why do horses sometimes have thier heads/eyes covered ?

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited August 2010 in The bottom bracket
noticed this twice whilst out yesterday, seems a bit cruel but guessing its for a reason ?

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  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    If they are in a field, chances are they are fly protection
  • Lordmooch
    Lordmooch Posts: 23
    it's to narrow their field of vision so that they are less easily frightened by traffic/ wildlife/ people and therefore less stressed and less likely to bolt.
  • sods_law
    sods_law Posts: 161
    Correct. Limits their vision to forward only, so they can see where they are going, and cant see cars / bikes approaching at speed from behind. Is more normal when they are towing a carriage, where they dont have a rider directly on them to control them.
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    DCowling wrote:
    If they are in a field, chances are they are fly protection

    Ah, that explains it.


    I think he's talking about when they are in a field and the eyes are totally covered, not when they are out with Blinkers on.
  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    Percy Vera wrote:
    DCowling wrote:
    If they are in a field, chances are they are fly protection

    Ah, that explains it.


    I think he's talking about when they are in a field and the eyes are totally covered, not when they are out with Blinkers on.

    I assumed this is what Op was on about, but whlist it looks like a hood it is a mesh to stop the flies bothering said nag

    My better half has 2 of these beasts and we have an unbelievable amount of horsey apparel in our house
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    They're "gimp" horses?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    I usually shout Peek-a-Boo at them as I pass... not sure if they find it amusing
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    DCowling wrote:
    Percy Vera wrote:
    DCowling wrote:
    If they are in a field, chances are they are fly protection

    Ah, that explains it.


    I think he's talking about when they are in a field and the eyes are totally covered, not when they are out with Blinkers on.

    I assumed this is what Op was on about, but whlist it looks like a hood it is a mesh to stop the flies bothering said nag

    I was - but there was definitely no mesh on this horse - completely 'bagged' as it were and I wondered why
  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    Perhaps it's just ugly
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Could be a muslim horse
  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    agra... agri.........agro......
    scared of open spaces
  • frazerbrown
    frazerbrown Posts: 64
    Maybe it's an eye mask, to help them sleep in daylight? :D
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Embarrassment from all that shatting in public
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    Maybe it's a Chav hoss and thinks it looks cool in it's hoodie / nose-bag
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    DCowling wrote:
    Maybe it's a Chav hoss and thinks it looks cool in it's hoodie / nose-bag

    This explains why you never see horses in shopping centres.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    afx237vi wrote:
    DCowling wrote:
    Maybe it's a Chav hoss and thinks it looks cool in it's hoodie / nose-bag

    This explains why you never see horses in shopping centres.

    Hahahaha! I like that.
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    To stop them having to look at Lavinia or Pertunia - fat, ugly, spolit brat female teenagers -
    sitting on their back.
  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    It's to stop them perving at other horses..

    Dirty buggers!
  • rjh299
    rjh299 Posts: 721
    Homer J wrote:
    Could be a muslim horse

    very good :lol:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    rjh299 wrote:
    Homer J wrote:
    Could be a muslim horse

    very good :lol:

    Can't be, I'm afraid. I passed plenty of them in France a couple of weeks ago.
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    YEAH, but they were being prepared for eating.

    Covers were used to hide zee smell of slowly fried garlic, drizzled with zee tumeric...
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Splottboy wrote:
    YEAH, but they were being prepared for eating.

    Covers were used to hide zee smell of slowly fried garlic, drizzled with zee tumeric...

    French horses smell with their eyes! :shock: Who knew?
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    Erm...hoods cover the whole head? Or not?

    Not blindfolded...Hooded...

    ( I knew an Asian guy who said he could breath thro his ears. How we laughed !!!
    Then, recently, there was a guy on TV who actually COULD breath thro his ears.
    How i cried...ZAFAR, forgive ME !!! )
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Splottboy wrote:
    Erm...hoods cover the whole head? Or not?

    Not blindfolded...Hooded...

    ( I knew an Asian guy who said he could breath thro his ears. How we laughed !!!
    Then, recently, there was a guy on TV who actually COULD breath thro his ears.
    How i cried...ZAFAR, forgive ME !!! )

    Women dream of a man who can breath through his ears.
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  • da goose
    da goose Posts: 284
    Been bad here for fly`s as someone correctly said, also sweet itch is a reason some are fully covered esp in summer.
    Nice time for a quick reminder here to whistle or shout out "cyclist" when approaching horses from behind (steady !) as they may take fright as both horse/rider unlikely to see bikes approaching, can make them jumpy.
    Wide and slow and remember if you are too busy looking at the ladies riding you will veer towards them anyway???? :oops:
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    I know some cyclists that need a hood, gag, blindfold...

    All the above!
  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Splottboy wrote:
    Erm...hoods cover the whole head? Or not?

    Not blindfolded...Hooded...

    ( I knew an Asian guy who said he could breath thro his ears. How we laughed !!!
    Then, recently, there was a guy on TV who actually COULD breath thro his ears.
    How i cried...ZAFAR, forgive ME !!! )

    Women dream of a man who can breath through his ears.

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