The mispronunciations KILLED me. Totilas mispronounced. Dressage mispronounced. Fusaichi mispronounced. The fact that he called it a CCI 2, not a CCI2 STAR. So much ignorance. Why even bother making the list?
We're is this guy from what language is he speaking fouled is what happens to footballer's horses are foaled some sort of yank probably is it any wonder people think North Americans are stupid 🤡
@@arianaeden2041 This entire video was asinine. 10 minutes of my life down the drain. I wish I'd read the comments prior to watching the video as I'd have moved on and saved myself the irritation!
Talks about a racehorse Shows photos of show jumpers. Also Talks about dressage horse Sows video clips of western horses. Logic? No. Knowledge level? Zero Hotel? Trivago
Obviously the narrator knows nothing about horse racing or how to pronounce common auction names. Was hilarious listening to him mangle Keeneland and Fasig Tipton, plus the horses names. Oh, and horses are he or she, not "it."
Thank you so much for saying this! I wanted to be enchanted by this video but was driven to distraction each time the doofus narrator pronounced "foaled" as "fouled," by calling the horses "it" and by the interspersed cowboy???? clips. Wanted to scream by the end.
Pearl Equine Yeah that was really bothering me... he could’ve called them “he/she” or “the horse” at least... and he just referred to the horses as objects in general... as an equestrian it kinda bothered me but I mean... all e can do is comment and hope he corrects himself.. \_(•~•)_/
Not for anything but the narrator should work on his pronunciation of certain words. All of these horses were incredibly beautiful. It was too difficult to pick just one.
Exactly. I always refer to an animal as they if I am not sure about their genders. When my pigeon was a baby and it was hard to tell his gender, I called him a they. When his male characteristics like his temperament and overall body shape, I was able to tell his gender.
I know the former owner of Totilas, he lives in our village. His brother lives here too, I see him almost daily. The Moorland stables are minutes from here. I know Totilas was very expensive, but I seriously doubt the 21 million dollar. It was more around 15 million Euros. Still a lot of money. He's called Tótilas, not Totíllas. And the new owner is named Shockemöhle, not 'Shockesmol'.
How wonderful it must be to have the chance to see such beautiful horses. I would find myself driving and parking just so I could watch them in the pasture or wherever they might be working them. Simply for the pleasure of it.
Totilas of the Moorland Stables is hands down the most exquisitely beautiful horse. The horse of my dreams. I often Google Totilas just to watch him perform his Dressage. I could watch the Dressage with Totilas and Valegro every day. What a joy to behold.
I didn’t really like how you called them “it” that was really disrespectful in my eyes and you should’ve said either “the horse” or “he”. Also the pronouncement of some of the words was off so maybe next time do a little research? Cause it was ticking off a lot of people and me as well. Dressage is a French word so it would be “dressAGE” not “dressEDGE” Just pointing out a few things that could possibly make this video much better and enjoyable. 🙃
This narrator does not even know that "dressage" is not an English word but that it is a French word that must be said as in French lol. About 40% of English words are actually French language words but few people know it. Remember JW Bush who once said that the word "entrepreneur" should not exist in the French language ..... he could not make worse mistake because it is still a word entirely of French origin ;)
@@litogor I actually do remember that! Remember when he was giving a speech and pronounced the word "nuclear" as "nuke-u-lar" and later when he was attempting to say, "from this day forward" and actually said "from this day FIREWOOD" lol. Jeez he was such a boob and to think he'd actually been married to a Librarian for 4 decades...
A horse is a he or she not an "it". A female horse is a mare. An intact male is called a stallion. A castrated male is called a gelding. A "sire" is its dad. So it can't be sired by two of the greatest racers of all time. 'and its definitely one of the most expensive horses sold of all time"- this is fluff. Obviously this is true or it wouldn't be in the list. Multiple owners are known as a racing conglomerate. The word dressage is NOT pronounced dressige. It's dressage. Horses are trained at a training yard, they live in the stables at the yards or in the fields or pastures. The word "foaled" rhymes with sold. It means when a horse was born ie became a foal. It's NOT pronounced "fowled" or" fouled"
When he said that he was sired by two racers, he meant that one was its sire and one was its granddad? (I think) But completely agree with all other points - this narrator clearly knows nothing about horses!!
@@miriammiller5293 if you can find out its name, age & selling price then you can find out its gender. This is pure laziness and not even trying to pronounce things right
Who the bell wrote the script for this and who's reading it? I'm astonished it could correctly pronounced monkey. And all those poor coals who were fouled.
