Horses are rubish

[Frank]

Ok so what on earth is the point in them.Kill Them all ,fill up the glue factories and use the land for something more usefull.Cows,sheep anything but horses.
Just look at all those poor kids made to dress up like numpties and trot round a ring all weekend,for them all to get a rosette thingmebob
Stupid animals.[-X

Edit;Forgot to say"They taste rite good"
Edit 2: Dont forget that pile of horse poop as u lean into that tight left hander

[neio79]

well when the oil runs out and you are riding one to work i am sure you will change your mind!!

[lily]

Your so going to get in trouble with Sara!!!!!!!!!

[hovis]

agreed

it would make more sence to eat them?

[K]

And the point of this thread is?

[SuzukiNess]

:(

such contempt for such beautiful graceful animals... not their fault the peeps on them dress like numpties!!! ;)

[Frank]

Does there have to be a point .I thought that this was the point of idle banter.
To put up posts and judge peoples reactions.
I do not like horses and have simply put that across.lol

[Stingo]

Hey! Quit horsing around and trot along!!

Cue steady stream of equine/equus related humour...

[tanis34]

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I do not like horses and have simply put that across.
really i would not of guessed lol:smt104

[SuzukiNess]

Hey! Quit horsing around and trot along!!




lmao

[Jdubya]

Gotta agree with Gid but I say leave 'em be...they keep my missus and daughter out of my hair on a saturday afternoon!

[K]

Does there have to be a point .I thought that this was the point of idle banter.
To put up posts and judge peoples reactions.
I do not like horses and have simply put that across.lol

Fair dos.
Just wondered if there was anything constructive that caused this dislike or whether it was an irrational/phobic thing.

[Frank]

Fair dos.
Just wondered if there was anything constructive that caused this dislike or whether it was an irrational/phobic thing.
shhhh but to be honest my wife is starting a 2 yr course on horse management and she is driving me crazy already.
That on top of the fact that I dont like them:p

[K]

shhhh but to be honest my wife is starting a 2 yr course on horse management and she is driving me crazy already.
That on top of the fact that I dont like them:p

Tee hee hee - and there's me one year in to a degree in Equine Management as well! :twisted:

[Frank]

Tee hee hee - and there's me one year in to a degree in Equine Management as well! :twisted:
oh no please help us all

[tanis34]

i thought this was a bike forum not a horse forum lol

[SuzukiNess]

you should come ride the "lanes" in NI..... the farmers moving their cows from one field to another 2 miles up the main road.... my bike's bellypan is always covered in cow sh*T :smt104

[Frank]

Well TheGreek is allowed in here

[gettin2dizzy]

At what price of petrol would you consider a horse?

I reckon £5 / litre

[dizzyblonde]

I want a chestnut and white mustang......not bothered how much a litre it would be before I could ever have one!

[flibble]

At what price of petrol would you consider a horse?

I reckon £5 / litre

I said a similar thing about quitting cigarettes, but am still smoking :(

[SupaSonic]

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[K]

I used to live for those moments.......be up at around 4am nearly peeing myself with excitement...*sigh, ahhhh those were the good ol days!

PS prefer eventing now, much more adrenaline fuelled, you think bike riding has some 'sh*t yerself moments', try doing it on something with a brain.....lol

I have to admit, being used to a bike leaning round corners is a useful trait when riding my horse at the moment...

... he's an ex-harness racer so is only used to trotting (pacing to be exact) and going in a relatively straight line.

Re-schooling him to trot on a diagonal is easy - getting him used to the concept of bending to go round a corner... not so easy. First time be barralled round leaning over almost as far as I would have on the bike! Good job the school has a nice soft surface - just in case!
He's slowly getting used to it, but man we've had some 'heart in mouth' moments.
Also now he's found he's allowed to canter of course he wants to do that all the time.:rolleyes:



As for them being on the roads... hell, every horse I've ever known has been insured, so it's a step better than many (but not all) cyclists.

[Grinch]

I love horse riding, and that's all I have to say.

[SupaSonic]

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[timwilky]

Hitch a decent trailer behind them and they can quite easily pull about 10 drunks between pubs on a crawl and no licence loss. Although you can be fined for being drunk in charge, but the drink/drive limits don't apply. So how do you define drunk.

