Horses learn new tricks

Every once in a while you hear a story about a football-playing dog that puts the dribbling skills of the England squad to shame. However a horse that can play football is certainly not common and would certainly make more interesting viewing than the first few England World Cup matches.

Horse football may soon become a more common sight as a Devonshire woman has started training horses to play the sport. Aimed at animals that are unsuitable for being ridden, Vanessa bea from Beaworthy created horse agility to test the skills of horses and owners without the owner needing to ride their horses.

Tests include horses kicking a football, owners taking the horses over a seesaw, weaving around poles, going through hoops and test of balance.
Ms Bee said the exercises help improve the confidence of both horse and owner as the horse really has to trust the owner to complete some of the more tricky tests.