Cheryl, Bike riding in the pasture is very wise and I think I will adopt your idea - or set one of the grandkids to the task.
A sweet friend spent a week in the hospital with a broken back and other serious injuries recently when a mountain bike came flying around a cormer on a narrow mountain trail and scared her horse. While I suspect any horse would react to the sudden appearance of a flying bicycle, it really should help if they'd accepted bikes in advance. There was also a tragic accident in California where the cyclist was killed in a horse/bike wreck - not sure how that could have been avoided, it was a shared trail accident. Nancy
