Saskia,

anyone who's trying to abuse people in my forum will learn that "Garfield" has his way of fighting that, see his little teeth there? Just kidding.

Everything you said was very interesting and who knows, some might even try to see your fave sport from a different point of view. We do have hunting with horses, too. But we don't hunt living animals like foxes. They use a sort of bait here. I guess that's what's your fellow sportsmen in the UK are forced to use now, right? From what I see it is far more dangerous for the rider than the horse or the dogs that are involved with it. And I really don't want to know what it feels like to fall from a fast galloping horse for that matter - my deepest sympathy for anyone who's ever experienced that. My dear colleague has just had a fall, she wasn't looking happy to me. One of her friends had a serious accident, she came between a horse and a wall. Well, her face actually got smashed, she had four facial surgeries so far and it doesn't look as if she will ever completely recover from it.

Alright. This life is one of the most dangerous adventures I know. I like to swim, drowning isn't nice either....

Cheers!