“Having said that, New York City is no fit place for horses (or people for that matter). The city is LOUD, crowded, noisy, dangeous and brutally hot in the summer. Keep horses in places where they ( and normal people) would be happier.”
The other night I saw people riding in the carriages, while buses passed with advertisements on them condemning the practice. 60+ years ago they got rid of horse riding up at Bear Mountain in NY because of the conditions for the animals; I’d imagine in NYC they are under a lot of scrutiny.
I went horseback riding with a girlfriend (horses and I don’t get along) in Bear Mountain Park in 1964. Now it is gone, I am so sad.
I have no problem with horse back riding or carriage riding. I have a problem with what horses have to go through in that damn city.