Footballers get paid around £100,000 if not more a match Equines are paid in unbroken bones and their lives. Footballers act as though they're hurt and get rushed off the pitch Equines will get hurt and get back on because they have another class. Football takes 13 people to make a strong team Equestrian only takes 2 to make an even stronger one In football the ball is controlled by others one wrong move they have back up subs on the bench In equine the ball has a mind of its own one wrong move and it all could be over. Equine IS a sport Football is a game
I don't do either but this is so not true about football at all. "Football is just a game" pretty sure it's more of a sport than being an equestrian. I'm not a big fan of either but I think it's kind of rude of you to comment this. Especially when the things you're saying either aren't true or you are underestimating football by a long shot. :/
so your first point is saying that it's a sport because it's dangerous and you could die right? based on that logic, walking across the road is now a sport.
the fact that you just tried to compare a living, breathing animal, to a ball which cannot do anything at all without being acted on is just mind numbingly stupid.
Kelly Mcheart Actually football (or soccer where I'm from) is a sport. Many people die playing football(soccer) people over work themselves and get heart attacks or have a heat stroke and die. But many people die riding horses too. Both are sports. Football(soccer) is many people's lives. Some people don't get to eat if they lose. But horse riding is also people's lives. I know I do both. Both are sports.
Equestrians: “why do we always compare horse riding to football? It’s like we just love bashing other sports just to make ours look better? And it’s ALWAYS ONLY football” I’ve seen far too many comments comparing football and horseback riding, people can’t seem to accept that ALL sports have there dangers and football players are passionate about what they do just as you are, if you feel the need to compare your sport just to make it look better, then t isn’t better at all. If it was I you should be able to prove that WITHOUT bashing other sports WITHOUT comparing them and WHILE respecting the fact that all sports are hard work and are better and worse in some ways
Random Person: What sport do you do? Me: Horse Riding! Random Person: That’s not a sport! That’s easy! Friend: Not Again. Mom: Hides under table. Dad: Moves to Mexico Sister: Runs away.
When people say "it's easy", It's really a compliment. Is it not every riders goal to make your ride look as effortless and beautiful as you can? It means you are doing your job right.
Yes I see what you are saying but what this video is trying to say is that people think it is EASY to make it look easy when it is extremely hard work to get it to look easy do you know what I mean? ☺️
Honestly I've never had a single person tell me " horses are weak", "it's not a sport", "its easy" every " non horse person" I invite to come along for a ride are, too scared to step foot in the pasture where the beasts can attack ;) Amazing edit though!!
i agree many people i meet with my horse always tell me they would not dare get on my horse and what do i do when he flipps does he not scare me. I do have a 18.1 sport horse with a good buck and vertical rear get that puts most off.
i don't think people understand the risk of being on a horse.its a sport, its in the Olympics, that's a large SPORTS event. to anybody who hasn't, just tell me how jumping 10 ft, on a 7ft 35-40 mph animal with its own mind is easy? and if you FALL from the jump and get trampled then that's it you could die right there, all from sitting to far forward or to far to the right or left, from holding a leather rein back to far or to forward, moving back to soon or having your foot, one inch to far back in the stirrup. all of this could kill you, all of these little things that people who don't ride, wouldn't understand or notice. so please, before you go and say its easy and anyone could do it, or its not a sport, consider all of that :)
I ride horse and I was cantering and fell off and had a collapsed lung and I was very scared I was going to die. But the next week I was on my horse cantering and even jumping!??!?! I loved riding and I was so wanting to see my horse!!!
Exactly. We have the guts to get back on a half ton animal after being kicked off. We have the strength and mind to control a half ton beast and think are my heels down is there anything to spook my horse am I looking where I want to go and do much more..yet football...throwing a BALL back and forth is considers more of a sport.
That is mostly accurate, except 10ft is about 3m and the highest a horse has ever jumped is about 2.5m, and also 7ft is 21hh, and I highly doubt any of us equestrians watching this jump 3m on 21h horses :)
One time my teacher asked my class "what sport do you do" I raised my hand and answered "Horse back riding" the girl next to me said "that's not a sport, that's for people who have mental issues and need help" and I answered " no, do I have mental issues, no, and I ride, and it's not easy, have you ever fallen off a horse" she answers "NO, and you haven't either" I answer "I haven't, but I have seen it and experienced it in my heart" .she said " Well, swimming is deadly and the most dangerous" . I answer " Do you even know what a horse is" ,she answers " or corse I do, it's that thing that has two legs and a pouch" .I say " that's a kangaroo" .She says " whatever, horse riding is not deadly" So my teacher googled how many swimming lesson deaths there were in that year compared to horse riding lessons Swimming: 0 Horse riding: 87 She said " oh, I didn't realize that". I said " That's ok, but do yourself a favor and read" Me and her now hate each other! Happily ever after XD
TO ALL EQUESTRIANS OUT THERE, PLEASE, I BEG YOU READ THIS, PLEASE... When I was young, about 3 years old, I was starting to ride horses for my physical therapy... I remember when I first saw the horses when I was young, I felt a strong, strong connection with them right away... Heck, I wanted to RIDE them right away, but the lady said I needed to wait until I get permission from my doctor and I CRIED. I FREAKING CRIED... And the lady was SHOCKED and said, "Wow... We NEVER had that before with other kids... All of the other kids were scared at first..." So when I got my Doctor's permission, I rode horses over the years and competed in a contest or two as a kid... I FREAKING LOVED IT... One of the best feelings in the world... And I met so many great horses and people... However, when I was in sixth grade, 12 years old, I wanted to actually learn EQUESTRIAN riding, but I knew I couldn't... I wanted to QUIT... Because of school... I thought to myself, "How the heck I am going to have time to ride horses when I get to Junior High, when I get to High School?!" And with that, I QUIT riding... Okay, even though my riding lessons was not exactly EQUESTRIAN riding (Though I wanted to learn more)... Listen I am in High School now and I am 16 years old as of now and I REGRETTED IT. I REGRET WHAT I HAD DONE TO MYSELF 4 YEARS AGO. I've been regretting it since I was 14... HOW STUPID I WAS?! The moral of my story: Don't EVER quit about what you want in life, what you are doing now, what you LOVE doing now... NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES THAT ARE IN YOUR WAY... If you love what you are doing in your life, if you are PASSiONATE... DO NOT EVER GIVE UP ON IT. NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND NO MATTER WHAT THAT STANDS IN YOUR WAY... Because you WILL regret it years later... :( P.S. I kind of get how TOUGH riding is... You have to practice daily for many hours, fall down many times and take care of your horse like crazy..., but that's what makes it worth it. :)
Amen. Thank you . I am a equestrian and people are always telling me they could do that, it's not a sport, the horse does all the work. I come out of that arena my whole head covered in sweat.
