DON'T TOUCH THE HORSES! English visitors get it WRONG as the holidays start at Horse Guards! 

Beautiful Sunny day in London as always. Thank you for sharing it again. What time did you film this part ?

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Circa 11am or so IIRC.

Shearer named after a blues and royals soldier who sadly lost his life in Iraq 3003😢

​@@allthekingshorses-gn3gn oh that's sad, but at least he is remembered

Yep. The horse looking like Radfords twin with all black socks is SHEARER. FYI, he has a white spot on his left ear. Horse with tan markings either side of head is TRINITY. Blues horses: 1. Lyric-Mare 2. ? 3. Indiana 4. Romalia-Mare 5. ? 6. Talah? 7. Last horse is HARVESTER

Thank you for letting us know. I had no idea! Much appreciated. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Lance Corporal Karl Shearer. Lt Alexander Tweedie died later from his injuries in the same armoured vehicle accident which took LCpl Shearer’s life. There is a Blues horse named Tweedie.

Thanks for that information. Much appreciated, and it actually answered something I’d wondered about. Lovely way to honour their fallen comrades.

@madelinegombart it's really nice it's like being there with him today's weather is beutiful ❤

At 43:38 I watched and re wound at least 6 times, whilst zooming in. I saw the raising of the fist, as if to cheer, but alas I saw no winking or any acknowledgement from the trooper, for that matter. Sorry 🤷‍♀️ P.S. To highlight and make a timestamp clickable, you need to type it out with the double ‘period’ or ‘full stop’. Using just one won’t work. 😊 I hope this helps.

OH ¡!!I LIKE that. We don't need to measure love, it should be boundless........

Is that the horse Lifeguard with brown patch on face?

@@maryholder3795 Yes. The sweet horse with kind of honey coloured patches each side of nose. 🇬🇧🐎💕

According to a comment on another video Pagan has been with the Musical Ride team lately .

Heard that saying ? The Sun never sets in the British Empire 🇬🇧🟥👑💂🚢

I hear they are surprisingly comfortable and weekend rates are cheaper.

That's Indiana looks similar to Radford .

Their horses are sourced from farms that breed FOR HCav(there’s always a market for good looking, well bred horses for showing/eventing etc for those not taken by them) Irish draught horses can span a large variety of conformations from very heavy, to quite refined….add in TB and you get a mix that can produce anything from a “shirealike” to a TB type and everything between.

@paulinemegson8519 Thank you Pauline. I didn't know that.

Radford wants to do dressage. My favorite. Gorgeous! 100%. ❤❤❤

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I see where u are coming from with the police n crowd control but they are there to make sure the troopers are safe n trust me any kind of abuse towards guard 💂 n horse 🐴 they would be on it like sonic on a car bonnet they don't mess about we need the police 🚨 tbh someone's got to keep all the eejits in their place n believe me there are plenty god bless the guard 💂 and 🐴 and god save the king 👑 ❤ 🫶🫂🫡🫡🫡🫡🇬🇧xxxxx

@@GlendaRatcliffe totally agree the guards and horses need to be safe and I know the police are there to stop the idiots from running into the road. However the cost of policing this must be astronomical. I just hope the money made from the tourists visit that is suppose to go into our economy pays towards this, and now as I suspect straight into the government’s pockets.

@@suegermaine5730 The police are MOD (Ministry of Defence ) police as Horse Guards is a working military barracks their role is security in case of any suspected terrorism activity and public safety , that's why they assist at change over to stop people being trampled by a horse ! The front where the boxmen and horses stand is public footpath under Westminster council not MOD .

@@kathellison8084sorry but if you read my comment I am talking about the police outside Buckingham Palace. The high number of them doing crowd control.

Thank you John 😊❤🙋‍♀️

I'm fairly certain that was the first time I had ever seen that Guard as a Boxman. He's a natural!

@@LondonCityWalks Thanks John! You’re right doing a good job,not gonna say anything else 😂😂

People have no sense of common when Covid19 came through.

