Cyborg Noodle but the term “horse rider” suggests we just ride and that’s it. But an “equestrian” is someone who truly cares for their horse, loves it, works with it..... is part of a community.
Cyborg Noodle a horse rider is someone who just rides for the fun of it. And equestrian is somebody who competes in extreme championship competitions and takes the time to care and love for the horse
Fun fact, the word equestrian relates back to latin. It comes from the word *Equi*. Equestrians has the word horse in it, we work together as one, not two.
Someone said oh riding horses is easy and I said have you fallen off something that weighs 1200 pounds that is 5-6 feet high and goes up to 45 mph and they were like uhhhhh....that would kill you I thought you rode horses. So I said thats what it is to fall off a horse. They had respect ever since
Imagine sitting on a hurricane. Unleased power, & strength. It's magical. Imagine harnessing that power. To become one with it. Two becoming one force. To conquer the world. An unbeatable team.
this is everything, when riding a horse it takes skill,ability,balance,bravery and most of all to believe these when need to focus all at once u can do it pressure is our key thing to keep us going no matter wat thank you for your time
That tingle of excitement as you head to the barn. It makes everything else seem...I dont even know. When your able to call the horses name and he looks at you and it...you connect? Ha. Let's face it this whole comment probably just confused a normal person, but even if you've only connected with one horse, even as a young child, you know what I am referring to. The trust. That unspoken language. That's feeling. It's what we live for.
I grew up in a family that had never done horseback riding, and I’ve looked back to as far as my great-grandparents. When I told my parents I wanted to do horseback riding, they said no and said I needed to be more responsible. I was seven at the time and started doing more chores and helping out around the house. The second time I asked was a little while before my eighth birthday, they accepted. When I first got in the saddle, it was the best feeling ever, I felt a connection I had never felt before. The quote my coach told me when I first met her was, “You’re here to learn responsibility, patience, passion, teamwork, strength and most importantly, trust. If you fall, you get back in the saddle. If you fail the first time, you dust yourself off and try again. If your partner frustrates you, keep going! But in the end, it doesn’t matter how well you ride, what matters is what you’ve learned.” She’s been my coach for about seven years. Every time someone falls she asks, “What do you do?” And we always reply, “Get back in the saddle!”
wow.. don't know what to say, because this is not beautiful, this is... magic. ❤ now you're my new favourite TH-camr.. :) and can i ask what's the song?? :)
I like to watch all these “equestrian; this is our sport,” but i feel like they`re all making the horse needless and just a tool to reach the top. Iv`e been looking for months to find one, where the bond between horse and rider was in focus. Now i found it. Thank you❤️
I have recently had a tough time riding. Me and my friend have been to euro pony eventing champs. We came home with gold and had a break. The next show we did I lost my best friend that had taken me to champs. I struggled and couldn’t bring myself to look for another horse but this has helped me get the courage. Thank you❤️
I know how it feels for your sport to be called easy and not a sport im a competitive swimmer tryst me i know this video inspires me to be an equestrian but i cant cause swimming takes up ALL MY GODDAMN TIME AGH but this is truly awesome all my respect to equestrians ❤
I've had some medical stuff happening and I haven't ridden for two years but soon I'll be back in the saddle by the summer/spring of 2019 hopefully (yay!). When the video read "If you can feel it... you're one of us" it really made me feel happy knowing that (even if it's not true) I can feel like an Equestrian because I understand the passion and love. Thank you for that word choice
Coming down wrong while posting gave me sciatica...the next lesson, I was bucked off two times in a row...while mounting..and I gained a herniated disc in my back. But, a year before that, I had a call back from my doc's office about my last mammogram,they'd found something(turned out to be nothing significant), and getting on Jackson's back...finding my inner centaur, I felt weightless...I felt so carefree i nearly cried. For an hour,there was just us and my instructor...for an hour i could pretend the outside world didn't exist...and quite honestly,that feeling is worth all the hurt. He may break my bones, but he will *never* break my heart.
