Protests - Part 36

 Slow Down For My Horse

A while ago, we saw how Lauren de Gruchy, a 19 year old horse rider on the English island of Jersey, started up a campaign on Facebook in 2015 called "Slow Down for my Horse," after too many drivers had startled her horse by driving by too close and too fast when she was riding on the side of the road.  She posted a photo of herself riding her horse in her underwear, thinking maybe that would grab people's attention to get them to slow down.

The campaign caught on, and hundreds of horse riders, male and female, submitted photos for the Facebook page of their horses and themselves, wearing underwear or less.

Of course, we're concentrating on the males wearing less.  Although the campaign is about getting drivers to slow down for horse riders along public roads, most of the photos were taken in other locations, like a stable yard ...

or a grassy lane ...

or a field.

Double your pleasure ...

This photo made me think how the horse is immensely more powerful than the man, yet the horse obeys the man.  Because strength isn't everything.

The vignetting in this photo gives it a mysterious look, as if it were taken surreptitiously.

We end with two photos that show a rider actually riding his horse on a road. 

He's wearing his formal fox hunting helmet and riding boots.  Well, one must keep up appearances!