Team chasing...

...is a lot of fun, but not always the safest activity.

They were both fine. Just slipped...but ow, long way down.

Yank, yank...

...I don't care how good a rider you are, he was on this horse's mouth too much, and...

Ow....

Faceplanting horse! Okay except for a bloody nose (horse) and some sand burn (rider).

I think they shouldn't have switched leads in front of the fence...

Age...

...is just a number.

This mare is 30! Most thirty-year-old horses are sunning in the pasture and telling people to get off their lawn.

Working out...

...how to do this jumping thing.

Slight overreaction to hitting a pole there!

Did anyone say...

...that donkeys can't jump?

This guy is here to let you know that yes, yes they can.

I want a mule sired by this guy now!

Sometimes....

...you just aren't going over that fence.

Thud, splinter, thud....

Thud...

Even good horses botch a fence now and then.

Looks like the horse misjudged the width of the fence.

Man...

...this horse looks really hard to handle.

He gets stronger and stronger...

Then in the second round he decides it's just not safe to jump from that spot/angle. Ow. NICE velcro seat.

Oops

Skip to :43 as they have an obnoxious intro.

Who says you need all of your tack to jump?

Aww....

...but it's so crueeeel to make them jump!

The...little wall.

Well, actually it's not a wall, so it's not a true puissance but rather a chase-me-charlie. But look at all of those little guys jump!

Another Nope

Some horses just don't want to do the big wall today.

That bottom layer seems a little bit TOO solid for my taste.

A little....

...too enthusiastic, perhaps?

She kinda squeaks like I do when that happens...

Ugh!

Look, I get wanting to ride, but I can't blame this horse for saying no to jumping in these conditions!

Let's jump....

Pint-sized pony is all ready to go go go! "I may be short, but..."

Welp...

Mini: You go ahead without me...

Zoom!

See! I can jump! At full speed, even!

Kid needs to work on her form. Pony is a speed demon and a saint rolled into one.

I don't liiike red!

Horse jumps perfectly fine until they get to the red wall.

Then it tries to kick the course steward, nopes out of being caught seriously. Second rider tries.

Something is going on with this horse. Mouth, perhaps?

Making the horse do another round after its behavior after the fall, which to me indicates an animal in pain, with a heavier rider, seems...well...inappropriate.

You go ahead...

...I'll wait right here.

This was the rider's fault...the horse was just not set up well for the fence.