What makes me like this video the most is that it doesn't go with the "Do you train a shittone of hours a day, 7 days a week" argument. I'm saying this because I only ride 1 hour once a week since thats what I can afford. Don't mean to trash talk people that do spend multiple hours every day riding, I just see that on so many videos and sometimes it makes me feel like just because I don't do that I'm not as much of an equestrian as all those other people. But this video talks about the passion,partnership and connection. Thank you for making feel a part of this beautiful and passionate community. Thank you
We are equestrians no matter what! If people say we can't ride then so be it! It's there opinion on how we ride when they watch us! We shouldn't care of what other thinks of us! We! We are the champions! Us equestrians is an amazing sport! A bond between an animal and human is incredibal view! (Idk if i spelt it wrong) we should be glad for what we are! For what we choose! We! Are! Equestrians!
When I got my mare, my first horse, she was nuts. Afraid of everything, withdrawing from hormone treatments, and fear aggressive. Great first horse, huh? It's taken four years, a lot of fear and courage. Hundreds of injuries on both our parts. Falls, bucks, smashing her neck into my nose. And while she still discusses with me whether or not to go in a direction that I ask, it's polite instead of trying to throw me. She's so amazing now. She's solidly in 2nd level dressage and is a QH. She's my love and my beauty. And she get's foolish around food time, even going as far a stepping in my foot. She's amazing.
Why why im on every video with this theme crying? Beacuse i love this sport... its so much more... i cant live without this.... riding... horses... these are my whole life ❤
I hate Polo Horse racing industry Abusive barrel races But I love us equestrians that treat horses as if they have feelings (which they do ) and those that'll don't abuse I love when other people and children join our equine world 🐎💞
First you probably have no clue what it is like in barrel racing. Not everyone abuses their horses not everyone whips the brains out of their horses. Sure I have a whip on my horn but I only use it when my horse needs a little push and I NEVER use my full force so not all of barrel racing is abusing. Also I’d like to see you try to run around 3 barrels while your horse is going flat out😏
This is awesome! Horses are magical amazing animals that could make you a star, a light, and even a spirit! A spirit that always is two parts: horse and human. Horses are extremely powerful animals that give life to earth.❤️
This is beautiful...here’s a story for ya...I love horses..I have always had since I could walk...but till this day (I’m 13 now)I’ve never had horse back riding lessons because either it’s to expensive or it just never happened....and I may not ride them but I honestly consider me as an equestrian..there’s no way to explain my love and passion for these amazing animals...and a miracle happened..I’m finally going horse back riding!!!and that was the best news of my life😭💙💪🏼(just wanted to share this)
I had a fall that hospitalised me for around 2 abd 1/2 months ( not all were spent in hospital but I wasn’t at school) I fractured my elbow really badly because of a moody mare 😂😂 I asked for trot and I was going to ask her to canter once we were trotting so naturally I was very loose on the reins and wasn’t actually holding on as I would in canter and she leapt into canter knocking me off, back in the saddle 5 years later and couldn’t be happier
I love this!! I recently fell quite badly on my head and got a bad concussion, haven’t ridden for two weeks but I’m not scared, I want to get back on and jump again and try again and not fail next time!!!yes it was scary falling but I couldn’t live without riding do I risk it because there is nothing want more than to ride!!
The speed The power The passion The need The partnership The need for perfection The hoof beats The connection The passion No matter how hard we fall We get back up In the saddle We float We take to the skies without wings We are connected We are lifted when we fall We are transported to another world We would have nothing We would not exist We are equestrians
Even voor de Belgen zonder paarden zou de guldensporenslag er nooit geweest zijn en zou Vlaanderen niet bestaan. Door de paarden van de Franse soldaten zijn wij gewonnen .
Those 10 people that disliked this vid doesn't know the true effort us equestrians put into our sport there saying chess is a sport do they risk there lives in chess puts there life InThe hands of 500kg+ animal that could you with one leg they don't if they call playing cards or chess or snooker a sport then what is horse riding
equestrians aren't just horse riders they are much more they are risking their lives taking care of a 1400 lb animal who could crush them at any minute. and the next thing you know they are are on their backs. THEY ARE LITERALLY ON THE BACK OF A 1400 LB ANIMAL WHO COULD KILL YOU WITH JUST ONE MOVEMENT i do horse riding so ya :)
My friend says yeah on a well trained horse you just sit there and I am like well there is so many “well trained horses” i have ridden and none of them i just sit on
Friends ~ If u get hurt from a horse , u leave them.. Me ~ *The bond you created , the trust you made , the bones you've lost , the risks you've taken...The things you and your horse are....If we fall...We get back on , no matter how hard we did....Because.....WE ARE EQUESTRIANS ... not people who sit on the backs of unpredictable "pets" and lose a nail...and complain..We lose our bones...but we wont let one fall..Change anything!*
I cried myself to sleep the night after my lesson because I had to leave the barn (to go do a family thing) before my lesson mare was done choking after (her) spending three weeks straight at the vet with a burst throat blockage 😢
Am I still part of this if Im not lucky enough to ride? I love horses and equastrians (most of em) and everything (most of em) stand for. And I do want to feel the freedom and confidence of it all.