I dont know who DOESNT LIKE YOUR VIDEO! Its so great and everything that you made is TRUE! I love this video and I will gonna show it to every people who think that EASY!
I'm an equestrian and Iove these types of videos but I ride western and you only showed about like 3 clips of western and it was either bucking Broncos or barrel racing people don't understand that there are western riders out there who way more than just barrel racing
Kaydn ford I bet you Was a kid and you never controlled it...Lol Man you are so bad i bet you never got your first level. Because its so hard and you are maybe just lying
People think they r better than us and say this isn't a sport?!! NO!!! It's takes guts to RIDE an animal ten times bigger than you! It's takes time to understand an animal that can't speak English people can DIE from this! And people call themselves athletes?!!! They lift weights, we lift water buckets They run one mile, we ride ten Do they practice something that can send them to their graves?!!! These creatures are beautiful and horse riding is a sport!! RIDERS STAND UP!!!!
ray con333 *stands up tall and proud* I’m a equestrian I’m proud! I get on back after every fall! I swear to never let my horses down bc of some silly little mistake!
Hello everyone, just to let people know, this video is very old. I made it when I was still a child and never expected it to go worldwide, however there is a remake on my channel which is more recent :)
Thank you Melody for showing the horse haters how much efert we put in this beautiful sport please relpy with luck as i will be doing a horse show soon thanks!
I know exactly how do you feel when you fell of a horse. My sister quit I am going on. No matter what I will keep riding horses even if it could cost my life. Horses are what I live for
Whoever thinks equestrian is easy needs a flippin’ history lesson. I, myself was once an equestrian. It WAS NOT EASY. I was lucky I only left with a few broken bones. I still ride, but for fun. Remember, being an equestrian can cost not only broken bones, but possibly your life. Be carful when you ride...
Christina Fraleigh I’m an equestrian, no broken bones yet but severe damage, fell off a horse recently and had to be led back so I could rest, friend got stepped on by a horse, I was bitten by a horse. All in all it’s definitely not easy just not squeezing tight enough could know you off and you could break bones, injure yourself in more ways, and can even die. You don’t put your heels down correctly, messed up, Holding the reins to far back, a bad mistake there are so many things and I’m lucky to not have gutted my self horribly
Johanna Sweetbrooke I disagree. sure it's tough but there's a number of other sports which require a number of different athletic abilities (including the ones utilized in horse riding) in order for an athlete to be successful
The Night Rider well yes of course I think she was just stating that most sports are not as hard or as dangerous as horse riding and it does depend on the situation in which the sport is happening because I've seen some pretty major injuries in football or soccer but I think she's just explaining that horses have mind of its own and at some what a small sound can make horse freakout trampled you step on your face kick you even land on you and Crush you
My brother said that equestrians are wimps and that we just sit there,showed him this video...still thinks that but i will be getting a horse around next year or so and where going to see who is a wimp when your standing in front of an animal that could kill you when ever they want.
The Night Rider Yeah, a dog could kill you, but if you take care of it and treat it well, it'll not do it. Also, horses are a lot bigger than dogs. Will you ride your dog? *Riding* is a sport, not standing in front of the horse. She meant a horse is an unpredictable animal, as it says in the video. You can be standing in front of one and it could bite you or kick you (if you're not in front). A dog is a pet, an animal you can keep in your house. A horse is a riding wild animal, it can do whatever it wants. (Sorry for my bad English).
+The Night Rider how big is your dog??? I have three huge dogs and I know they could kill me, but not on the spot it would take at least 15 minutes! Your a very snappy commenter and you need to get off the comments of this video!!!!!
Thank you for making this video I will send it to my friends who are horse riders and also to the people who think its east and not a sport to prove them wrong Keep calm and ride on x
+MelodyiLove1000 Equestrian ISNT EASY for everyone who thoughs that is it. And its true. I fell off my horse one time and I felt like I will die every second
IT isn't easy I was on a horse and he went into a canter instead of trot and I lost balance and damaged my hip badly.Now whenever I touch my hip it hurts for minutes on end.Im getting back on this month or next.It might hurt swinging over after two years of not horse riding but I sure hope I remember how to ride.But in any case it is a sport but it sure isn't easy.Its like any other sports it's not easy.
What i hate about people that say "it's not a sport" is their only real logical explanation is that its because the horse is the athlete, not us. How the hell is race car driving a sport, then? All you do is sit there and drive a car. They arent the athletes, the car is. Point is, we are the ones maneuvering the animal. The only difference? Its in sync. We become one. Feel eachothers movements. It really is a partnership with an unpredictable animal that speaks another language and has a mind of its own. You dont see obese people jumping or barrel racing, because you have to stay somewhat fit. And i would like to put someone who says its easy ontop of a horse in a jumping ring, ask them to post on the outside leg, make them get the right lead, look where they are going, toes ip heels down, back straight, elbows bent, dont pinch at the knee etc. Theres so much more to it than what people say it is. Its not about just sitting ontop of a horse. Nor the horse doing all the work. We are their leader. Therefore need to guide the athlete onto success.
