The only thing better than watching an eight-horse hitch is watching an eight-horse hitch from the driver’s bench.

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YOU GUYS. This man’s job is to swim his horses alongside dolphins. REAL LIVE dolphins, people.

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Ride along with the great Gareth Roberts and his speedy ponies Darkhorse Fred and Barney!

The Celebrity Scurry event at Hickstead in Great Britain never ceases to amuse, and this year Equestrian.com’s Nigel Meadowcroft partnered with Gareth Roberts to ultimately win the event. If you’ve never seen a scurry race before, well …

Hang on tight, because here we go!

Go driving!

The thousand-kilometer Mongol Derby is running right now — in honor, take a look at this helmet cam video from just before the start of the 2014 race!

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Klein the eventing Percheron is back with another helmet cam view of her latest adventure: the Novice cross-country course at the Horse Park of New Jersey!

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Or Christmas TREES, anyway. Ride along for a nice canter through this Christmas tree farm!

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Hop aboard “Patrick,” an OTTB event horse piloted by Lainey Ashker, who has a serious zest for life out on the cross-country course at Loch Moy Farm in Maryland.

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Today’s Wednesday Drone Cam takes us to a remote bay in New Zealand, home to some wild horses!

New Zealand’s Spirits Bay was believed by the Maori to be a place where spirits of the dead gathered before departing the world for their ancestral home. It’s now become a popular tourist destination, though it’s managed to avoid a lot of development and has stayed fairly wild.

The hills above Spirits Bay are home to feral horses, descended from stock released in the past two centuries. Lucky visitors to Spirits Bay might catch a glimpse or two of these horses on their visit to the area.

This drone cam gets a closer look at both a small band of wild horses and the beautiful waters and vibrant green hills of Spirits Bay. The filmmaker chose a somewhat sinister soundtrack, trying to capture the sense of mystery and spirituality surrounding the legendary location.

Have you ever been to Spirits Bay and glimpsed the wild horses? Post your story and photos in the comments section!

Go riding!

Hey, the beach isn’t just for horseback riding — ride along with this pony and cart doing a beach DRIVE in today’s Helmet Cam!

Sure, our equestrian bucket list might include galloping down the beach with the salt air whipping our hair and our horse’s mane into the wind — but that’s a dream that doesn’t necessarily have to be just for riders! Ride along with “Joy Joy” the pony for a beach trek with her riding stablemates in today’s Helmet Cam:

What a great little pony trotting bravely into the surf! And how much fun this must be, to share a beach experience whether you’re in the saddle or on the driver’s bench.

Go riding — AND driving!

Here’s a unique “helmet” cam of sorts — watch as Marek Słodkowski and a team of local firefighters rescues his horse from the pit where she was trapped on his farm in Poland.

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This video is long, but trust us: it’s worth it to ride along with the navigator for the marathon portion of combined driving behind a pair of unstoppable AraboFriesians while rocking out to Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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See Icelandic horses romp in their pasture from a whole new perspective via this drone cam video!

Despite their small stature, Icelandic horses carry themselves like noble chargers. Woe betide you if you call them “ponies” (just ask head editor Leslie Wylie, who found this out the hard way on a trip to Iceland in 2015).

When the Icelandic horse is turned loose to romp about and be simply, well, a horse, it’s easy to forget without a human standing next to them for perspective that they’re rather petite. This drone video lets the Icelandic horse take center stage in its own performance, moving at liberty about a paddock and looking every inch a noble steed.

Do you have your own drone or helmet cam video to share? Email the editor at [email protected]!

Go Icelandic horses! And go riding.

Here’s an unusual perspective: check out this video, filmed from a rear-facing camera attached to the girth!

Yes, this point of view does make the horse’s hinds look like a pair of running chicken legs, and yes, you may feel slightly nauseous until you adjust to this perspective … but once you get those new sensations out of the way, this is a pretty cool angle to watch! Hang on for the ride as this horse and rider trot and canter over a few jumps.

Definitely something different to start off your Wednesday!

Go riding!

While we won’t be able to catch a Nyquist/Exaggerator rematch in the Belmont, we can still watch champion Nyquist burn up the track via this drone video!

While Nyquist may not have been the best horse on Saturday for the Preakness Stakes, there’s no denying that he’s still every inch a champion, and he trains like one too. Watch one of Nyquist’s morning works before the Preakness on a damp morning as the bay son of Uncle Mo tears up Pimlico — even the drone has a hard time keeping up with him!

Unfortunately for Nyquist fans, the bay colt will not be heading to the Belmont for a much-anticipated rematch with Exaggerator — he spiked a fever on Monday and blood work came back on Tuesday showing an elevated white blood cell count, suggesting illness. Nyquist will be placed on stronger antibiotics and when he’s well, he’ll return to his home base in California to rest and recuperate. Team Nyquist has suggested that the colt will point towards a few of the summer stakes for his next target.

Go riding!

Fly along overhead as we follow a band of brumbies in the starkly beautiful Australian outback!

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Ride along for an exhilarating drive of the iconic white Camargue horses through the brush!

Who hasn’t fantasized about galloping down a wild trail on the back of a snow-white steed, listening to the thunder of hoofbeats as other horses run freely around you? Thanks to a helmet cam video, you can now get at least one step closer to making that dream a reality — ride along for this exhilarating drive of a herd of Camargue horses in France!

(Note: must be logged into Facebook to view.)

The Camargue is the iconic breed of southern France, often photographed in the marshes where their gray coats stand out among their background. Contrary to popular belief, the Camargue herds aren’t truly wild but have semi-feral status, with a registry helping to organize the breed. Horses to be registered in the main studbook must have been born outside in one of the recognized semi-feral herds from a registered dam.

Camargue horses are popular mounts in southern France for livestock herders, and are also becoming increasingly popular as sporthorse mounts.

Go riding!

According to our sister site Eventing Nation, Rolex hangover is a legitimate medical condition. We’re here to help with a little helmet cam cross-country video from Elisa Wallace.

Another Rolex has come and gone, leaving equestrians all over the country nursing their Rolex hangover. There are no more rider standings to update; there’s no more live stream to watch; all of those carefully-collected stats have been laid to rest until next April.

But don’t worry, eventing fans — there are plenty of videos to help you relive the magic that was the Best Weekend All Year. Elisa Wallace never fails to deliver, whether we’re talking about her stellar eighth-place performance in Kentucky last weekend or her always-entertaining helmet cam videos that give us the rider’s-eye-view of the course.

For the vast majority of us that will never gallop around a four-star, hold on tight: it’s time for another wild ride aboard Simply Priceless. (Excuse the rain spots — it was another soggy cross-country day this year!)

“Go Johnny go!” As Wallace states as she crosses the finish line, “that was hard! We both got tired.” (I got tired just watching, let alone riding that hard at a sustained steady pace in challenging conditions over jumps the size of my house.)

Go Johnny! Go Elisa! And go riding!

Reader Matt Lakin did some quick thinking and careful driving to safely herd this loose horse off a highway and into a pasture!

Reader Matt Lakin of Shropshire in the UK casually writes, “I managed to roundup this escaped horse […] I thought you may want to use the footage?”

According to Matt, “the horse was running towards a very busy road at rush hour and was only a few hundred yards from where another horse was killed in January seriously injuring the driver.”

Thanks to some quick thinking and very careful driving and on Matt’s part, he was able to pass the loose horse and then cut him off, effectively herding him into a pasture and off of the dangerous roadway. Check out the video (must be logged in to Facebook to view):

Well done, Matt! We salute you for your public service in keeping the roads safe and the horses safer.

Go riding!