A good tame well fed horse will stay in with no problems. I have held a horse in with grass string. After a week or so, they will learn they can lean under it and eventually walk out from under/over it.
That is a load of crap about HT wire and horses. I keep my horses in with a 4 strand HT setup because it borders the main state hwy and I don't want a car to hit them if they do try and escape. Two of the wires are hot. They claim the horses won't see the HT wire will cut them like a knife if they run through it. So, just put orange flagging on the top wire between every post for the first month and you will be okay. Believe me, they aren't stupid. They will stop and after a week or 2 they will know where the wires are. Mine have been fine for the past 5 years behind HT wire and I marked my fence with flagging when I first turned them into the field.
HT is a lot better than the woven wire that a lot of people use. I have had them cut their legs up getting stuck in the woven wire. HT is also a lot easier to fix when a tree falls on it. I will always use HT wire from here on with cows or horses.
They also say not to use barbed wire, but I have used it and had very few problems. They will get cut on their legs and neck area a little. The cuts are really more like scratches than cuts. It is really no worse than the issues you have with keeping cattle behind barbed wire.
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