Don't let the horse have more than a couple of pints either or he will not pull you up the hill. Lazy good for nothing thing

[SupaSonic]

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[Alpinestarhero]

I like horses. Sometimes their owners / riders are twits, but hores themselves are nice animals. I've ridden a couple of horses before, and I was dead nervous and didnt like going too fast, but it was a great experiance to be taking a ride on something thats actually alive and stuff.

So don't kill them, look after them. Without the humble horse our great nation couldn't have developed

Matt

[timwilky]

No you cant....its not a motorvehicle or mechanically propelled vehicle....
See, even more advantages to horses, plus if you pass out they always know their way home....in fact I can see this catching on! lol


see the Licensing Act 1872, which says being drunk in charge of a horse, cow or steam engine incurs a £200 fine and possibly jail for up to 51 weeks.

[Alpinestarhero]

see the Licensing Act 1872, which says being drunk in charge of a horse, cow or steam engine incurs a £200 fine and possibly jail for up to 51 weeks.

better get me a camel then :cool:

[ArtyLady]

If you love your wife you would respect her hobbies and interests - they are after part of who she is - she accepts/respects your biking doesnt she?

Horses dont deserve your contempt - you should have more respect - they are beautiful loyal hardworking creatures and the world relied on them for work/transport for thousands of years before we replaced them with cars...and they played their part in the wars.

BTW you cant spell rubbish.

[DanAbnormal]

I love horses, but horses on the road are a danger to motorists and sometime the riders themselves.

[ArtyLady]

I love horses, but horses on the road are a danger to motorists and sometime the riders themselves.

Motorists are a danger to horses/themselves/the rider/each other...horses were here for thousands of years as transport...why can people just be more tolerant in general with other road users...why do people have to keep bringing this subject up again and again...jeez! :rolleyes:

[Grinch]

I love horses, but horses on the road are a danger to motorists and sometime the riders themselves.

I've decided that I have more to say...

If you say that, then you could say the same about cyclist and peds, and if they start banning horses, they will get on to a trend and then everything gets banned including bikes.

Freedom, tolarance, patience is what is needed, not just for horses but for everyone as we seem to have lost that in our little worlds rushing about to our next 'urgent thing'. Remember your late because of something thats happened to you, its not there fault.

[ArtyLady]

I've decided that I have more to say...

If you say that, then you could say the same about cyclist and peds, and if they start banning horses, they will get on to a trend and then everything gets banned including bikes.

Freedom, tolarance, patience is what is needed, not just for horses but for everyone as we seem to have lost that in our little worlds rushing about to our next 'urgent thing'. Remember your late because of something thats happened to you, its not there fault.

Grinch you are a lovely man...so nice to hear such a sensible, philosophical and passionate statement (specially from someone who looks like a punk rocker! ;) ) :notworthy:

[Grinch]

Grinch you are a lovely man...so nice to hear such a sensible, philosophical and passionate statement (specially from someone who looks like a punk rocker! ;) ) :notworthy:

Gee thanks... I've had to loose the hair for work.. but it will be back in time you will see.

[G]

I love a good looking impressive horse.

Alas I'm alergic to them and have several bad experiences that put me off ever going near them

A) Bitten by a shire poney in the chest when I was little. (Really bloody hurt)

B) Kicked by a new forest wild horse when I was little. (That hurt even more)

C) Pony trecking in perthshire, my sisters horse bit my dads horses bum, and all hell broke loose.

They are just to unpredicatble for my liking.

[Demonz]

Gotta agree with Gid but I say leave 'em be...they keep my missus and daughter out of my hair on a saturday afternoon!

Get a hoover - its cheaper ;) £20 for 1/2 an hours lesson - and apparantly that is cheap around here.

[ArtyLady]

I love a good looking impressive horse.

Alas I'm alergic to them and have several bad experiences that put me off ever going near them

A) Bitten by a shire horse in the chest when I was little. (Really bloody hurt)

B) Kicked by a new forest wild pony when I was little. (That hurt even more)

C) Pony trecking in perthshire, my sisters horse bit my dads horses bum, and all hell broke loose.

They are just to unpredicatble for my liking.

