The heavy bits are to stop exactly this from happening. Great run, then see what happens when she goes back in the chute.
On a trained gaming horse like this you don't use the bit much at all...but when you do, you dang well need the brakes to work. (Don't worry, the kid wasn't hurt - I'm guessing somebody took the time to teach her how to fall off properly - and like a proper cowgirl, she got right back on).
First of all, I know you don't step them over the shaft, but back them in.
And the ass here is the guy in the purplish shirt. You can't pull an equine back by the breeching strap. He keeps messing around behind the mule and then he's dropping the chain, which them allows the right mule to swing away from its partner...that's a butt chain and needs to be hooked up quickly. Finally, the mules have enough and vacate the premises, followed by extremely loud shouts of whoah that aren't going to do any good.
...are great. I have a lot of respect for gymnasts who do their work on something that...
...isn't cantering. That's not a small horse either. (Vaulting people mostly use draft horses because of their even temperaments and steady gaits - I'm pretty sure that's a Belgian).
I couldn't even get ON the way they do, at least not any more.
This is somebody having one heck of a time with their horse. The calm male voice is their trainer.
This is "riding through it." This is not giving up. Given what I've been going through with a horse lately, I've been doing a fair bit of "riding through it."
The horses in this video clearly belong to somebody, so I'm not sure why the hikers were in their field.
With their off leash dog.
The horses, needless to say, took care of the matter.
These horses aren't crazy. They're evicting the annoying humans and their annoying dog from THEIR pasture. At least one of them appears to be a pregnant mare. Oh, and if they'd wanted to kill you, bud, you'd be dead, trust me.
Let's go through the stupid things this person says one by one.
First of all, he starts saying only women wear helmets and only women promote helmet use. That's not true - the instructor who didn't care whether three year olds wore helmets when riding her horses was emphatically lacking in a Y chromosome.
According to him, it is wrong to promote helmet use. It is even wrong to promote helmet use for youth.
Anyone who says a helmet saved their life is an idiot. Because helmets, according to him, cause more accidents. And it's always women, and it's because we're women. Oh, and helmet laws for motorcycles are wrong as well, and he never wears a helmet and is still alive.
Cowboys didn't die from head injuries, according to him? Head injuries from falling off horses were the MOST common cause of death amongst men in the wild west.
Oh, and people wear helmets to look good. Oh, yeah, my cheap every day schooling helmet looks so great.
Helmet wearers are also all insecure. And we don't pay enough attention because we're wearing helmets. We take short cuts. Sigh.
Dressage riders can't "compete" because our horses are all out of control, and he seems to think a full bridle is a torture device. Then again, I know English people who feel the same way about spade bits.
All women are ignorant.
At about 7:50, he stops ranting and gets to his point about idiots walking up to feral/range horses. And the worst part is, he's completely right about what he's saying - but 90% of people aren't going to listen to the seven minute plus sexist rant about helmets and dressage people.
And then he goes back to being sexist. "Let men be men and let women be women."
He hates breeches, too.
I want to challenge this guy...I'll take any horse he has to give me and I'll ride any trail he cares to offer on that horse. In jeans. In western tack.
I'm sure he's a decent horseman, and I am not one of those who goes around saying everyone has to wear a helmet. I think not wearing one is dumb. But his attitude is extremely dangerous.
A helmet is just a tool. So, for that matter is a full bridle or a spade bit, although both should be kept in the hands of people who knew what they were doing.
I'd have given him a lot more "benefit of the doubt" if he wasn't being so sexist.
She's really not sure about this. The poster said it's attitude, but it looks pretty typical "confused green horse" to me. No matter how much ground driving she's had, the weight and the sound of the wheels are going to get to her a bit.
Yeah, she definitely tries to get rid of the cart a couple of times. Can't really blame her. Which is why they have somebody in the cart, a different person on the lines and a third person there JUST to watch and jump in if things go wrong.
...know how to have fun. I love dressage, but why do we have to have a dressage arena, even with freestyle, resemble a very traditional church.
Although I do hope it wasn't too hot in there...
Such a relaxed horse, barely any use of the reins except on the sliding stops. Amazing balance. Good reining...and having so much fun doing it. And the crowd goes wild.
Riding should be fun, even when it's at its most serious.
Where do I even start? I realize backing a small pony is difficult, but couldn't they have found somebody a little smaller? Somebody's girlfriend, maybe?
