So true – it could have been much worse than it was…interesting drive through there this am.

Laurie quit being a jerk about interstate roadway naming, did you physically see where the horse was? Let the rich people enjoy their horses while the poor suffer.

“the rest of the country has only I-35….please – get it right.”

if you want to get technical, there is an E/W split of I-35 in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as well.

you can wiki it.

I think you are the one with the problem. Sounds to me like you have an enormous chip on your shoulder. Get over it!

funny, there is a horse track right there! I am thinking there might have been a horse expert or two iin the stable area

The whole incident was only about an hour long. Looking at the picutures, it doesn’t appear that they were actually chasing the horse more following it and blocking traffic to keep anyone from hitting it. Watch the video and you’ll see that the officers were able to walk right up to it. A bit difficult to keep an animal that size in one place without anything to hold onto them with. The horse appears calm and walking hte entire time, not frightened and running. This probably isn’t the first time they have had to deal with an escaped horse in that area and might actually have a clue as to what the were doing. You don’t know that they didn’t contact an expert or have experience themsleves Just because it was not mentioned in the article doesn’t mean they didn’t do it. It might have actually taken longer. I’m sure it took time to get the trailer out there or are they supposed to drive around with them on a regular basis?

The horse is also a DOMESTICATED animal, and if properly trained, can be easily coaxed to you with a carrot, or even just an empty hand. They don’t automatically run from humans. I’ve worked with horses for years, and most horses will come right to you with just a whistle if they’ve been trained right. In fact, most will come running to the paddock gate to greet you without even being called.

What the local police NEEDED was someone trained in horsemanship to catch the horse instead of trying to do it themselves.

You’re a BRILLIANT “expert”. It looks like the lights were more for the motorists than the horse. The only people who ran at the horse were motorists, probably experts like yourself, that thought they would help and only made the situation worse. Since the police were able to contain the animal, summon a trailer and end the situation without injury to motorists or the horse. I say a tip of the hat to the cops. Why don’t you call your local police and have them put you the emergency halter & grain call out list. Thankfully, you were not involved in this situation.

What can you make a Mexican wolf out of?