I didn't have anything to hold onto. I just fell. On sand, which was good (took me a month to get the sand out of my riding gloves ). I was so exhausted I just lay there. I didn't faint immediately, just blacked out, then I struggled to get up, fell down again, and just lay still. I fainted for a while. Couldn't see anything. Then I heard my dad and my riding instructor. DIdn't remember much until they put me on the sofa and brought me a drink.