First off, we wish Luis Alfredo Perez would change his name to Wilbur because “Oh, Luis” does not have the same zing as “Oh, Wilbur.”
For as everyone from here to Churchill Downs knows, a horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can ride a horse on a freeway while drunk, of course, not even if it’s a talking horse like the famous Mr. Ed.
But Perez, 29, of Placentia, was arrested around 1 a.m. Sunday after allegedly riding a white Arabian horse down the eastbound lanes of the 91 freeway near Paramount Boulevard in Los Angeles County.
A California Highway Patrol officer intercepted Perez, who is alleged to have tested with a blood-alcohol content of .21 percent, or more than double the legal limit.
He went to jail where he was held in lieu of $50,000 bail for alleged DUI, which, come to think of it, should actually be RUI for riding under the influence.
The horse, which does not answer to “Mr. Ed” but “Guera,” was released unharmed to Perez’s mother.
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