01/09/2026
⚠️ GROWN MAN VERBALLY ABUSES 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL RIDING ALONE ⚠️
At approximately 4.15pm this afternoon, one of our riders a 15-year-old girl was out hacking alone when she encountered a man driving a very loud, dark green-style truck.
The vehicle had passed Twinstead Riding School and was travelling towards Sudbury, approaching our rider head-on. The driver therefore had plenty of opportunity to see a horse and a child on the road ahead of him and to slow down.
He did not.
The driver, who was wearing bright orange ear defenders, continued towards her at speed. Her horse was becoming increasingly anxious at the noise of the vehicle, so our rider gave the appropriate hand signal asking him to slow down.
Rather than simply slowing down and passing her safely, this grown man stopped his vehicle alongside a 15-year-old girl who was alone on horseback and screamed at her:
“Get off the fing road, you stupid ct.”*
Let that sink in.
A grown man apparently considered it acceptable to stop beside a 15-year-old child, alone, and verbally abuse and intimidate her because she asked him to slow his vehicle down for a frightened horse.
She had done absolutely nothing wrong.
She had every right to be riding on the road and was trying to keep herself, her horse and other road users safe.
If the gentleman concerned sees this post or somebody recognises him from the description we would like to invite him to come to Twinstead Riding School and speak directly to the management team.
We would be very interested to hear, face-to-face, what he believes a 15-year-old girl did to warrant being spoken to in that manner.
We won’t hold our breath.
It is very easy to be intimidating when your chosen target is a child riding alone. We suspect considerably less courage would be on display when asked to explain that behaviour to the adults responsible for her welfare.
If anyone was travelling in the area at approximately 4.15pm today and saw this vehicle, or has dashcam footage which may have captured it, please contact Twinstead Riding School privately.
And to the overwhelming majority of considerate drivers who slow down, give our horses room and respond to riders’ signals which many of you all do…thank you. You help keep our young riders safe every single day.
A few seconds of patience can prevent a serious accident.
Twinstead Riding School