The saddle appears to be fitted to a full-sized horse. Somebody's cracking a whip in the background. I also love the use of the fence.
I'm honestly wondering how sober these people are.
...is always such a good source of bloopers. Gotta love the horse trying to run the barrels on his own, encouraged by the commentator. And that second girl had insane stick-ability.
I'm not posting this to knock barrel racers - some of them have great horsemanship and others terrible, but that's not inherent to the sport. Oh, ow, somebody just hit the fence head first. I DO wish they'd wear helmets...
I also stopped criticizing their bit use after attempting to game a big, hot Quarter Horse in a snaffle. Nope. Borrowing a pelham next time...
I don't know what led up to this, but boy is this horse causing a traffic jam. No sign of the owner...oh, now somebody's getting out of a vehicle. No halter on it...did it jump out of a field? Looks well cared for and uninjured, just not sure where to go. And not wanting to be caught by anyone...there's somebody else trying. It does, however, have the sense not to try and cross the railroad lines.
I ride more than one where I have to check the girth again on mounting and then again five minutes in. And one of them has no withers. So I do have sympathy...but yeah. Check it more times than you think you need to.
It's not terrible, but the "obstacle course of ears" made me laugh. I'm also told you should hook the traces on first, so if the animal moves...something this donkey seems far less than inclined to do...they don't walk right out of the shafts and force you to start over.
Other than that, not a bad demo of how to harness a donkey. And a really nice demo of just how nice (or lazy) "Doodle" the donkey is. And adorable.
I normally laugh at sales videos like this, but they do at least show the horse doing some normal things as well. Somebody put in some desensitization work here.
1. The saddle is slightly too far back for an English saddle.
2. The rider doesn't know how to sit a buck in an English saddle. She's grabbing for a horn that isn't there - oops. (She admits in her comments that she hasn't done much English - so I feel I can tease a little). The trick is to make a bridge with your reins and brace against the withers that way.
3. When dismounting from an English saddle, my friend, you take both feet out of the stirrups. English stirrups turn more readily than western ones, and if you keep a foot in you will - as this girl did - poke the horse in the side.
What is right with this picture?
The rider, who knows this horse (a rescue) has issues, is wearing not just a helmet but a protective vest. She has somebody working with her. She's mounting from a block, not the ground (I might have used a three step block, but they may not have one).
And, above all, per the comments, she is not blaming the horse.
Apparently this is how these people start a driving horse.
It might have been less of a disaster if the harness had fit. Or been complete. But clearly this horse needed more preparation. And because the harness wasn't complete, the horse was able to repeatedly get itself into trouble.
I hope it took them a long time to repair the cart...
I've actually seen worse. Bucking is not unusual behavior for an animal being mounted and ridden for the first time - and although I have little direct experience with burros, I'm told they tend to buck, if anything, more than horses. The squealing and laughter, though? It's not funny.
Now, at least they didn't put a horse saddle on him!
Yes. This is people encouraging and rewarding a horse for escaping from its stall... Okay. The mare can't go anywhere...right now. But what if they have to sell her?
I know this one's already been circulating (and is two years old), but...it's like a train wreck that you have to keep watching.
Here we have a miniature donkey. And a kid. This might be a cute combination...except in this case it's not.
The kid decides to tack up the donkey and ride him. Needless to say, he probably weighs as much as the poor little donk. On top of that, he doesn't actually have the right tack.
What does he have? A western saddle pad and cinch. A large pony-sized English saddle and bridle.
So, we have the wrong pad and cinch for the saddle. (I wouldn't worry about the pad, but...) And then we have English tack, too big for the donkey and, on top of that, it's all horse tack. Maybe he doesn't know, but you don't put horse tack on donkeys. They aren't put together the same way. Mule saddles are also different from horse saddles.
Okay, none of that is as bad as making the poor donkey carry his butt in the first place - I can only assume it didn't buck him off because it couldn't, and didn't kick him because...eh...saintly longear?
So, girl trots through field bareback. Horse canters. She falls off, lands on her feet and hangs on to the reins for dear life until the horse stops.
This is...a very classic example of what not to do. First of all, she's not wearing a helmet.
When coming off a horse, especially at speed, you do not attempt to land on your feet. (Yes, I know some mounted games people do it, but their dismounts are entirely voluntary, they practice it for hours AND one of my worst riding injuries ever came from doing that maneuver wrong).
