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Don't know if you heard about the guy who rode his horse on the Dan Ryan Expressway back in September 2020. I think I skipped posting about it because the horse was in very bad shape after the incident.

It's been an uphill climb for NuNu, but there was recently good news. An update:

https://abc7chicago.com/tinley...uelty-laws/11886421/


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Good for Nunu. What kind of moron pulls a stunt like that?


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State police said the horse sustained several injuries, and was bleeding from the left hoof, injured on its right hoof and the right side of the horse's body had bleeding sores from the saddle.


OMG. I hadn't heard of this. I'm glad he was charged with animal cruelty and served time. His response to the horse's injures is awesomely callous:

"There [are] people on my page talking about animal cruelty. They're crying out. Who's crying out for the poor children in our neighborhood?"

This is the sort of thing that can send me into white hot rage.
 
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I sort of remember the Dreadhead Cowboy, but I don't think I'd realized this stunt or the injuries it caused.

Was the guy just clueless?

Which brings up another question. I would have been clueless myself, but hearing about this story, it makes sense to me that concrete is too much for a horse's hooves.

But what about the horses you see in parades (on city streets) or the horses for mounted police, who also ride on city streets.

Do they have different horse shoes? Or is it a speed and time issue?


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IIRC, NuNu had no shoes and that was a huge part of the problem. The horsey people here will know more about the implications of riding an unshod horse at a trot or gallop for 12 miles on concrete and asphalt.


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No shoes???? That’s horrible!!!


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Jodi probably is more current but back when I was riding a lot, if you were going to ride on asphalt (like in a parade) you switched to rubber shoes, because they could get a better grip on the pavement. Regular metal shoes are slippery on asphalt, concrete, etc. No shoes Isa definite no no under most circumstances
 
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