Wild Horse Stallions Fight For Herd On Beach - Good Herd Behavior & Snaking Action 

These kinds of videos are my favorite that you post. It's so helpful to have you walk us through actual wild horse footage, pointing out what certain behaviors mean and/or indicate. I very much appreciate you and all you do, Rick!

the running guy though, lol!

Hahaha stupid humans running, love that. It's beautiful to see horses being horses. You don't see that here in Belgium. People look at me like I have two heads when I say that my horse doesn't have shoes, blankets, bit or stall. She's got great big pasture with two other friends and she's damn happy

Lead stallion reminds me a lot of Mr. T. which also shows how smart Mr. T. is when it comes to herd dynamics and interacting with people; he knows when to stop and when to move. Unlike Buddy who always wants to play lol.

I hate it when people say that wild horses are dangerous.... I live near the cingotague ponies ..... And I went on a field trip for school in chinotague..... We where eating lunch and a band of horses come along ,so the teachers are like " run the ponies are dangerous " and I was the one who did move as everyone runs away .... Then a mare come over to me ( it was a mare I knew the band very well) and VERY slowly pulled out and apple making sure not to make any sudden movements and gave the horse and apple and let it sniff my hand.... The it let me search it's nose and it walked away.... The teacher yelled at me and I told her " it's not the horse that is dangerous it just stupid humans doing stupid things land scaring them." It cracks me up what the non horse people think.

Love it. People need to understand herd behaviours before owning a horse, I think.

I know there is a possible chance you won't see this, Rick, but i started watching your videos a couple of days ago. I do not own a horse, nor do i know how to ride or communicate with a horse. I love horses and i wish i did, but i am learning so much from your videos about imprinting, dominance, body language, and stuff like that. I am really glad that i found your channel. Thank you so much, Rick. 😊

That was really cool to watch! Natural horse behavior without stupid humans messing with them! Thanks Rick and I hope you, Buddy, Ransom, Belle, Lil Donkies, Mokie Cat and Stewie Wabbit have a great 2022. Mr. T your a good boy! 🐴 🐎 🐈 🐰

Amazing analysis! Love watching your videos, trying to become less stupid!

the human running made me lol hard =D

I'm so glad you did this video. I watched it a couple of weeks ago. Loved the snaking, and showing dominance in this video. My gelding is quite older than the other two in pasture. I love watching him. I can sit there for hours. He is top dog, and I have seen him do snaking. Not to often though. It's so interesting, and just love sitting there watching heard interaction. I learn a great a deal about my horse. How he treats other horses, and his personality.

"Notice the horses aren't wearing helmets. " Bahahaha

Barnwitches would have been all over those stallions trying to break them up.

I was playing one of your videos and my mom walked in my room sat on my bed a was laughing so hard she cried when you said "These barn witches" and "if the broom fits- ride it'' and other things. Anyway i alway try to stay quite but i always laugh when you say "barn witches" and the voice is on point Rick!

The only thing I disagree with you with is wearing the anti helmets rant. I rode bareback and Peaches tripped (she was galloping and weighted 1400 pounds) and I ended up head first into the hard earth. MY FAULT. But I got one hell of a concussion and mild brain bleeding and don't recall 2 hours. (Exactly what a football player can experience apparently). Plus I threw up A LOT. I don't drink alcohol (rarely) because I hate throwing up with a passion. So after that I ALWAYS WORE A HELMET OUT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLE! 3 Western riding nurse told me they were going to buy helmets after work because I looked like hell. Helmets are not a magical force fields! But my brain would rather not be rung like a bell again. I now ride a motorcycle and my full face helmet has saved me from multiple pebbles, bees, dirt, and a 6 oz sparrow at 55MPH. The sparrow died on impact and my brains bell was slightly rung again. But I maintained control of my bike did not die.

My horse does the snaking action too when defending his two mares in the pasture. Beautiful to see him doing that and to see the other horses their reactions to it

"Great stupid human behavior" Rofl!!!!