Every Saturday I do horse riding for 7 or 8 hours and soon I will be getting a pony, it's my passion my everything I can't think of life without the pony I go on Joey I love him to the moon and back, he is pretty vicious and bites a lot bit I don't care, every bite I will let go.. I love him so much. He is like a brother or child to me and when other people ride him I don't mind as long as Joey is happy I don't care what happens
No matter how hard we fall, now matter how much it hurts, no matter what it’s from, you still say it’s EASY. Have you ever had a partner that was 10 X your size? Have you ever fallen of going that fast? Have you ever experienced the strength it takes? The passion? The work? Because riding isn’t a sport nor a hobby, it a lifetime.
I feel it all but I can't ride my family can't afford it but I won't ever give up I won't ever try and push it away I'll make it STRONGER so I can reach my goal and find my heart horse he's out their or he's coming and I will find him
I risk my life every day and every second and I have had some bad injuries from horse back riding and when that happens I never give up on my best friend and that’s why I risk every second of my life and every day
TwentyØnePony's yep they saved me from anxiety and depression. Stables r only thing i can be relaxed and be myself. Be with horses, it just feels like they understand and when i ride them i feel free
People say to me, "Are you a horse rider?" I say, "No, I'm an Equestrian."
Julia Longhand which is a horse rider
Cyborg Noodle but the term “horse rider” suggests we just ride and that’s it. But an “equestrian” is someone who truly cares for their horse, loves it, works with it..... is part of a community.
@@jpowner58 your no equestrian then
@@jpowner58 no..
Cyborg Noodle a horse rider is someone who just rides for the fun of it. And equestrian is somebody who competes in extreme championship competitions and takes the time to care and love for the horse
all i can say is "thank you." you have helped me get back into the saddle
Good luck, and have fun
How are u doing after 2 years of writing this comment ^ - ^
Caroline my sister wrote this comment, I ride too and she’s doing well :)
Fun fact, the word equestrian relates back to latin. It comes from the word *Equi*. Equestrians has the word horse in it, we work together as one, not two.
Well do you? If so me to. I fell off a horse almost died
@@mollysummerrock3916 what does that have to do with anything ? Being nice 😊
am I the only one that gets chills watching these types of things?
Greta Gundy
No
Oh yes
Someone said oh riding horses is easy and I said have you fallen off something that weighs 1200 pounds that is 5-6 feet high and goes up to 45 mph and they were like uhhhhh....that would kill you I thought you rode horses. So I said thats what it is to fall off a horse. They had respect ever since
Lol
No horse goes up to 45mph. Do your research, most can only reach 30 mph.
And the weight doesn't matter if your falling off it instead of being landed on by it.
Also 5 - 6 feet is NOTHING! I could fall that high all day and not be hurting.
Wow that earned up respect real quick!!
Friend: “why are you always quiet”
me: I speak silence, because I’m a equestrian”
This is so beautiful and riding is an amazing thing and without horses in my life I wouldn’t know what to do 💞💎
Imagine sitting on a hurricane. Unleased power, & strength.
It's magical.
Imagine harnessing that power. To become one with it. Two becoming one force. To conquer the world. An unbeatable team.
this is everything, when riding a horse it takes skill,ability,balance,bravery and most of all to believe these when need to focus all at once u can do it pressure is our key thing to keep us going no matter wat
thank you for your time
That tingle of excitement as you head to the barn. It makes everything else seem...I dont even know. When your able to call the horses name and he looks at you and it...you connect? Ha. Let's face it this whole comment probably just confused a normal person, but even if you've only connected with one horse, even as a young child, you know what I am referring to. The trust. That unspoken language. That's feeling. It's what we live for.
im almost crying, beautiful. i can't wait for my lesson in 2 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up in a family that had never done horseback riding, and I’ve looked back to as far as my great-grandparents. When I told my parents I wanted to do horseback riding, they said no and said I needed to be more responsible. I was seven at the time and started doing more chores and helping out around the house. The second time I asked was a little while before my eighth birthday, they accepted.
