We had a bit of a scare the other day. While walking down one of our favorite trails with Drake, a woman came flying up the trail on her horse in a full gallup(sp?). As soon as Drake saw the horse flying up on us, he tucked tail and ran. At first we laughed because we thought he might be playing, but we soon realized he was totally freaked out. The woman did not slow down a bit as she approached us and then proceeded to chase Drake. We were screaming for her to stop but she couldn't hear us. Poor Drake was running faster than I have ever seen a Newf run. We began to give chase but he was already off the trail, out in the Parking Lot and heading towards the road. The woman on the horse finally stopped chasing him because a group of people were on the trail. Sarah caught up with her and began to chew her out, she thought it was funny to chase a dog on her horse I guess. Now we were freaking out because Drake had run out in the road where there are lots of blind corners and cars going way too fast. Luckily he stopped and we found him on the side of the road, completely exhausted and freaked out. POOR BUDDY!!! We thought it was really irresponsible for the horse rider to have her horse in a full gallup on a public trail full of people, horses are so strong and someone could have gotten injured. Fortunately it wasn't a tragic ending. I know there aren't always a lot of places to exercise your horse, but on a public trail? Hmmm... What do you horse people think?