Gotta Love...

...those insane mounted games kids.

Oh dear.

Somebody's having nothing of her dressage test, it seems. Nope. Not going to do it. Not going to.

Trying...

...to decide how I feel about this. There's no other way to get them across, but I'm not sure about the neck ropes.

Long, But Amusing

Don't...

...try this unless you really know what you're doing. I've seen people almost get killed trying it.

Oops...

Somebody may be in mild disgrace here.

Not...

...a fun ride.

This is probably an example of what I call the "downward spiral." The horse gets spooky. The rider gets anxious - as shown by the death grip on the reins.

The horse responds by thinking "If the big scary human is scared there must be something to be scared of."

The rider gets more anxious, and this is what you end up with.

He's a big boy...

No helmet, strapped into the saddle, and the horse is so fat it looks pregnant...yeah. If you want your kid to actually be a big boy?

Don't do this.

What is...

...even going on here?

Let's start with the completely slick trailer ramp, continue with the not being able to control the horse properly. End with...whacking it on the nose. But not when it tried to kick her with a front hoof...that got no discipline at all.

Levitating Horse!

I've only normally seen this with far-too-ready-to-go sled dogs!

Still...

...working out what to do with those hooves.

Slam!

Ow, ow, ow.

(The Haffies are cute, though).

Dramatic Rescue...

Horse gets loose and runs onto frozen pond. To make it even worse, she's in late pregnancy.

(Yes, both mare and foal survived).

Show Off!

Look ma, no hands! This is actually a good training exercise, but not normally over a jump this high - It's a way to learn a better automatic release. She got slightly left behind, but otherwise pretty good.

Nice, relaxed horse, too.

Velcro Seat

I'm not sure I could have sat this one! That horse is really trying to get him off.

(Horse is healthy but very green and did train out of it).

Oops...

Attempt at emergency dismount.

...yeah. Didn't go well.

So, in the hot desert...

...racing horses might be a little bit unfair.

How about donkeys?

(I think the whip use is less excessive than it sounds - the whips appear to be noisemakers).

Cute, but...

...I want to say this is just cute...little Shetland doing the dancing horse thing.

The Shetland is doing it well with his tiny rider, until about 0.26 when an adult comes in and starts hitting it on the butt even though it's performing the exercise.

I don't have a problem with teaching horses to dance, but really? (Not to mention the messy yard it's in).

Truth In...

...video, not.

Watch carefully.

Looks like fantastic bridleless riding (except for being too big for the pony), but if you keep watching, the photoshopped out reins make their reappearance on more than one occasion...