When I first got in the saddle, it was the best feeling ever, I felt a connection I had never felt before.
The quote my coach told me when I first met her was, “You’re here to learn responsibility, patience, passion, teamwork, strength and most importantly, trust. If you fall, you get back in the saddle. If you fail the first time, you dust yourself off and try again. If your partner frustrates you, keep going! But in the end, it doesn’t matter how well you ride, what matters is what you’ve learned.” She’s been my coach for about seven years. Every time someone falls she asks, “What do you do?” And we always reply, “Get back in the saddle!”
wow.. don't know what to say, because this is not beautiful, this is... magic. ❤ now you're my new favourite TH-camr.. :) and can i ask what's the song?? :)
its should be in the description :D
This is beautiful, well done! :))
I love this this show what is means to be a equestrian :)
I like to watch all these “equestrian; this is our sport,” but i feel like they`re all making the horse needless and just a tool to reach the top. Iv`e been looking for months to find one, where the bond between horse and rider was in focus. Now i found it. Thank you❤️
I have recently had a tough time riding. Me and my friend have been to euro pony eventing champs. We came home with gold and had a break. The next show we did I lost my best friend that had taken me to champs. I struggled and couldn’t bring myself to look for another horse but this has helped me get the courage. Thank you❤️
i am crying now! This makes me so happy and just overwhelmed by the beauty thank you for maiing this
I know how it feels for your sport to be called easy and not a sport im a competitive swimmer tryst me i know this video inspires me to be an equestrian but i cant cause swimming takes up ALL MY GODDAMN TIME AGH but this is truly awesome all my respect to equestrians ❤
This is the best horsevideo I've ever seen. This is just amazing
I've had some medical stuff happening and I haven't ridden for two years but soon I'll be back in the saddle by the summer/spring of 2019 hopefully (yay!). When the video read "If you can feel it... you're one of us" it really made me feel happy knowing that (even if it's not true) I can feel like an Equestrian because I understand the passion and love. Thank you for that word choice
No words ,it is so wonderful. Wow
Coming down wrong while posting gave me sciatica...the next lesson, I was bucked off two times in a row...while mounting..and I gained a herniated disc in my back. But, a year before that, I had a call back from my doc's office about my last mammogram,they'd found something(turned out to be nothing significant), and getting on Jackson's back...finding my inner centaur, I felt weightless...I felt so carefree i nearly cried. For an hour,there was just us and my instructor...for an hour i could pretend the outside world didn't exist...and quite honestly,that feeling is worth all the hurt.
He may break my bones, but he will *never* break my heart.
I broke into tears when seeing this....it was perfect!💜
What makes me like this video the most is that it doesn't go with the "Do you train a shittone of hours a day, 7 days a week" argument. I'm saying this because I only ride 1 hour once a week since thats what I can afford. Don't mean to trash talk people that do spend multiple hours every day riding, I just see that on so many videos and sometimes it makes me feel like just because I don't do that I'm not as much of an equestrian as all those other people. But this video talks about the passion,partnership and connection. Thank you for making feel a part of this beautiful and passionate community. Thank you
Deserves more clicks!
Uhhhh I’m to motivated 😮 no words for how amazing these videos are I NEED to make a difference in this world
We are equestrians no matter what! If people say we can't ride then so be it! It's there opinion on how we ride when they watch us! We shouldn't care of what other thinks of us! We! We are the champions! Us equestrians is an amazing sport! A bond between an animal and human is incredibal view! (Idk if i spelt it wrong) we should be glad for what we are! For what we choose! We! Are! Equestrians!
When I got my mare, my first horse, she was nuts. Afraid of everything, withdrawing from hormone treatments, and fear aggressive. Great first horse, huh? It's taken four years, a lot of fear and courage. Hundreds of injuries on both our parts. Falls, bucks, smashing her neck into my nose.
