I’m not experienced with horses. I know many are trained to work for just about anyone. They were used in wars and police still use horses this day and age for crowd control, so I guess they can stomach a bit of violence and chaos. But most domestic animals behave differently with people they’re familiar with vs random strangers, so I presume horses would follow suit?
My question is inspired by countless movie/videogame scenarios in which there are a bunch of random horses tied, and a character just picks any, hops on and rides away.
Or, there’s a fight, horse owner gets killed and the thief rides away on the horse.
Regarding horse behaviour only, are these realistic scenarios?
How likely is that a horse would resist being mounted by a random?
Wouldn’t they be scared or angry if their previous rider just got killed right there?
Is it possible for an experienced person to tell at a glance how obedient a horse is? (How?)
These are my sudden horse questions. TIA
You might want to reword your title. It sounds like you’re asking for advice on how to steal something. Your post makes it clear that you’re referring to movies and video games, maybe include that in the title.Edit: Disregard this. As other pointed out, I misinterpreted the title. This is a great question OP!
I hope OP doesn’t. It’s much funnier the way it is.
The post is clear. That is what matters. If some assumer starts making shit up based on the title alone, the assumer is at fault, not the poster.
Stop policing the internet bro
Thankfully we have people like you to tell him off for using the Internet wrong.
My initial reading was that OP wants to buy and own horses, but has concerns about keeping them safe from thieves.
No worries, sorry you are getting downvoted just for making a suggestion. I wasn’t planning on changing the title this time