Knaptoft Horse Trials 2008 (xc)

Knaptoft horse trials 2008, cross country. We had a great day there but it was really hot (too hot!). I didn't approve of the last riders pulling and whipping at all, i think it was outragous and disgraceful, (as you can tell from the music).

Music:
Ok Go - Here it goes again
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

I DON'T OWN THE MUSIC.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• horse
• riding
• eventing
• xc
• cross
• country
• trials
• knaptoft
• refusal
• jumping

[avatar3431]

this video is stuck in the middle and won't progress from where she's trying to jump down a steep bank

[jbdevon1]

@avatar3431 - I've just played the video and it seemed to work fine for me. Sometimes, however, my internet messes up or something and I can't see videos past a certain point, usually refreshing the page tends to sort it out. I hope you can see the rest of it. =)

[jbdevon1]

I can imagine it gets a bit repetative after 3 days, we only go for one day and we walk the cross country course, hopefully we'll go again this year, might see you there.

[TheMagoo12]

Im not going to lie, people who are 'outraged' at a rider properly reprimanding their horse pisses me off to no end. If she was see-sawing back and forth and whipping her horse over and over and over it would not have been an issue. HOWEVER, how else will the horse ever learn if not taught. Its no different than your parents spanking you, grounding you or yelling at you. People don't say, 'OMG child abuse'!! Same. Damn. Thing

[Strul83]

2:03 Horse: ?? Nah...I'm not sure to jump down! ;) Oh..ok then. *JUMP* Iiih xD

[MsCheekyEventer1996]

im going to be cheacky and say this.... we all get taught how to punnish a horse diffrently for refusals/ run outs........ but it also depends on how you ride and how experienced you are... you tned to find that the less experianced riders yanks and smack the horse were as the more experianced ones dont....... like ive said we all have diffrent appinions!!

[hypersauce]

i completely agree. the horse needed a smack as the stop was very cheeky and that fence definately looked like it needed very strong riding as it was wide and there were distractions from ppl lieing on the floor and the coffin afterwards.

[petrishka]

From reading your description I was expecting the last rider to literally beat her horse up and remove it's back teeth. That was a last minute dirty stop, I agree she didn't need to pull, but it did need a smack. However, that isn't a nice fence, the video doesn't show that it's turfed over so encourages them to bank it [which you can see in a number of cases in the video]

[hellokittyTN]

Some riders used the whip a little much! Im all for using a whip When Needed, but some riders really smaked their horses!

[457hatlovin]

I help at that show every year as i know the woman who organises it. Its fun but it does get a bit boring after 3 days or so especially as im mostly up at dressage or doing the scoreboard. Watch out for me this year