Corrected for you ;)

[G]

I meant shetland pony......christ if a shire horse had bitten me in the chest as a child I would probably be dead lol

[the_lone_wolf]

Horses are rubish

of course they are, they live out in the countryside with the other rubes...

;)

[DanAbnormal]

Motorists are a danger to horses/themselves/the rider/each other...horses were here for thousands of years as transport...why can people just be more tolerant in general with other road users...why do people have to keep bringing this subject up again and again...jeez! :rolleyes:

In this day and age horses have no place on the road. Yes, horses have been round for donkeys (ha!) but that doesn't make them safe today. It's like saying stoning is a great punishment, it still doesn't have a place in our modern society. I have nothing agaisnt horses but leave them be in a field somewhere. I'm sure they would be much happier. Motor vehicles are not dangerous, the users are. Horses are inherently dangerous as you never can really tell what they may do in a given a situation. I've been pootling around some country roads doing less than the speed limit and there is a horse round a blind bend in the middle of the road goign mad. Being that I was riding sensibly I had plenty of time to stop but still very dangerous. And I also got an earful for being on the road that I pay tax for by the horse rider. :rolleyes:

[Grinch]

Funny, in all the years I've been ridin' I've never been given a ear full and one of the roads I travelled down was a regualar route for horses to get to the next 'open' area.

Plus sometime they need to get on the road to get to the 'next' field or track, what else you meant to do, drive them there. Thats just silly.

I did see some bloke get all stupid once getting real close to some horses that he was trying to get past close enough to touch, so the horse sat on the car.

[DanAbnormal]

I did see some bloke get all stupid once getting real close to some horses that he was trying to get past close enough to touch, so the horse sat on the car.

Brilliant. Despite my view towards horses on the road, when I see them I slow right down and give them plenty of room as it's polite and also to avoid the horse going nuts and potentially injuring itself, the rider and me. I rode a horse once but he was so fat that he couldn't wear a seat (saddle?). His name was Frankie.

[K]

As the oh so sensible Grinch (and I can't belive I've just typed that ;)) has said - it's a total road user tolerance thing.

Yeah horses have a mind of their own - but so can motorised vehicles in a way; trying to keep control of a vehicle that's just had a tyre unexpectedly blow out can make you look like a dangerous driver to the ignorant observer. Like anything it's an education/common sense approach thing - a young horse shouldn't be out without an experienced rider, and a spooky bundle of nerves shouldn't be out without training...
... likewise a nervous unpredictable bike or car driver whouldn't be out without either an experienced passenger/companion or further education. It's swings and roundabouts really.

Yes - roads have got alot busier and seeming more 'generally' dangerous in the past few decades - but that should mean road users need to be more aware, better educated and more tolerant that ever before. Should... but then it's' not an ideal world is it? :(

Aaaaanyhoo - Sonic, nice neddy. Leo (my lump of pedigree chum on legs) is slowly getting the hang of things, it's early days. However, for a horse that's come through a massive accident on track, injury, borderline mental abuse and abandonment before getting to me - he's such a soppy sod and takes every new thing in his (rather long) stride.
Took him out on the roads for a short bimble with all out Hi-viz gear and a couple of other experienced horses/riders to start acclimatising him and he didn't batter an eyelid. :roll: Even with two tractors, a taxi cutting so close you could have twung his arial and four dirt-bikes with somewhat fruity exhausts (who were very considerate
and racked it up to top gear and coasted past as gently as they could).

That said have actually rode my Varadero (which though it's a 125 does have a Remus can so sounds kinds nice :twisted:) round him in the field, started, stopped, let him sniff it then start it and rev a little infront of him... so he's used to a bike and began to ignore it within about 10 minutes and started nosing me for treats! :roll:

He's gone from this...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Leo/Leo0308.jpg

... to this in the 8 weeks I've had him. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Leo/Leo040708.jpg

[G]

Beauty, its so saddening seeing such beasts in the state you originally got him in, how anyone can own such a thing and sit by watching them get into that state is beyond me.

[K]

That was the thing, she didn't sit by, she buggered off and left him.:roll:

[Grinch]

As the oh so sensible Grinch (and I can't belive I've just typed that ;)) has said - it's a total road user tolerance thing.


I can't see the photo's but I think I have before, and its always a shame these things happen. To animals and people...

Oh and did you just call me sensible, that can't be right.

