A hilarious Dutch insurance commercial featuring Sopranos-inspired gangsters, a “racehorse” and a big mistake.
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Video du Jour: Horse Soccer
Yesterday, we brought you Horseball. Today, we bring you Horse Soccer. Hint: One of these video is for realz, one’s not. See if you can tell which is which. (more…)
Video du Jour: Horseball
Worldsport takes a look at the little known sport of Horseball, a combination of basketball and rugby on horseback. You just never know until you know. (more…)
Sweet tooth
A horse politely dropping hints that he really, really wants a peppermint really, really bad.
Fun with helmet cams
Who needs a real horse when you have YouTube. The first video is of Peter Atkins’ romp around the WEG cross-country aboard Henny; the second takes us through a random stadium course in Australia. (more…)
Crap horses put up with
It is amazing what sweet-natured horses will tolerate while their owners just stand around and laugh at them. These two were definitely good sports.
My Little Pony: Live action trailer
“What if every little girl’s dream became mankind’s worst nightmare?” Welcome to the pony apocalypse.
Quadrille over fences, some of which happen to be on fire
A fantastic show of skill from the Metropolitan Mounted Police at the London International Horse of the Year Show in 2006. (more…)
Male stripper show-jumping
This is the one you’ve been waiting for, ladies. They raise the jumps to the top of the standards, and then they start taking their clothes off.
Dog show-jumping
Soaring Cindy breaks the Guinness World Record Highest jump by a dog at the 2006 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge.
Zebra show-jumping
Because zebras are horses, too. (Well, sort of.) Here, among other talents, Zack the Zebra demonstrates that he can jump 2’8″.
Cat show-jumping
Well, I guess technically it’s gridwork. Cat gridwork. Bonus points for weird European techno elevator music.
Cow show-jumping
One enterprising German teenager refused to give up her dream when her parents said she couldn’t have a horse. Take that, Mutter and Vader.
It’s not what you think
HN’s in-house cowgirl Kristen Kovatch brings us this video of 2010 All American Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Reining winner, Pickup Chic, ridden by Laura Mae Schoeller and disguised as a racehorse. (more…)
Classic Totilas awesomeness
I just never get tired of watching this freak of nature perform. The video of his Grand Prix Kür from the FEI World Cup in 2009 always gives me the chills. 92.3 percent… not bad. (more…)
Another classic racetrack call
Public service announcement: Puh-lease, racehorse owners, do not name your horse after the sound a pirate makes. It’s just not classy.
What could go wrong?
Seriously, where are the parents? This video is courtesy of the Bad Riding journal, which is a must read as long as you don’t mind watching morons being mocked. [Bad Riding via SPK]
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Best. Racing. Call. Ever.
Horse Nation contributor Laura Cox brings us this video from Monmouth Park, where it’s a race to the wire between two horses coincidentally named My Wife Knows Everything and The Wife Doesn’t Know. (more…)
Video du Jour: By request from the HN bunny street team
I have this video bookmarked so whenever I start feeling stressed out, I can watch it and my blood pressure immediately comes floating back down. It’s called, “Sleepy baby bunny.” (more…)
Video du Jour II: Australian beach horse rescue
Perhaps you’ve seen the dramatic photos of Astro, the horse who was stuck in mud at a beach in Victoria and rescued within minutes of the tide coming in. Here is footage from the scene: (more…)
Video du Jour: Magic Tack
Today we’ve got a commercial for a company called Magic Tack that sells sparkly browbands, bling dog collars and lady jewelry. We love the product–we’re just not sure about their sales pitch. (more…)
Video du Jour: Who wants to watch some good riding
The winning show-jumping ride from the FEI World Cup Qualifier in Gothenburg, Sweden, last weekend. Thanks, FEI TV! (more…)
Video du Jour: French & Saunders
Why are the British so much funnier than we are? Shout-out to Jesse Krusenklaus and Kathryn Duncan for the link to this sketch by French & Saunders. (more…)
Video du Jour: 2-minute clinic with Greg Best
Bay Area Equestrian Network brings us this video from two-time Olympic silver medalist Greg Best, in which he describes optimal positions for approach, take off and landing. (more…)