Dear Geoff: I don't know much about horses, but had them for my girls. And I
was very grateful to learn that they have a sense of humor. The first time I
encountered this was when my uncle let me take the reins when he was
plowing a field. The instant I took ahold of the reins, the horses knew I was
a beginner, and they started misbehaving. And going into the wind, they both
passed flatus, and then turned around and gave me horselaughs.
A pinto I got for my daughters got loose, and when I went to try to grab
her halter, turned on a dime, and kicked me on the sternum with both hind
feet. If she had wanted to hurt me, I could have been killed. But she was
just making fun of me, she just barely touched me.