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You are here: Home / General Questions / If horses don’t love to jump, then why do they always continue to follow the pack when they lose a rider?

If horses don’t love to jump, then why do they always continue to follow the pack when they lose a rider?

February 1, 2016 by admincpr Leave a Comment

Horses are creatures of flight. In the wild, it is their instinct to follow a pack rather than stand alone as it makes them a target for nearby threat. Domesticated horses have also picked up this habit, which is why when a horse loses it’s rider over a jump, the horse will continue to follow the pack. This is why we often see riderless horses continuing to follow the pack, rather than continuing out of love for jumps racing.

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