@carol martin I totally agree. I've been fortunate enough to have worked and lived onsite of a very large, prestigious equestrian training facility that also boarded around 17 Arabians, Danish Warmbloods, Hanoverians and TB's in their stables and pastures. I typically would begin by mucking stalls around 7am and be finished by 10 am and then I would turn them out one by one or in pairs to the 17ac. pasture and start training right after lunch. I would exercise half the horses each day so that it normally worked out where all the horses got exercised 3x weekly. I just can't explain how wonderful it felt to wake up to and interact with all those beautiful horses every single day. Many of the Warmbloods and especially the gorgeous Arabians' breeding could be traced back two millennia to the days of Ali Baba in the Middle East. The sheer regal nature of these babies was definitely palpable. They knew just what they'd been created to do and performed so flawlessly. It was certainly one of the best times of my life. Of course I was only on-site for a little over 3 months bc I had to leave to enter a Master's program at the University 4 hrs East and could no longer work there. I definitely miss it.
@@saradavidson989 I definitely agree. Actually my first show filly (prior I had only 4 AQHA and APHA/ApHA studs and Geldings and when I wanted to begin searching for a TB filly, mare or sire I looked into retired racehorse adoption sites. I fairly quickly located a 16.2H bay TB filly of just 5 years old in upstate NY that had retires out of racing due the owner preferring to use her as a broodmare. After attempting to inseminate her 3x within 18 months, the Vet deemed her infertile as nd unable to carry a foal to term without a spontaneous abortion occurring. Well if course to the money driven owner, she was practically worthless so he was actually going to try adopting her out as simply a pleasure horse. We met with him after speaking over the phone several times and agreed to meet him at his farm and see her, and try her on longe lead, off lead and under saddle. To my shock and disbelief this filly was practically bomb-proof and her stable manners were impeccable as well as trailering and unloading and farrier patience!! Well of course we called our bank here and had them transfer a cashier's check for $1,700 and loaded her up and drove the 11 hrs back home to our farm. She was a perfect pasture pal to my APHA, and AQHA two Sires and Two Geldings!! She was my pride and joy for over 10 years until she went lame due to a chronic abscess on her back left flank. Sadly we were forced to put her down when she was 17 but I competed successfully as a Youth, Junior and Adult Amateur for 8 years in Hunter/Jumper, Foxhunt, and English Dressage events all over the Southeadt and East coast. Until I went off to college at age 17. She was then just retired and became a pasture pal to our 14 yr old Shetland Pony that we used to drive a cart for the small grandkids in the rural farming community we lived in. I still miss her so badly and remember her standing tall and ears perked straight up when I'd click and tell her name. I called her "Sheeza" but her registered name was actually "Sheza Classy Champ". She was a bay with both two front stockings and a star on her forehead. Jet black mane and unbelievably long thick black tail generally untypical for a TB. Sorry for the long novel of a reply but us horse ppl literally live and breathe our hooved babies don't we? God Bless hun.
I absolutely hated that the narrator kept calling the horses 'it'. They're are NOT its, they're somebodies. The first two thoroughbreds were colts at sale, "he" or "him" by definition. Grr. One of my peeves, for sure.
I am baffled as to why 4 Ever Green didn't bother to enlist a narrator who knew the subject matter for this video. To mispronounce words such as 'dressage' and 'foaled' is inexcusable. Furthermore, to continually refer to the horses as "it" as if they're some kind of inanimate object shows that whoever created this video didn't feel it necessary to get it right, which is a shame as the filming, while cut with irrelevant material not germain to the subject, is at least decently shot.
Palloubet d'Halong is a French horse and the narrator names him as if he had the right to transform a foreign name into an American version ... It's completely disrespectful and does not look like the official name! Shame for the narrator ....
I really can't pick a 'favorite' without looking up each horse myself, since a bunch of the images to portray individual horses were of multiple different horses. It's a little hard to pick a 'prettiest of ten', when a lot more than ten horses were shown.
Lol I did actually. My Father's side of the family are 4th generation German-American and I always remember my Great Grandmother still reverting back to Deutsche when she became excited or very tired lol. So yes, I cringed when I heard the mispronunciation. My Father's family surname is "Lindhberger.".
Nah that's little for a Thoroughbred. I rode a lesson horse that was a lovely bay coat and he was sired by sea the stars. The money is kinda based on the bloodlines
I totally noticed that as well!! It was very confusing and in no way did the first horse look like the second or that anyone could overlook that the third horse had white back fetlock stockings.
Ridiculous. For all the reasons others have mentioned, but one that REALLY got me is all the different horses in the photos while one specific horse was being talked about - WTF?!! LOL!
