Police on two continents have proven yet again that riding horses while drunk is more likely to leave you standing in the dock than sitting in the saddle.
Police in the city of Cody, Wyoming, arrested a 28-year-old man for being drunk in public.
He was riding his white horse down a city street during a snowstorm and a passing motorist telephoned police because of concerns the rider and horse were a hazard in the conditions.
Police attended and when the officer stopped the rider to explain the visibility issues, he noted the man was "highly intoxicated", according to a report in the local media. He was also seen to be drinking beer.
Police decided to hold the rider until he was sober and a friend of the man's picked up the horse.
Across the Atlantic, a man found riding bareback through the city of Newcastle, England, has been fined £150.
He was seen riding down the middle of the road and police stopped him for a chat.
He admitted drinking before riding and was charged under an 1872 law which prohibits anyone being drunk in charge of a carriage horse, cattle or steam engine.
Failed tractor thieves take pony instead
January 18, 2009
Two would-be tractor thieves made their getaway on a hijacked pony after unsuccessfully trying to hotwire a tractor.
A farmer in County Donegal, Ireland, noticed a pony missing from his property and soon after discovered the failed bid to steal his tractor.
The pony was recovered from a field outside a nearby town and a witness later reported that they had seen two men riding it, still with its cover on.
Police in Letterkenny are investigating.
Will that be horse dung with your dinner?
January 14, 2009
Coriander mixed with horse dung has allegedly been produced in India as a spice, the Times of India reports.
The revelation follows a series of police raids in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan.
The police uncovered four food manufacturing operations, one of which was allegedly producing a mix of coriander and horse dung.
Other fake spice mixes include waste residues from crops and what police called hazardous colouring agents.
There is even a suggestion that some of the products have been exported.
Horse held by authorities over alleged smuggling
January 14, 2009
Police in Macedonia are holding a horse allegedly involved in a smuggling operation, local media report.
It is alleged the horse and carriage were used to smuggle air conditioners in from Serbia.
Police intercepted the horse and carriage on Friday and found it without a driver.
It appears the horse had been set "on course" with a plan for someone to meet it across the border.
The animal is being held at the police station.
Horse takes jaunt into cinema complex
January 6, 2009
A horse ran through the open automatic doors to a British cinema, amazing filmgoers who were expecting more conventional entertainment.
The horse, one of three which had escaped from a nearby property, was spooked near the cinema by a passerby and began running towards the cinema, in Boldon, South Tyneside.
The automatic doors to the cinema slid open and the horse ran in. It crossed the foyer and ran down a corridor before turning around and exiting the way it had entered.
The horse ran down the road and was safely recaptured.
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