Showjumping -- Thrills & Spills: Montage of Mayhem

My final installation from the Thrills & Spills series... showing that even FEI-level riders, who usually make it look easy, can sometimes get it wrong!

Check out the wall at 1:01 --- dayum!


DISCLAIMER: All horses seen here were able to stand up and walk away under their own power.


Part 6 of a 6-part series. See also:
Thrills & Spills -- Crosscountry Champions
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2xrxWAasR6U

Thrills & Spills -- Water Wipeouts
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jeG-_xbDgp0

Thrills & Spills -- Last Minute Saves
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ClsQB3_q5hY

Thrills & Spills -- Fixed Obstacle Faceplants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxMGWS4bdo4

Thrills & Spills -- BAREBACK Puissance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2dBTcs4QI


Courtesy of Martin Bird Productions, and Equestrian Vision

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Equestrian
• wall
• bloopers
• thrills
• spills
• puissance
• bricks
• showjumping
• fences
• rails
• refusals
• refusal
• horses
• power
• riders
• falls

[judgeponyjumper]

I absuolutly love the last pitcher! :)

[ImmortalSynn]

@judgeponyjumper

I'm guessing you mean "picture"?

PS. you only have to hit "post" once. ;)

[Bewarethedare]

oh lord, 1:40 I would not be surprised if the poor horse broke his neck =[

[ImmortalSynn]

@Bewarethedare

Nope. All horses in these clips walked away under their own power, and competed in at least one more show thereafter. No broken necks here.

[kellidahorsegirl]

OUCH Its nice to see that even the greats screw up though...makes me feel better about my own stupid moments :p

[ImmortalSynn]

@jumpergurl4190

"These are all clips of riders in the UK, huh?"

Mostly

"Thank god Americans don't do this."

That makes absolutely no sense....

[judgeponyjumper]

@ImmortalSynn Oops my bad. My comment wouldn't show up so I kept hitting post and sorry about the miss spell. :)

[captainspanky92]

god ppl are so horrible to these poor horses... im going to go kiss my horses

[JaneyWaney9]

@jumpergurl4190 Americans don't do this? I suppose ignorance is bliss....

[mynameisnotapun]

the one at 0:27 fairplay thats a good fall :L

[Bewarethedare]

@ImmortalSynn I'm glad, it's always so scary going down with a horse. I usually worry about the horse before myself. Luckily they're all good in the video =]

[SpiritedSpurs19934]

@jumpergurl4190 if you think you could take that...without getting left behind...you should write a book. My question, was how the fuck, did he stay on! That was a fantastic piece of riding! I'm all for the "99.9% of the time its the rider" but on this occasion! He gave his horse a perfect stride, if the horse had taken that one last stride that there was blatantly room for they would have gotten over, but for some reason he/she decided to take off a stride early. Kudos to that rider!