maxie
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Footage from the Athlacca charity fun ride in Co Limerick, Ireland last weekend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_Wo5wUk2s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_Wo5wUk2s
A different type of fun ride!
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TrasaM
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I'm not convinced 
looks difficult. Interesting to see the horses figure out how to take the ditch,
looks difficult. Interesting to see the horses figure out how to take the ditch,
ihatework
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Each to their own I suppose. You wouldn't get me asking my horses to leap off a bank over a car though.
Or cross a drain like that, but then the drain the Irish horses encounter frequently out hunting, and I'm a wimp!
Or cross a drain like that, but then the drain the Irish horses encounter frequently out hunting, and I'm a wimp!
RubysGold
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EEekkkk
I wouldn't want to be there!! omg!
I wouldn't do any of those things
I wouldn't want to be there!! omg!
I wouldn't do any of those things
gadetra
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Love it!
mil1212
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poor person who falls to the bottom of the drain, bet that smelt nice! Love that they wait for the horse to jump over on its own! I guess those are trash cars?! The one horse paddles over the top of it!
Buds_mum
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sorry that is vile. taking such huge advantage of lovely courageous horses.
It just shows when riderless horses choose not to take on the obstacles.
It just shows when riderless horses choose not to take on the obstacles.
applecart14
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JoBo
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Crazy, the lot of them!
milo'n'molly
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I can't keep my horse sound at the best of times never mind if I tried that,
el_Snowflakes
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fun way to break your horses legs!!!
Vickijay
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Same!! I think that makes for pretty uncomfortable viewing. I bet the riders had fun but it's not something I would consider doing. Ever.
LEC
Opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one.
We jump ditches like that out hunting all the time. They actually stay very sound - ours is currently 23 years old and still hunting. He would struggle over continuous hedges and with keeping up with a fast pack but ditches are very kind to them, they just jump off their hocks. Rarely get over reaches, tendon injuries etc They are very adept at finding a 5th leg and no needing to see a stride!
The other massive advantage is ponies and cobs can do equally as well as a nicely bred horse. I used to keep up all day long on a 12.2hh pony. It would never have managed big hedges. Cobs ditto - they have strong hocks so ideal for ditches and many of them would be limited over anything bigger than 3'3 upright wise.
The other massive advantage is ponies and cobs can do equally as well as a nicely bred horse. I used to keep up all day long on a 12.2hh pony. It would never have managed big hedges. Cobs ditto - they have strong hocks so ideal for ditches and many of them would be limited over anything bigger than 3'3 upright wise.
jess_asterix
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Looks like fun to me but then I am a little crazy!
starryeyed
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My thoughts too.
Tia0513
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Cringed whilst watching that =(
meesha
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Not my bag, says it all the way no one trys to catch loose horse or checks on any fallers ....
gadetra
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^^^^ What LEC said. They're not being hammered on hard ground or doing endless small circles in an arena which is harder on a young horse's bones and ligaments etc. IMHO.
But to each their own.
MagicMelon
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Looks like a great way to lame a horse! None of the horses jumped comfortably, why destroy their confidence (and legs)?
paddi22
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i thought a lot of the horses jumped very comfortably and the majority of the riders rode really well with excellent balance, very few horses getting socked in the jaw. I wouldn't personally jump a car as i think it would be horrific if went wrong (glass, metal cuts, foot through a rusty roof...eeek!). That event though tends to attract higher level riders, it's quite elite, so most would be very, very experienced and have excellent horses.
I'd also agree with the poster who said its no worse than tight circles in a school. There's plenty of happy healthy hunters around us in the 20's, who wouldn't blink twice at jumping a ditch.
i thought a lot of the horses jumped very comfortably and the majority of the riders rode really well with excellent balance, very few horses getting socked in the jaw. I wouldn't personally jump a car as i think it would be horrific if went wrong (glass, metal cuts, foot through a rusty roof...eeek!). That event though tends to attract higher level riders, it's quite elite, so most would be very, very experienced and have excellent horses.
I'd also agree with the poster who said its no worse than tight circles in a school. There's plenty of happy healthy hunters around us in the 20's, who wouldn't blink twice at jumping a ditch.
gadetra
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Were we watching the same video? There was plenty of comfortable jumping on show! They are not hammering into these things, over stretching at speed. They are carefully approaching the ditches at a safe, slow speed. You will notice the horses very quickly sorting themselves out, using their brains. It's not off the ground they lick that 5th leg! I know what I feel safer riding, and it's not something that spends most of its life schooling in an arena, with occasional trips out x country or on a surface sj. As a breeder all mine go on rough, uneven mountainy ditchy land from day 1 and learn where to put their feet.
None of the horses in that vid looked over pushed or uncomfortable. No great flapping or 'show jumping' to fences, but calm sensible approaches ridden in balance and no teeth taken out. Very natural way to be going about IMO.
The cars are a bit dodgy though granted.
ihatework
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My problem isn't with the ditch.
My issue is with the cars. Utterly irresponsible IMO
My issue is with the cars. Utterly irresponsible IMO
Twiglet
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I thought exactly the same - they are two totally different things. The ditch looks challenging but a good question that seemed to be ridden well overall - the cars are just unnecessary. Thr thought of a leg through the windscreen makes me shudder.
FfionWinnie
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Didn't fancy the cars much at all but then saw the rest and thought the cars were pretty tame (thought there was something over the windscreens tbh)
(thought there was something over the windscreens tbh)