Olympic Cross Country 1936!

[Shantara]

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[Princess Jess]

Haha brilliant video!
Still some spectacular falls in there though...at least that never changes!

 

[mulledwhine]

That was fab

No gadgets and no hard hats!!!!!

 

[nosenseofdirection]

Stunning! (Quite literally, in the case of a few of those falls)- some seriously impressive bits of horsemanship in there as well, and some very brave horses!

 

[mil1212]

Just been reading about the 36 olympics:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mos...caying-relic-escape-ghosts-past.html?ITO=1490

Loving the fact that the germans won gold in every equestrian sport there....

 

[I.M.N.]

They liked their rails in mini valleys didn't they? It's interesting to see there seems to be the same ratio of good riding vs kick and pray as there is nowadays. (sorry that is a very questionably constructed sentence).

 

[Boxers]

What a great video. They all seemed to be very 'gung ho'.

 

[Shantara]

It's very interesting! You guys should watch part 2 as well, if you haven't already. A very tricky water jump!

Also, the one in part 1 at 3:00 reminds me so much of Ned He does exactly the same if he doesn't want to go forwards!

 

[Irishdan]

Just brilliant! Thank you for posting that!

 

[Doncella]

Fab! No hard hats, body protectors, gadgets, boots and the saddle nearest the door that morning.

Bloke gets thrown into ditch, bloke climbs out of ditch and remounts, bloke carries on.
Brilliant.