What exactly would our options be for 'horse poop jokes'? Even with the plea, I tried thinking up one or two - to no avail.

A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."

"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money!" and she proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open.

"Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration."

And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her hallway carpet.

"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder."

The old lady stepped back and said, "Well I hope you've got a good appetite, because they cut off my electricity this morning."

I've never had a problem with horseback riders on Amity or most any other trail.  There's plenty of room for us all.  
  

@trail_lover:
An email to Parks & Recreation clears up most park and trail rumors.  Ask Kathy at [email protected]

The Trail and Bikeway Master Plan process under way.  http://www.duluthmn.gov/parks/trail_bikeway_master_plan.cfm  They made real effort to involve all stakeholders including the equestrian community.

I have good memories of horseback riding there when I was a kid.  A family friend would bring the horses down from Normanna or wherever and come to our house in Lester Park.  Yep.  Our house.  Then maybe a dozen or so times I had a chance to ride them back to the stable.  It took a couple of hours and it was a wonderful experience.  

I have also used the bike trail a number of times and sometimes I hike in the same area.  

What gives?  Who cares if people bring their horse on the trail?  I personally think it is awesome to live in a city this size where people can also ride horses.

The Horse Trail Alliance should consider the upteen miles of snowmobile trails for non-winter usage. Why build something when it already exists?

I too use that trail on foot and bike often. I have encountered horses and am always courteous. Dodging horse dung isn't that big of a deal (though I would pick up my dog's crap if he were to do it in the middle of any trail). However, given their sheer weight, horses are super destructive to trails when the soil is at all wet. 

The Horse Alliance had attempted to access current single track that is in place for human powered exploits and were shut down. 

We can certainly co-exist but trails that are purpose built for mountain biking or walking do not have a place for horses. In my humble opinion, though, Amity Creek is not such a place.

I want to reiterate what maria wrote, most of the hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails are far too wet for horseback riding.  Most of those trails are only accessible in the very driest of years.  It's not a good solution for horseback riders.