I just love when you talk over videos like this one! Thanks. (:

I LOVED the stupid human part. It was so funny. lel.

"Bowing, showing dominance, stupid human" Hahahaa, it's not a Rick Gore video without the stupid human

This video was published on 2015 but it is still good to watch and Rick's comments are really good on this! I love how the horses roam on the beach not letting the humans interfere in the businesses of these horses! These wild horses of North Carolina were on people's concern due to hurricane Florence coming into the area this past week where the horses live. People wanted to know if the horses would be rounded up and evacuated. The Herd Manager Meg Puckett reported that the horses have lived in the area for 500 years and that they know what to do. When she gave this report as the hurricane was approaching the coastline she stated that the horses were gathering up to move inland to higher ground. I am glad that there are other people besides Rick that can "Think Like a Horse"! As the hurricane arrived I read that the horses go into the forest for shelter and use the large Oak Trees to protect them. It is just like Rick tells us about horses being around for thousands of years and they know what to do without the need of humans interfering with them. As always...thank you Rick for all your videos and tutorials!

"Stupid Human" I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

Awesome vid rick! No there is no lead mare but you do get a dominant mare, similar to elephants, usually the oldest mare who will also lead if the stallion is not near bye. Watching wild horses while a stallion will leave to steal more mares his lead mare will keep a second eye out on their herd. Watch some of the videos on Cloud the wild stallion and you'll see what I mean.

That’s an awesome video showing the dynamics of stallion domination and aggression !!! Actions do speak louder than words ! ✨🎠✨🎠✨🙏🏼✨

I love your channel. I learn so much from you and I just love Mr. T and Buddy.

Proof positive that when horses have room to find release and people stay out of it, they'll resolve their differences. Love how the mares know to get out of dodge. :)

Ahhhh... I learned from this. Very interesting.

Thanks Rick! Great herd behavior.

Haha, gave me the image of horses wearing helmets :P Very interesting behavior.

I am glad you found this and reposted it.

Another great video Rick. Anyone else notice flight response from humans? It was funny ;)

I learned a lot from this video Thanks😀

we're not blind dude, stop zooming in. looks worse.

Rick, just gotta love you and that good cup of coffee. lol

Absolute genius once again. Just observing 'animals' ALWAYS the best way to learn. Thank you Rick for another informative video. Even liked the stupid human and wanted him to get run over !!!

You tell em! I agree 100% I am not rich but have always had horses and you need a good relationship with the horses not expensive equipment to be successful with horses...I never cared about what the horsey set thought of me but I care completely about how my horses see me and making sure they're happy and healthy and willing to work with me and that's the whole world in a nutshell as far as myself and my animals are concerned.

Amazing analysis! I love learning more and more about horses from your videos!

Great video. Thanks for sharing, Rick. I've watched herd behavior and helped gentle many Mustangs. There are no better teachers of equine body language! Also love your point about Mustangs and survival of the fittest. The ones I've had have been so healthy with such hard hooves, one farrier asked me to soak them before he got there.

I was told mares are the leaders....but of course the old cowboy had a herd of 20 mares with babies....so i was easily fooled....the "lead mare" Luna used to get cussed big time for leading the herd all over creation when he tried to round them up....of course i was in awe of the beauty of the horses and it took a while to get how cruel he was.... glad you tell things like they are

RICK I WANT TO SAY THANK U FOR THIS VIDEO AND ALL THE VIDEOS YOU DO IM LEARNING SO MUCH FROM YOU!I LOVE THE WAY U THINK AND EXPLAINS THINGS THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!

Awesome video Rick ! Thank you , I enjoyed watching wild horses and stupid human😂🤦‍♀️ … like wow that guy needed a clue ? 2 wild stallion fighting… get the hell out of dodge mate .

“ you ain’t getting to my mares, if I have to run over a stupid human” And “The only thing faster than a horses kick, is another horses reaction.” Absolute truth.