I hate how people are like "it's so easy, you just sit there. I think the horse is doing more work than you!" I think yes that is true but there are still plenty of things we have to worry about and the horse and you are supposed to be a team
Exactly! There's also making sure you're on the right leg, counting strides between jumps, etc... XD And good luck to you with your riding, I hope you keep it up! I love it, it's an amazing sport (:
Same! It takes a LOT of leg, once my riding instructor made me tie my reins up and make them stick to the fence post... but the thing is, u do a whole lotta multitasking, 20 meter circle: when turning look where ur going, inside reign, outside leg, use inside leg to make your horse stay by the fence, never let your reigns to short, don’t lean to forward, don’t bounce in the canter, chin up, shoulders down and back, back straight, elbows toward yourself, wrists in, knees tight, heels down, and never let it boss YOU around. So... yeah, a lot of things to multitask
Actually there’s a kid in my class who said it’s easy and he knows full and well what a bridle is, in fact he’s worked with horses before(he’s never ridden them though) he knows more of the equipment then me 😂
Well if they say horse riding is easy I’m not sure they actually know what a horse is.... Ask them if they’ve seen them before And if they know what it is
Yeah definitely because football is just like run up and down the Madresfield shoot in a goal and say yeah I shoot aGold when we are probably on the line in there in hospital maybe probably nearly dead and we are falling off right maybe every day
Not a Equestrian, but I DO NOT underestimate you horse back riders or your horses themselves! I'm learning to train dogs in IPO and honestly, I can understand your guys point of view... I'm making a video like this but for IPO- I hope you'll check it out MelodyiLove1000 !!!!
Random kid who plays football- Horse riding isn't a sport!! Me- Then why is Equestrianism in the Olympics and Football isn't? Random kid who plays football- ....
I loooove this video so freaking much! like seriously, EVERYONE of the boys in my class says it`s "easy" and we just "sit" there, they say football is hard. They don`t even want to come with me to the stable too see how it is, they won`t admit they are afraid, I`ve tried football and it`s NOT at all as hard as horseriding. When I`ve tried football, and they say it`s hard, i have tried it and i know it`s not hard, but not exactly easy. Then why does they say horse riding is easy when they don`t even want to try?? I hate them like hell.. It actually hurt my feelings when they say its "Easy, we just sit there" when they haven`t even tried. THAT is what I call a pussy and a cowards. And in my opinion, I think that football is actually just a sport for pussies like they scream when they get a football on theyr knee and they have to stop playing. we can fall from up to 2 meters high, and still go on. JUST my opinion, of course it does hurt if you fall or something in football but i think they make a hell of a big deal of something so small.
OMGGG I so agree! I am so lucky my mom knew his mom who was a ex equestrian and he went to the barn with us! I got my horse saddled and the boy thinking it was easy had no idea how to ride he was so confused! He said He was ready to canter and he did and he went over a jump and fell off so hard! Hey at least he was wearing a body protector and a helmet. He was not hurt but afterward he admitted it was VERY hard. He learned his lesson! If only all of the people who think riding is easy would know that! Like, really, our town had a party and they hired my barn to provide pony rides and jumping shows (I was in the jumping show) and there was a little boy who kept screaming "IM A PRO RIDER IT IS SOOO EASY" and when he got out of line thinking he was to good for that, his mom made him watch the jumping shows and at one jump he had no idea how much taller that jump is bigger than him! I hate hate HATE it when non equestrians who never rode before have no idea and just assume its easy and the horses do all the work, and they know what to do, and all we do is sit on a chair and make the horse do all of the work! Sorry for the long comment!
I completely agree with you and understand your trying to defend your passion but please don’t try to put down other sports and other peoples passions just to do so, you’re calling people out for saying something that’s not easy is easy and hen doing that exact thing to football, if you’ve ever played in official games or NFL or whatever and not high school games you would understand it’s not easy at all, people do get injured badly and people do work hard to play that game, just as hard as you work to ride, please understand that every sport has its ups and downs and being an equestrian doesn’t make you better then those who don’t understand. If you truly believe that football is easy enough then you are just as ignorant as those who say horse riding is easy
Oh Yeah Yeah wow wow, ok for 1 all y’all damn bitch ass horse back riders be whining out here like “ oh I can’t believe they would say horse back riding ain’t no damn sport” then y’all do the same thing, y’all dum as hell. Then you gonna say football, where you got 200+ pound dudes running at 20 mph plus trained to aim at you is easier and is just “a game”. I’d get on a horse any day of the damn week before I got Vince willforks 400 pound ass decking the shit outta me. And third, most y’all is spoiled ass rich white kids, horse back riding ain’t even close to one of the real sports, nitty gritty, get your shit dirty, pour blood sweat and tears onto the field and die just to get a win. Ask yourself, is football or any other sport the game? Any one of those football or baseball players will tell you they’d cut themselves open for a win, they cry, die and bleed for the game. So you’re telling me some rich white mans game of putting people on horses and prancing around is more of a sport than that? Oh please y’all trippin
I love this its so true everyone thinks we do nothing and its so easy,I am so proud to be an equestrian and I have been for 10 years and I trust them with the risk of something happening in a flash and I wouldn't change it for the world,all we need are horses and dogs and family x🐴😙
I highly doubt anyone will read this (considering there are over 1000 comments) but if anyone dose: yay! Horse riding is as much a sport as soccer, base ball, tennis, archery, etc., IF you compete. Soccer is not a sport if you are playing in your back yard with your friends. Tennis isn't a sport if you're at the park playing with your uncle. Archery isn't a sport if your shooting your new bow at the range. Hacking/trail riding isn't a sport; it's not competitive. All of the situations above are training/practice/for fun. Yes tennis, soccer, archery, horseback riding, etc, is all hard and often dangerous, but no sport is "better" than the other. An individual may be more coordinated at soccer than riding, but dose that make it "better"? Some would argue yes, others, no, but each (competitive or not) are both equally enjoyable activities! My opinion is based off my personal experiences with: soccer, basketball, cheerleading, horseback riding, tennis, archery, gymnastics, and many other "sporty" activites.
IM SHARING MY STORY I was in class and the girl next to me asked if I did any sports I said “oh ya I ride horses” she said “That’s not a sport I could do that easy!” So I invited her to my barn two days later showed her my 16.5 barrel run and said “ alright ur turn” she got on my barrel horse was getting excited and she fell off before he even started the run😂😂
I must show one of the boys in my class his name is 'Oliver' he tries to be cool so he changed his name to 'Olly' he thinks the horse does all the work when we just sit on its back and do nothing! When all he does IS KICK A BALL INTO A NET!!!!! (Football)
@@dingertronthe4th849 You really be saying that even though i’ll bet you haven’t even sat on a horse. Well i guess this video was directed just and you, maybe that’s why you’re offended.