Second, you don't try to keep hold of the horse. Doing so puts you at risk of being trampled. I don't care if your instructor has taught you to do so - mine did. It's still wrong.
In this case, the girl got it all right and nobody was hurt, but that doesn't mean she was doing the right thing.
Seriously. There is nothing right in this video. Not. One. Thing.
Why are they hitching their horse on the road?
Now, let's see. The guy touches the horse on the flank, presumably adjusting a strap. The horse cocks a leg, so the guy kicks him...the horse kicks back and gets his leg over the shaft. That should not happen...unless the shafts are, as they are, too low.
Then the guy tries to get the leg back OVER the shafts without dropping the shaft. The horse takes this pretty well, but is clearly getting more and more frustrated. DROP THE SHAFT you idiot. It would have been way faster to drop the shaft and re-hitch than do what they did.
When they finally succeed, the old guy gets in the wagon then the other guy tosses him the lines.
Finally, the horse, apparently glad to get out of there, sets off at a pretty good lick.
So, what's wrong with this?
First of all. I've kicked a horse back for kicking before. If applied correctly, it can work. The horse, though, wasn't actually kicking. It was reacting to the strap adjustment a little oddly, perhaps because it thought it was a fly. So, the punishment was excessive.
The big issue, though, was that they should have unhitched and started over when the horse's leg ended up over the shaft. It would have been easier, quicker, and less traumatic for the poor animal. They also didn't need to shove him to back him up...unless, of course, he wasn't properly trained to back up, which strikes me as rather basic for a harness horse. Lots of yanking on the mouth, too.
You don't need "proper" riding boots if you're just going on a casual trail ride, but please wear closed toed shoes or boots with a smooth sole and a slight heel.
Please. The woman who made this video is lucky she is still alive.
Hint #1: If you can't keep your lower leg still and quiet, remove the spurs until you can. Spurs are a tool for experienced riders only.
Hint #2: Really, the only use for draw reins is for very short periods with a very experienced rider to fix an upside-down neck musculature caused by going incorrectly. Even then, the good riders I know don't use them and don't allow them to be used on their horses. In this case, even though the draw reins are in the "mild" side position rather than the severe "down" (between the legs), the rider is using the draw reins as well as the regular reins to cue the horse because nobody has actually taught her how to ride with two reins.
In other words, no, the horse isn't crazy - the rider is using equipment she is not ready to use. I blame...the instructor (Well, there's somebody standing in the ring watching her, anyway, that I assume is an instructor).
The video focuses on the palomino, but I like every horse in here except the solid chestnut.
ONLY the chestnut is four beating. The palomino lacks gait purity right after the transition to the lope, but does pick it up later. In the walk, he is tracking up nicely, he has more issues in the jog but that could be his natural gait. Yes, it's slow. They're supposed to be slow. They're supposed to carry their heads low - and I ride a couple of horses who do that naturally, it's the way they put their heads when they're relaxed and on the bit.
And these horses look relaxed and happy, not sour or stressed. I'd still like to see a bit more forward in the lope, but it's way better than you normally see.
This video is supposed to indicate how much better for horse and rider a bitless bridle - and specifically this brand of bitless bridle, the Nurtural, is.
First, we see the Thoroughbred being ridden in what appears to be a full cheek, single-jointed snaffle. He's clearly not happy in this bit - which is not unusual. Thoroughbreds have narrow jaws and tend towards low palates and generally do not work well in single-jointed bits. (I personally prefer a double-jointed bit with any horse).
Then they switch him to their "nice, kind, natural horsemanship bitless bridle" - and guess what? He hates it. He rears when they try to fasten it, he's stargazing, he's throwing his head around, but they're still touting this as "better" than the bit! (Because he stops faster? I don't think he even does).
I'm not against bitless bridles - there's a horse I'd love to try in one but the barn insurance has this stupid clause in it requiring bits at all times. Sometimes they are the best solution, but here's the thing.
Bitting is an art, not a science, Finding the right bit involves a certain level of understanding of mouth conformation, how it varies by breed (and by individual horse), pressure and release. It also involves paying attention to your horse. They will send pretty clear signals about what's in their mouth or on their head.
In this case, either something else is going on with the horse (I see tightness through the neck and poll that could use flexibility exercises and possibly a visit to a chiropractor) or he...just hates that particular bridle. But these people are glossing over the fact that the horse is going worse in their bridle because, hey, the rider still has control.
