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Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan
While sitting in class today, I started to day dream and think about horse racing. I started to think about recent races that I watched, and just wondered to myself, "what drives these animals to want to run, and to want to run faster than the other?" What makes them want to win a race, are they truly competitors. Then I started to think, do some horses actually have rivals, and do they know when they are going up against them in a race? Might sound like a stupid question, but your thoughts please.
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In todays state of racing I would say horses don't face each other enough to have rivals. Do horses know and acknowledge other horses they have known? Yes, horses actually make Elephants look forgetful. I think people with riding horses will more likely tell of horses liking or disliking other horses because they spend more time with them than a racehorse would. I know personally of my horses likes and dislikes of certain horses and stable them in particular stalls or ride them in a certain location in a group because of it. I think when you see a horse all out to win a race, it is because some horses are more Alpha and have an inate desire to be the boss, ie. leader. The good and great horses absolutely know what the games about, thats why horses like Lava Man, Cigar and so many other gems make this game so unbelievably compelling and exciting.
I currently have a riding horse I just bought that frustrates me because she wants to be a follower, not leader. I am an aggressive rider and most of my horses, especially my homebreds have been bold, brave, go-forward type horses. I'm not liking this new view on the trail from behind horses and am realizing how much I miss my retired trail horse. I may be in the market for a new one, I don't do timid, follow the pack riding very well.
