Stories from the sand... "Runaway horse"

[goldilocks]

uumm, yeah, I never mentioned violently YANKing. I said quickly (as in before the horse hits full stride) pull hard (enough to turn the horse) to hopefully distract it from its panic and slow it, bringing it back under control. That said, most novices have so much slack in the reins that they have no control whatsoever if the horse decides to take off. Anyway, maybe they should just give pony rides in a designated area of the beach; let peope get led around and get their photo ops without all the kentucky derby stylee.

[Accompong]

Write the Jamaica Tourist Board about this issue. I did.

http://www.mot.gov.jm/content/jamaica-tourist-board-jtb

They have a "contact us" link.

Thanks for the link, Papa Georgie.

I added my concerns to the JTB. In the long run, tourists will spend more money when the beaches are clear of Jet Skis and horses, in my opinion. That will be better for the Jamaican Economy in the long run.

Peace and Guidance

[MoFromMonroe]

Thanks Papa I just added my two cents.

[nori]

two cents more. great suggestion. thanks for the link!

[Hussyband]

Again... You will not have this issue on the cliffs. Horses start climbing the cliffs, I am DONE with Jamaica.

[jamaicarob]

as i said before on a previous thread, get rid of the horses on the beach before someone gets hurt, soon come

[Fred Stripe]

On April 5th we saw a runaway horse with its saddle under its belly galloping really fast without its handler. He was running like crazy after it and got it at Wavz park. He then got the saddle on correctly and raced back up the beach like he was in the Kentucky Derby. Meanwhile two small children from our resort were playing at the waters edge. The 4 year old was oblivious of the horse. This could have turned out REALLY bad. I was so angry and the poor parents were really frightened.
Later the same day at sunset another rider was racing his horse down the beach going so fast the horse almost lost its footing right in front of White Sands. Imagine a 1200 pound horse falling on you? Again I was seething. Minutes later the Police Jeep came driving down the beach. those horses have GOT TO GO!!!!

But who was the guy who walks on the beach with sand in the plastic bottles?

[Lady Jane]

But who was the guy who walks on the beach with sand in the plastic bottles?

A friend of Rob and Lisa

[Beachbums]

This horse ran from the road through CCLP on to the beach. I seem to remember horses on the beach years ago and they were banned. About time they were banned again.

[nutz4travel]

This past week we watched a horse get "away" from his handler a few times. It ended up walking over the wall at Rooms into the walled-in area. The Dumb@ss handler comes over the wall to get the horse, hops in the saddle, backs up the horse and forces him to jump the wall, hitting the horse's leg on the wall in the process. Completely unnecessary, the horse wasn't panicked he just desperately wanted to get away from this guy who was NOT treating him well; the handler was showing off and someone could have been hurt.