Horses are horrible creatures and should be wiped out. I support anything that will make their presence less felt.
What happened bro? A horse kill your mother?
The Healy-Raes celebrated victory on horseback. If you don't understand why that's enough to turn any urban modernist Irishman into a raging equinophobe, you need to read up on Jackie Healy-Rae.
Lewis understands.
e: Also most of my exposure to horses comes from gangs of roving pikeys racing through the streets of run-down neighbourhoods like it's the Wilde West.