Sue, we both love nature, animals, wide open spaces.....and racing.
I'm not sure why we love and enjoy horses so much, my great great grandfather? bred horses for the WW1 (light horse brigade), my cousins did equestrian in the Olympics, my other cousins are jockeys, quite a few of my family breed/train/race horses.
-I know of no murders or relationship splits "because of horses".( In our family). There has been relationship troubles, but it has come from the people involved, their choices, alcohol abuse, anger management (poor), their maturity level, communications-lack thereof. Etc.
Positive note:-My sister loves that my BIL gets to follow his horse passion, she calls them his psychologist. He and his two sons have an incredible bond they share (and do stuff together) re//horses. It's beautiful to see. They disagree a lot, but when it comes to horse time, they are having fun.
My partner's ancestors were saddlers. Maybe it is something passed down, both our families have strong ties to the land, the environment, horses were an integral part of that, children on these farms had chores to complete and some of those were caring for horses, rubbing them down, doing their water and feed, caring for their harness. Part of the family, "daisy" (draught horse) used to cart my grandparents to school, she would then walk home and be sent back to the school to pick the kids up..never missed a beat.
Livelihoods depended upon horses for many years, both my partner and I had elderly rellies that told stories of "life back then"...both our families are rural/farm life people, animals were always in our lives as kids.
I cannot describle the feeling of herding sheep on horseback, me, dogs and a horse, it's teamwork, the horse learns all about it, we become a "team".
The fun to ride a horse through the waves on a beach, horse enjoying chasing waves as much as me.
Racing a horse, you get a little of the feeling roaring around on a bike, except the horse is in on the fun. It is a skill, developing and strengthening a skill, with the horse in on it. And lots of fun.
The people you speak of may have had other unresolved issues, I'm not sure how accurate it is to pick out one thing and it therefore is "the blame".
I'm more inclined to think each person has choices, sometimes the choices hurt other people, if it was another person, a horse, alcohol, drugs, it is still "the person" choosing ...responsibility, repercussions.. I'm not sure a horse walks into your life and says, run away with me. Some people may just use that as an explanation, an excuse?
Sorry to hear about the families though.
I'm not sure why we love and enjoy horses so much, my great great grandfather? bred horses for the WW1 (light horse brigade), my cousins did equestrian in the Olympics, my other cousins are jockeys, quite a few of my family breed/train/race horses.
-I know of no murders or relationship splits "because of horses".( In our family). There has been relationship troubles, but it has come from the people involved, their choices, alcohol abuse, anger management (poor), their maturity level, communications-lack thereof. Etc.
Positive note:-My sister loves that my BIL gets to follow his horse passion, she calls them his psychologist. He and his two sons have an incredible bond they share (and do stuff together) re//horses. It's beautiful to see. They disagree a lot, but when it comes to horse time, they are having fun.
My partner's ancestors were saddlers. Maybe it is something passed down, both our families have strong ties to the land, the environment, horses were an integral part of that, children on these farms had chores to complete and some of those were caring for horses, rubbing them down, doing their water and feed, caring for their harness. Part of the family, "daisy" (draught horse) used to cart my grandparents to school, she would then walk home and be sent back to the school to pick the kids up..never missed a beat.
Livelihoods depended upon horses for many years, both my partner and I had elderly rellies that told stories of "life back then"...both our families are rural/farm life people, animals were always in our lives as kids.
I cannot describle the feeling of herding sheep on horseback, me, dogs and a horse, it's teamwork, the horse learns all about it, we become a "team".
The fun to ride a horse through the waves on a beach, horse enjoying chasing waves as much as me.
Racing a horse, you get a little of the feeling roaring around on a bike, except the horse is in on the fun. It is a skill, developing and strengthening a skill, with the horse in on it. And lots of fun.
The people you speak of may have had other unresolved issues, I'm not sure how accurate it is to pick out one thing and it therefore is "the blame".
I'm more inclined to think each person has choices, sometimes the choices hurt other people, if it was another person, a horse, alcohol, drugs, it is still "the person" choosing ...responsibility, repercussions.. I'm not sure a horse walks into your life and says, run away with me. Some people may just use that as an explanation, an excuse?
Sorry to hear about the families though.
