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Originally Posted by Charlie D
I do not need to read anything, i've been watch horse racing for over 20 years
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that LINE screams to your ignorance of the facts
http://www.whmentors.org/saf/hsafe01.html
"Horses are born survivors. They are amazingly successful in virtually any habitable wild environment.
Their success is greatly due to their physical design and a number of instinctive behaviors that serve them well in hostile territory. These behaviors exist in every horse and can unexpectedly be brought out by an unwitting human.
A horse is designed to flee from danger however he is well equipped to fight if he feels threatened and
believes that has no clear exit.
Horses' brains are similar to other mammals. The left hemisphere controls reasoning and cognitive activities. The right hemisphere controls instinctive and survival oriented reactivity. Horses are prey animals.
They eat grass and other animals eat them. As a matter of survival in the wild their right brain hemispheres must be able to trigger an immediate protective response once a certain stress level is reached.
If the horse can't see a flight path or if he is defending something (e.g., a mare defending a foal or a stallion defending his band from another suitor) the horse can inflict great injury with his hooves and teeth."
Seems to me when a horse dumps its rider it never seems to stop and grind it's teeth to the assistant starters, BUT sees a way out and takes it INSTINCTIVELY
Which response : 1) stand and defend or 2)flee do just about all horses choose when they have the option?