@@Brighe-2007 Not gonna lie, I forgot about this comment. it was an insensitive, arrogant comment, that in reality I should have never posted. I’ve learned a lot more in the past year or so about it from my current girlfriend, and have gained a lot of respect for it. I appreciate you calling me out for it.
@@dingertronthe4th849 oh wow that’s not the response i was expecting at all, it’s very rare for people to admit something like that and move on, i have respect for you.
I love this video! It's just so true. We dont only sit on a horse! One time my classmate said that he would jump over 1.5 meter with horse. 3 of us who do equestrian said NO! I think he need to watch this video
Darcy horse lover Carey listen LISTEN I ride horses and I am an equestrian,and I am absolutely in love with the sport BUT FUCK NO HORSES ARENT THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE WORLD NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE MOST DEADLY FFS.
i love this video. people don't understand how much practice goes into riding, it can take YEARS to perfect a move, while with many other sports it can take less than a couple of months. riding is so much more than a sport tho. its a bond. its that feeling when you find your best friend in the world. its the most amazing feeling in the world
Thank you so much for making that! Sometimes I just want to scream when people ask me why I have abs, or why am I tired! This literally gave me chills!
For all those people who said that this is not a sport they are WRONG ! It is the most dangerous and difficult sport ! Your legs get more fit and your mind too ! You work with a big animal not with a ball. You have to control yourself and the horse too. Just hey horse riding haters think about it !
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH!! I'm so happy you made this video:) I myself am a horse rider have been for 14 years, not one bit of doubt have I ever put into the sport! This video deserves to go viral, I'm sick of non horse riders underestimating us! We are a unique kind of people who have a bond with an animal with a mind of its own! You deserve this video to go far, you did well!❤️
Non equestrian: horse riding isn’t a sport! Me: ok well have a look at this *shows this video* Non equestrian: ... Me: mhm yea so um back to before... it isn’t a sport..? Non equestrian: umm... hehe Me: yea um iv fallen of so many times it’s not funny! Iv risked my life to get back into a horse after a horrible horrible fall just to let that horse know it’s ok! I risked everything just to ride a animal that has a mind of its own a animal that was once wild and didn’t trust a animal who doesn’t know anything... I put a lot of work into my riding. Non equestrian: oh.. sorry Me: pfft I’d like to see u try to ride a horse one day!
This is amazing, by far my most favourite video, some of you may or may not know that equestrian is the only sport ever that men and women are treated with equal rights?
Thank you for putting this together. I myself am an equestrian and I get sick and tired of people saying it’s so easy the horse does the work.. etc they say it’s not a sport, well I bet to differ. We are 10xs more likely to get injured than a football player. And we can just as easily turn one of those falls into a fatal one. So thank you for raising awareness for those of us who put all of our trust in our horses and take the risk. Hopefully this will open some eyes
im do rodeos i dont do that i never see any abuse and i do jumping to and theres more abuse in that and i have been riding for 5 years so dont bother to try and say anything i know the abuse its in all sports that have a winning prize so :)
i totally agree with this horse riding is not easy to do u have to put all your trust into a animal that has a mind of its own and it also has the potential to kill u.
Exactly Maddy! I have had some pretty decent falls, from several years ago that i am still injured from and who knows when the pain will completely go away. But, I am an equestrian and i do it for my love of the sport and nothing could stop me
Oh my god. I get freaking goosebumps from this because its just so amazing. I met a lot of people who tell me horse riding isnt a sport, my parents thought horse riding isnt a sport, but now they finally believe me. Thank you for making this video.
But anyone CAN do it! It's easy! ....with the right amount of dedication, experience, skill, drive, and a strong bond. Horseback riding is no joke. I think it's one of the hardest and most dangerous sports a person could do.
This was my life when I was 12 and still is now that I'm 16. Sadly I had to quit horseriding because there weren't any good EC's near me, but I have always felt in my heart that I wanted to continue later in life.
To all the idiots saying that it is the hardest and most dangerous sport in the world... Look outside your little equestrian bubble. There are much harder and also much more dangerous sports in the world. I'm not saying horse riding isn't hard or dangerous, I'm just saying it's not the hardest or most dangerous, which many of you are saying.
Just think about it. In horse back riding you can even die from one little mistake! Footballers break their bones but we risk our lives in this. So don' call anyone idiots.
Thats nothing to do with this you shouldn't just comment on a really good video calling people idiots! Go try horse back riding your self! When u get on the horse your gonna be bouncing up and down and your gonna think its really hard. So how about you think through your comment.
Aiste Gudlekis 2 things. I'm planning on trying horse back riding myself, because one of my friends is obsessed with it. Also, I was calling people idiots for saying that horse back riding is "the hardest and most dangerous sport". I never said it wasn't hard and dangerous, but it is just not the hardest or most dangerous.
When my dad saw it, it put him off! WELL DONE, that is THE best video i've EVER seen, and I'm NOT bluffing! You have such a good talent at this stuff! It still gives me the shivers when I watch it, Good Job! x
I'm so happy that someone took the effort to create this video, I have stumbled over SO many people that say "Oh that's not a sport you just sit there and let de lame horse do everything". Now I can shove this up their faces so they can understand the risk, the effort we put in this. my friend fell of her horse and got stepped on in her face and miraculously she's alive today. an 11 year old girl shouldn't have to prove something just to get hurt doing it.
thank you so much, MelodyiLove1000, i hope you opened some non-equestrians' eyes, someone has finally tried to build awareness about us equestrians who always live a life of risks and danger.
Seriously if I could afford lessons I would be on a horse right now, but I can’t but when people say “it’s not a sport” it’s like do you know how much efforts it takes?
I have been doing equestrian for eleven years, and so a good most of my life. In that time, I have been thrown, been dragged, fallen off, been stepped on, been bitten, and been kicked. Somehow I find myself still falling head over heals for this sport and for the horses in my life. So for people who say that equestrian isn't a sport, and who say that we just sit there and that this takes no skill, you are so wrong. I love this video so much, and have even changed people's mind on this sport, and convinced them that this is an actual sport.