Their brains are in a state of suspension. Nothing going on behind the facade.

COVID-19 just exasperated what was already not there.

"The Powers that be " these are working soldiers highly trained they are NOT here for the tourists this is their working day greed does not come into it rhe guards have not been hogtied this is their duty to King and country they will be there tourists or not 365 days of the year Why is it animal abuse an hour a day is all they do

I get what you’re feeling….however I beg to differ. Yes the tourists can be a bit much…..but remember, the horse is only there for 1 hour…….even the longest duty a horse will do here is 3 hours each hour separated by an hours break in the stables….and usually they don’t even do that long. The main issue is that these tourists can’t read horse body language. 90% of the issues would be addressed if the tourists just got thru their skulls that if a horse avoids your hand with pinned ears that it’s best to leave them alone….yes take your pictures, but stay out of the horses space. Conversely there are horses like “Tipper” who genuinely love playing with people, and he’s not the only one. To take away the pleasure these horses get from interacting with the public is rather shortsighted I feel. And then there’s the people……much tho I cringe regularly at people interacting with the horses, not everyone has had the privilege of working with horses, and I have to remind myself of this…..MOST of the clueless tourists are just that….clueless. They’re not, (apart from a very small minority) being malicious or have any intent to harm…….and just to see the look on their faces as they actually touch an animal that they have probably never even SEEN in real life before……that joy is something I think us “horsey people” forget about sometimes. Now, I’m not saying that comes before the horses comfort at all…..but here at HorseGuards, the horses are #1, and even if they do have to endure a bit of discomfort, it’s minimised as much as possible. They even get regular “decompression time” out at grass at the facility at Melton. I just don’t think the “BAN IT” attitude really works. Anyway, that’s my 10c worth.

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The worst animal abuse you've ever seen ? WOW...... There have been many pictures of starved, abused horses 🐎, also cats and dogs. These horses are well taken care of, have plenty of food and vet care; stand in one place for an hour, maybe twice a day. Some of them seem to like people, a interact. Some obviously do not. Horses have different Temperament ( spelling ? ) just as we do and want their space and to be left alone . I would wish that the ' abuse ' they suffer would be the WORST anything has to suffer.. ....

You are allowed to touch the horses..this headline is misleading. If you want to touch just read its body language first..some love the attention some don't..

God save Canada from that dreaful Trudeau

They’re blacks…..many are faded….blacks do that often, but they’re blacks. Admittedly there’s a fine line between a very dark bay and a black but it goes on the new hair colour(before it has a chance to fade out) and these guys are considered “blacks”

The term 'Cavalry Blacks' refers to black horses that meet specific height and conformation requirements, rather than a distinct breed. They are often Irish Draughts or Irish Draught Crosses as they have a balance of strength, athleticism, and temperament suited to ceremonial roles. Having horses all the same colour is better aesthetically like a uniform.

I wish! Sadly not - that's a decision for individual CoH. 🙏🏻

😂wasn’t sure if you meant a trooper or a horse for a second there😂😊

I hope not as he is one of my favorites

I believe it’s Shearer. Named after a deceased(Iraq) member of the regiment.

Where is the jowl piece? Is it at the front or back of the horse head? Or at the side? Sorry I don't know much about the bridle pieces. Thank you

At first I thought you meant the throat latch piece on the bridle, but I think I see what you’re talking about now, it’s actually the piece under the jaw with a ring on each end on the halter - the silver link chain attaches to it. I guess since they are cavalry horses, they have that odd sort of half-halter they wear, in addition to a full bridle, and the silver chain is the tether chain that they can clip onto a tether line to tie them up. I think I can see letters on that piece, but the resolution isn’t good enough for me to see the name. That’s very interesting though, maybe John can zoom in on it and read it, thanks for the info!

