Why are horses used in riots?

Sorry if someone has already said this, but the riders riding police horses are effectively their owners. They care for the horses, ride them every day and so on and so forth. The horse is trained for those situations, and has riders it knows riding them, so it can cope. Usually I believe a horse and its rider are trained at the same time. My parents friend was in the mounted police, and she definitely had her own horse.

Honey, I don't care who your parents have sold horses too. If you can only ride one horse then you are not that good a rider. Maybe you should get off your privaleged pedastool where you base your abilities on what mummy and daddy do and get some experience riding horses you don't know that well.

And a country fair? Big deal.

Well, a horse that is spooked, will kick or buck regardless of whether the rider is nervous.

If a rider is nervous, this raises the chance of the horse being spooked. Just the same as dogs, they can pick up on nervousness from their owner, if you have an owner that is scared the dog will bite someone, the dog is more likely to bite someone.

At the bold -- exactly. So people will be careful around the horses, is what I'm saying, in a way that they wouldn't be careful around policemen on, say, bikes.

the latter paragraph doesn't negate the point.

You're 16, would have been 14 at the time. The only reason you don't know anyone assaulted/kettled by the police is because all the 'students' you know would have been at home watching Teletubbies at the time.

im a student and im 27, i've also never been in that sort of situation, your logic doesnt work really

Just a general question, why are horses used in riots? I have never really understood it.

It's big and strong. You are not.