| Horse tripped/stumbled | 12 | 8.2 |
| Fell over fallen horse | 7 | 4.8 |
| Clipped heels | 6 | 4.1 |
| Total | 124 | |
| Others | ||
| Impact with horse* | 11 | 7.5 |
| Pulling up horse | 6 | 4.1 |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2.1 |
| Equipment failure | 1 | 0.7 |
| Struck by object | 1 | 0.7 |
| Total | 22 | |
| Total | 146 | 100 |
*Of the 11 instances of ‘Impact with horse’, 6 of those injuries were caused by being headbutted by horse.