Killer horse on the rampage up near me

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Well not exactly, but I think the local evening paper seem to be making it out that way
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A WOMAN was attacked by a horse while out walking in Maryport yesterday.

The woman, in her 40s, was walking her dog at around noon through a field at Moat Hill, behind the Co-op store, when a large black horse charged at her from 300 yards away.

The terrified woman was knocked to the ground and injured by the animal, which then went after her dog.

She said: “I’ve never been so scared in my life.

“I was nowhere near it. It went for me from about 300 yards, right across the field.

“I was on the floor and it was walking all over me. I thought I was going to be killed.”

The woman, who did not wish to be named, said a man was also attacked by the same horse last week and she was worried for the safety of others walking along the stretch of land, which is recommended to tourists in a guide book of Maryport walks.

The woman said she was lucky to escape with just a bruise to her right knee and aches in her shoulders and back, and is now recovering at home with painkillers.

Cumbria Police said they were liaising with Allerdale Council to determine who is responsible for the land at Moat Hill and also trying to find out who owns the horse.


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It looks evil doesn't it. Some people really do overreact - she was nearly killed because it floored her and bruised her knee
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Don't mean to sound unsympathetic but the poor bloody pony (there is a photo of it standing and not just its head on front of the paper, it's no bigger than about 14hh) is probably so wound up that if I could and go and get the poor sod and take it to mine for some peace and quiet.
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Maryport's a bit iffy and full of inbred thick people, they will have tormented it until it is so screwy it doesn't feel like a horse anymore. Poor little thing.
 
oh, god my mate fell and bruised her knee this week, i never realised it could have almost killed her!!! Feel guilty now cos i laughed at her, lol
That is crazy..
So next we will have the "dangerous Horse act"
Cute pony, hope he gave it his best shot, bless him.
I have no sympathy either, but then i'm just a Bitch
 
I do fully inderstand what you are saying but I used to have a pony that would charge at you in the field. It was scarey and I was an experienced horse person so if your not it must be worse!!
 
LOL! I know. And to think I led my two neddies at the same time earlier when walking my dog - I was putting my life in jeapordy without even realising
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I do want to go and get that neddie now. I like the screwy ones. We get on better
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I used to live near Maryport and we had a black dales that used to charge you. Used to scare me senseless. I once ended up in nettles running away from it. I was only about 8 at the time, its not the same horse as he passed away many moons ago.
 
I would find that really unfunny - especially if it went for my dog. I have been charged at a few times by a 12hh pony, when they mean it they are scary doesn't much matter what size they are.
If it's on private land then it isn't much of a story, if it';s on a footpath then it's a real issue I'd say.
 
Gosh, a killer horse! I have yo say though, that Chex will run at a dog if its in his field, but he'd never run into a person, until he slid or something. It isn't clear if its a public footpath or not. If it is, then the horse should be moved, but if its not, then is it really the horses fault is someone comes through their field with a dog!?
 
My horse *16'3 large Irish sports horse* has a foot path across his field, my next door neighbours who walk there says hes ermmm very attentive *straight over and in there face* His fav spot is by the hedge next to the stile. I doubt anybody will go near him. Before my greedy pony was turned out there my biggest worry was people feeding her.. her thinking people food and becoming to much for your normal person.
 
TBH, to someone not used to horses that could be very frightening. I have a rescue pony who has lunged at me a couple of times and I must say that if he were to knock me to my feet and tread on me I would be scared too.
 
To be honest we have to face facts whatever the horse looks like it did run at someone!
I would be pretty scared if any horse ran and me and neither of ours would, personally I think that horse is dangerous in some ways not exceptionally dangerous but it still ran and someone and didnt stop!
 
I really don't think this is funny and blaming the poor woman for being on a public footpath (which it must be if being recommended to tourists in a book of walks) is a bit much. We might not think it scary if a horse comes hooning towards us but for a non-horsey person it would be extremely traumatic... same as if they'd be charged by a cow or any large animal. If my horse did something like that I'd feel awful and remove it from said field immediately.
 
