Frangible pins have injured more horses and riders than were injured in these years of solid fences. Frangible pins induce a false sense of security, a tendency to scramble, and a disrespect for the actual jumping effort. People don't realize you can wreck just as badly on a showjumping course. And the moving lumber is MORE likely to injure the horse AND the rider.
Eventing now is just long format showjumping. Supposed to be safer? NOPE. The danger forestalled at the fences is revisited on the horses in sheer mileage over the course of their careers.
That first rider should never have been allowed back on. He got kicked in the face and chest when his horse was struggling to get out of the water.😬🤯 So glad they brought in automatic elimintation after rider falls. Still love the Kentucky event.
If a horse doesn’t want to, you couldn’t force it to do this. The vast majority of these horses LOVE their jobs. Not to say that tricky fences like these aren’t dangerous, nor that today’s reforms aren’t justified. But if you watch footage of horses from this era in the starting box, you’ll see that they really, REALLY want to GO.
I rode in this but my Dad failed to pre pay for me to be in the Video. So sad. There is a brief shot of me walking SJ with Torrance, but it was just a flash. Experience changed my life and I am glad we have this footage!
At 16:30 the frustration from the rider. Hope that horse had an advocate because that rider was hurting him on purpose in public, out of sight, oh boy.
This rider was really frustrated because the horse was just misbehaving, and the horse deserved more than one little tap of the whip. The horse needed to be corrected hard for misbehaving.
Wow, brave horses, brave riders, crazy fences - glad today we have developed the sport to give both horse and rider protection from serious injury, but are we at risk of going too far and making the sport too safe and sterile? Hats off to the old days!
How hot was Lucinda in her Daisy Duke shorts? God, what a beautiful horse Village Gossip was. Would she have won if he hadn't fallen at the Serpent fence?
13:03-I love that he pats him after his good effort. And at 13:10, that "open ditch and brush" used to blow my mind every time I went to Rolex. You can't see how MASSIVE that ditch was! I quit going to Rolex in 1990 because it was too scary to watch, but I loved cheering on my favorite riders in late 70s through 80s. I still think of the medics there and the bad falls when I hear the Vietnam era helicopters. Too upsetting to watch horse and rider get hurt. I usually never went over 3 foot fences. I've always been a chicken and that's okay. If you've seen the movie Sylvester, we were used to help the Korean crew pan their shots to the jumps. Luckily we're not in the movie, but many friends are. Silly, yet fun movie for old horse lovers. Thank you to the brave riders of my youth. I wish you well! Thanks for the upload here "Laura Ponies."
Eventing is my passion but to have a rider or HORSE fall and to just get up and keep going is wrong. I am very glad things have changed. The sport is still tougher than ever but these days eventing is more about the horse and riders safety more than anything else...
god that first fall, that horse is HURT, he shakes with the weight of his rider and limps off once he's on. that head nod is a huge tip if the shaking wasn't and it looks like he wont get up to a canter let alone jump. poor thing, he probably didn't live very long if they pushed him that hard.
Those AWFUL AWFUL Early days... what they got away with... ALL for a FUCKING Piece of Medal!!! Today they (riders) would be VERY NEARLY Prosecutable or Heavily Fined!!! {that horse Literally LANDED......... ON IT"S SIDE!!! And PUSSSSSSSHED} to keep going!!!!
we have a XC course here that has a table that tis 3' hight and 5' wide, I measured it with a tape measure..might be an older one before they put the new rules in..but they still use it. for the upper levels..
I cannot BELIEVE that guy on the chestnut at the behinning who totally went SUBMERGED into the water got back on!!! They were BOTH down for a minute... not to mention as the horse was scrambling to get his feet under himself again to get back UP- he HAD to have KICKED that rider in the FACE with his hind hooves at least 3 or 4x!?!
