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Horse from Lees Summit on 8/16/2019 11:39:43 AM:

FYI...Missouri is HUGE horse country!! We probably have more horse riders and owners than Texas or Oklahoma. Wake up Missouri. Who rides a bike far anyway? I'd much rather ride my horse a distance than bike. Nature, nostalgia.

Pedal Power from Pacific on 8/17/2019 6:19:22 AM:

I've got no problem sharing the trail with horses. It appears to me that the places on the trail where you can count on finding water at trail heads are the sections open to horse riding. BTW, some people ride bikes pretty far. I rode 1,100 miles from D.C. to St. Louis earlier this year. Didn't come across any equestrians.

Marna from Boonville on 8/17/2019 12:50:08 PM:

When KATY Trail was first 'the dream', it was billed as for; Horses, Bicycles, Hikers. There are areas, now, of the KATY where you are allowed on it with Equine.

The biggest concern I have with all this, and yes, we have ridden our horses on KATY (and our bicycles from end to end as well as 1000s more bike miles on KATY), is Trail Etiquette.

And of COURSE!, the other HUGE safety concern, Equine Spooking!

As far as Trail Etiquette, no one knows it any more. City People have no idea about horses. They do not have a clue how to act around them other than; "Can I Ride Your Horse?" and "Can I Pet Your Horse?" They CERTAINLY do not know that Horses/Equine, ALWAYS have the Right Away. ALWAYS.

Then. There are the JERKS, using the Trail, that will spook your horse just to keep you off 'their trail'.

Another concern. I know, like all Equine People know, that the Horse Poop is NOT like Dog Poop. However, is it right to leave it on the Trail and ride on? I don't think so.

I would NOT want to ride MY horses on the Katy in High Volume Use areas.....and I have to ask???? Are YOUR horses Bomb Proof/Parade Ready enough to handle the other Trail Users???

Karen C. from Harrisburg, MO on 8/18/2019 8:54:03 PM:

I rode horses before I rode bikes and I have always said we had plenty of horse trails in the state of MO to ride on...and I still believe that. No need to give access to horses for the whole KATY. My #1 personal reason was safety for me, my horse and others who don't understand how a horse thinks and sees things. (Jerks are in a category of their own...I am talking about people who truly don't understand)

I now ride bikes and enjoy riding long distances. I now encounter more walkers and bicycle riders than I ever have before and I am even more convinced horses don't need to be on the KATY trail.

Some of us like to ride our horse, our bike or walk long distances. Missouri gives all of us options and I am grateful for that.

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