I've seem hundreds of thousands of "stiff burgers" at the various race tracks over my illustrious betting career. Remember no matter what a horse costs if they ain't goin' with him he ain't goin' to hit the board.
I hope when they retire the horses they keep them and love them. Don't just use them to make money. Animals are put on this Earth to be loved and my horse love me more than humans they're awesome. When I retired mine he was put out on the land we walked him every day and all he had to do was walk around the pretty green grass and enjoy the hills and valleys.
A lot of overpriced moosemeat. All you need is a good whip and a couple of bucks for the likes of Fan Hanover or Somebeachsomewhere. Always remember its the dam not the sire that makes the horse.
@parkerbohnn I've been personally raising/owning/training and showing very highly decorated English Dressage, Hunter/Jumper, and Clipping TBs and Warmbloods as well as American Saddlebreds and Hanoverians without ever picking up a whip or even a crop. I train my horses on longe lead ropes to begin with to instill performance in the ring with turning, clipping, gait changes and backing up then remove the lead and implement clicks to instruct them on good conformational behavior strategies and tasks then finally I put them on bridle and under saddle and reinforce further their performance training with seat adjustment, leg movements by the rider and stirrup pressure also by the rider. That within 6-8 months overwhelmingly lays the foundation for ground work under saddle then I naturally move onto jumping, loping/trotting/canter performance and then transition to jumping and clipping, reversals and turning in both directions with frequent changes to complete the very basic performance standards of a competition-bound 2 yr old. Sorry you have to strike your animals but I certainly don't.
I was young when he had his “golden days” and as I grew older he was already sold to Schockemöhle, so I never really think about it but maybe you’re right. Totilas was the Dreamhorse of my childhood and I still remember him as that.
Surely it would have been possible to use only pictures of the actual horses? One horse's story was illustrated with pictures of at least four totally different animals!
Please do not call the horses "it." They are sentient beings with soul and personality and feelings. Use correct pronouns, please, as a matter of respect.
What ridiculous prices to pay for horses! They are the most beautiful, wonderful animals but that sort of money means that expectations are way too high! That sort of pressure should be reserved for humans! They should be loved, cared for, enjoyed and then left alone!
@jennifer McDonald, I actually just went to a very famous TB Auction site online and a gentleman who'd been a very successful breeder and racehorse owner had passed away and his estate was liquidating his massive stable of Sires, Fillies, Colts, Foals and Broodmares and so very many were Gr. Ch. Grand Prix winners who went on to Sire and foal dozens of other Ch. Racers and my goodness, most starting bid reserves were at least $10K! Not to mention this elderly gentleman definitely knew his animal husbandry and breeding conformation superior standards bc each and every horse for sale had been thoroughly vet checked, tested for former injuries and lameness, cribbing and gait steadiness. It was really remarkable the breeding stock this man had amassed. I actually contacted the consignor for the sale and inquired about one particular yearling bc I thought since perhaps the colt hadn't been raced and only handled on longe lead that I just may be able to afford him. I'm awaiting his reply. But if I could get him at under $2,500 I would love to add him to my breeding sites for my three broodmares and one not yet foaled filly. He was immaculately confirmed and his Pedigree was peppered with Gr. Ch. stock on both his Sire, Dam, Second Sire and Second Dam. I believe the Executor of his estate truly just intends on offloading as many of the 2 dozen + horses as quickly and least complicated as possible by Oct. 27th. The farm is located in Southern NM and honestly I didn't really see where the herd had ever been on fresh grass or even eaten it. So I'm so eager to add this fella to my stable here in rural central NC. Just a 45 min drive South is known as "Horse Country" for mainly TB, American Saddlebred, and Danish, German and Swedish Warmbloods who are trained and compete in Hunter/Jumper and Fox hunt areas of training. This Colt was heavy in American Saddlebred and Swedish Warmbloods on his Dam's Dam's ( also known as second Dam)'s side. I honestly think if I work with him off longe lead and encourage cornering and gait switches by clicks only and eventually around age 3 begin working under saddle with him, eventually by age 4 I'll be able to compete in Hunter/Jumper and most definitely English Dressage events. I'm terribly sorry for the insanely long reply I just by happenstance came across this video and subsequently your comment and I had to share bc of my sheer excitement lol. Us horse people literally, eat sleep and breathe horses. I have for at least 35 years and I don't plan on quitting until I'm too old and I'll to train and compete and of course at that point I'll simply focus on building my stock of breeding pairs and hopefully foaling at least two goals every Spring/Summer and just retire as a breeder/farm owner.