And while she still discusses with me whether or not to go in a direction that I ask, it's polite instead of trying to throw me. She's so amazing now. She's solidly in 2nd level dressage and is a QH. She's my love and my beauty. And she get's foolish around food time, even going as far a stepping in my foot. She's amazing.
Thx for making this vid i got goes bumps and all happy and teary💪
I always cry when i see such kind of videos 😭 i do miss doing this
you make it impossible to not be happy about these vids♥️
Why why im on every video with this theme crying? Beacuse i love this sport... its so much more... i cant live without this.... riding... horses... these are my whole life ❤
Wow I love horses so amazing and inspirational!
I hate
Polo
Horse racing industry
Abusive barrel races
But I love us equestrians that treat horses as if they have feelings (which they do ) and those that'll don't abuse
I love when other people and children join our equine world 🐎💞
First you probably have no clue what it is like in barrel racing. Not everyone abuses their horses not everyone whips the brains out of their horses. Sure I have a whip on my horn but I only use it when my horse needs a little push and I NEVER use my full force so not all of barrel racing is abusing. Also I’d like to see you try to run around 3 barrels while your horse is going flat out😏
This is awesome! Horses are magical amazing animals that could make you a star, a light, and even a spirit! A spirit that always is two parts: horse and human. Horses are extremely powerful animals that give life to earth.❤️
Omg that hit me in the feels
I am an equestrian! And for some reason i got tears in my eyes while watching this😂
I am proud to be an equestrian💜
This is beautiful...here’s a story for ya...I love horses..I have always had since I could walk...but till this day (I’m 13 now)I’ve never had horse back riding lessons because either it’s to expensive or it just never happened....and I may not ride them but I honestly consider me as an equestrian..there’s no way to explain my love and passion for these amazing animals...and a miracle happened..I’m finally going horse back riding!!!and that was the best news of my life😭💙💪🏼(just wanted to share this)
Princesss Madz good luck! I really hope you enjoy your lesson! Definitely one of the most expensive sports out there, but it’s worth it!😁
I litterally just saw myself in that comment. I know I'm late but I hope you're lessons are going fine XD
I'm watching this as a train for my lesson tomorrow!
I had a fall that hospitalised me for around 2 abd 1/2 months ( not all were spent in hospital but I wasn’t at school) I fractured my elbow really badly because of a moody mare 😂😂 I asked for trot and I was going to ask her to canter once we were trotting so naturally I was very loose on the reins and wasn’t actually holding on as I would in canter and she leapt into canter knocking me off, back in the saddle 5 years later and couldn’t be happier
Your song is the BEST!
I love this!! I recently fell quite badly on my head and got a bad concussion, haven’t ridden for two weeks but I’m not scared, I want to get back on and jump again and try again and not fail next time!!!yes it was scary falling but I couldn’t live without riding do I risk it because there is nothing want more than to ride!!
I loved watching this. Thank you.
this video made my cry. you did an amazing job.
.........This......Is......AMAZING!!! This is so beautifully done and so well edited😍😍Amazing work❤👏
I am a equestrian and I love my horses I have 3
Oha ich habe Gänsehaut bekommen 😂
The speed
The power
The passion
The need
The partnership
The need for perfection
The hoof beats
The connection
The passion
No matter how hard we fall
We get back up
In the saddle
We float
We take to the skies without wings
We are connected
We are lifted when we fall
We are transported to another world
We would have nothing
We would not exist
We are equestrians
*Theses aren’t the exact words*
It’s a paraphrase
TRULY WONDERFUL 😣😍
These almost makes me cry
I don’t even care what happens to me when i ride because i enjoy it so much
OMG! This Means A lot to me! Such A Great Video!!!!!!!! Keep Up The Good Work!
And yet we LOVE our babies!!!
IM A 𝙴𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 AND I LOVED IT EVERY SECOND
Even voor de Belgen zonder paarden zou de guldensporenslag er nooit geweest zijn en zou Vlaanderen niet bestaan.
Door de paarden van de Franse soldaten zijn wij gewonnen .
I just said yes to everything it said at first LOL
Awesome!! I Luv it! I'm an equestrian❤️❤️
This was inspirational!!!! I loved it good job !!!
Omg this so true 💕 please, keep making more! This deserves more attention! 🐴
and some people don’t even believe that we fall...
