[Billthedrill]

Idiot. You're either a rider or you're baggage. He's baggage.

You realize this when you've done it. You care for the beastie, you've fed it, you've groomed it, you've sheltered it in ugly weather and the horse knows it. There is a covenant between our species, the only closer one I'm aware of is between us and dogs. If you're not sensitive to this you've no business around either.

[Nifster]

Well said