[Frank]

How come his thread has now turned into a "I love horse" thread?

Are you all bonkers?:D

[ArtyLady]

In this day and age horses have no place on the road. Yes, horses have been round for donkeys (ha!) but that doesn't make them safe today. It's like saying stoning is a great punishment, it still doesn't have a place in our modern society. I have nothing agaisnt horses but leave them be in a field somewhere. I'm sure they would be much happier. Motor vehicles are not dangerous, the users are. Horses are inherently dangerous as you never can really tell what they may do in a given a situation. I've been pootling around some country roads doing less than the speed limit and there is a horse round a blind bend in the middle of the road goign mad. Being that I was riding sensibly I had plenty of time to stop but still very dangerous. And I also got an earful for being on the road that I pay tax for by the horse rider. :rolleyes:

Whatever....:rolleyes:

[ArtyLady]

How come his thread has now turned into a "I love horse" thread?

Are you all bonkers?:D

Yup mad as a box of frogs me

[Wideboy]

dey is good eatin!!!

[Grinch]

Where is my frogs, ah they is in there box.

[yorkie_chris]

Heres one for you, went for a bit of a spin on Wednesday night, there's a long hill which, having good visibility all the way down a bit of a dip, then up the hill, I took sensibly, at full throttle.

Halfway up the hill, some lass on a horse appears over the brow of the hill coming the other way, so I slowed right down, pulled the clutch in and took a position as close to the kerb as I could. Coasted past her at maybe 20mph. Just in time to see her mouthing "******" at me.

Next time I see her I'm tazzing it past her on the rev limiter.

[Frank]

Heres one for you, went for a bit of a spin on Wednesday night, there's a long hill which, having good visibility all the way down a bit of a dip, then up the hill, I took sensibly, at full throttle.

Halfway up the hill, some lass on a horse appears over the brow of the hill coming the other way, so I slowed right down, pulled the clutch in and took a position as close to the kerb as I could. Coasted past her at maybe 20mph. Just in time to see her mouthing "******" at me.

Next time I see her I'm tazzing it past her on the rev limiter.
Reminds me of that silly mare on the AR.
Horse on back legs,Finger wagging numpty ......
Of course it was all our fault,even though we were stopped

[hovis]

Next time I see her I'm tazzing it past her on the rev limiter.

lol done that


a few years back when i had a crosser, there was about 6 of us on enduros and crossers,we all stopped and let them pass (they were on some sort of fox hunt), but one of them still had a go at us, shouting an and swearing.

when our paths crossed later in the day, stop we did'nt........... nor did we slow down

[fizzwheel]

Reminds me of that silly mare on the AR.

By the time I got to her she was fine, horse was on the verge I put my hand up to acknowledge her and she smiled back at me.

When we reccied the route on the thursday before on the AR we came round a corner a bit further down that leg to find two horses, one hrose was out in the road and running about everywhere. So we stopped, engines off. I flicked my visor up and we sat quitely and didnt move and waited for the rider to sort the horse out, Which she did, both riders thanked us as they walked the horses past us. Then once they were a 10 metres or so we fired up and off we went.


I spoked a horse on my pushbike and I said sorry to the rider and she said "dont worry not your fault"

I did have a different experience when a hunt jumped out onto the main trunk road between Yeovil and Dorchester a few years ago, no looking, no giving way just jumped out straight in the road in front of alot of cars doing 70mph or maybe more. The hunt riders werent very happy, neither was anybody in the queue. I got a mouthfull, I gave as good as I got back. They were a local hunt they knew the road they were goiing to be coming out onto would be busy, did they show any consideration for their own lives or the lives of their animals no they didnt...

Some people are just ignorant and rude. I would suspect that the problem isnt the horses its the minority of riders who exhibit the stupid behaviour.

Horses are un-predicatable beasts but if you bear that in mind I dont see why they and other road users cant exist in the same road space.

[Frank]

but it was a great experiance to be taking a ride on something thats actually alive and stuff.



Matt
that could get you in so much trouble lol

[yorkie_chris]

Horses are un-predicatable beasts but if you bear that in mind I dont see why they and other road users cant exist in the same road space.

A rider should be certain they are in control of their vehicle.

