The first time I saw a woman leading a horse down the lane on a lead, both she and it dressed from head to foot in high viz, she in a crash helmet and safety vest, I thought nothing of it.
But that was a good year ago now, and since then the increasing number of terrified, fully armoured women leading horses out for a walk like they were dogs rather than riding them means I can no longer pretend this practice is a one-off or not really happening.
Much as I would like to turn a blind eye to the increasing madness in the horse world, I have to confront the reality that this world is now beset by women who can’t ride horses.
Women who have no intention of ever learning to ride horses. Women who may even be labouring under the delusion that it is cruel to ride horses. I suspect that even if they say the latter, their po-faced attitude is really a foil for the fact that they are quite hopelessly inept in a sporting capacity.
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