I love horses. :)

They can be dangerous of course, they are half a ton, so one needs to be careful around them. I always keep the distance with horses I don't know yet. But in general horses are nice. They do not want to hurt us. Actually I don't know why they let us lead them, ride them, control them. But they do.

For someone who does not know horses yet it is not obvious how to behave around horses and this might be a problem. For example horses see almost everything arount them, except what is right behind them. So if someone steps there suddenly, they might get frightened and run away, or if they can't they might kick out. But this is understandable, they had to be aware of lions and everything for thousands of years, it is in their instincts. Solution is - never step suddenly behind a horse, or if you have to, then talk to him so he won't get suddenly surprised.

Also it is good to know that horses communicate with their body, so their movement and their ears especially can tell a lot of things. If the ears are standing forward, the horse does not have a problem with you, he is interested. On the other hand if you can not see his ears they are so flattened back, well, don't go near...

One can learn a lot just by watching how they behave with each other.