Vintage stuff: clip of 1920s sidesaddle point-to-point

[SusannaF]

Looks pretty hairy!

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Brill, thanks for posting!

 

[Django Pony]

Wow!

 

[neeny5]

 

[stencilface]

Braver than me!

 

[mcnaughty]

Hardly a surprise is it that the winner was riding astride - how miserable was the owner!

Love the "scull cap" she was wearing too!!

 

[SusannaF]

Yes, everyone's got their nice protective felt hats on

 

[mcnaughty]

OMG! Just found this one! Fantastic web site - thanks OP.

Cover the eyes of the H&S police for gods sake!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=45425

 

[SusannaF]

And here we go – Lester Piggott's mum, Iris Rickaby, winning the Newmarket Town Plate.

 

[SusannaF]

OMG! Just found this one! Fantastic web site - thanks OP.

Cover the eyes of the H&S police for gods sake!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=45425

Pshaw - health and safety? He's got a chinstrap. What more do you want?

 

[joy]

OMG! Just found this one! Fantastic web site - thanks OP.

Cover the eyes of the H&S police for gods sake!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=45425

Hey!! That's my Jacatex riding hat that child is wearing. Stop thief!!

 

[mcnaughty]

Another one! OP I love this web site! Well you might have noticed!

Looks like a bunch of beach donkeys and a 5yo boy with a cowboy hat - also a rather large arabian stallion bareback!!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=828

 

[SusannaF]

with an enormous whip – don't forget that

Love this – 1957 gymkhana complete with "cart horse Derby":

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=707

 

[joy]

I love this newsreel site so I will keep bumping this post.

 

[JessPickle]

That looks hairy, as for the other videos! why are they all from Sussex! are all sussex people really a load of nutcases lol

 

[SusannaF]

That looks hairy, as for the other videos! why are they all from Sussex! are all sussex people really a load of nutcases lol

More Sussex folk, those these seem quite sensible: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=48473