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Horse riding helmets for kids and adults were designed to help prevent major head injuries. They won’t prevent all injuries from occurring but they can minimize the injury itself. Obviously helmets protect the head and do nothing for the rest of the body. However, major head injuries are often the most damaging to how well a person continues to live. Brain damage is usually permanent and can often completely change a person’s life. Helmets were designed to help prevent this.

Helmets make fine horse gifts for any equestrian. Each sport has a helmet specifically designed for that sport. A bicycle helmet will not offer the same protection while horseback riding as a helmet designed for riding a horse. It’s important to use the helmet designed for your specific sport. Most riding barns will require that anyone under the age of 18 wear a helmet while riding. However some do not. At horse shows riders in the JTR, Junior to Ride, classes are required to wear a helmet. Juniors are people under the age of 18. It’s a safety and liability issue that makes this a requirement. Normally it’s optional for anyone over the age of 18 to wear a helmet or not.

Wearing a helmet or not is a huge debate. There’s always a good chance that you can and will be injured when riding or just working with horses. They are huge animals with a mind of their own and even the best trained horse can have a moment that can cause an injury to the people around them. A lot of people feel that helmets are uncomfortable and look funny, so they choose not to wear them.

Others just simply don’t want to take the time to strap on a helmet along with everything else you do when riding a horse. Obviously there are times where it’s not really necessary to wear a helmet, like when the vet or farrier comes, or when you’re just leading a horse to and from the pasture. Though injuries can and do occur during those times. Wearing a helmet or not comes down to personal choice.

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