This is amazing i got really choked up cause in a couple of weeks I'm going looking for my first lease horse. I think this is my fav vid on youtube. And i can totally relate to this
"Somehow I find myself still falling head over heels for this sport and for the horses in my life" this is honestly exactly how I feel, even if i do legitimately 'fall head over heels for them' sometimes 😅
Thanks for including so many equestrian sports. There’s something I can get from a horse that I can’t get from a car or a pool . All equestrians feel it.
I had a girl at school show said "I do sailing. And my muscles hurt so much." Then I said "well I do horse riding and that takes muscles" Then she went there and said"no it doesn't you just sit there" I just walked out because I needed some time to think. I couldn't believe she said it The. I came back to her when I had something to say, and I believe I put it well. I said "that is like saying that sailing is easy and doesn't take strength because the boat moves." I think the message got across. And I would say the same thing to a rally car driver or a cyclist or anything as such. Feel free to use this in you daily life. Xx
I get this so much too, people who haven't ridden in their lives to tell me that what I do is easy, they should try it & see how much skill you really need to do this sort of thing. Thank you for sharing this
This video, is amazing. On a presentation in my class, I let them watch this with there own eyes. And half of my class changed their thoughts about horses, on a good way!
To anyone who experiences the argument "The horse does more than you" Just ask them if Football/Soccer is a sport. If they say yes, hit them with a "The ball does more than the players, and it's considered a sport"
I got mad at the start because everyone says horse riding isn't a sport because you don't move, if that isn't a sport what about football you just run behind a ball it doesn't have his own mind! A horse is a beautiful "beast" and if you think it's easy I dare you to practice more than 5 hours a day. I fell? I got up, I don't pretend I'm hurt just to stop and blame other people. (This isn't to offend I'm just tired of people saying horse riding is easy and not a sport. Oof) WE'RE EQUESTRIANS AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT!!
I love this video and all the work you put in it because all of it is true, i know from experience. I have my own horse and so does my sister and my mom. We all have amazing bonds with our horses and it is awesome to have that bond with an animal that size. It is amazing when you can open an umbrella when riding your horse double.
Every day that I have a bad day I always watch you video. It reminds me that tomorrow I will be able to do what I love and your video makes my adrenaline flush!
Something sad that’s happened to me: I was struggling with some homework and my grandpa (who pays for my riding lessons) came up to me and said “if you don’t finish your homework you can’t take lessons anymore” I told my grandma and he got yelled at, but I felt really sad that he pulled the strings of something I loved with all my heart.
One of my very close friends does horseback riding, and i actually thought it was pretty unique and cool when she first told me about it. She ABSOLUTELY HATES when people underestimate her, she actually sent this video to me.
WE ARE EQUESTRIANS AND WE STAND TOGETHER!!!
yes
+Blanka Darkhaven lol
YES
+Katie Rowan No we RIDE together
yasss
Footballers get paid around £100,000 if not more a match
Equines are paid in unbroken bones and their lives.
Footballers act as though they're hurt and get rushed off the pitch
Equines will get hurt and get back on because they have another class.
Football takes 13 people to make a strong team
Equestrian only takes 2 to make an even stronger one
In football the ball is controlled by others one wrong move they have back up subs on the bench
In equine the ball has a mind of its own one wrong move and it all could be over.
Equine IS a sport
Football is a game
Completely agree. But it's not equine is a sport. It's equestrianism. Equine in itself is the horse. And football is a sport. But totally agree :)
I don't do either but this is so not true about football at all. "Football is just a game" pretty sure it's more of a sport than being an equestrian. I'm not a big fan of either but I think it's kind of rude of you to comment this. Especially when the things you're saying either aren't true or you are underestimating football by a long shot. :/
so your first point is saying that it's a sport because it's dangerous and you could die right? based on that logic, walking across the road is now a sport.
the fact that you just tried to compare a living, breathing animal, to a ball which cannot do anything at all without being acted on is just mind numbingly stupid.
Kelly Mcheart
Actually football (or soccer where I'm from) is a sport. Many people die playing football(soccer) people over work themselves and get heart attacks or have a heat stroke and die. But many people die riding horses too. Both are sports. Football(soccer) is many people's lives. Some people don't get to eat if they lose. But horse riding is also people's lives. I know I do both.
Both are sports.
Equestrians: "you play football?"
"That's cute."
Midnight Marius yeeesss
Equestrians: “why do we always compare horse riding to football? It’s like we just love bashing other sports just to make ours look better? And it’s ALWAYS ONLY football”
I’ve seen far too many comments comparing football and horseback riding, people can’t seem to accept that ALL sports have there dangers and football players are passionate about what they do just as you are, if you feel the need to compare your sport just to make it look better, then t isn’t better at all. If it was I you should be able to prove that WITHOUT bashing other sports WITHOUT comparing them and WHILE respecting the fact that all sports are hard work and are better and worse in some ways
HAHAHAH I LOVE THIIS COMMENT
Footballers: “U pick up horseshit everyday?” That’s cool.
I play Hurley and I broke my sisters finger 😂😂 and also yasssss girl
Random Person: What sport do you do?
Me: Horse Riding!
Random Person: That’s not a sport! That’s easy!
Friend: Not Again.
Mom: Hides under table.
Dad: Moves to Mexico
Sister: Runs away.
lyric hoff OMG YES!!!🤣🤣🤣
OMG SO TRUE
can i make this a meme pliz
Lol dad moves to Mexico 😂👌
So true I get your point!
When people say "it's easy", It's really a compliment. Is it not every riders goal to make your ride look as effortless and beautiful as you can? It means you are doing your job right.
That's a great way to put it!
ridingrosie yes fantastic😄
Yes I see what you are saying but what this video is trying to say is that people think it is EASY to make it look easy when it is extremely hard work to get it to look easy do you know what I mean? ☺️
That’s actually a great way to see it!
Honestly I've never had a single person tell me " horses are weak", "it's not a sport", "its easy"
every " non horse person" I invite to come along for a ride are, too scared to step foot in the pasture where the beasts can attack ;)
Amazing edit though!!
yeah, same IDK what they talking about
yes!
Lucky I get this on the daily and it’s rlly annoying
i agree many people i meet with my horse always tell me they would not dare get on my horse and what do i do when he flipps does he not scare me. I do have a 18.1 sport horse with a good buck and vertical rear get that puts most off.
