Taking your pony on the train.

[KentPhilip]

The ludicrous thing about it was he turned up with a valid railcard for the horse; it must have been murder trying to get it into a photo booth at WHSmiths

Can you imagine getting to the line of automatic barriers at Birmingham New St. It would probably think it was one of the hedges in a steeplechase and try and jump it.

And they'd need a big toilet on the train. Just in case it gets the "trots"..

[Halo Jones]

But I thought trains had horse power?

[d000hg]

The plot thickens

More images have emerged of places visited by a mystery man and his pony, including a hospital A&E department and a pub.

[doodab]

Meanwhile, the RSPCA said of the station incident it was "not a safe nor acceptable manner in which to transport an equine."

And yet it's completely acceptable to pack 20+ people into the area by the doors on a commuter train. Where is the RSPCM when you need them.

[d000hg]

And yet it's completely acceptable to pack 20+ people into the area by the doors on a commuter train. Where is the RSPCM when you need them.

And it's OK to sit on them and force them to run in circles to the point of exhaustion. Well, maybe not ponies, but horses anyway.

[DaveB]

And it's OK to sit on them and force them to run in circles to the point of exhaustion. Well, maybe not ponies, but horses anyway.

The more I see of this the more I'm amazed at how calm the pony is. Your average Shetland is bolshie when it's in a good mood and a liability when it's pissed off. The fatc that this one is wandering about apparently taking all this in it's stride is mindboggling.

[EternalOptimist]

And then he said, 'I dont care WHO is coming to meet you boyo, you are not getting on the train'

[TimberWolf]

The more I see of this the more I'm amazed at how calm the pony is. Your average Shetland is bolshie when it's in a good mood and a liability when it's pissed off. The fatc that this one is wandering about apparently taking all this in it's stride is mindboggling.

It's a train trained horse trained in a train training ground.

[d000hg]

The more I see of this the more I'm amazed at how calm the pony is. Your average Shetland is bolshie when it's in a good mood and a liability when it's pissed off. The fatc that this one is wandering about apparently taking all this in it's stride is mindboggling.

Waiting to get served by people working in the public sector helps one develop patience.

[cailin maith]

I wonder what that man was thinking... did he really think it was going to be ok to put the horse on the train?

Totally bonkers