Excepting a tour in the USMC, I think the horses were the most dangerous for a kid. And I don’t mean exercising the race horses, but losing control a mile or two from the barn and hanging on when the horse decides it’s chow time and makes a mad run for the barn. Stopping a 1000 lb Thoroughbred that got spooked and really wants to go home is not an easy thing for a child to do. More then once all I could do was just hang on and duck all the tree limbs hoping the horse did not loose it’s feet. Had my teeth kicked out once and Dad had his back broken once. I don’t fear horses but I do have a lot of respect for them. But I got to be an English riding instructor part time in Marines so that was nice.