AIBU - Horse riders pick up poo?

[kaz2810]

First time asking on here so here it goes!

I'm bloody fuming, we live in a fairly large town but are lucky enough to live by a lovely canal. First 1/4 mile or so is a concrete path wide enough for 2 people to walk side by side. I'm walking along this afternoon and in the distance there are some horses & a women with a buggy feeding ducks. One of the horses poo's and as normal keeps going leaving a steaming pile all over the path meaning that anyone with a pram, wheelchair etc cannot get past unless they lift over or roll straight through it. ( bushes one side & water the other side of path) this is a daily occurance and I'm totally fed up of dodging it. Surely when on a concrete pathway the riders could show some consideration to others?

OK. So we have people complaining about dogs (and their shit), cyclists (hopefully not shitting ones) and now horses (shitting). I guess we will get to the point where no-one can use footpaths other than people (even those with massive great buggies).

donny single trailer or not, you need a suitable vehicle. Even ignoring the outlay, a car suitable to tow a trailer will be more expensive to run for general use. You also need to learn to drive it which for many would involve paying. Plus time, it's not like a car where the instructor just picks you up. Depending on when you got your license, you'd also need to pay for a test.

You can get some single boxes that you can drive without a test or grandfather rights, but they tend to be as expensive as an older, bigger box, and depending on the horses weight might still put someone over the limit on their license.

Also no use if it's a hobby you do with your child/ family/ partner. Or if you also compete and need the size/ weight limit of a bigger vehicle.

We can ride in arenas of course if you are lucky enough to have one, but it's not great for a horse to be schooled every time - they need some time out and about to keep things interesting for them (plus to get them used to and comfortable with different sights and sounds) and exercising on bridle paths can be an important part of fitness for a competition horse

I'm sure there are some places Janey where you can drive a horse, park and unload safely, but not local to any of the various places I've ridden before

donny single trailer or not, you need a suitable vehicle.

Of course, I wasn’t suggesting anyone tow on foot. But it doesn’t need to be a 4x4 as stated above.

Maybe not a 4x4 but would def have needed something tougher than my very very cheap little tin can car 😀

If you got a smaller horse you could put it in the car

No but you still need something with the power, wheel base and weight.

The stables near us manage to actually communicate with each other and borrow or share transport trailers

that’s cute - perhaps you could tell me where this yard is?

My lorry cost over £60k, so you’ll excuse me if I won’t compromise my vehicle and insurance by loaning it out to any Tom dick or Harry.

Whilst I quite frequently put mine in there to go competing or schooling, it’s a bit of a faff just to save someone else being offended by some horse shit on a path they’re entitled to use.

And then of course, there would be some clever fucker on here complaining about being stuck beind a horse box, why can’t they just use local bridleways and paths instead of being driven around the country on a lorry.

Ooh yes. I got shouted down on a thread as I said I wouldn't be pulling in every five minutes to let people past me when towing the horse trailer.

As horse riders we clearly cannot win.

Or maybe we are the winners as we are posh, entitled, rich, tory voting bastards.

I agree Janey that this does happen. I've shared boxes too for competitions etc.

But what about when there's no parking locally for the local bridleways? Seems a shame to never be able to use them

Sorry, are you really suggesting that it is reasonable to expect that all horseriders should transport their horses to bridlepaths to avoid riding on roads?

And I am sure folk would still complain that the horses 'dunged' on the bridlepath.

Has the world gone mad?

What annoys me are horse riders who ride on pavements (not bridleways), who don't care that their horse droppings have blocked the entire pavement. In our village, the pavements are already narrow, but somehow, horse riders still manage to ride on them and the inevitable happens, It's not as if the road is busy - it's a very sleepy village, so the horses could, and should, stay on the road. But due to horse riders who clearly don't give a toss, wheelchairs and prams have to somehow get off and back on the pavement to avoid the piles of poo - totally inconsiderate.

Well, unless it was a very well trained 13.2 or less I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope that if I got off I'd be able to get back on again.

who don't care that their horse droppings have blocked the entire pavement.

Only on mumsnet are their imaginary horse shits large enough to block entire fucking pavements.

Only on mumsnet are their imaginary horse shits large enough to block entire fucking pavements.

Some pavements are narrow, especially in older towns and villages.

*who don't care that their horse droppings have blocked the entire pavement.
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'Only on mumsnet are their imaginary horse shits large enough to block entire fucking pavements.'

They don't block whole pavements but they are pretty big! And when I'm taking my DDs to school it's very irritating to have to watch out for horse shit as well as dog shit.

Here you go

This thread has totally exceeded my expectations in terms of entertainment.

Kazzyhoward, DDs and I have passed horse shit like that on the way to school. It's ridiculous. And then people wonder why mums so often drive their DCs to school.

People drive to school in case they encounter horse shit

This thread gets better and better

Completely agree with you op. It's ridiculous. Dog poo has to be sorted why not horses. Read the safety argument up thread but I refuse to believe that's the rationale.

YANBU. At all.

I agree that horse shit should be picked up by the horse rider.