I've had loads of people tell me its easy
i don't think people understand the risk of being on a horse.its a sport, its in the Olympics, that's a large SPORTS event. to anybody who hasn't, just tell me how jumping 10 ft, on a 7ft 35-40 mph animal with its own mind is easy? and if you FALL from the jump and get trampled then that's it you could die right there, all from sitting to far forward or to far to the right or left, from holding a leather rein back to far or to forward, moving back to soon or having your foot, one inch to far back in the stirrup. all of this could kill you, all of these little things that people who don't ride, wouldn't understand or notice. so please, before you go and say its easy and anyone could do it, or its not a sport, consider all of that :)
I ride horse and I was cantering and fell off and had a collapsed lung and I was very scared I was going to die. But the next week I was on my horse cantering and even jumping!??!?! I loved riding and I was so wanting to see my horse!!!
Exactly. We have the guts to get back on a half ton animal after being kicked off. We have the strength and mind to control a half ton beast and think are my heels down is there anything to spook my horse am I looking where I want to go and do much more..yet football...throwing a BALL back and forth is considers more of a sport.
That is mostly accurate, except 10ft is about 3m and the highest a horse has ever jumped is about 2.5m, and also 7ft is 21hh, and I highly doubt any of us equestrians watching this jump 3m on 21h horses :)
Not to mention barrel racing when u potentially can get thrown into a metal barrel and trampled into it
@Yui Bear some ppl actually cant though if they aren't athletic or brave enough then really they could but it wouldn't go anywhere
OMG. I get chills EVERYTIME I watch this. It's perfect.
+Elaina DeWitt same
Omg me 2!
Haha me too
SAME
Same
I want youtubers to react to this!!
me2
U GENIUS
I know right! Logan paul: "Oh ya hi im logan imma get a pony and be the best rider ever ." ITS NOT THAT EASY!!
Park Jiminnie yh
Park Jiminnie omg yassss
One time my teacher asked my class "what sport do you do" I raised my hand and answered "Horse back riding" the girl next to me said "that's not a sport, that's for people who have mental issues and need help" and I answered " no, do I have mental issues, no, and I ride, and it's not easy, have you ever fallen off a horse" she answers "NO, and you haven't either" I answer "I haven't, but I have seen it and experienced it in my heart" .she said " Well, swimming is deadly and the most dangerous" . I answer " Do you even know what a horse is" ,she answers " or corse I do, it's that thing that has two legs and a pouch" .I say " that's a kangaroo" .She says " whatever, horse riding is not deadly"
So my teacher googled how many swimming lesson deaths there were in that year compared to horse riding lessons
Swimming: 0
Horse riding: 87
She said " oh, I didn't realize that". I said " That's ok, but do yourself a favor and read"
Me and her now hate each other!
Happily ever after
XD
The only swimming that's more dangerous than horseback riding is synchronized swimming
hahaha XD
+Elizabeth Applebridge
If I were you then she might possibly be dead bye now 😳
No one disrespect the equestrian! 🐴
+Pet Crazy haha same
+Pet Crazy lmao samw
TO ALL EQUESTRIANS OUT THERE, PLEASE, I BEG YOU READ THIS, PLEASE...
When I was young, about 3 years old, I was starting to ride horses for my physical therapy... I remember when I first saw the horses when I was young, I felt a strong, strong connection with them right away... Heck, I wanted to RIDE them right away, but the lady said I needed to wait until I get permission from my doctor and I CRIED.
I FREAKING CRIED... And the lady was SHOCKED and said, "Wow... We NEVER had that before with other kids... All of the other kids were scared at first..."
So when I got my Doctor's permission, I rode horses over the years and competed in a contest or two as a kid...
I FREAKING LOVED IT... One of the best feelings in the world... And I met so many great horses and people...
However, when I was in sixth grade, 12 years old, I wanted to actually learn EQUESTRIAN riding, but I knew I couldn't... I wanted to QUIT... Because of school... I thought to myself, "How the heck I am going to have time to ride horses when I get to Junior High, when I get to High School?!"
And with that, I QUIT riding...
Okay, even though my riding lessons was not exactly EQUESTRIAN riding (Though I wanted to learn more)... Listen I am in High School now and I am 16 years old as of now and I REGRETTED IT. I REGRET WHAT I HAD DONE TO MYSELF 4 YEARS AGO. I've been regretting it since I was 14... HOW STUPID I WAS?!
The moral of my story: Don't EVER quit about what you want in life, what you are doing now, what you LOVE doing now... NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES THAT ARE IN YOUR WAY... If you love what you are doing in your life, if you are PASSiONATE... DO NOT EVER GIVE UP ON IT. NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND NO MATTER WHAT THAT STANDS IN YOUR WAY... Because you WILL regret it years later... :(
P.S. I kind of get how TOUGH riding is... You have to practice daily for many hours, fall down many times and take care of your horse like crazy..., but that's what makes it worth it. :)
***** aw thank you. :)
I relate to that if it wasn't for my pony I don't know what I'd be doing today
Magdalena St. Magdalana , you saved my life , and my dreams you fave me hope ..thank you
Marija Mari Aw you're welcome. :) That makes me smile. :)
and also don't give up on your dreams! no matter what! and no matter what haters/doubters say!
Amen. Thank you . I am a equestrian and people are always telling me they could do that, it's not a sport, the horse does all the work. I come out of that arena my whole head covered in sweat.
All the time I do to!
PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT NASTY OR HURTFUL THINGS. They are not needed, if you do not like my video then please skip on past! Thanks.
I dont know who DOESNT LIKE YOUR VIDEO! Its so great and everything that you made is TRUE! I love this video and I will gonna show it to every people who think that EASY!
Amazing video. And all is true.
I'm an equestrian and Iove these types of videos but I ride western and you only showed about like 3 clips of western and it was either bucking Broncos or barrel racing people don't understand that there are western riders out there who way more than just barrel racing
This is beautiful!!!!!
so true
When people say its not a sport or its easy ... That means they haven't been of their own lazy asses to try it !
it easy and guess what, IVE BEAN ON A HORSE AND ITS SO EASY!!!!!!!
