Old Fort Days Rodeo: Horses jumping over a car

[daneite]

The horse should've jumped in the car first, then jumped out. 

[bridlelessgirl]

my car!!!!!!! lol jk!

[Ickyray1999]

my poni cood fit inside da back seat of dat car

[PonyxGirlx]

There Is This Famous Person, I Dont Know The Name Of Him, But, I Have Seen Him Loads Of Times On Horse And Country, And, He Has A Huge Spirit With Horses (And So Do I! I Hate Fashion, But I Love Horses!) And He Stands Up On These Horses, (Grey Ones!) Horses Bond With People These Days And Can Achieve Anything That They Want To Be!

[soph4rat]

haha its so funny when you get people commenting on here, blabbing on about what they think they know about that horses breed or whatever. its like SSHHH.

if you dont like the video dont bother commenting on it. lol :)

id say that was pretty impressive :D x

[Bamboo564]

HOLY CRAP!!! It would be scary enough jumping a car, but STANDING UP!?

[L96OZZ]

THAT.....Was kewl!!!!!!!!!

[shaneybaby1990]

wow! it looks scary just to see somebody ride a jump over a car, that just looks terrifying! lol brave man:)

[bitsnsaddles]

Does everybody /seriously/ need to pick apart every single detail in order to try and make themselves look smarter?

[xojackloveee]

Who really cares if a horse is off? Well he/she could be potentially lame and turn into permanently lame. Just because it looks nice does it look like the horses are having fun? I dont think so. People obviously don't put the horses' care first.

[sonmist21]

Please dont act like you know this guy and assume that he doesnt put the care of his horses first. I had stalled my horses across from this guy and he treated those horses like royalty.  They always got fresh water, got daily baths...always had clean stalls...fans in the stall...he was always coming in and giving them sugar cubes....you got to remember theses horses make him money too.

[sonmist21]

It really isnt that hard for two horses to jump a car...really not even that dangerous...especially for the particular breed of horse that is jumping over the car...those two horses are twice the size of car they jumped. They dont want to hit the car anymore than the guy jumping it does...none the less....dont act like you know this guy and how he treats his horses. Speak for the ones you personally know.

[heidialice]

Ahaa, you do know giving them a bath everyday takes nutrients out of their coat that they need in winter. Cleverrr

[cheepooluvr]

i hate rodeos, i dont care how 'amazing' this is. even here, this guy is hanging onto the horses mouths so that HE can stay on.

[peanutbutterjelly126]

wow that is amazin i culdn't do that sittin on 1 horse never mind standng on 2!! amazin!!!!!!

[oakstorm]

ahhh thats so kewl

[msityhorse2001]

what about when they don't make the jump! yikes.

[tammy666bob]

omg that was amazing lol i love it alot

[BekaCooper]

They did this at a rodeo at our fair grounds and what made me mad was that they said that the horses were Throughbreds and they were racing horses, not jumping horses. Any horse can jump. My trainer has an OTTB and he is an amazing jumper!

[JordanBailey360]

Holy crap!

[bobalooba54792]

amazing my pony can barely walk over ground poles but two horses and a guy stsnding on them over a car amazing

[HotToTrot89]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!! at the WIHS one year a guy did that cept he jumped over a jump that was lit on fire!!!! i think its cool!!! lol

[nutter666f]

wow thts well kwl, wldnt want try it tho, i prefer sittin on horses, standin jus feels odd lol

[whydoesitevenmatter]

and btw for that mkmallory person, how do you know that it wasnt just coincidence that that english persons horses were more "in tune" like wtf? youve got to be kidding, your actually telling ppl that that person is so good that they can command a horse with one foot on top of the saddle? like the guy is tanding on two different horses while cantering and jumping im pretty sure his last concern is if the horses are in tune enough for you.

[msityhorse2001]

whydoesitevenmatter: you need to take this message to all the other ppl who can't watch a video and just be impressed rather than have nasty comments that are not close to constructive critiquing!

[whydoesitevenmatter]

you guys are so freggin weird, the guy is standing on two horses jumping over a gosh darn car and all you can think of was his strides were off? like wtf? id like to see you ppl do that perfectly?

[HebeHorseLover]

wow! that was amazing. and just 2 say 2 those ppl argueing about their strides being off. no one cares. its 2 kool 2 think about that so get over it.

[mkmallory]

uh by half halting maybe?!!

[texenstar]

who bloody cares if the strides are off how the hell are you meant to change it when your stood up?!?!?!

[mkmallory]

oh and its "when you are standing up"

[texenstar]

do have anything better to do than correcting grammar?

[twinkell2007]

lol i stood on two horses before but i didnt jump i just cantered :Plol Oh that is soo cool the horses strides were off but who cares it looks cool :P

[ChloeandFrolic]

OMG that is very odd but sweet!

[mkmallory]

that was pretty damn cool, but for the person who said that western riders were more "in tune" with their horses, then why was the striding so off? i have seen this same thing done (over a five foot fence not a car) with perfect striding by an ENGLISH rider...and you have to be pretty in tune with your horse in order to sail around rolex or burghley over fences nearly twice as large as that car. But the guy did have guts and balance, if not timing..

[sonmist21]

You know, I have never been a one to think one thing is better than another. In my humble opinion I believe there are great riders in both English and Western. I dont think one should really get technical about English vs Western. If we all did the same thing then what fun would that be? Its not about "english", its not about "western"....It was just fun to watch. I have watched trick riders do more than this guy, but guess what...stride or no stride....it was fun to watch.

