SOLDIER TELLS SMIRKING IDIOTS TO GET BACK AND GIVE THE HORSE SOME SPACE at Horse Guards! 

I agree. Grow a backbone and protect your poor horse.😕

As with any rule, it is only as effective as it is enforced.

I said at the beginning that people would not read the signs or pay any attention to the them, they will pet them anyway.

This is why I prefer John's videos as I would have panic attacks there 😒

Are you a guard too? Do you serve there too?

They would be the best guards for keeping people out of their space.

Exactly! Not enforcing the rules makes it worse and make the rules null and void. I like how the Ginger guard, not here at the moment, tells people to read the signs, etc. His authority is accurate.

Exactly. I have the utmost regard, respect and gratitude for these Guards/Troopers, but dude... say something!! I imagine these are the same people who go to places like Yellowstone and walk stupidly close to the Bison or go beyond the safety fence at the Tiger, Lion and Bear enclosures. The ones who touch live wires or pickup a blue-ringed octopus, or look directly into the sun or disobey no trespassing signs or following those ill-advised recipe videos on tic-tok and end up in the ER. Yes, Horses can be very gentle, but all it takes is one too many tourists up in their face or one wrong move or startling noise to set off a rocket that'll send these tourists to the ground like a ragdoll. And, I can guarantee you that those hooves hurt, bruise and can break your bones. A well placed headbutt can knock you unconscious or cause a brain bleed. People, pay attention.

I blame the guards as much as the crowd. I know those guards can ell loud enough to get their attention and if they can't get the armed police to get the away.

Mostly because the horse was doing most of the touching

Mostly because the horse was doing most of the touching

Me too!

I agree...

He isn't back yet. This was filmed Aug.14/24. See date in the fully expanded Description.😊

Precisely!!! The Guard has to take care of his horse...all you do is open yr mouth and Shout...

I know it's an older video but I have questions. Are the guards given orders to stop people touching the horse, in which case why are they disobeying orders? If not, is it all at the guards discretion? Until they decide about the behavior they're going to display then it's all a waste of time

A horse could be injured by a barrier , no barriers will be put on a public pavement in Whitehall !

Horsewhips to get attention? Guess not the saber doesn't bother them. Some arrests or fines?

My favourite word, Entitled!

So why don't they? I find it strange

Where do they come up with some of their names

@madgesadowski7980 . Zandvoorde , Belgium where there is a memorial to The Household Cavalry from WW1, Waygood, Major Richard Waygood MBE former Riding Master now working with the British Equestrian Team . Zadok , Zadok the priest composed by Handel used at coronation , Tennyson , Alfred Lord Tennyson .

It couldn’t be Horse Guards without Guards on horses.

Totally understand. As an American citizen and a former military spouse, I find it disturbing how disrespectful tourists can behave. Most incidents are due to ignorance while other incidents are purely due to belligerence. In the US many visitors to the tomb of the ‘UNKNOWN SOLDIER’ think it is ok to attempt to get a smile from the guard, step inside the definitive perimeter of the Tomb, etc.