Love this 💕
Those 10 people that disliked this vid doesn't know the true effort us equestrians put into our sport there saying chess is a sport do they risk there lives in chess puts there life InThe hands of 500kg+ animal that could you with one leg they don't if they call playing cards or chess or snooker a sport then what is horse riding
equestrians aren't just horse riders they are much more
they are risking their lives taking care of a 1400 lb animal who could crush them at any minute. and the next thing you know they are are on their backs. THEY ARE LITERALLY ON THE BACK OF A 1400 LB ANIMAL WHO COULD KILL YOU WITH JUST ONE MOVEMENT
i do horse riding so ya :)
omg soo good this is my life.
it's very good.This video is perfect and emotional.WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! good
im also a equestrian and yes I sense the connection I love my pony
Omg I'm crying this was so Beautiful I'm also crying because one of my horses dies
The dislikes are from people who don't know what a horse is
I almost broke my spine...but...yesterday( again but first time i broke it ) *nothing will stop me while doing what i like*
OMG This Is beautiful 😍
I would still be sitting in the saddle if it wasn't so expensive..
We won a war because of horses a REALLY long time ago they kinda saved our country Belgium horses are amasing
My friend says yeah on a well trained horse you just sit there and I am like well there is so many “well trained horses” i have ridden and none of them i just sit on
Friends ~ If u get hurt from a horse , u leave them..
Me ~ *The bond you created , the trust you made , the bones you've lost , the risks you've taken...The things you and your horse are....If we fall...We get back on , no matter how hard we did....Because.....WE ARE EQUESTRIANS ... not people who sit on the backs of unpredictable "pets" and lose a nail...and complain..We lose our bones...but we wont let one fall..Change anything!*
This video says so much!
I'm crying cuz I had this horse who was everything to me..
And now she's gone.. 💔
Nina Beaumont-Fowler I’m so sorry about her. I couldn’t imagine losing my best friend. I hope you get better.
Fresh Peppers ty💕
Nina Beaumont-Fowler mine is very old and losing weight fast... I haven't ridden her or seen her for 5 weeks but they say she is ok💔
I'm shaking.....good job!
Great photographer,
Boom, New favorite TH-camr
Hehe yes finally someone had to say
I never fall off...
I dismount with style
I was walking to school and this kid said horse back riding is easy and I said have been bucked off something that can kill you . And he lard me alone
I love this video
Beautiful!!!!
I cried myself to sleep the night after my lesson because I had to leave the barn (to go do a family thing) before my lesson mare was done choking after (her) spending three weeks straight at the vet with a burst throat blockage 😢
Yes you said it and I am one of u it is my life 🐎💖
Am I still part of this if Im not lucky enough to ride? I love horses and equastrians (most of em) and everything (most of em) stand for. And I do want to feel the freedom and confidence of it all.
Every Saturday I do horse riding for 7 or 8 hours and soon I will be getting a pony, it's my passion my everything I can't think of life without the pony I go on Joey I love him to the moon and back, he is pretty vicious and bites a lot bit I don't care, every bite I will let go.. I love him so much. He is like a brother or child to me and when other people ride him I don't mind as long as Joey is happy I don't care what happens
Lovely!
shivers it have me the shivers
No matter how hard we fall, now matter how much it hurts, no matter what it’s from, you still say it’s EASY. Have you ever had a partner that was 10 X your size? Have you ever fallen of going that fast? Have you ever experienced the strength it takes? The passion? The work?
Because riding isn’t a sport nor a hobby, it a lifetime.
We just sit there?
Think again.
🐎
I feel it all but I can't ride my family can't afford it but I won't ever give up I won't ever try and push it away I'll make it STRONGER so I can reach my goal and find my heart horse he's out their or he's coming and I will find him
Yes you keep going. One day I know you will will find your destiny
I risk my life every day and every second and I have had some bad injuries from horse back riding and when that happens I never give up on my best friend and that’s why I risk every second of my life and every day
Yes i can i have horses
Very nice video 😍😍😍❤❤❤
Without a horse I wouldnbe in depression.. I have no friends... I'm only in the stables after school..
TwentyØnePony's yep they saved me from anxiety and depression. Stables r only thing i can be relaxed and be myself. Be with horses, it just feels like they understand and when i ride them i feel free
I feel it .
Yes to all of the questions