Video: Niiiiice Save

9 seconds of pure awesome.

Usually in the equestrian world when we say that someone had a nice save, we mean that they fought the powers of gravity and physics to remain in the saddle despite every force in the world working against them. In this case, however, the rider and horse did indeed part ways — but she never touched the ground. It’s trainer David Bustillos of Durango Farms in California that gets all the credit here:

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Hey man, nice save. And kudos to that rider for sticking on as long as she did, because that looked like no fun at all.

Go riding!