What does this look like?
It looks like an irresponsible woman stealing a horse and taking it for a joy ride. I was particularly amused by how many commenters remarked on her not wearing a helmet.
So, having made enough white space, let's look at this video again.
This is a professional stunt. The "horse thief" is a trained rider, likely an exercise rider or possibly even a jockey. She's riding the horse very well and the horse is calm (in fact probably enjoying himself).
And, if you look, she IS WEARING A HELMET. What they did was cut a brim to match the helmet. Then they wrapped a purple feather boa around it. Finally, they wrapped the woman's hair or wig (hard to tell which) around the helmet straps. This is brilliant costuming and I think we can learn from it - this was done by a professional, but there's no reason ideas can't be stolen from it to disguise a helmet (especially if you can afford an English style "jockey club") for equestrian costuming.
(The stunt was done to advertise a reality show about jockey training).
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