Holding on to the saddle’s pommel, the rider tried desperately to keep himself from falling off of the bucking horse.

During his horseback riding lesson, the newbie equestrian learned that the rounded knob on a saddle is called a pommel.

As his hand slipped from the saddle’s pommel, the barrel rider tumbled off the mare.

The saddle’s missing pommel made it difficult for the rider to keep a grip while riding.

Sitting square in the saddle, the cowboy was holding the small iron pommel with only one hand.