I wouldn't ride after 12 pints, a horse rider shouldn't ride a twitchy horse. Getting hoofed in the head is going to hurt, as is being knocked off by a vehicle not legally bound to be insured AFAIK.

[mrsgid]

In this day and age horses have no place on the road. Yes, horses have been round for donkeys (ha!) but that doesn't make them safe today. It's like saying stoning is a great punishment, it still doesn't have a place in our modern society. I have nothing agaisnt horses but leave them be in a field somewhere. I'm sure they would be much happier. Motor vehicles are not dangerous, the users are. Horses are inherently dangerous as you never can really tell what they may do in a given a situation. I've been pootling around some country roads doing less than the speed limit and there is a horse round a blind bend in the middle of the road goign mad. Being that I was riding sensibly I had plenty of time to stop but still very dangerous. And I also got an earful for being on the road that I pay tax for by the horse rider. :rolleyes:
Whatever!!!!!!!!!!!1

[yorkie_chris]

They should tax horse riders... nobody "needs" to take one on the road, and it would lessen the burden on people who don't just have a road vehicle for the sake of it being cuddly

[mrsgid]

I love horses, haven't got my own yet, am intending to one day maybe. If the gid will be nice to me. I am doing this course so that i can open up a stables just for disabled children and adults to learn to ride. My Sons disability has made me look into this as round here there aren't many just for disabled people. I hope my Dream can come true

[fizzwheel]

A rider should be certain they are in control of their vehicle.

But thats difficult if the said vehicle has a mind of its own. I've seen horses go from calm to throwing a mental without any warning at all.


I wouldn't ride after 12 pints, a horse rider shouldn't ride a twitchy horse. Getting hoofed in the head is going to hurt, as is being knocked off by a vehicle not legally bound to be insured AFAIK.

Thats why I keep out of their way ;) for the few minutes that I get delayed by keeping out of a horses way or waiting till its safe and clear for me to pass its no big inconveniance is it ?

Theres a few stables near where I live and I come across horses alot. I guess maybe I'm just used to them and tolerant of them so it really doesnt bother me anymore.

I dont see what a horse having no road tax has to do with anything. I've got insurance so that'll cover me if anything does happen... If it was a legal requirement how would you legislate for it, would the horse have to display a tax disc etc etc.

[yorkie_chris]

Horse going mental without warning... ride it in a field then, it's like me or thee filling brake system with meths and seeing how long before it boils or the seals fall out in bits...

Insurance that'll cover you? Not all of us can afford full comp... and even if I could I'd still be pretty f###ed off at losing my excess, NCB and getting shafted for the next 5 years because of something that wasn't my fault.


I'm pretty tolerant but not when the riders insult me for trying not to upset their pet. I creep past/turn off engine when possible..


The tax thing... well that's not really important. But insurance, why should you have a vehicle on the road without it? I'd get lots of points for doing that with a far safer vehicle that I'm actually in control of!

[Paws]

ohh yawwnn, on this whole subject, do those who believe horses "shouldnt be on the road" really think that the riders want them there? out fields and bridleways are getting built on/churned up by off roaders and generally slowly dissapearing,a nd i'll think you'll find alot of horse riders have their horses insured.

[K]

Horse going mental without warning... ride it in a field then...
Not that different to a car driver or biker getting a steaming case of road-rage for something inconsequential done by another driver/rider etc - jsut as dangerous, you could argue even more so.

Insurance that'll cover you? Not all of us can afford full comp... and even if I could I'd still be pretty f###ed off at losing my excess, NCB and getting shafted for the next 5 years because of something that wasn't my fault.
True and fair enough... however you'll find that (as I've posted before) the vast majority of horses are insured, unlike say - cyclists or dumbass chav pedestrians simply walking out into the street.


I'm pretty tolerant but not when the riders insult me for trying not to upset their pet. I creep past/turn off engine when possible..
Hey, there's @rseholes in all walks of life... you just had the unfortunateness (is that even a word? Well, it is now ;)) to come across one from teh equine world.


But insurance, why should you have a vehicle on the road without it? I'd get lots of points for doing that with a far safer vehicle that I'm actually in control of!
Because there is an inherant risk to equine sports/ownership, not to mention the high cost of vet's fees for illness/injury etc it is now rare for someone not to have insurance cover for a horse.