Wow. Great video showing interactions in the wild. I can't believe that man (stupid human) was standing that close to 2 wild challenging stallions. Even if someone is not an horse person, a little common sense maybe? He got the hell out of dodge fast though. Nice video with explaining the whys and hows.

😂😂😂😂😂I love how casual you say stupid human

So unfair that this informative video received a strike. I’m so glad it’s back. Please let me know if I can file a grievance with RU-vid regarding their so called “best” practices.

This was amazing to watch. Thanks

You should play the video through completely at the beginning and THEN go back and explain it...

This was the video that got removed!? Good job on getting it back up.

Rick slurpped his coffee 6 years ago and he still slurps his coffee in 2022!🤣😂🤣 Just teasing you Rick, since you mentioned in a video the other day about how people complain about you doing that!

Great evaluation. Spot on

natural selection. mother nature. look how beautiful wild horses are! freedom.

finally someone else who understands horse language

I loved when the stupid human jokes started lmao!

Great video. The snaking behavior is aptly named. 🐍

Enlightening play-by-play. Great video! Run away, stupid humans, run away

Like the excitement in your voice !! Yeah I agree stupid humans need to get out of the way instead of gawking !!! They lucky now of them got trampled !!! Great narration !!

i "LOVE" how some person called it 'horses fight to the death in illegal horse battle' ....some ppl

I've been watching many of your video's. I have learned a great deal about horses thru your knowledge of think like a horse. I do not have a horse, always wanted one, since I was a young girl, cannot afford the expense. I think horses are beautiful and majestic and God made a fine creature when he made the horse. I guess I'll wait till I get to Heaven to have one of my very own. God Bless You

That guy with the camera though 🤣🤣🤣

These are Corolla NC horses. (: Very beautiful to see in person, and excellent way to learn about herd behavior(at a distance) indeed. However, it's illegal for those people to be that close to them... I'm surprised the rangers that keep an eye on them and make sure that no one messes with them when they are on the beach, didn't intervene when the people got too close. By law, those people can get into serious trouble if they are caught that close...

Thanks! That was great!

wow amazing video it is really good when you explain the behavior and the signs that they do it is really good to know this kind of stuff :)

That was fascinating Better than some shows on TV.

This was one of my favorite natural horse behavior videos you did. There was nothing in it for them to justify taking down!

I think this video really teaches "stupid humans" about moving when their around horses and it also teaches more about horse behavior. It's a very food quality video. KEEP THE VIDEOS UP!!!

I'm a twelve year old boy who rides and I have used your information to get out of wearing a helmet when riding thanks Rick

"Notice these horses are not wearing helmets" LMFAO !!!! :)

Thank you for sharing.

Cheers Rick! Love your videos and commentary.

Excellent video, thank you for sharing and talking us through the behaviour.

A wild lead mare does actually lead the herd. She will guide the herd, she will choose when and where to graze and where it's safe for the herd to rest. The stallion protects his herd and he follows his "family" to ensure they stick together and no one is left behind plus predators attack from the rear as it's the slowest or youngest in the back of the pack when traveling. However I'm loving your explanations of what's happening in these videos and your outlook on it. BTW my QH gelding will snake my mare (she actually belongs to him) away from any other male horses regardless of their age. It's hilarious because she's a draft.

Very interesting Rick. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for your video.

Very informative video

Great videos. Like watching them.

