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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2019, 05:59 AM Mar 2019

Meanwhile, in Texas...

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Meanwhile, in Texas... (Original Post) MrScorpio Mar 2019 OP

love it! we actually have hitching posts downtown in our sleepy central washington college town.... samnsara Mar 2019 #1

Unfortunately, chocolate & coffee not good for horses. Hope they got something, though. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #2

Smart horsepeople wear helmets riding. However, this is Texas where rights trump brains. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #3

Yes, My Brother's Best Friend Died in an Accident dlk Mar 2019 #5

It depends if they are shod or not Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #10

Those young ladies... SergeStorms Mar 2019 #4

So...This could be in North Carolina, or somewhere other than Texas? Ford_Prefect Mar 2019 #6

You're right those are English saddles. Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #9

Maybe they were in a parade? progressoid Mar 2019 #11

Great pic. Soxfan58 Mar 2019 #7

I bet Soxfan58 Mar 2019 #8

samnsara

(17,622 posts)

1. love it! we actually have hitching posts downtown in our sleepy central washington college town....

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 06:32 AM

Mar 2019

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)

2. Unfortunately, chocolate & coffee not good for horses. Hope they got something, though.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 06:53 AM

Mar 2019

Doubt if SucksBucks carries sugar cubes.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)

3. Smart horsepeople wear helmets riding. However, this is Texas where rights trump brains.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 06:55 AM

Mar 2019

Paved surfaces hard on horses, I think. (Note: I'm not a horse person so I might be the horse's ass.)

dlk

(11,563 posts)

5. Yes, My Brother's Best Friend Died in an Accident

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 07:39 AM

Mar 2019

When his horse slipped on a paved street. Of course, his friend wasn’t wearing a helmet, either.

Farmer-Rick

(10,169 posts)

10. It depends if they are shod or not

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 08:53 AM

Mar 2019

With horseshoes, the horse has less traction on blacktop but they protect their feet from chips, cracks and excessive wear.

I would make my daughter wear a helmet no matter where she was riding.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)

4. Those young ladies...

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 07:12 AM

Mar 2019

are on English saddles and the horses are outfitted more for dressage riding than western riding. Just an observation.

Ford_Prefect

(7,895 posts)

6. So...This could be in North Carolina, or somewhere other than Texas?

Reply to SergeStorms (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 08:22 AM

Mar 2019

No Lone Star flag in evidence, so how do we know? I've seen local riders in either rig on the town streets where I used to live in NC. Although our community wasn't upscale enough for a downtown Starbucks, the ice cream parlor was very popular with riders.

Farmer-Rick

(10,169 posts)

9. You're right those are English saddles.

Reply to SergeStorms (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 08:46 AM

Mar 2019

Funny, my daughter did both English and western riding at different times and the English riding lessons were so much more emphatic about wearing a helmet. Those girls were obviously not listening.