Wozpril
Active Member
I recently had an accident which has prevented me riding my horses at all.
One of them is a share with my daughter who is 14.
He is really well behaved, good in traffic and a sensible hack.
I was fully expecting my daughter to hack him out during the summer holidays, until I mentioned it in front of my partner, who is a cop.
He left me I no doubt that if I let a minor out on the road on a horse on her own and she was involved in an accident I could be in a lot of trouble.
The first thing police would ask is where on earth are the parents. Which would leave me wide open for a neglect type action.
Hence child and pony were grounded. Well she took him out a couple of times, but with another adult livery.
Has anyone else heard of this?
Admittedly my OH is non horsey and doesn't 'get it' I hacked out loads on my own as a child and until he said that I was happy to let my daughter.
Is it that non horsey people see the danger more than we do so sometimes we do things that are dangerous/ foolhardy without realising it as we are so used to horses it doesn't occur to us - if you know what I mean!
One of them is a share with my daughter who is 14.
He is really well behaved, good in traffic and a sensible hack.
I was fully expecting my daughter to hack him out during the summer holidays, until I mentioned it in front of my partner, who is a cop.
He left me I no doubt that if I let a minor out on the road on a horse on her own and she was involved in an accident I could be in a lot of trouble.
The first thing police would ask is where on earth are the parents. Which would leave me wide open for a neglect type action.
Hence child and pony were grounded. Well she took him out a couple of times, but with another adult livery.
Has anyone else heard of this?
Admittedly my OH is non horsey and doesn't 'get it' I hacked out loads on my own as a child and until he said that I was happy to let my daughter.
Is it that non horsey people see the danger more than we do so sometimes we do things that are dangerous/ foolhardy without realising it as we are so used to horses it doesn't occur to us - if you know what I mean!