Question for Horse Owners

[Nethybridge]

Like Foggy and Compo we walk miles aimlessly, and we always see two women working in a field that has two
scruffy nags and a lovely shiny haired [ coated ? ] chestnut mare, we asked them why are you here every day labouring , they said they are picking up the horse poo lest the beasts eat it and risk worms and other nasty complaints.

Are they making work for themselves, Is that a thing with horses, eating poo ?

[Equus]

Nethybridge said:

Are they making work for themselves, Is that a thing with horses, eating poo ?

Horses eating poo isn't a thing, specifically, but leaving it lying around to decay into the grass (which it won't surprise you to discover that horses do eat) does risk spreading worms and other nasties.