Horse Poo

[shaveoff]

Hi

Does anyone know if there is any legislation out there to make horse riders clear up after them when on public roads in a similar manner to dog owners. I live in Newmarket and it is a considerable problem which no-one (in authority) seems to be able to answer.

shaveoff

[daffy654]

In Blackpool the horses that pull the carriages up and down the prom have to wear 'nappies'.

[B00]

I fail to see the problem here to be honest- it's on the road isn't it? Not on the pavements.

[mrs_overall]

Mr O has been known to scoop up the odd steaming pile for his roses

[daffy654]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_ar ticle_id=164818&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/ 7092855.stm

[Moonstone6]

Unfortunately - no. I personally think horse people should have to pay road tax. They use the roads and ruin them more than cars do a majority of the time!

[sandmaster]

I personally don't consider it a problem - but then I can remember the rag and bone man coming round with his horse and cart and the neighbours would rush to pick up the manure for their roses.
But if there is no bye law could it come under littering?
And being a self righteous horse lover, Zac, I love the smell of horse poo!!

[daffy654]

B00,would you be saying that if you had ever been splashed with horse manure as a car drives through it at speed on a wet day?
I had this happen to me once and although I laughed about it I also smelled fairly pungent until I could get home and change.lol

[LoftyLottie2]

It can make the roads slippery I suppose BOO!

However, horse manure isn't the health hazard that dog faeces are so I don't think you can compare the two. Horses are herbivores.

As horse breeding and horseracing put so much into Newmarket's economy, I suppose the authorities do not want to antagonise the industry!/

[LoftyLottie2]

Sandmaster, living in the country it's a smell we are quite used to and I quite like it too. We can't go for a walk without coming across piles of the stuff, but I am simply not bothered. I don't ride and am not part of the 'horsey' fraternity.

[sandmaster]

I've more than once fallen flat on my face in the compost heap at the stables we used to use. My daughter would consider it hilarious and the dogs thought I smelled great. I detect less attractive odours on my daily bus journey!!

[daffy654]

I live in the countryside too and pass by many piles of horse manure daily,we also have several pig farms nearby as well as dairy farms.I prefer the smell of animal manure much more than the one of human excrement that comes from the waste re-processing plant up the road!!!

[LoftyLottie2]

Quite right, sandmaster and daffy.

The only exception I would make is chicken sh**!!! Its fowl!! (he, he, yes I know I spelt it wrong!!)

[fredpuli47]

Whereabouts in Newmarket is this said to be a problem?
The horses in Newmarket are only out when going to and from the gallops a couple of times a day.That means they'll cross the Bury Road, where it's leaving the town,or Hamilton Road by the Rowley Mile Course, briefly and escorted, doesn't it? Much of the route is on designated bridleways uniquely for the horses, not people.These routes are fenced off.

They're not walking down the High Street or in the streets themselves are they?

Anyway, console yourself with the thought that some, if not all of the horses are earning more than the rest of us, certainly a lot more for the town!

[danchip]

there are also the practicalities of stopping a horse on a busy road while the rider clears up the poo to consider

[LoftyLottie2]

So right, Fred. Where would Newmarket be without the breeding and racing industries?

[mrs_overall]

It seems to me that those who object to horse poo on the roads....

Get on their high horse AND get the bit between their teeth on the subject.....

....want to say "neigh, it shouldn't be allowed"....

[daffy654]

Mrs-o,the sort of people who complain about horse poo on the roads are the exact same sort who would buy a house next to a picturesque church in a quaint village and then try to sue the church for ringing the bells on a Sunday morning. They want the lovely views and pleasant lifestyle of living in the countryside but are not prepared to put up with the other stuff that comes with it.

[LoftyLottie2]

Very true Daffy.

[mrs_overall]

I agree daffy. I live in the sticks and there is a farm about 500 metres from my house. I'm used to all the fragrant smells!