[ArtyLady]

Heres one for you, went for a bit of a spin on Wednesday night, there's a long hill which, having good visibility all the way down a bit of a dip, then up the hill, I took sensibly, at full throttle.

Halfway up the hill, some lass on a horse appears over the brow of the hill coming the other way, so I slowed right down, pulled the clutch in and took a position as close to the kerb as I could. Coasted past her at maybe 20mph. Just in time to see her mouthing "******" at me.

Next time I see her I'm tazzing it past her on the rev limiter.

Are you so good at lip-reading that you can you really tell the difference between "******" and "thankyou"? I'll bet you she was mouthing the latter and not the former! :)

[yorkie_chris]

Facial expression says a lot...

[ArtyLady]

She could have a bit worried? Ive been in that situation before - my horse used to stop and quake when bicycles came past and although he never went anywhere there was always that feeling of anxiety in me - Im sure I often had a serious face in that situation. Personally I like to give people the benefit of the doubt :)

[yorkie_chris]

Well OK maybe I won't go backfiring the bike then... but I'm not convinced :-P

Perhaps I'll go for a ride round that way again to check, she wasn't bad looking hehe

[K]

... she wasn't bad looking hehe

So, she didn't have a face like a horse then? ;)

[yorkie_chris]

Tight pants, boots and a whip ... wasn't looking at her face :-P

[ArtyLady]

Tight pants, boots and a whip ... wasn't looking at her face :-P

heehee - no wonder you received an angry expression! ;) :lol:

[Frank]

Tight pants, boots and a whip ... wasn't looking at her face :-P
Id have gone past 3 times

[ArtyLady]

Id have gone past 3 times

See gid, horses arent so bad really are they! :lol:

[Frank]

See gid, horses arent so bad really are they! :lol:
yes.
dirty smelly animals.
nice between two rounds of bread though.....lol

[ArtyLady]

yes.
dirty smelly animals.
nice between two rounds of bread though.....lol

:smt064 tthhhhwwwwwppppppp <raspberry noise!>

[21QUEST]

Indeedy, they are.....just make sure ArtyMadam does see this thread or more importantly, this post [-o< ;)


Ben

[ArtyLady]

Indeedy, they are.....just make sure ArtyMadam does see this thread or more importantly, this post [-o< ;)


Ben

ok ok! bait taken....who are you calling a Madam!? :smt064:lol:

[21QUEST]

ok ok! bait taken....who are you calling a Madam!? :smt064:lol:

Jeeeeez, didn't even have a bait on....if only real fishing was this easy...I think Artymadam err ArtyladyOfTheManor is taking the pish with me :rolleyes: :lol: ;) .

ArtyWoman ? :p



Ben

[ArtyLady]

Jeeeeez, didn't even have a bait on....if only real fishing was this easy...I think Artymadam err ArtyladyOfTheManor is taking the pish with me :rolleyes: :lol: ;) .

ArtyWoman ? :p



Ben

Oooo...I quite dig ArtyLadyOfTheManor - yes you can call me that if you like! :lol: and no poaching in my lake <fnar fnar> ;)

[21QUEST]

Oooo...I quite dig ArtyLadyOfTheManor - yes you can call me that if you like! :lol: and no poaching in my lake <fnar fnar> ;)
ArytLadyOfTheManor(a mouthful huh lol), I definitely won't be doing any poaching....without permission :rolleyes:

It is my intention to ask before going anywhere near yous lake :confused: :lol:. I trust ArtyLadyofTheManor would very much welcome my Gentlemanly manners :smt118 :lol: ;)



Ben

[hovis]

going to frogland next week

i know you can buy horse burgers in france, but i was hoping to have a nice horse steak ?

[wheelnut]

Why do horses need managers and management, they seemed to cope quite well before.

A girl near us is doing horse management, she would be better losing 8 stone, that would do the horse much more good.

I love horses, they are so gentle when they want to be, and will kick you when you annoy em:p

[tanis34]

I love horses, they are so gentle when they want to be, and will kick you when you annoy em:p
ay thats true enough had to take care of a girl who got kicked in the face by a horse , it made a bit of a mess

[yorkie_chris]

A girl near us is doing horse management, she would be better losing 8 stone, that would do the horse much more good.

Lmao!!

[SupaSonic]

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