Have you ever galloped one ? Have you ever fallen off and put your life at risk ? Ever not given up on a crazy horse ? have you ?
Kaydn ford I bet you Was a kid and you never controlled it...Lol Man you are so bad i bet you never got your first level. Because its so hard and you are maybe just lying
Maybe There just to scared to go near one :3
Yea xD and Probably they want to say they do the hard sport on the world when they are scared to Pet the horse..xD
People think they r better than us and say this isn't a sport?!!
NO!!! It's takes guts to RIDE an animal ten times bigger than you! It's takes time to understand an animal that can't speak English people can DIE from this! And people call themselves athletes?!!!
They lift weights, we lift water buckets
They run one mile, we ride ten
Do they practice something that can send them to their graves?!!!
These creatures are beautiful and horse riding is a sport!!
RIDERS STAND UP!!!!
you know who else lifts water buckets? Janitors. Guess they're athletes now too
people can die from literally anything, living life is now a sport based on this fact right? anything that could kill you is now a sport, right?
+Lol Lasses Also it takes years and years of practise to even get started!
+Mia Duskweb it takes years of practice to become a lawyer & many other things, does that mean they're all sports now too?
ray con333 *stands up tall and proud* I’m a equestrian I’m proud! I get on back after every fall! I swear to never let my horses down bc of some silly little mistake!
Hello everyone, just to let people know, this video is very old. I made it when I was still a child and never expected it to go worldwide, however there is a remake on my channel which is more recent :)
+MelodyiLove1000 this video is amazing great job!
Thank you Melody for showing the horse haters how much efert we put in this beautiful sport please relpy with luck as i will be doing a horse show soon thanks!
its still really good for people who dont understand what equine takes
I know exactly how do you feel when you fell of a horse. My sister quit I am going on. No matter what I will keep riding horses even if it could cost my life. Horses are what I live for
I showed this to my class. They never dared to say " horseback riding isn't a sport " again
Whoever thinks equestrian is easy needs a flippin’ history lesson. I, myself was once an equestrian. It WAS NOT EASY. I was lucky I only left with a few broken bones. I still ride, but for fun. Remember, being an equestrian can cost not only broken bones, but possibly your life. Be carful when you ride...
Christina Fraleigh I’m an equestrian, no broken bones yet but severe damage, fell off a horse recently and had to be led back so I could rest, friend got stepped on by a horse, I was bitten by a horse. All in all it’s definitely not easy just not squeezing tight enough could know you off and you could break bones, injure yourself in more ways, and can even die. You don’t put your heels down correctly, messed up, Holding the reins to far back, a bad mistake there are so many things and I’m lucky to not have gutted my self horribly
So true!
Equestrians are the ultimate athlete ❤️🐴
Johanna Sweetbrooke I disagree. sure it's tough but there's a number of other sports which require a number of different athletic abilities (including the ones utilized in horse riding) in order for an athlete to be successful
No. No.
You need next to no athletic ability
The Night Rider well yes of course I think she was just stating that most sports are not as hard or as dangerous as horse riding and it does depend on the situation in which the sport is happening because I've seen some pretty major injuries in football or soccer but I think she's just explaining that horses have mind of its own and at some what a small sound can make horse freakout trampled you step on your face kick you even land on you and Crush you
Why thank you uwu
ANYONE LESE GET GOOSEBUMPS
YESSSSS!!!!!!
Alice Cochrane totally
Every time!! :)) That's why this video is my favourite one, haha.
Alice Cochrane YES
Alice Cochrane YEEEEEEEEEESSSSS
My brother said that equestrians are wimps and that we just sit there,showed him this video...still thinks that but i will be getting a horse around next year or so and where going to see who is a wimp when your standing in front of an animal that could kill you when ever they want.
breanna keel my dog could also kill me at any second if he really wanted to, does that make owning a dog a sport since I stand in front of him?
The Night Rider Yeah, a dog could kill you, but if you take care of it and treat it well, it'll not do it. Also, horses are a lot bigger than dogs. Will you ride your dog? *Riding* is a sport, not standing in front of the horse. She meant a horse is an unpredictable animal, as it says in the video. You can be standing in front of one and it could bite you or kick you (if you're not in front).
A dog is a pet, an animal you can keep in your house. A horse is a riding wild animal, it can do whatever it wants. (Sorry for my bad English).
+The Night Rider how big is your dog??? I have three huge dogs and I know they could kill me, but not on the spot it would take at least 15 minutes! Your a very snappy commenter and you need to get off the comments of this video!!!!!
#mystyle lmfao why do I need to get off the comments? cuz you don't like them?
I dog can't kill you with one kick xDD lmao
this is seriously one of my favorite videos on the entire internet.
Lisa Preuss I agree 10000005005@372(((252&004$37820$;738%
I agree too! It has a lot of meaning and it IS a sport, the horse AND rider do the work.
Thank you for making this video I will send it to my friends who are horse riders and also to the people who think its east and not a sport to prove them wrong
Keep calm and ride on x
You're welcome! Thank-you! I have actually made a remake of this - it's on my channel, I uploaded it a few hours ago, go have a look :)
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+MelodyiLove1000 Equestrian ISNT EASY for everyone who thoughs that is it. And its true. I fell off my horse one time and I felt like I will die every second
IT isn't easy I was on a horse and he went into a canter instead of trot and I lost balance and damaged my hip badly.Now whenever I touch my hip it hurts for minutes on end.Im getting back on this month or next.It might hurt swinging over after two years of not horse riding but I sure hope I remember how to ride.But in any case it is a sport but it sure isn't easy.Its like any other sports it's not easy.
Horseback riding is hard and I think it's the most hard sport.
You're totally right there!
You are right it's difficult not like football !
Lauryn Fisher us western riders get no credit we work just as hard
Summer Mace : Are you a western rider ?
yha i was a eventer a long time ago like 5 years ago
WOW! I love Riding and I hate the phrase "Hm..equestrian isn't a sport!" but the video ist soo perfect!
What i hate about people that say "it's not a sport" is their only real logical explanation is that its because the horse is the athlete, not us.
How the hell is race car driving a sport, then? All you do is sit there and drive a car. They arent the athletes, the car is.
