Extreme horseriding :(

LOVE the mules! I want an equine with ears like that! My mares' are nearly there, but wow!

Looks fantastic fun. my welshie would think that was hilarious!
 
Looks like a perfectly fun hoon on fit, able horses. Bet those horses are a lot more satsified with life than some you see in the Uk! You lot look like you're having a great time!!
 
BoolavogueDC said:
Looks like a perfectly fun hoon on fit, able horses. Bet those horses are a lot more satsified with life than some you see in the Uk! You lot look like you're having a great time!!
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A great time for sure we do it every Sunday and it never gets boring anyone from the UK that wants to ride with us is welcome. Some may say what we do is not responsible, unsafe to the horses, however I been doing it with my 28 year old Standard breed mare "MUSH" for 16 years now same sound healthy horse the other two horses are Thoroughbreds
 
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Ahh, it reminds me of Iceland, they ride a wee bit like this there too!
America is still somewhere I need to go riding! This looks AMAZING! :)
 
The riders have nice loose reins and are allowing the horse to balance itself, and they are all riding with nice relaxed seats. Those horses were probably born in terrain like that.

I worked in Australia 10 years ago on a ranch, and we rode through the bush for hours (12 hours some days) in terrain not as extreme as that - but not too far off. We used to go through rivers, up mountains etc. As a result I have become a much more balanced rider and always hack with nice long reins and long stirrups.
 
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The riders have nice loose reins and are allowing the horse to balance itself, and they are all riding with nice relaxed seats. Those horses were probably born in terrain like that.

I worked in Australia 10 years ago on a ranch, and we rode through the bush for hours (12 hours some days) in terrain not as extreme as that - but not too far off. We used to go through rivers, up mountains etc. As a result I have become a much more balanced rider and always hack with nice long reins and long stirrups.
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Would love to ride there and Aussie Stock Saddles are the absolute BEST you can get... My brother had one for Extreme Mountain Riding... That is the one we are trying to get. Our Western saddles suck.
 
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You guys all look to be having a great time where abouts are you looks like south west AZ perhaps??? Hey happy trails :D
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We are in Pinion Hills Ca about 40 miles north of LA the canyon is a place were we did the video and we own part of the canyon.
I used my two horses and built a CABIN on top of a cliff (600 horse trips)
the only way to get there is by hiking or horse, here is a video of the entire trail YOU DO NOT WANT TO RIDE YOUR HORSE over "JUMPIN JOHN" its very DANGEROUS as show in video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c2n8BHRSi4
 
Cor, that one's not for those who are afraid of heights..... Makes our Spudcam look tame LOL.

Some really neat camerawork there, well done. And thanks for sharing.
 
Just caught up with this one - looks fab:D

I was lucky enough to go on a 2 week ranch holiday to the Caribou Mountains in Canada a few years ago and we were out on the most amazing terrain for up to 7 hours a day, every day - just me, a friend and the wrangler and sometimes the ranch owner and his wife. Because we were all experienced riders we got to do some of the more tricky trails and have a blast! It was Heaven and the memories will stay with me for the rest of my life...
 
Oh wow, that looks incredible. Those horses work hard but they look happy and in great condition. Bet they are happier than some of these fat show ponies who have to stand for long periods of time in the ring or the dressagers who never get to see anywhere other than an arena. My horse hacks every day and although we don't have mountians to climb, if we come to a difficult piece of land, I give her her head and let her decide the best way to go through it, the is never wrong.
I have just been looking at horse holidays and that looks amazing, not sure I could handle some of thos narrow ridges though, they look pretty scary. That is when you absolutely have to have horse and rider trust, takes it to another level.
Thanks Hiiesalu for coming on and telling us about your fab mare. You obviously have great trust in each other. Think you are both nuts tho lol.
 
hiiesalu said:
We are in Pinion Hills Ca about 40 miles north of LA the canyon is a place were we did the video and we own part of the canyon.
I used my two horses and built a CABIN on top of a cliff (600 horse trips)
the only way to get there is by hiking or horse, here is a video of the entire trail YOU DO NOT WANT TO RIDE YOUR HORSE over "JUMPIN JOHN" its very DANGEROUS as show in video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c2n8BHRSi4
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Great video I looked at some of your others.. yes on the global warming and the BS !!!! OT but it amused me to see AlGore's house compared with president Bush's one a energy efficent in balance with its suroundings and the other a energy hungry mansion!! way to go Gore do as I say not as I do !!!!
 
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perfect11s said:
Great video I looked at some of your others.. yes on the global warming and the BS !!!! OT but it amused me to see AlGore's house compared with president Bush's one a energy efficent in balance with its suroundings and the other a energy hungry mansion!! way to go Gore do as I say not as I do !!!!
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I am a bit conservative and I believe in solar however don't believe it should be forced on us with taxes and laws and regulation.
 
Need to try that.


To the OP if you think thats horrible im guessing your not the type to find a old bomb hole on a hack and venture in it are you??? Im just about brave enough to go down and gallop up the other side,
 
Those are some of the fittest looking horses ive seen in a while. I would really die or fright if i did that, but i wish i could, it looks amazing. Lots of brilliant videos on this thread, i've enojoyed watching so many healthy, footsure and happy horses. :D
 
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Those are some of the fittest looking horses ive seen in a while. I would really die or fright if i did that, but i wish i could, it looks amazing. Lots of brilliant videos on this thread, i've enojoyed watching so many healthy, footsure and happy horses. :D
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Thank you for that, We have been doing it for 20 years now. My horse Mush the Standard Breed is 28 years old and our Vet says in perfect shape. We are working on another video with shots from a small helicopter that will show the over all terrain, hope to get it on a Blu Ray DVD in 1080P High Definition
 
I went for a hack in Austria with a guy trying to show off to his girlfriend and no doubt trying to get an Englander killed in the process - we went hell for leather up a track that became smaller and smaller until the horses had to rear and pirouette to turn round with a good 500ft drop into a gorge full of pines trees one side - makes those bumps out in the boonies look like a walk in the park.

What's all this "horseriding" anyway? Maintain one's English cool - it's Riding and needs no suffix!

Here's some extreme riding - which I could still do up to the age of thirty five or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtXaqXEFASY
 
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