This horse needs to be checked over and then properly re-bitted - personally I'd try him first in a French link, but that's always my go-to bit for horses that are showing discomfort about the mouth. That might end up with a bitless bridle (but not this one) or it might not.
It's better to look at what works and gives you a good ride than get stuck on some kind of ideology.
In Iceland in winter one of the hobbies is to race horses on the ice...
In this case, the race went badly wrong. Probably, they should have started it with the horses further apart, but most of the field went through the ice on the start.
Don't worry. This video does not show drownded horses. The water beneath the ice was fairly shallow and all of the horses were extricated safely, helped by the fact that none of them panicked. (If you watch the video, the horses are standing on the bottom, not swimming).
The pond they were using is the City Pond in Reykjavik. I honestly thought it was slightly deeper than that, but not much...
But next time, start the display with the horses a bit further apart to spread the weight. Or check your ice better.
Oops. Kudos to the kid for staying on, but the instructor needs to tell her to grab the mane next time, not the reins. (This is why I like a neck strap for beginners).
This shows the entire race. Watch going into the second turn and you'll see a driver unseated...
...then watch at the very end as Tony Morgan brings two horses home safely. I have never seen or heard of a driver doing this, but he probably prevented a worse wreck - and as we've seen, harness racing wrecks can be very bad indeed.
...it's so prim, proper and formal. Nobody actually has fun, and it only attracts OCD people with an obsession with precision. Nobody has ever laughed or cheered at a dressage show.
These are colored cobs and vanners doing the job they were bred for. Quite the sight.
Note the slightly smaller and more dished heads on the British horses pulling caravans, whilst the American horses later in the videos are a little larger and draftier - there's a split going on in the breed between the preferred UK type and the preferred US type.
One argument people use for not wearing helmets or putting them on their kids is that good riders don't fall off.
Exhibit.
This little girl did nothing wrong. It wasn't a great run...she went way wide around the second barrel, but hey, she's a kid. She was out of the horse's face and when the horse started to go down, she did what she could to try and rebalance the animal.
According to the videographer, apparently her father, the going around the third barrel was very wet. It's not uncommon for barrel horses to slip like this and it seldom results in significant injury to the horse. (I also had this happen to me when I was a teenager in the jumper ring...with the same result - neither I nor the horse was hurt and we got back up and carried on).
But, this does demonstrate that even a good rider on a well trained horse can and will come off, especially if you're doing something more dangerous like barrels or jumping (I put the two about even in the danger rating of equestrian sports). If you ride, you will fall off. It's inevitable. Adults can do as they choose, but it's irresponsible, in my opinion, not to put a helmet on your child.
This rare British breed may remind American viewers a little of the Saddlebred, but it is older and is not technically a "gaited" breed - it has no extra gaits, but it does move a lot like a Saddlebred.
No, these horses are not sored. A good Hackney foal will trot like this in the pasture. They were bred to pull light carriages and look good doing it. They come in two sizes - the Hackney Horse and the Hackney Pony.
(And, yes, they can be ridden. Hackneys and Hackney crosses often make good jumpers).
I hate it. This video explains better than I can why it's bad.
Rollkur comes about because of an obsession with the set of the head over correct carriage. Correct carriage starts at the other end of the horse. Too many people - in all disciplines - start their work at the wrong end of the horse. Pleasure, both English and western, is another place where this kind of thing is rampant.
If you get correct hindquarter engagement and elevation, the horse's head will naturally "drop" or "fall" into the correct position...for that horse. (It's bad to force a headset other than the one natural for that animal. For example, many stock horses will naturally carry themselves in the level position usually associated with pleasure, while Warmbloods and Thoroughbreds tend to arch the neck upwards more).
I have no problems with pleasure classes. In fact, I know a little mare who is perfect - when she's carrying herself in the way that works for her with a rider you can put a spirit level on her neck.
I do have a problem with this:
It's a long video, but you see a lot of horses being yanked in the mouth for absolutely no reason, excessively low head carriage and "bridle lameness" or "rein lameness".
Bridle lameness is caused when a horse is backing off from the bit and tense. Some horses are prone to it even when ridden in a non-abusive manner, but the methods used in a lot of pleasure classes create it.
A pleasure horse should go forward smoothly with a smooth "daisy cutter" gait. The topline should be level with the poll level with or JUST below the withers. The horse should be moving - it's a test of the sort of horse you would take out for a fun trail ride.
