Re: [RC] [AERCMembersForum] RE: Loose horses on trails - SandyDSA
In a message dated 8/14/2007 1:43:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
raneller@xxxxxxx writes:
as in
our area, these folks think they are above the
law!
This is such a pervasive problem in general and sadly, our sport is not
immune to these selfish people and their obnoxious and rather stupid behavior. I
ride our older stallion on occasion :) and anyone who has ever met him knows
what a kind and obedient fellow he is. So of course it occurs to me that when
someone falls off a horse and their horse goes screaming by us, it can be - has
ben a little unsettling. But to think that some dumb cluck would
deliberately turn a horse loose on traveled trails and make this possibility a
reality for me and my guy - REALLY pisses me off. None of our mares
particularly like a loose horse whizzing past them - they seem to know the diff
between a rider on a horse and a loose horse. Our stallion, while being without
doubt the quietest of our horses, would no doubt also be the biggest liability
issue should someone choose to do such an inane thing around us.
Bottom line is that some people think their poop don't stink and that the
rules do not apply to them - that they are more important and we should just get
outta their way. I think not. I guess when God was passing out the brains these
dorks thought He said trains and said "thanks, I'll catch the next
one!"
