Incident type: Horse

Came across this horse getting a bit dizzy

Spooked horse with buggy attached

Not sure if you have noticed but police horses are huge! The eyeline on my helmet-mounted camera is about 2m off the ground.

Out for an Easter Sunday morning out and back bike ride with five friends on a multi-use path. On the way out we came across two women riding single file on their pet horses riding on their right side of the path as we passed in the opposite direction on our right side. No problem; even said hi. We returned an hour and a half later. This time the woman on the black pet horse was on her left side of the path on my side of traffic. She also was holding up her cell phone, I assume was to videotape an interaction where she felt she could block the path. There was a long, clear line of site for her to see us and move over to her right as her riding companion had. I rode by on the correct side of the path, and she took issue with that. She stopped the woman riding behind me and did not let her pass. I understand yielding to pet horse and all for sharing, but I thought her actions were deliberately intended to intimidate bicyclists in order to fulfill her sense of entitlement to take up using the entire path however she wishes. I have passed pet horse before with no issues. If people consider pet horses a danger to others because they could be “spooked”, not sure why would they be around bicyclists and pedestrians anymore than if someone was walking with a vicious, dangerous pet dog exposing others to attack.

Coast-to-Coast Trail outside of Titusville, Florida. Things like this make for a fun day.

When I slowed and said “Hello” the equestrian said “thank you,” and then she told her horse, “That’s a bicyclist.”

Surprise face to face with horse and walker after right turn. Slowed to walking speed, said “Hello” and moved to far side of roadway for safe passage.

morning ride when i heard horses hooves on the payment noises, looked across the highway lanes and saw two jockeyless race horses bolting down the road. Don’t normally see that everyday.

Had to ride around grazing horses on narrow roadway just below Col d’Ispeguy summit from France to Spain in Basque country

New Forest, UK. Full of wild horses everywhere… they claim their spot! ( 01:42 ) After that, I tried to press the button to lock the video, not an easy task when you are cycling. ☺