@@sharono4245 yes the chain is called a bright chain primary use to guard against sword slice to throat and reins in battle but also as a tether

⁠@@maryholder3795 I think he’s talking about the small bit of leather that is underneath the horse’s head, kind of running parallel to the nose but it’s on the under side of the head. On one side, it looks like it’s attached with a silver ring to the throat latch part of the bridle, which is the piece that runs under the throat from one side to the other, and it looks like on the other side it attaches with a silver ring to the noseband of the cavalry halter. The silver link chain attaches to the silver ring that is closest to the nose. That’s probably as clear as mud, I hope that makes at least a bit of sense!

That bridle/halter combination is a new one for me, I’ve never seen it before, but apparently it’s a cavalry horse type of thing. I can understand why it is the way it is, though, because at the end of the day, you really wouldn’t want to take off the horse’s bridle and then fiddle around with putting a halter on before attaching them to the tether line. It’s very interesting! I’ve ridden with Western bridles and English bridles and I’ve never seen anything like that bridle/halter combination!

I've always wondered that too Richard x

The Guards have nicknames for many of the horses, eg 'Jackie Chan' for Ormonde. 😂 Names are chosen and voted on by the troopers. 🐴🙏🏻

@@LondonCityWalks Thanks John. Am I correct in saying that horses are being named beginning with the letter 'C' next.?? Xxxx

@@lindamorris8706 Last we heard from John it was Z !

@@kathellison8084 Ah, righto. Thanks Kathy xx

I know everyone keeps saying they’re sharp and I’ll be honest, I’ve never handled one of these particular pieces so I could well be wrong, but I HAVE handled other ceremonial/parade swords, and they DO have an edge but it’s not sharpened or honed to cut. Logically I can’t imagine given how they’re used, that they’d be honed to a cutting edge…..way too much scope for accidents.(and I’m SURE the troopers 🫣🙄🤣being mostly young men in their 20s are FAR too responsible and mature😂 to fool around and play fight each other with their swords🫣😂…..and neither I, in my 20s, nor any other staff NEVER, EVER rode the mail chutes from the top to the bottom in the old NZ Post building in Auckland where I worked for years because it was “strictly verboten” 🤣🤣😇)Yes you CAN cut/stab yourself on a parade sword, but you’d have to work at it. Also unlikely to cut the cloak even were it a sharp sword, as it’s the spine against the shoulder and in pretty sure those are single edged blades as they’re made to cavalry sword patterns from the same period as the uniforms. That means they’re slashing weapons, for use from horseback, and only require a sharpened leading edge.

​​@@paulinemegson8519 thanks for the information on swords the troopers carry. Just out of curiosity how tall was the building where you and other staff NEVER slid down the chutes for the postal letters ????

It was built in the early 1900s I think, in a Victorian style with a dome of stained glass on the main floor and a huge set of stairs and a portico in front….it was a gorgeous building but the inside had been chopped and changed about over the years so “floors” as such were different depending on where you were in the building lol. The longest chute spanned 3 floors tho…..they were old fashioned floors tho with extremely high ceilings….about 10-12 feet offhand I believe. The chutes were spiral shaped, kinda like an English fairground “helter skelter” except that other than the openings on each floor it was completely enclosed, and it carried mail bags from floor to floor. It actually WAS a bit dangerous cos you had to remember to keep your head down or you’d hit the bracing about halfway down, and that could be nasty. But when you’re 20 you’re indestructible, right? 😂

@@paulinemegson8519 thank you very much. That's very enlightening.

​@@paulinemegson8519 thank you for your explanation. I think it's a shame beautiful buildings get hacked about for work. But needs must for business. .

Their barracks is at Hyde Park Knightsbridge where they exercise every day , they regularly go out to grass for a break in Melton Mowbray and have holidays at Holkham on the beach in summer when The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery take over the duty at Horse Guards .

@@kathellison8084 thank you for the info 🙂

😂did you read the pinned comment?🤣😎

@@paulinemegson8519 of course I read the pinned comment but this happens for some unknown reason it happened to a friend of mine who is a creator over 155k a lot of people either forget to subscribe or it's a utube glitch 👍

Let's hope someone knows.... 🐴🙏🏻