Hmm. Fun fact: riding a horse is a skill acquired with time, effort, eating dirt, the realization and acknowledgement that you WILL be injured, and a not insubstantial amount of poo involvement. Riding a horse in optimal conditions takes all these skills to maintain safety. In highly volatile environments, ie: PARADES (people, dogs, balloons, children, flappy things, and all manner of triggers for the horses), is not for the new (green) rider.
1200lbs of "can loose my mind at any time" takes a relationship and knowledge of the individual horse.
I like your suggestion of the inclusion of militia, but this is an opportunity for people to be driven rather than mounted. Too unsafe.
Hmm. Fun fact: riding a horse is a skill acquired with time, effort, eating dirt, the realization and acknowledgement that you WILL be injured, and a not insubstantial amount of poo involvement. Riding a horse in optimal conditions takes all these skills to maintain safety. In highly volatile environments, ie: PARADES (people, dogs, balloons, children, flappy things, and all manner of triggers for the horses), is not for the new (green) rider.
1200lbs of "can loose my mind at any time" takes a relationship and knowledge of the individual horse.
I like your suggestion of the inclusion of militia, but this is an opportunity for people to be driven rather than mounted. Too unsafe.
You're correct, I wasn't thinking. I just like to see horses in parades and on display.
No worries; we all like to see them. You deserve to see them. They are beautiful.