I will take sides in this. The horses appeared to love doing it. The same people who would be outraged by horse diving are outraged by horse racing.
And the horses DEFINITELY love to race against other horses.
Okay, I have taken “a side”!
The horses appeared to love doing it.
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I’m not so sure the horse ‘loved’ doing it, but some dog’s are known as water dogs so there may be horses that don’t mind diving in water as well. After all, some horses are quite acrobatic. Doing it safely would be a real concern for me. Whatever, the horse showed perfect grace in executing the dive. I was not aware of horse diving.
You don’t MAKE a horse do something like that. You train them it is possible and take the ones who enjoy it and progress. But if someone has ever tried to load a reluctant horse into a horse trailer, you KNOW they have a vote!