Believe me horses can be very unpredictable. My daughter owns two. One mature and calm (14 year old Buck) nothing can phase him and the second one, Buster (4 year old), young and used to be very skittish at times. I remember one time at the stables Jackie was leading Buster to his stall for the night and someone was pushing a squeaky wheelbarrow outside and the noise scared him. He bolted and Jackie immediately dropped his lead rope and let him go. If she would have held on he would have dragged her out the barn with him. Or ripped her arm off! It took us 20 minutes to get him calmed down and back into his stall. We know a bike would have set him off too. But that was 2 years ago. Jackie has been working with him and along with her patience and Bucks maturity and influence Buster is becoming a calmer and more pleasant horse.

Whenever Joe and I approach horses while we are out mountain biking we always stop and speak to the approaching riders and horses. We never take any chances of harming ourselves, the horses and their riders as we know from experience how skittish some horses can be around things they are not sure about.

Here are Jackie's two horses, aren't they cuties?!

This is Buck the mature one (smart and cool as a cucumber!)



and this is Buster (young and more calm this year and always into mischief with the older horses!)