Grueling 80-Mile Horse Race Demands More Than Speed | National Geographic 

To any non-horse people out there. He's not using the whip to hit or scare the horse. He's using it to desensitize her to loud sounds and big movements. At first it scares her, but she relises it's not going to hurt her and relaxes in the end. she's thinking instead of reacting. Lot's of desensitizing builds a confident horse that trusts it's human and doesn't get scared easily.

There are endurance races in the USA, including The Tevis Cup- 100 miles over the Continental Divide. Veterinarians examine the horses at checkpoints to ensure their safety. It is an amazing event!

“The main rule in endurance is that the horse finishes the race.” I like that statement!!

Whips are used to never hit the horse, he was using it to get the horse desensitized to the noise and look of the whip. I actually have ridden at several stables where a whip was used like this, no one touched the horse with it except one and I left after that to never return. He could've used anything, but whips are usually used to desensitize them as it's the easiest aid for a horse to understand. Especially since using a plastic bag sounds like a rattlesnake, the last thing you want a horse to associate with sacking out. You're riding a horse for miles in terrain with mountains, woods, etc. A flock of birds flies by, a deer runs by, a rock slide happens. Without this training, the horse panics and bolts, this can lead to severe injury to death, especially on rough terrain. He needs this training to get the horse to the point where she learns if something like this happens, she can trust him to handle it. She doesn't need to panic, he will make sure the horse will make it through. This is vital when you have a high fight or flight animal you're trying to control, which horses are. Also, everyone at the end: They're vets, they check the horses for injuries, exhaustion, problems breathing, and other issues. Horses need to be in TOP shape to finish these rides, if they don't, they're penalized or disqualified. If there were any injuries or scars on the horse (which would happen from constant use of the whip) it would have raised a lot of questions.

This horse is absolutely stunning !

great video!! thanks for posting this for a horse owner

this is beautiful work

Well done!!

Beautiful!!!!!

Good job!

AWESOME 💯

really interesting

I went endurance ridding once and it is very different from eventing I loved it and now when ever I go to my aunts farm I do a bit of endurance but only like 8 km but it is still amazing

Congratulations. You are a good trainer. I love this professional sport.

pedro.... super rider good training

At first I was mad cause I thought they were mistreating the horse... But really it's amazing what he has done to the amazing horse

I absolutely loved getting to know the training rituals for these amazing horses. I love horses!!!!

Very good horsemen!

A good pure hotblood breed like marwari, arabian, akhal teke with such training can beat them easy.

Such freaking out about the whip, no doubt the trainer spent more time with the mare than seen on the doc, editors just cut the show together to fit the time allowed.. so editor would choose "freaked out" footage and then "acceptance" footage.

Akhal Teke !!

I hate to be that person but he let off the on pressure on the horse when it was still jumping around but the end result was still good🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

This beautiful horse seems to be an akhal tekè! Very beautiful and rare breed!

Beautiful Arabian stallions

Is that an Arabian?If it is that explains why he one,they’re not the fastest but they have the most endurance out of any horse in the world and will win any long race with any horse.

I give tip

Trainers name

wow- well, if your attitude is about dominating the animal then I suppose this works. I personally, have never had to jerk my horses neck with a lasso or whip (by proxy) the fear out of it. Just a very different attitude about animals. I do appreciate how the grey drops her head and rounds out during the round pen work- she reminds me a lot of my own grey.

I really wouldn't have rushed that whip desensitization that much, the horse should really be quite calm during all of it. You're not supposed to start by making a lot of noise and big movements, but I do like his lunging. No tack, no whip, just him and his body language directing the horse, as it should be. The horse was a bit too nervous for my liking, and it was too much like chasing the horse instead of lunging it, but I've definitely seen worse. He needs to work on his hands though, way too hard if he insist on using a bit, especially for a horse that sensitive.

which breed are this horse ?

What breed horse is that ??

horse name moro

He dont use a whip i like that and he dont put drugs on the horse i love thise tipe of race i now that the all races horse abuse but this is litle bit better

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cracking a whip to "train" a horse does nothing to benefit it other than desensitizing the horse to a whip, utterly useless

I like how he respects the animal, but isnt a bleeding heart vegan about it

For some reason people freak out when Clinton Anderson uses the same techniques.

But all that people is too big for that horse

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I think this is cruel, unfair the the horse. But it still is a wonderful thing to see when you see the horses beauty.

Probably arabian horses.

cmon who beats their child when the police is there or child law giver is presesnt lol that whip is used lol behind closed doors heheheheheh !!! interview that horse alone it will tell ya !

Selfish sport. Hard on the long term health of the horses.

i hate this guy he cut the horses mane off whats the reason for that. there is none so why would you do it if you don't want the mane in the way you can always braid it. and he should have gotten the horse use to the whip before cracking it by rubbing the whip on them and letting them smell it then when they are no longer afraid of it then crack the whip. that horse was way to nervous and could have hurt himself or the human. and when you are doing something like that don't keep a halter and lead rope on the horse let it have somewhere to go it lets the horse know if it gets to scared it can back away and its ok having a halter and lead rope on the horse makes it more scared and think that it has no where to go