[hella2fast]

hey i was there that night and that was so awsome. i really thought the horses weren't going to make it, but was very exciting.

[hharle95]

Oh, and let me know when that whole "Pro Jumper jumps an SUV" thing is gonna happen, cause I think that would be AWESOME too!!

[hharle95]

Well, I don't know bout ya'll, but I would never have the guts to even stand up on 2 horses while they loped around an arena in front of hundreds of people. Let alone jump over a FREAKIN' CAR! So, if you have the guts to try it, let me know. I'd love to film it and post it as "How not to jump a car!" I'm sure your strides would be right on though. Cause everyone knows it's the little things that count. Right?

[london0316]

Performing everynight is not easy and not easy to perfect with animals that have a mind of their own. What makes him so diff from a professional? Not like professionals have some degree in the matter.. they are plain people with lots of experiance.. so i say his is well qualified professional. Piss on english riders you look stupid in that get up anyways.. although i appreciate the art of english i simply think western is more in tune with the animal they are riding and not so weggie looking!

[sonmist21]

You are too funny!

[london0316]

For those of you who dont think its awsome.. get on your two horses and try this over this "little" convertible and be sure not to be off stride because its just sooo easy! lol I mean.. let me see your "professional opinion" at work... put your money where your mouth is. I think its pretty cool that he did that and i totally understand the hard work as a former performer myself.

[hersheyluva]

its okay i guess. I mean those horses obviously aren't jumpers and their striding was way off, that was potentially dangerous for both horses and the rider, they should probly just bring in a pro jumper and have him jump and SUV.

[craigcrew]

DANGER IS AWESOME!!!!!!! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A "PRO JUMPER" jump a SUV...that would be soo AWESOME TOO! It would be even better if the "pro jumper" was off stride and STILL PULLED IT OFF...now that would be amazing!

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[hersheyluva]

dangers awesome till a horse or rider or both get killed

[sonmist21]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious for the rest of us! I almost for got about that!

[Snowyiceel]

This is awesome! to have 2 animals jump at the same time over a car wihtout refusing even if it isn't some fancy 16.3hh warmblood. these horse are like on the same wavelength!! awesome!

[sonmist21]

Whats really cool is this guy is a rodeo clown and had been running around all night chasing bulls and then to have the energy to get upon those two horses and jump over a car Is just plain cool to me. Takes alot of guts! I mean...come on there had to be a practice period...sometimes things have to go wrong. I guess it would have been even better if the guy was riding shetland ponies then some might think it would be amazing. :)

[xcowgirlupx]

Not that amazing. The car is only like 3'3 or 3'9? Maybe 4ft. And a horses' jump is a very smooth movement. However this clown got his strides wrong coming up to the jump and the horses jumped late.

[sonmist21]

It is that amazing, even if the strides are wrong, even if the car isnt that big. I dont care if it was a pole...or water puddle. I watch this guy 6 nights in a roll. To have control of two enormous animals, that can at any time decide not to jump over the car, IS FAN FREAKING TASTIC!!

[xcowgirlupx]

It's the same thing as riding a horse. Or leading two horses. They can decide at any moment whether to kill you or not. My horse HAS decided not to jump something and he threw me off. So what? I got back on and jumped it. Big deal.

[sonmist21]

I suppose, I trained tons of horses, performed in hundreds of rodeos...and still...its awesome to see something like this. I have a big respect for a man at that age whom is a rodeo clown as well, take the time and show the nonhorses people what can actually be done reguardless of how many other people have done it. Besides, people were coming back to that rodeo, just to see this...so maybe you should get your little pony and join the show. They might like you too.

[xcowgirlupx]

Well I doubt a 16.3hh trakehner is a little pony. But I'm not saying that this isn't hard. Jumping itself is the hardest thing I've done in my whole life. I'm saying that the JUMP is not amazing. It's a small convertable. And the horses have probably jumped it tons of times. You should see the jumps at Rolex, WEG, and Equestrian Olympics. They're usually 5-6ft.

[sonmist21]

Ok. You win. We just measure "Amazing" on a differnt scale. Sure one is more amazing than the other, but still on the same "amazing" scale.

[xcowgirlupx]

Don't get me wrong the cowboy is amazing. A late jump is very hard to ride. I'm impressed with him, But what I meant to say is that the height of the jump isn't that amazing. I'm surprised the horse would jump over a car. My horse wouldn't jump a brushbox for a while. I'm sure the "western" scale of amazing is quite different from the "english" scale.

[prettycoolgrl]

xcowgirlupx, the height of the jump, 4 ft is pretty good to have two horses go over it in sync, and also, you're not considering that it's at least 6 feet wide.

[prettycoolgrl]

xcowgirlupx, you're telling me that no problem you could go do that any day on two horses? you've obviously never ridden romans or else you'd know the amount of schooling it takes to get the horses alone ready for something such as that. get your head out of your ass no one's impressed by your lame arrogance

[DixieGurl55]

ha wow! i was really excited when i saw this video, i ride for the Drill Team, the Old Fort Days Dandies that perform at this rodeo! That act was amazing i'm so glad that he got to come this year.

[sonmist21]

I was a dandie from '96 - '99...I hope you are enjoying it as much as I did!

[soldiergal]

holy crap!