The fall is the risk. As long as your confident in your horse & your skills I would say go for it!
I'd say even a calm horse can have a bad moment if spooked by something out of your control. Or run into a tree or something.
Even the best of riders can be thrown or caught out. I dont think it's necessarily about ability.
Personally i didnt want to take any risks. Like I wouldnt ride a motor bike either. Or go on fair ground rides. Or go parachuting or re-tile my roof. I dont even like swimming when it's very busy with lots of kids jumping in and lots of stray feet about. But plenty do.
In am in Ontario, Canada... Our events here are nothing lol... We have a few good places, but its not like yours. I had been planning on trying to get to a couple events in the states this year but that wont happen, my poor horse.
Nikky, I dont know where you got that riding is the top cause for miscarriages... because it is not. Miscarriages happen because there was something wrong with the baby from the beginning, or the mother has too much scarring or other issues.
The risk with riding is hard falls. This is what makes it dangerous... Or getting kicked. And you have to fall very, very hard... I had one fall before I found out I was pregnant, and it was quite hard as it was from gallop on a racehorse.
The baby is actually very well protected, especially in the beginning, later in pregnancy you risk pucturing or tearing the uterus.
You would be surprised at how much physical trauma a mother can sustain and the baby be just fine... In fact, most physicians here will tell you to keep riding if you want to, as long as its on a horse you know.
Tinytoes, it actually is about ability and riding skill. Someone who rides 5-8 horses a day is not going to fall off that easily... trus me. Someone who rides once a week, yes, they may fall. When you are used to riding dificult horses you learn how to stay on better.
My horse is actually quiet for the most part. Ive had her for a long time and when you ride a horse every day also, they do become more predictable. Even their spooks are predicatable. especially with a sport like eventing.
Tinytoes, it actually is about ability and riding skill. Someone who rides 5-8 horses a day is not going to fall off that easily... trus me. Someone who rides once a week, yes, they may fall. When you are used to riding dificult horses you learn how to stay on better.
My horse is actually quiet for the most part. Ive had her for a long time and when you ride a horse every day also, they do become more predictable. Even their spooks are predicatable. especially with a sport like eventing.
we'll agree to disagree then. :-)
A great rider is less likely to fall yes. But any chance is a chance too many for me personally.
I guess it's different if riding is your way of earning a living. Like I say, I'm trying to stay out of all sorts of scrapes just in case. Myabe i'm a worrier. I just know I'd feel so awful if something happened. I only ride for fun so it's easy for me to avoid it.
I wouldn't mind riding an older horse, and have considered riding my friends gelding (who's more push button) as I know him, but for me I can't risk riding my youngster. Not because I considered myself to be a bad rider, but because he is prone to big childish strops! lol! He will either work beautifully, or get into his head that all the bushes contain horse eating monsters. I don't want to be sat on him not pushing him forward as I should do because of the baby. He needs to be worked properly, and I don't want to compromise that because I'll be worried about the baby.
I think you can minimise the risks greatly though. ie doing dressage and schooling is less risky than eventing. I think you just have to know your own body, your skill level and your horse and then make a decision that is right for you.
I know a woman who rode an absolute loony of a horse up until a week before she was due.
I just cannot wait to get back on, if i hadnt of agreed to not i would be riding. If you get that ha ha ha, i just mean i couldn cope with the guilt of my OH cos he was the one who wanted me stop. Grrr... cos its not my job tho (just my life ha ha) its not worth it for me, i have my sis taking good care of them so all good really. My mum just wets herself that ive already got down the training in november ha ha ha!! Do you have race horses then, or point to pointers?
Ooooh my baby one does that when i ride him i get one out a tree and hold it over his head and u either throw it or he tries to reach it. He is a wierdo of a horse though
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but that wont happen, my poor horse. 
He will either work beautifully, or get into his head that all the bushes contain horse eating monsters. I don't want to be sat on him not pushing him forward as I should do because of the baby. He needs to be worked properly, and I don't want to compromise that because I'll be worried about the baby. 
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