I saw one with him with a severely autistic little girl with ear mufflers on. She walked up and non verbally asked to pet the horse and he let her, it was such a sweet interaction to see. I’ve been there, they are super strict with people just randomly touching or grabbing the horse and scream back, so it’s nice to see when they are sweet with kids
Makes sense, they're trying to do their jobs as guards. Even if they know 99% of them are just dumb tourists, someone randomly getting too close without explanation is a potential threat, and they have to take that at least a little seriously.
Apart from anything else, even the best trained horses can spook, and injure dumb tourists. They have to use discretion with who is allowed these sorts of privileges.
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u/enanvandare 23d ago edited 23d ago
Maybe I am mistaken, but I think s/he does this quite a lot because I think J have seen at least one other video.
The horse is of course very well trained, but he is also a good rider (in addition to being a good person)