点评:Dangerous pony factory: we had one good ride with my child (a very young v but experienced rider) in the morning when it wasn’t busy and the ponies were fresh. Second day was late afternoon, the ‘horsey’ and rather strident woman in charge clocked us. We were given a clearly annoyed, recalcitrant pony who had had enough for the day, more red flags when I was given a whip to ‘handle’ the pony with. The pony bucked from side to side, refused to move, tried to bite, pulled and scared my child who ended the ride bravely but crying and once I could safely remove us from the pony and hand it over, was in floods of tears. The woman refused to come over and robbed us off on a a child barely in her teens of at all to take the pony. I explained and she just shrugged whilst boss woman stayed behind the barricades taking the next person’s money. This was profiteering off animals who were uncooperative and potentially dangerous. By late afternoon it was unsafe (inexperienced parents lead ponies out by main roads unsupervised for half an hour) and the woman in charge clearly did not give a fig about the humans, probably not the animals, and definitely not my very upset and scared child. This is less a business than a money factory and I doubt any responsibility would be taken if an accident occurred. The stables as a whole seem very nice but the ‘balances á main’ are a risky afterthought. Great if you’re there on a good day, potentially awful if not. Steer clear.
翻译:危险的矮马农场:早上人不多,马儿们也精力充沛,我和孩子(虽然年纪很小,但骑术娴熟)享受了一次愉快的骑行体验。第二天是傍晚时分,那个看起来很爱管事且脾气暴躁的女管理员注意到了我们。她给我们安排了一匹显然已经疲惫不堪、不愿配合的矮马。更糟糕的是,她还给了我一根鞭子,让我用来“控制”这匹马。那匹马不停地左右甩动身子,不肯前进,甚至还试图咬人。我拉扯着孩子,把他吓坏了。他虽然勇敢地完成了骑行,但最后还是哭了起来。当我能安全地把他从马背上抱下来并交给工作人员后,他泪流满面。那位女士却不肯过来,还强行把一个年纪还很小的孩子叫过去牵走马匹。我向她解释情况,她只是耸耸肩;而那个所谓的“老板娘”则躲在隔离栏后面继续收下一位顾客的钱。这种行为纯粹就是利用那些不配合且可能具有危险性的动物来牟利啊。到了傍晚时分,情况就变得很不安全了(缺乏经验的家长让小马在主路上无人监管地行走长达半小时)。负责的女士显然根本不在乎这些人类,大概也不在乎那些动物,更不在乎我那个惊恐不安的孩子。这里与其说是一家机构,倒更像是个捞钱的工厂;要是发生意外,我怀疑他们也不会承担任何责任。整个马厩环境看起来倒是不错,但“由家长亲自监护”这一环节实在是个草率且充满风险的补充措施。如果在天气好的日子去倒也不错,但否则可能糟糕透顶。还是别去了吧。