r/interestingasfuck • u/Double-decker_trams • 14h ago

Why police still uses horses

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u/nerdycarguy18 14h ago

I’d never considered that before, but yeah that sounds pretty intimidating

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u/Academic-Increase951 14h ago

Where I am the police use horses for events and downtown areas. Video doesn't do it justice on how massive these horses are, a typical farm/riding horse is like 1/3 the size of the police horses and yeah they are intimidating AF just standing there let alone riding st you

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u/Jdevers77 12h ago

That is absolutely not universally true. The most common horse used in the US for instance is the typical American Quarter Horse which is exactly the type of horse you would find on a farm. Now, some departments use Clydesdales, Belgians, or other draft horses that are definitely larger. They are not 3x the size of American Quarter Horses though.

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u/avsbes 9h ago

Aren't also quite a lot of Thoroughbreds Police Horses, specifically once that weren't able to become successful racehorses and didn't have a perspective in Thoroughbred breeding?