As one of those young women, I thought it only fair to reply and state the actual circumstances of the incident.

On the day in question, my friend and I were riding our horses two abreast as advised by the British Horse Society and as allowed by the Highway Code rule 39. We were trotting up a hill out of Kirkburton village centre when a car approached us from behind. It slowed down and settled in closely behind whilst appearing to rev its engine. This unsettled my friend's horse, making it jumpy and nervous.

We carried on trotting up the hill hoping that the driver would overtake (there was plenty of room). However, the driver chose not to and continued to follow us up the hill revving his engine as he went. As we approached a blind bend we slowed back to walk to ensure that any cars coming the opposite way would see us in plenty of time.

Mr Wigglesworth states that the outer horse then moved towards the centre of the road to deliberately cause him additional delay.

I was, in fact, on the outer horse and to actually do this on a blind bend when Mr Wigglesworth would not have been able to overtake us anyway, would have been incredibly stupid.

Generally, motorists in this area are very considerate and I am always the first to thank them when they slow down to pass us.

When I saw Mr Wigglesworth's letter in the Yorkshire Post, I was extremely angry and felt that I must reply to explain what actually happened.