It's not the horse that buys the biggest diamond ring? Sheeeeit. Thanks for the link

My horse doesn't give up. Last year he went out with mares and geldings fine. At winter they get paired in their own paddocks. A 14.2hh mare and 17hh gelding were paired together. Today we put them out my horse went galloping around like a lunatic like he often does. There were about 3 mares and 2 geldings in the field. He had been out previously fine in the last with the 17hh. Today the 17hh showed complete dominance over the 14.2hh mare whilst all other horses stood away were fine. After they'd all galloped around and the big gelding had kicked out several times at my horse and my horse never retaliated. He then settled and went to eat near the mare and wanted to roll. Next thing I know the mare goes crazy and double barrels my horse twice which resulted in my horse sustaining an injury and the 17hh tried to have a go as he ran away. At this point my horse looked TERRIFIED he started pacing and although he had a huge field to run away from them he had no other horses to go and stand with that he knew (he won't go out alone) in the end I had to pull him out as the mare went and big gelding went after him again and he looked like he wanted to jump out the field. I put him in with another gelding he knows in another field and he was fine. Trouble is hell have to go out in that field or have no turnout/grass over summer. Everyone is rilled up and a lot of frustration is aimed at me I feel as my horse is highly strung but not once went to kick or harm another horse. I'm at a loss at what to do now as he's very close to being given away due to his behaviour both in and out the field and to be ridden.

I've never been a horsey person and now watching your videos Rick becoming less of a stupid human.

Thanks for explaining.

Great video!!

2 stallions will fight no matter where there at in your pasture. But riding a stallion is my favorite

If only there was footage of aliens so clear.

Even with turning off the sound I could onhy last 4 minutes with this video.

And you tube banned this? 🙄. Great vid, informative. 👍

Incredible footage and such informative analysis. When people resent that it is a male that runs the herd, they need to stop and think that just because the lead guy gets to mate and tell the others what to do, his life is no bed of roses by any stretch of the imagination. He has to be on guard 24/7, be willing to fight other stallions at complete risk of injury or death to himself, put himself on the front line with predators, etc. In other words, this guy can never relax and just take life easy. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure wouldn't want his job. I enjoy too much being able to kick back and sip my coffee (nod to Rick, there).

Stupid human part is the best lmao xD

I love the stallions posturing it's beautiful and how they move when fighting for mares. He sure did show that bachelor stallion who is boss.

Great example of Stupid Human Behaviour, too! I lived for years up in Humboldt County, CA where there are large herds of very large Roosevelt Elk who are not in the least intimidated by puny humans. There are a couple of viewing areas where tourists can watch the elk at a distance behind a barrier. And of course, there are plenty of open uncontrolled areas where the elk could show up without warning. Always interesting when elk walk through your campsite as if they owned the place...and, of course, they do. But there's always-always!-that stupid tourist with a camera who thinks that because the animals don't run away, they must be tame and approachable, so they cross the barrier fence to get a better picture. There's always the ignorant human who thinks that, because they are deer (aka Bambi) and not lions, that they are not dangerous. And there's always the quasi-ignorant humans who think that only the bulls are aggressive. There's always the stupid human who thinks that, because he is a benign animal lover, the warning signs posted all over the place don't apply to him, since "the animals 'know' that I'm harmless and so they would never hurt me." And finally, there is the grotesquely uninformed city dweller chud who thinks it's really funny when that bull elk they're getting too close to snorts, shakes its head, stamps the ground, gives the rolling side-eye, and bugles...just before he's had enough and charges. Inevitably, every tourist season, there is some unfortunate incident. Stupid Humans.

the mares are watching haha its so true they DO always watch. thank you for doing these vids. i ĥope people actually friggen listen. yea and screw helmets. ie; christopher reeves

Very interesting Rick

I love that the camera can't keep up with the challenger when he runs away: it looks like both have eight legs. Like Odin's horse Sleipnir. Brilliant

So awesome

I love your videos thanks u for teaching me not to be a stupid human...lol

nice videos...thanks

That's really cool and pretty to see wild horses on a beach like that 💖💖

After you talking about the video like this could we get a link to it? I find things like this interesting and I can't really see frame by frame x)

Awesome commentary. Thanks

You say RU-vid removed this because of content??🤷🏻‍♀️Don’t get that? Enjoyed your instruction though.👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

My 30 yr old gelding snaked and herded his young mares and they were throwing a fit and pinning and screaming and it was hilarious, seeing this old sway back gelding act like a stallion

Excellent! Thank you!