A Million Dollar Horse…
…is one who saves your butt. Actually, he’s priceless. Meyerhoff also demonstrates the importance of practicing without stirrups (a bit of an understatement). He has commented on this ride (see text comments) saying “This was his first Intermediate horse trial. He was more than ready. And I was quite confident he could do it. What I think happened was the horses cantered up the hill then when it was time to take off they then saw what was on the other side which caused a green horse to hesitate and loose their focus. Smooth Rider aka Odin saved us both. The rider in front of us fell and others before had problems. The fence was then removed. He got lots of cookies and kisses when we got home.” For more of the XC portion of the Middleburg Horse Trials click here: www.youtube.com More info about this sport can be found here: www.useventing.com and the music can be found here www.youtube.com
great lower leg position, but he was very lucky the landing was on a down slope or the horse would have been unable to recover – it would have been a nasty rotational fall.
@ilovepreciousjim2 shut up. i was sharing my opinion. youre just a bitch
@horserider9802 haha ya i see that u were sharing ur opinion and thats exactly why no one can see ur comment anymore casue so many people have put thumbs down on it, so actually ur being the real bitch here i was just speaking the truth
@ilovepreciousjim2 actually, no. i was speaking the truth and my opinion. if you come to youtube just to fuck things up, leave. no one needs you or your opinion
@horserider9802 thats not the truth and how is the rider a bad rider what do u think she could of done to make things better i mean gosh dam, the horse accidentally almost fell causing him to almost fall then there was like a jump right there coming down the hill leaving the rider no time to fix them self, and she was more concentrating on getting the horse over the next sets of jumps safely instead of worrying about herself she rode amazing! and no stirrups as well, which makes her even better
@ilovepreciousjim2 true, true. it’s just my opinion. i think that the rider should have also worried about her position. she could have fallen off, which im sure she almost did
sorry 
thats why in horseback, you are taught leg strength- because your horse might just save you, but your stirrups wont
wahnsinnnnnnn … mega cool…. was ein herz!
ooohaaaaa.. das pferd scheint den reiter echt zu lieben
O.o Oh..good balance!
BTW, the rider is a him/he.
Bad moment, a little luck, great riding, great horse.
I’ve seen some of the biggest names have bad moments. It happens, nothing is a given in the horse sports.
Love some of the silly armchair expert comments since the last time I posted.
that horse is amazing he saved his rider and kept doing his job even thou his rider was unable to direct him. he is a million dollor horse!
MERCI CHEVAL !
that is an amazing horse! xx
a million dollar horse wouldn’t of done that in the first place…. (; but yeah, anything can happen.
Awesome recovery & freak….that horse deserves a medal. How much does that horse trust the rider & vice-versa that the horse would do anything for the dude…..awesome!!! Yeah as Raspberry said just wanting to please! Shows a happy well loved & cared for horse
Yikes! What a dead honest horse and amazing balance on the rider’s part to stay on and to stay with him.
LOVE when he goes “Come on, baby!” in the water
MAGNIFIQUE!!
respect !
Reains flying everywhere RESPECT
17 people bit the dust.
honestly that horse is amazing!
das arme tier !!!!
OH MY GOD WOW, I WANT THAT HORSE!!!!!! LOL
that really is a horse who knows his job!!