Three Day Event -- Thrills & Spills: fixed-obstacle faceplants

A cavalcade of carnage.

Some of the clips here are of a particularly violent nature, and I was initially hesitant to include them... but then I got over it. :)

...the one at 00:55-- dayum!

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

Part 5 of a 6-part series. See also:
Thrills & Spills -- Crosscountry Champions
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2xrxWAasR6U

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

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

Thrills & Spills -- Montage of Mayhem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2tkkJIkc1E

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


As always, don't forget to check out the crazily-cute baby of the barn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIcs9k1E0RY

Courtesy of Martin Bird Productions, and Equestrian Vision

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• spills
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• whipeout
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[eventer13256]

when riding you can tell when your horse is shaky or not going fast enough to clear the jump so w/ all these riders they should've felt that and pulled their horse out you can get a "refusal" for pulling them out or you and your horse can flip over

[ImmortalSynn]

@eventer13256

Any experienced rider would ALSO know that you cannot completely evaluate someone's ride by looks alone. You have no idea what they did or did not feel in their mount, so to apply such a comprehensive solution suggestion to any of these independent situations just makes you sound foolish... particularly when ya consider that every single one of these riders is competing at the Olympic level (4*s), and would thus be able to correct the situation were it as "simple" as you envision

[Brodiebby]

has anyone noticed that almost all rotational falls in videos like these seem to be "way back when"? I'm glad eventing is producing better riders & safer fences.

[ImmortalSynn]

@Brodiebby

Truth be told, I think it's more a matter of you WANTING to see that, than actually seeing such.

Sure courses and expectations have changed in the 21yrs+ that these clips were taken from, but I've got plenty of vids of similar spills from 2001+ as well.

[PNpanther2015]

wow dumbasses this isnt funny

[ImmortalSynn]

eh, get a grip

[godannar619]

Wow poor horses an the riders, I hope they got Blue Shield.

5 golden stars friend.

[mynameisnotapun]

its the horses i care about dont care about the riders :L

[ronphlf]

Ouch

[Brodiebby]

@ImmortalSynn I know there's still PLENTY of rotationals/bad falls. I was just at the area VI championships and saw 2 bad ones while jump judging. However, there's not as many as there used to be. In Rolex 2010 compared to Rolex 1975-90 there are so fewer bad falls. There's also less consecutive falls at shows, it's not common to have rotational after rotational on the same course, on the same fence like you see in these videos.

[BarrelsPolesandJack]

Ow. The majority of these look like both horse AND rider got hurt...

[Rubyshewolf98]

epic soundtrack!

[subimedia]

As long as the horse gets up & isn't injured it's always funny