Dulwich Park horses?

[apbremer]

We used to enjoy seeing horses perambulating in the Park but sadly it seems no longer. Somebody mentioned that they were banned after an accident?/

[PeckhamRose]

It still has it that the horses from Dulwich Riding Stables occasionally ride in the park. I will ask next time l go.

[BeccaL]

There were horses in the park yesterday lunchtime...

[womanofdulwich]

i think when they closed the Police station in Lordship Lane with the stables that cut back on local horse numbers.

[Mustard]

What would police horses have to do with a riding school?

[first mate]

When horses were kept at the police station on Lordship Lane they used to be exercised in Dulwich Park.

[steveo]

It was a thing of beauty seeing the police horses belt round the park but they stopped long before the cavalry moved out of Dulwich nick. No one died but I suspect the dreaded Health and Safety or some filthy insurance company put paid to that spectacle.

The riding stable nags are only allowed to stroll and then only when the kiddies have gone to bed.

[Mustard]

Have seen the riding school horses trotting round on the sand path, and not when children are in bed.

[racyjan2]

I used to ride round dulwich park when the riding school had no indoor school, and also round the south circular road. Would,nt do that now as would be flattened...it,s such a shame there are not many horses using the park anymore but I would,nt ride my horse there now as there are too many bikers, runners, dogs,etc..

[PeckhamRose]

I ride at Dulwich Riding Stables. (Nags they are not.) Anyway, I asked today about this and they said that the reason they rarely go in the park is because people's dogs go for the horses and one horse in particular got bitten a great deal. So I am afraid it is down to people who can not / will not control their dogs. So now you know.

[racyjan2]

This is such a shame because horses and dogs do get on but if the dogs don't know or see horses very often dogs do tend to chase...I have my horses in Keston and ride out regularly with my dogs running behind with no problem..it's a perfect way to excerise dogs...but they do have to be trained to be around horses..