The first few years I had Hap, this large soft eye made me think many times: Funny, he doesn’t look like maniac.
One year, I took him to State Fair and put a sign on his stall door with large letters: Do not pet this horse. He bites!
I still found parents holding their children up to pet him. (Mind you: Hap’s biting was the affectionate nibble he would do to another horse, but I don’t think it matters when dealing with an 1100 pound critter.) The fact that so many people thought they were in a petting zoo is one reason I never took Hap back.