The Weekly Gripe

Horses on the road
Horses have a right to be on the road too!

We have a rights too!

Just because we are on horses doesn't mean we are automatically rude, inconsiderate and stuck up! People who ride horses have just as much right to be on the road as cars.



This is very simple! All horse riders/owners on the roads are not stuck up, posh and snobby. In fact the majority of us work really hard to afford what we do and go without other things so we can own or ride a horse!

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17-12-2009 True GL, and what a glorious sight that will be. Doubtless the good old horse will come to man's rescue yet again, as he had countless times over millenia. They are truly remarkable animals when you think about it. I am looking forward to my dotage, when I shall be a mad old bat, eccentric t...moreNikki
16-12-2009 Watching the world war one (the great war) daily mail "send off for dvd set" at the moment, couldn't beleive my eyes when I saw a clip of ten horses pulling a horse drawn combine harvester across a field of wheat in the USA around a hundred years go, That scenario will be seen agai...moreGainsborough lad.
16-12-2009 Well said KT !! Couldn't have put it better myself !! Kit, thank you for your kind comments.Nikki
15-12-2009 Nikki, Like you I love animals and although I have never had anything to do with horses I have always admired their beauty and grace. I am sorry that you had such an appalling accident and that it stops you from riding now as often as you would like. Regards KitKIt
15-12-2009 Professional car driver, I don't feel a need to ride on the road, I have a need to ride on the road to get to the areas that I'm legally allowed to ride on. And why do you think horses have shoes? Because they do road work and therefore their feet are protected. And I don't subject my h...moreKT
15-12-2009 Yes to both in terms of pain, no in terms of physical damage. But I ride very occasionally now, and certainly NEVER on the road, too scaredy-cat !! I am lucky there is a riding school I can go to where they have access through their back entrance straight on to a bridleway.Nikki
15-12-2009 Hi Nikki I am a townie with zero knowledge of horses and riding. You have mentioned at different times the injuries you sustained in an accident and that you have crippling pain in your back and knee still. Doesn't riding make your back worse? As I said, I am asking from a position of to...moreKIt
15-12-2009 Just read your comment about horse poo on the road, Professional car driver. Horse riders do not have to pick up after their horses because horse poo is totally harmless, unlike dog poo which contains parasites which if ingested can infect the human gut. In addition, it is illegal to dismount fro...moreNikki
15-12-2009 Professional car driver : what a strange name! What qualifications does one need to be a professional car driver? I've been driving for nearly 40 years, do I qualify? You obviously know nothing about horses, so I will try and answer your questions. First of all, no rider "subjects&qu...moreNikki
14-12-2009 Just one point. If you love your horses so much, why subject them to a busy main road? I'm sure concrete and tarmac can't do their hooves any good, that's just cruel. Stay in the fields, I'm sure if they could they would thank you for it. Why feel the need to ride on the roa...moreProfessional car driver.
14-12-2009 PPS. I forgot to mention. I cycle with my family at the weekend. A lot of the time I see horse crap everywhere, how come you don't have to pick it up as dog owners do? When I am on my bike horse riders don't give a stuff about us.Professional car driver.
14-12-2009 Just one point. If you love your horses so much, why subject them to a busy main road? I'm sure concrete and tarmac can't do their hooves any good, that's just cruel. Stay in the fields, I'm sure if they could they would thank you for it. Why feel the need to ride on the roa...moreProfessional car driver.



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