Let's hear it for the high blowers!

[TGM]

For those of you who are not familiar with high blowing, you can hear it quite clearly on the video below: https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/ride/anna-hollis-carnaval-pop-festival-british-eventing-2017

 

[Auslander]

Found another vid where you can hear it really clearly - lovely noise

 

[Surbie]

Arch is a high blower (I think) and you can see from his photo he's not a TB! He sometimes does it in canter but also does it coming in from the field at a relaxed walk from time to time. It is a lovely gentle sound and for a while I was worried he was super snotty but there was nothing skanky coming out of his nostrils.

 

[Shady]

Ooooh, I have one!!!! , whoop whoop( I also didn't know what it was,)
I call it his happy noise and he only does it when the OH rides him, it's like they're having a chat

Of course he also does the farty sheath noise which is slightly less endearing
( Had to ask on here what that was... *.hangs head in shame *)

 

[Dustygirl]

My Irish mare does it - I love it. She’s very vocal and makes lots of noises especially when we’re out hacking!

 

[Mariposa]

We had a polo pony called Noname who was a high blower and I LOVED it, I felt like I was cantering into battle on my charger when I rode onto the polo ground

 

[LadySam]

We had an ex-racer TB who did it when I was younger. Gorgeous horse, we could read each other's minds. We were out doing some flatwork one day when a gang of 3x 12 yo boys on bmx bikes started hassling us, riding right at us because wouldn't it be hilarious if the horse got frightened and threw me. I took Marty to the other end of the field, turned around and galloped straight at them with a good run-up. Turns out 16.2 of pissed off, galloping TB doing dragon breathing and bearing down on you is very effective at getting stupid little oiks to leave you alone.

 

[Michen]

Certainly not just a TB thing, Boggle often does it too.

 

[Abi90]

My ID mare does this. I didn’t realise it had a special name! It’s a lovely rhythmical noise

 

[greygirlie]

My QH does it when she's happy and going forward. Used to be just cantering, but now sometimes walking out to her field in the morning - I love it as I know she's relaxed.

 

[twiggy2]

Oh to have a canter on a high blower that's wearing petal over reach boots, that would really take me back to my youth.

 

[Denbob]

I love the sound of a high blower, makes me think of the first time I heard it watching the XC at Badminton when I was 10.

 

[JJS]

Alice always did it, but so does Mary. You expected it from Alice, with her gorgeous Thoughbred good looks, but it's a little more incongruous coming from a big coloured cob 😂

 

[nikicb]

Cassie does this - I assumed it was a Weslhie type thing linked to adrenaline etc.