Guard falling off the Runaway Horse at the Royal Wedding

[Insperato62]

On another video the rider said they had rehearsed many times but never with the bells banging away.The horse really played up - rearing, backing out of line etc. When they finally moved off the horse was hyped up. It slipped on the road surface - the camber could have been quite steep - considerable luck not to be dragged along further.Excellent recovery.Very professionally done, even if the poor lad had landed on his ....

[ProjectBM6]

Wait? The he just fell off a full grown horse, got dragged along a bit but still stood to attention? Thats the respect people lack these days.

[driverjackboy]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[25pinkbarbie]

why did the horse fall?

[ceahorse56]

Looks like the horse just slipped and fell. Glad no one was hurt, At least the rider will have a great story to tell his grandkids someday!

[witjunkie]

What caused the horse to fall? That microphone boom was right over him. Bet it spooked him.

[Sahbay]

Should have run after it... Quitter. :)

[Teddazorusrecks]

well played that man, straight up after falling off a horse in full ceremonial gear. like to see other people try that..

[lorileeky]

Horse riding can be a dangerous business....

[abzster98]

oooooo i've been knocked off my horse like that when it came to the carlisle festival parade.

Accept i got reared off and dragged half way down the street :S atleast i was wearin a puffer vest and a helmet xDD. I'm guessing that horse didn't listen when the guard was telling him the rules :P

[ModelHorse8]

0:56 - Horse : "YOU GUYS ARE STEPPING ON MEE!" D:

[chachahorse]

It was not the horse spooking at the noise, it tripped over! Then ran to keep up with the other horses. They're herd animals obviously it's going to go with the others!

[Caitlin9494]

Laughing at the fact that someone commented that this lad is a "millionaire". how does he know?

[VonCakeMaster]

the horse fell down.

[gilliangirl1]

Poor horses! All the noise, the bells ringing, the cameras going off, the crowds screaming, kids darting in/out of the crowds.... etc. It's a wonder this doesn't happen more often. It sure speaks to how well the majority of the horses are trained. Horses aren't born trained, ya know!

[xxLiisaMariiexx]

Guy falls off, looks around like 'awkward.' LOL.

[jasminerebeccagray]

Must have been pretty embarrassing for him :(

[JustBecause110]

bwahah.. half of these people have probably never been on a horse.. the ones making comments, i mean.

[screwdabrewcrew]

A millionare fell off his horse, come on that's funny

[TheAwkwardtuurtle]

@screwdabrewcrew if he was a millionaire he wouldn't be riding in that...he'd be sipping champagne and eating caviar with the other guests at the wedding. twat.

[screwdabrewcrew]

@TheAwkwardtuurtle I'm sure the royal family pays him well, wanker

[Oakleaf700]

@msjumpingqueenful Horses in London are well used to all sorts of crowd noise-they go out all the time, and are schooled for it-the horse slipped on the metalled road-usually sand is put down on ''special occasions'' to prevent the horses slipping [especially the carriage horses] but to a Troop horse, a whhhhoooooooooing crowd is nothing!

[Flurryknox2]

I bet he was absolutely gutted. Poor bugger :(

[Abuzwebstar]

He was like if I stood still no-one will notice wot just happened haha

[mwillis1000]

Gotta love the way he gets straight back up and stand their in recpect to the royals

[MrHillRoxx]

@mwillis1000 not necessarily respect its just a job trust me not all of these people do it for the queen.

[Horsepassion4life]

@mwillis1000 it's his job... :p

[madyandella]

Like a boss.

[TehRicc]

The fact that he got straight up and fell in with the Andrew street liners without a second thought for himself is the perfect example of the professionalism of the British squaddie!

[Brookey1000]

Poor horses! That is so cruel for tehm all of the flags and cheering world freak them so bad!

[joc69uk32]

@Brookey1000 hardly

[mylittleponytrooperx]

omg!! :L xx

[lskidmore01]

0:57

[lskidmore01]

0:59 !

[Insperato62]

You gotta feel sorry for the lad - hours and hours of polishing, grooming, rehearsals and the horse's hindquarters just slide under him before they've hardly got going! Being dragged was nasty (and probably painful if the back plate dug into his back) - least he kept his helmet off the ground which may have saved him neck injury. What composure though - staggering into a salute. One of the tv commentators said the lad received a right .......... from a superior officer. That's the Army tho'

[cyronization]

@Insperato62 Wonder if he was put on a 'fizzer'?

[Stefan1527]

just perfectly recovered by the guard

class!

[horsepaw101]

That would be hard to get all the same colour of horses in

[Ninjasquirrel5]

Well done for capturing this - a lot of us in the crowd down on Whitehall were wondering what had happened !!! :)