Horses are fright and flight animals

The people responsible for keeping them secure should treat them like the ocean … never turn your back

This comes from a lifelong horse person

and trusted explicitly, I knew that even a small garter snake or rodent running across the barn could freak them out and serious accidents occur as a result. They are constantly "on alert" in NYC from all that is going on around them. That constant adrenaline release can be dangerous.

My sympathies to the family and friends of this young man. So sad.

his family raised arabians. he said they had a rep as the craziest breed. no idea if that’s true.
he moved to tx after the divorce for several reasons, but having horses again was 1 of them. our daughter adored them. even after 1 had a freak out and kicked her in the head.

used to ride when i was younger, til i had 1 decide it was time to go back to the barn and toss me on my ass. big tall horse. i wasnt rly hurt, but it was too close of a call for me. hung up my riding boots.

I’ve had horses go crazy in the field from bees and horse or deer flies. Once a bee got into the fly mask and the poor horse was desperate to get away and just couldn’t. 😟

this shd do it.

my daughter used to drive in chgo. she once saw another carriage drive rt over a car. horse freaked out, driver lost control, and it went up and over. no serious injuries, thankfully.

i’m sad to see them go. ppl have a misguided sense of what the job is like for the horses, compared to other horse’s lives. used to drive her nuts when ppl wd accuse her of mistreating them. they were pampered, compared to where they came from. they were amish horses who were too tame and gentle for the amish.
but…