Quote Originally Posted by BC_MoM
Some pleasure horses can be 5000 pounds. Take a 125 pound girl and get her to tap a horse with her finger. The horse won't even feel it. Get her to nudge it in the side to walk on, it won't work on all horses. Get her to kick it harder, the horse calmly walks on. Smacking and punching a horse would be like a tap to us.
I remember the first time I saw a Clydesdale. I was in awe. I asked the trainer, "Would he mind if he petted him?" (He was asleep.) His trainer replied, "I don't think he'd notice."

Love, Columbine