I don't have a problem with barrel racing, but I do wish these girls would wear helmets....watch this video to see why.
(Also, after you fell off, is it really the time to check your hairdo?)
Barrel racing is a pretty dangerous sport, and falls like these do happen quite a bit...well, except for the one at about 1:45 that had nothing to do with barrel racing and everything to do with people who don't tighten their girth or cinch. Ahem.
The horse at 2:14 or so even tried to catch its rider and failed.
Not sure why the one at 2:55 suddenly stopped and started rearing...but it looked a bit like a pain reaction to me - teeth needed doing maybe?
Most of these women (and a couple of guys) would have stayed on with a bit more stickability and none of them seemed to have had fall training.
At the time, this video got a lot of press and demands to modify the races.
A little bit of analysis here. One of the wagon horses broke down. Because of the speed, the other three had no chance of avoiding it.
What bothered me at the time and still does is the outrider - I realize those horses are jazzed up, but he should have been able to avoid that.
I don't think this was an inherent problem to chuckwagon racing per se - it IS yet more proof that the most dangerous thing you can do with a horse is drive it at speed - but I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than, say, three-day eventing, in the grand scheme of things.
Even adding more breakaways to the harness (I don't know for sure, but I would be amazed if these people aren't using synthetic harness to save weight) probably wouldn't have helped in this situation.
(I do like the comment on the actual video's page that it's not a chuckwagon if it doesn't have cooking gear in it...)
Nice pair of draft mules. First, the guy in the overalls walks them OVER the hitching pole. Then the guy in the red shirt drags the right mule back by the harness britches and just stands behind it while waiting for the others. (Did I mention MULE). He drops the chain...and again, is trying to drag the animal into position by its harness. The mule has enough and tries to vacate the premises. So, he tries to *wrestle* it into place...at which point BOTH mules decide they're outta here. Chased by their handlers.
Sigh.
I don't drive and *I* know that's a serious demonstration of how not to hitch...and that you can't wrestle a 1300 pound draft mule.
...between western and English. A lot of the time, it's a case of never the twain shall meet.
How about a bit of a duel?
This video highlights the differences beautifully.
It also demonstrates something else. These riders are, presumably, both experts. After they switch horses, the dressage rider does slightly better than the reining rider.
I have long held that if you are not sure which side you want to go - it is much, much easier to learn English *first* and I think this video demonstrates that.
It also beautifully shows the difference in self-carriage and way of going. Nicely done.
But I rode JUST like this girl. And fell off just like she did more than once.
Yeah. JUST like that. I blame my first instructor for teaching me two-point before canter. Kind of the wrong way around that - did the same thing happen to her?
In college, an international level dressage coach tried and failed to fix it. Nope.
I then had to give up riding for years. Came back. Three different instructors tried and failed to fix it, although at least they put in a real good effort. It was frustrating for all of us.
Went to a dude ranch. Rode with a fantastic cowboy whom I will respect for the rest of my days. Came back.
I admit it. I am one. I love dressage - I love the precision. It really fits the perfectionist aspects of my personality. Don't get me wrong - I'm perfectly capable of riding outside an arena.
What I don't like is a lot of the trends in modern dressage. Pulling your horse's nose to its chest is...not dressage, to me. "Dresser" - "to lift." There's nothing light about it.
This video shows the difference. Okay, it's a bit fanboyish, but it does show it.
The handler allows the outside line to drop too low. It is not just useless in that position, but dangerous. The horse turns (because he thinks that's what is wanted) and his outside leg swings into the ankle-height rope. Then, of course, he panics.
The lines were correctly attached, although I would have used the next ring up, but the outside rein was just too loose and too low.
...are real horses, people. Sure, they eat less and take up less space, but they can do anything a full-sized horse can do (except lug your fat butt around.
Like, say, this little guy. Isn't this the cutest hunter ever?
Extreme Cowboy Race. It's basically a trail class - except they do it fast. It tests everything you can test with a horse - speed, endurance, agility, control. These horses have to be completely broke, very forward and all but bombproof. Here's Cam Schryver showing us all how it's done.
Which, for some reason, won't embed. Sorry, guys - here's the link. http://youtu.be/HzDbZOBh0v0
Okay, I have a little bit, because this happened to me once, although I blame the mutton withers of the pony I was riding at the time. He needed a breastplate.
