The Spectacular Rare " Hackney Horse"

Numbers are in deep decline of this beautiful British breed described as "The Ballerina of the show ring" See www.staplefordhackneystud.com for more information and training tips from top competitors of this breed

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Sports

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• hackney
• horses
• carriage
• fine
• harness
• horse

[HendrewenPrince]

Great  vid, what's the name of the song?

[twizzinav]

thanks, the song is

"ain't no other man"

by christina Aguilera

[frankie1159]

The bit is only as cruel as the hand that controls it

[Simbabe54]

I think they are just beautiful. To whomever said that they thought these horses were sored, you don't know what you are talking about. A sored horse has a very distinctive movement. Check out some Big Lick TWH and look at the way they move. Hackneys are natural hugh steppers, it is something that is bred into them. I bet the foals move like this with little to no training.

[Horseloversrox]

what bit do they use?

[irise235]

@earlymusicus I'm sorry but saddlebreds aren't sored.. i think they used to do that but not anymore because it doesn't lead to a nice even trot.. and a horse in pain isn't alert and doesn't use its ears properly.. they have to be born with it.I hear stories about it TWH trainers doing it everywhere. :( But no stories about the saddlebreds getting sored. I've recently done a lot of research about this stuff. Don't worry its natural. :)

[AnimalLeftist]

Wow, I hadn't seen one in years! Thank you, fantastic! Amazing horses, they can do it all, look good doing it, and it's all natural. Lovely:)

[Cytjuh]

hey are nice but how they walk.. no, i dont like how they walk.. it looks like scare,d legs of my cat o.o

[xXeMokiDXxMCRXx]

@earlymusicus Hackneys really do move like this, even in the field with the herd, a friend has one and she moves like it when she fancies it.

[earlymusicus]

When this video started, the first thing I thought of was how saddlebreds are tortured by "soring" to get them to lift their feet high. But I see from another post that this is a natural movement of the hackney. I've never seen anything like it.

[TheJinxx100]

@tannamara Of course Hackney's could be ridden instead of driven. I said they were uncomfortable from a past expierience and honestly, I wasn't being fair to the Hackney breed. A friend of mine owns a horse, Cherry (Hackney) who can be ridden and driven and she has a gorgeous canter.

[tannamara]

@TheJinxx100, @twizzinav

Hello, I remember riding Baron who was a famous hackney in his region, 16 years ago, and felt just one difference with other horses I rode: his suppleness. He was very easy to ride, and comfortable. Wouldn't it be possible to let some hackney's be ridden to stop the decline of the breed? Just wondering.

[mikubeat1417]

@Simbabe54 Actually it takes years of training to get then to lift their feet... trust me i have trained Hackney ponies since i cant remember. by show standards best one in this video is at 0:51 !!! Amazing head set, ears forward, but down and beautiful high steps.

[LOL12HORSELOVER12LOL]

@TheJinxx100

i always wanted to ride one... ;P