Agree it can be scary, but I can just imagine the headline tomorrow;

'Maryport horse given curfew order and ASBO'

It really wouldn't surprise me! There wasn't much in today's paper anyway, if there was anything exciting it'd be given a small paragraph at the side of a page further in LOL! I feel sorry for the woman, I think the writer for the paper is a bit of a tit though
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Funny on hte surface but if you are not used to horses it must be terrifying(sp?).
Article says it's a footpath recomended in a tourist brochure, could end up a lot worse then a bruised knee.
 
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that I'd feel awful and remove it from said field immediately

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shouldnt go in the field then particularly with a dog, she asking for it !

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But if she's not a horsey person how would she know not to go in the field with a dog? And how would she know that particular horse didn't like dogs? Plus if it's a public footpath she's got every right to be there...

Fact is we live in a small country. Public access to what countryside we've got is limited enough (even with the right to roam) and we've all got to share what we do have. People who own land with footpaths running through them have a duty of care to anyone who sets foot on their land... if the horse goes for dogs then at the very least they should put a warning sign up on the entrance and exit to the field.
 
It does say it had happened to a man the week before. Maryport's a small enough place for people to hear about that kind of thing, and I bet you now that people will still walk their dogs there
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Ok its bad that the woman got hurt but surely its more likely that something spooked the horse and it ran, granted in her direction, and unfortunately knocking her over, than horse quietly grazing looks up sees horrid looking woman and dog, horse thinks "im gonna have her, gonna have to run 300 yards but gonna get her"......... Also it doesnt say if the dog was off the lead or not if it was and the dog 1st ran up to the horse worrying it, it got spooked and ran maybe? The woman wouldnt of mentioned that though!
 
Could I just add.... Horse aren't preditors they do not charge to kill... they run from plasic bags because for reasons only known to them they are likely to kill them. A horse wouldn't kill a human like this becuase horses do not know there own strenght and have no interest in hurting them. A horse may try to dominate a human/dogs inwhich case would be a display of bluffing.
 
Have you actually checked if it's a stallion, if it is she should be right to be worried.
One of ours was on a field with a footpath and we had a notice up asking people to leash their dogs. one day he decided leash or not he was having the dog and attacked it. he reared and whacked poor dog on the back breaking it's pelvis. No reason, no provocation at all. We were horrified, ferried owner and dog to vet, paid vet's bill, took her goodies ec and apologised profusely. We always kept him in a far off field afterwards too.
if there is a footpath in that field the owners should move the horse, now it has a history they will be liable to prosecution as they are aware it may attack.
 
Given it apparently happened to a man a week before what the hell would possess you to go in that field, ok it was terrifying and it sounds like the horse got overly dominant in a dangerous way and the owner needs to deal with it in some way, but still why on earth did she go in that field, strange........
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Now that is a very very good point..... oh look theres that field where that man was chased by that horse, oh look theres a horse in that field, I know I'll just walk through it!!! A bit nonsensical really!
 
That's a ridiculous thing to say. The woman may not have read about the other man being attacked so she could have had no idea about the horse being dangerous. Plus with it being a footpath recommended to tourists how is anyone from out of the area supposed to have any chance of having heard about the dangerous horse.

It's a public footpath and animals known to pose a risk to people should not be in that field... you can't rely on people having 'heard' there's a danger... in fact that is completely beside the point.
 
It says in the very first post about this that The Woman said a man had been attacked by the horse before so she did know about it, that was the point! I totally agree that if the animal is known to be dangerous it shouldnt be in a field with a footpath through it, but again moving it might not be possible!
 
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It says in the very first post about this that The Woman said a man had been attacked by the horse before so she did know about it, that was the point!

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It doesn't say she knew that before she went in the field... and like I say its beside the point anyway. It's a public footpath, she's got a right to use it. We'd all be up in arms the moment some farmer blocked off a bridlepath or put a bull in the field a bridlepath crossed meaning we could no longer ride safely through it.
 
Well you can therefore read that sentance two ways it would seem, 1) assuming that she knew and 2) assuming that she found out after her attack and before her newspaper article. I read it as the first option, as it also doesnt say she found out after she went into the field.

Again I agree a horse that attacks shouldnt be in a field with a footpath in it, but again we'd be up in arms if we couldnt turn out our horse on our land as a footpath ran across it............. All very complicated!!
 
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