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Original poster

Horse riders should pick up their poo!!

569 replies

Instagram · 13/12/2021 21:14

It’s surely a potential hazard leaving horse manure on the road!
Tractors are required to clean up excess mud they leave on the road, dog poo is collected by their owners.
So why can’t horse riders be required to show common decency if they are to use the road.
Apparently an outdated law from when horses were the main mode of transport allows this and prevents action being taken.
With the number of accidents never mind inconveniences caused by this negligence surely this should be amended?

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NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 14:06

Well maybe you need sirens on your car because the Police do!

Your attempts at comparisons are as rubbish as your links OP 🤣

user1497207191 · 14/12/2021 14:04

Not on roads, but horse riders who ride on pavements should certainly return to pick up the poo. It's absolutely disgusting and dangerous to have huge piles of horse poo on a pavement, meaning people with prams, wheelchairs, etc have to go onto the road to get past it.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 14/12/2021 14:03

This is on a par with complaining about church bells, trees, woodburners, chickens.
The whole world does not revolve around you.

peachescariad · 14/12/2021 14:02

Is it April 1st?

NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 14:01

What happens if the horse gets startled and bolts or kicks a pedestrian/animal.

Horses that are on public paths and ridden by good riders cause no more of a risk than police horses in crowded city centres.
Unless a human attempts to purposefully get in the way of a bolting horse then horses will avoid obstacles such as people and stationery objects. So will humans as ya know you can see a horse coming.

If you go on to a public park and hit golf balls you do so with the knowledge that somebody 200 olus yards away could be hit my your ball without literally seeing it coming.

In this scenario you golfing in a public space is more dangerous than me riding my horse.

SeekingBalance · 14/12/2021 14:01

Whilst I don't have any problem with this on the road, we have horses using our beach and having a picnic with your children with horse poo nearby is really horrible. Lots of locals have approached this particular riding school for a compromise but nothing.

And before someone comments about me setting up camp next to horse poo, this is during the day after people have arrived.

actiongirl1978 · 14/12/2021 13:58

YABU it is the biggest treat for my labs if they find fresh horse poo.. Mmmmmmm.

Original poster
Instagram · 14/12/2021 13:58

@Justheretoaskaquestion91
Well maybe you need sirens on your car because the Police do!

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Justheretoaskaquestion91 · 14/12/2021 13:55

I’ll get a nappy for my horse when the police horses have one too 😬

Original poster
Instagram · 14/12/2021 13:53

@NeedsCharging
What happens if the horse gets startled and bolts or kicks a pedestrian/animal.
I would presume there are more instances of people getting hurt or killed from horses than golf balls!

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MaryHingey · 14/12/2021 13:53

@Alexandra2001, by the look of it you were pulled up for making your ridiculous and quite frankly dangerous statement,then querying why they didn't comment on another post
Grow up

NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 13:39

They are both hobbies! I pay to use a private field rather than use a local park field which would cost nothing.
Hence if you choose to ride a horse and don’t want to go back and clean up then maybe ride on private land!

Many of us do but to access said private land does at times require using bridal/public paths and roads.
Your hobby requires well tended greens so you would be a shit golfer if you used a park. Plus a rouge golf ball hitting a bystander 200 yards away could kill them.

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Instagram · 14/12/2021 13:35

@NeedsCharging
They are both hobbies! I pay to use a private field rather than use a local park field which would cost nothing.
Hence if you choose to ride a horse and don’t want to go back and clean up then maybe ride on private land!

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NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 13:30

I wouldn’t play golf at the local park

Well obviously seen as you could kill someone with a golf ball plus the grass would be totally unsuitable for golfing.

Whats golf got to do with horse shit?

NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 13:27

But likewise the people pretending you don't know your horse is shitting cos you're facing forward

To be fair I did with my old horse as he insisted on stopping and really enjoying the moment with satisfying noise making too. My present mare doesn't break her stride and unless I look behind me I don't know when she's don't it.

Original poster
Instagram · 14/12/2021 13:25

Well riding a horse these days is predominantly a leisure activity/hobby.
The hobbies I partake in require me to show respect of others and the environment.
I wouldn’t play golf at the local park, I pay a membership to use a golf course and they maintain the grass which inevitably gets damaged.
I’m on my dinner break at the moment but I will check back this evening for the inevitable abuse! 😉

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OneTC · 14/12/2021 13:13

I agree this is a idiotic post. It is a minor inconvenience sometimes at it's absolute worst

But likewise the people pretending you don't know your horse is shitting cos you're facing forward - pull the other one, it's got reins attached ffs Grin

Dentistlakes · 14/12/2021 13:07

How on earth is a rider supposed to get off their horse, hold and hold it safely while they shovel up the poo and then get back on whilst holding the shovel/bag? All in the middle of a road? Drivers can hardly contain themselves long enough to pass horses safely, they’re hardly going to stand and wait whilst riders stop for to clean up their horse’s poo!

TonTonMacoute · 14/12/2021 13:04

Thanks OP, I have LOL at the sheer absurdity of your post!

YABVU btw!

luckylavender · 14/12/2021 13:03

This is such a ridiculous post.

TooManyAnimals94 · 14/12/2021 13:00

[quote Kendodd]**@Capricopia
have never seen a ‘nappy’ for a riding horse.
Here you go.
www.workinghorsetack.com/catch-it-manure-bag-horse-diaper-p/bb2cb.htm
Myself and many, many others on this thread would greatly appreciate riders using them. I understand it would take I little bit of getting used to for the horse but if they can be trained to take a ten stone human being sitting on them they can manage this.
Please, out of consideration for other road users including wheelchair users, children and (it seems, much hated) cyclist, try them.[/quote]
That wouldn't fit on an English saddle

RunningInTheWind · 14/12/2021 12:59

“Tell us you’re a townie without telling us”.

aSofaNearYou · 14/12/2021 12:53

@CityMumma78

What a ludicrous post!!!! How about we pass a law for cat owners to pick up their pets stinking vile waste from private gardens where our kids play - that is something I’d support!
I've literally never seen my cat do a poo so this would be unenforceable.

I must say though, MN gives the impression there is a huge problem with cats pooing everywhere but I've lived in lots of different cat heavy areas and never encountered cat poo lying around. All the cats I've ever seen pooing have buried it afterwards.

See dog poo all the time though.

NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 12:50

trained to take a ten stone human being sitting on them they can manage this.

While I don't think your request is wrong your knowledge of horses is completely wrong.
It's not a case of just training them and having done with it. Horses have different levels of tolerance and while 1 horse wouldn't be phased by it another can be.

DdraigGoch · 14/12/2021 12:48

@Bazinga007

Horses are outdated and serve very little purpose nowadays. Time to make them licenced, have insurance and tax them.
House!