The Icelandic horse slow motion

The Icelandic horse in slow motion during freezing winter in Iceland. 11°C but still and sunny weather but still and sunny wether with lots people horse back riding.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• horce
• iceland
• icelandic
• slow
• motion
• winter
• weather
• freezing
• kold
• sunny
• Horse
• corner
• Run
• Gait
• Motion

[Cr0wling]

fluffy!



[horsegirlforlife123]

@horsey4u1234 A special highspeed camera obviously. They can range from $1,000 to $70,000.

[horsey4u1234]

this is amazing! Wat kind of camera took this??

[Sassyleinchen]

they're awesome

can i use them?

[1ElleEm]

I was looking for a slow motion video of racking in order to understand the pattern. It seems my dog, who has always been inclined to pace, has started doing this as she ages and slows down. This is the best video I've found so far, thank you.

[1ElleEm]

As Icehorses says, at the 41 second point you can see the worst of it. The horse ridden by the blonde is above the bit and resisting it. That is the worst point in the video, but throughout he is not as on the bit as much as his companion. Of course there are many things that could cause this, ranging from pain, training, riding, and even just plain equine silliness on a brisk winter's day.

[Synna89]

Yes, I can agree that it's not very good that they pull and that there's a communication problem between the rider and horse which causes the horse to misbehave and want to run off. However, I do NOT believe that the horse pulls BECAUSE the bit hurts. Because pulling would just make it worse for it.

So in summary: A horse can misbehave and pull which may cause pain, but it does not pull because of the pain.

[icehorses]

If the horse is fighting the bit because he wants to run faster, there is a problem with the training and / or the relationship (communication) between horse and rider.

If a horse is trained well, the bit will NOT be needed to *control* him. The rider will be able to rate the horses speed other ways, not through pain via metal. If a horse is trained well, he won't *want* to be running off with a rider.

Sometimes it just takes looking at things differently to make it better for the horse.

[icehorses]

In this video, watch around 41s; notice the lips, notice the movement of the head (which is out of sinc with the body movement). Watch other icelandic videos and pay close attention to the head and mouth; learn how to recognize the problem areas.

Horses do not HAVE to fight the bit and not all horses do.

Recognition of the problems and better horsemanship will help.

[Synna89]

With all due respect, I believe you're wrong.. They do not fight the bit.. Can you say WHERE in the video they do?

And horses will always fight the bit to some degree. But that's cause they want to run faster, while the human is holding them back. Cause you can't just let them run off. When they are hyperactive they WILL fight the bit. My horse does the same if she wants to run, but when she doesn't, she's fine..