Okay, so this is somebody trying to load her horse after a show.
She's using a huge step up trailer and the horse is clearly jazzed...and he's not going in there. There are a lot of comments on Youtube (please go there too) about her "poor horsemanship" - but I think what happened here is that the handler panicked. She wasn't expecting him to act like that and didn't know what to do. She's small, the horse is big, and he could easily have hurt her. Her reaction escalated things.
So, what do you do in this situation? The key is to calm the horse down - and that means calming yourself down first. Anyone who works with horses should learn to slow their breathing and think. It's really vital to do that. Horses can hear your heart rate. If you get scared, a horse will think there is good reason to BE scared...
...this is a horse blog. And no, that is not a horse...
He's adorable, though. But you probably don't want your own - zebras don't have centuries of domestication behind them and are even harder to train than donkeys. (Plus, they have no withers).
...need better latches. Funny how the horse doesn't let all of the other horses out. Guess he didn't like the one in that first stall.
Or maybe not. Oh, I see here. It's the feed room we're going for...now, let's see, what other trouble can we get into? I'm assuming that this horse did this regularly and never did any real damage based off of the fact that the person was videoing it not, you know, catching him ;).
Oh, there goes the barn door. And the arena gate...
I've worked with my share of equine Houdinis...but that one's really good with those latches.
I know there are good TWH people out there, but let's break this one down:
First, we have "Trigger Treat", a nice dappled palomino. He's lame on the off hind. Noticeably lame. At the walk. "Model Open Winner"
Next, "The Golden Sovereign" a really nice palomino. Big lick action, although not as exaggerated as some and he actually looks reasonably sound. "Amateur Open Winner."
Now, what's next. "Command On Parole". Obviously sored and in pain in front, tail obviously cut. Amateur Four-Year-Old Stallion Winner.
His reserve, "Knock Em Ted," looks exactly the same.
"A Cloudy Sky" - even worse Big Lick action. I'm not going to comment on the rider's seat because I've been told that the hunched position is the gaited equivalent of "two point" and not meant to be sustained or "correct equitation". I AM going to comment on the borderline stargazing. Horse is over-bitted, possibly because it's being ridden by a child. Possibly off on the near hind. - Youth 11 & Under.
"Dance All Night" Okay, so it might be the gaited equivalent of two point, but I think THIS rider is actually using the reins to hold himself on. Youth 12-17 Specialty Winner.
"Texas Joe Black" I actually like this one, if you're going to go for exaggerated action. Smooth, even, no wincing from the horse. IS it possible to do it without soring? Amateur 15.2 & Under Stallion Specialty Winner.
"Gimme A Command" More excessive big lick, more clinging to the horse's face. Legs way off the horse's side. Sorry, that's bad equitation, gaited horse or no. Three-Year-Old Mares & Geldings Reserve.
"Mr. Heisman" Horse looks terrified and definitely sore in front. 15.2 ^ Under Stallion Specialty Winner.
"Suiza" Okay. Nice, nice, nice. Out of all of them I'd take this one, but it's a flat shod horse with no tail set. Maybe I'm biased. Trail Pleasure Youth Specialty Winner. And it actually looked like a trail pleasure horse.
"Pushin That Jazz" More standard Big Lick, seen worse by Big Lick standards. Youth Specialty Championship Winner.
"Dance All Night" Obviously sored horse, rider a little big for horse, horse's mouth appears to be open (another sign of incorrect bitting). 15.2 & Under Mare & Gelding Specialty Winner.
"Skydazzled" Nice chestnut, Big Lick but not pushed to absolute extreme of deformity, rider and horse look happy. Youth Ponies Winner.
"Roll The Gold" Beautiful horse. Beautiful. Well forward. Ridden and owned by the same person as the Trail Pleasure Horse earlier. Youth Ponies Reserve.
"Command On Parole" Another terrified and sored horse, from what I can see, another open mouth and more clinging to the reins. Four-Year-Old Stallion Specialty Winer.
"Designer Champagne" Is this a Champagne Watchout baby? Rider's legs sticking out, but horse looked very nice indeed. Country Pleasure Champion.
So, a mixed bag. I'm pleased to see that even a couple of the HIGH ACTION horses did not look to be in pain or afraid. Others, however, did. Oh, and who is Allison Thorson? Her horses look like she's doing something RIGHT.
