Despite the tradition of the stirrup cup, a parting drink given to a guest when his foot was already in the stirrup or the drink served at a meet prior to a fox hunt, it's really not a good idea to combine the drinking of alcohol with horse riding. This is because alcohol affects the central nervous system causing impaired judgement, vision and reflexes it also delays messages to and from the brain and muscles, resulting in increased reaction times. And of course impaired judgement etc could lead to an accident when riding or working with horses on the ground.
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