A HAUNTINGLY TRUE TALE ABOUT HORSES: Not for the faint of heart, but what rider is?

Sit, dear rider, and close your eyes,

if you would be so kind,

    for I'd like to take you on a trip 

inside your horse’s mind.

Pretend we’re at a haunted house...

how would it make you feel

to know the ghosts and ghouls inside

are not imagined but real?

Behind every door and every wall

creatures lie and wait

to make a meal of you and me

if we dare to tempt our fate.

Could you bring yourself to enter in

just because I say?

Would you happily skip the halls with me

if I wanted you to play?

Could you sit still for a cup of tea

or relax while I brush your hair

in a house where there is danger

lurking everywhere?

Would your nerves be on edge?

Would you be prepared to run?

Would you try to tell me

you are not having fun?

A silly question, you might think,

but this I know for sure…

that’s what horses try to do

but often they’re ignored.

Predators are real to horses,

even if they can’t be seen…

every day of every year,

not just on Halloween.

When horses snort and stomp and bite,

when they buck and bolt and rear

they are trying desperately

to tell us of their fear.

It is frightening to ride horses,

if you can't get them to behave.

Do you know that when your horse acts up
he is not feeling safe?

So when your horse acts scary or spooky,
know this without a doubt...
BY BECOMING A BETTER LEADER
YOU CAN HELP YOUR HORSE CHILL OUT!

P.S. If you'd like to get started 
but just aren't quite sure how,
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