Top 10 reasons why people fail.
There can be a thousand and one things that you can fail your Driving Test on. From the obvious to the unlikely, the kind of things that you just can’t plan for during your driving lessons. A good example of this is, how to deal with horses and there riders safely.
Now you may be thinking?, what would be the chances of seeing a horse and rider whilst your driving round somewhere like Whalley Range for example, but not a lot people realise is that the Greater Manchester Police’s stables are based on Mauldeth road, only about a 4 minute drive from the Test Centre. The officers will on a daily basis take the horses out onto the road on routine patrol and exercise the horses. Now if you were to come across this situation on a lesson, then problem solved. You will have been shown how to deal and overtake the horse and rider safely and correctly as stated in the Highway Code. But if this situation was to arise during your actual test then would you know how to deal with it?. In theory you should as you would have studied for it whilst revising for your Theory Test.
Anyway the DSA have put together a top 10 list on the common reasons why people would fail there driving test, Here is a link to the list http://www.dsa.gov.uk/General.asp?id=197
As you can see horses don’t feature in the top ten 