Point is, we are the ones maneuvering the animal. The only difference? Its in sync. We become one. Feel eachothers movements. It really is a partnership with an unpredictable animal that speaks another language and has a mind of its own. You dont see obese people jumping or barrel racing, because you have to stay somewhat fit. And i would like to put someone who says its easy ontop of a horse in a jumping ring, ask them to post on the outside leg, make them get the right lead, look where they are going, toes ip heels down, back straight, elbows bent, dont pinch at the knee etc. Theres so much more to it than what people say it is. Its not about just sitting ontop of a horse. Nor the horse doing all the work. We are their leader. Therefore need to guide the athlete onto success.
Honey Badger like a really hand on coach 😄
Honey Badger saying horse riding isn’t a sport is like saying dirt biking or regular biking isn’t a sport.
Honey Badger
The ones who say it’s easy have only been led around on a pony at the fair 😂
I hate how people are like "it's so easy, you just sit there. I think the horse is doing more work than you!" I think yes that is true but there are still plenty of things we have to worry about and the horse and you are supposed to be a team
Ikr! We have to kick, shorten reins, make sure out stirrups arn't too near your heel. I just started riding. It's fun, but you have to multitask
Exactly! There's also making sure you're on the right leg, counting strides between jumps, etc... XD
And good luck to you with your riding, I hope you keep it up! I love it, it's an amazing sport (:
Same! It takes a LOT of leg, once my riding instructor made me tie my reins up and make them stick to the fence post... but the thing is, u do a whole lotta multitasking, 20 meter circle: when turning look where ur going, inside reign, outside leg, use inside leg to make your horse stay by the fence, never let your reigns to short, don’t lean to forward, don’t bounce in the canter, chin up, shoulders down and back, back straight, elbows toward yourself, wrists in, knees tight, heels down, and never let it boss YOU around. So... yeah, a lot of things to multitask
I bet all of those haters who says that horse riding is easy doesn't even know what a bridle is
+Nellie Crazyfield True XD
Actually there’s a kid in my class who said it’s easy and he knows full and well what a bridle is, in fact he’s worked with horses before(he’s never ridden them though) he knows more of the equipment then me 😂
huindwjia they probably don’t even know what a hoof is.
Well if they say horse riding is easy
I’m not sure they actually know what a horse is....
Ask them if they’ve seen them before
And if they know what it is
huindwjia 😂😂😂
It takes a lot more skill than football that's for sure
Lucy Hill yes because you want to now so much things abd do its perfectly one mistacke can be your last!
Yeah definitely because football is just like run up and down the Madresfield shoot in a goal and say yeah I shoot aGold when we are probably on the line in there in hospital maybe probably nearly dead and we are falling off right maybe every day
Not a Equestrian, but I DO NOT underestimate you horse back riders or your horses themselves!
I'm learning to train dogs in IPO and honestly, I can understand your guys point of view... I'm making a video like this but for IPO- I hope you'll check it out MelodyiLove1000 !!!!
Random kid who plays football- Horse riding isn't a sport!!
Me- Then why is Equestrianism in the Olympics and Football isn't?
Random kid who plays football- ....
@@sr_filmz no it isn’t-
I loooove this video so freaking much! like seriously, EVERYONE of the boys in my class says it`s "easy" and we just "sit" there, they say football is hard. They don`t even want to come with me to the stable too see how it is, they won`t admit they are afraid, I`ve tried football and it`s NOT at all as hard as horseriding. When I`ve tried football, and they say it`s hard, i have tried it and i know it`s not hard, but not exactly easy. Then why does they say horse riding is easy when they don`t even want to try?? I hate them like hell.. It actually hurt my feelings when they say its "Easy, we just sit there" when they haven`t even tried. THAT is what I call a pussy and a cowards. And in my opinion, I think that football is actually just a sport for pussies like they scream when they get a football on theyr knee and they have to stop playing. we can fall from up to 2 meters high, and still go on. JUST my opinion, of course it does hurt if you fall or something in football but i think they make a hell of a big deal of something so small.
Elisabet Eilertsen there are way more deaths from horseback then from shark attacks even
OMGGG I so agree! I am so lucky my mom knew his mom who was a ex equestrian and he went to the barn with us! I got my horse saddled and the boy thinking it was easy had no idea how to ride he was so confused! He said He was ready to canter and he did and he went over a jump and fell off so hard! Hey at least he was wearing a body protector and a helmet. He was not hurt but afterward he admitted it was VERY hard. He learned his lesson! If only all of the people who think riding is easy would know that! Like, really, our town had a party and they hired my barn to provide pony rides and jumping shows (I was in the jumping show) and there was a little boy who kept screaming "IM A PRO RIDER IT IS SOOO EASY" and when he got out of line thinking he was to good for that, his mom made him watch the jumping shows and at one jump he had no idea how much taller that jump is bigger than him! I hate hate HATE it when non equestrians who never rode before have no idea and just assume its easy and the horses do all the work, and they know what to do, and all we do is sit on a chair and make the horse do all of the work! Sorry for the long comment!
I completely agree with you and understand your trying to defend your passion but please don’t try to put down other sports and other peoples passions just to do so, you’re calling people out for saying something that’s not easy is easy and hen doing that exact thing to football, if you’ve ever played in official games or NFL or whatever and not high school games you would understand it’s not easy at all, people do get injured badly and people do work hard to play that game, just as hard as you work to ride, please understand that every sport has its ups and downs and being an equestrian doesn’t make you better then those who don’t understand. If you truly believe that football is easy enough then you are just as ignorant as those who say horse riding is easy
Football isn't even a sport it's a game while Horse riding is a SPORT
Oh Yeah Yeah wow wow, ok for 1 all y’all damn bitch ass horse back riders be whining out here like “ oh I can’t believe they would say horse back riding ain’t no damn sport” then y’all do the same thing, y’all dum as hell. Then you gonna say football, where you got 200+ pound dudes running at 20 mph plus trained to aim at you is easier and is just “a game”. I’d get on a horse any day of the damn week before I got Vince willforks 400 pound ass decking the shit outta me. And third, most y’all is spoiled ass rich white kids, horse back riding ain’t even close to one of the real sports, nitty gritty, get your shit dirty, pour blood sweat and tears onto the field and die just to get a win. Ask yourself, is football or any other sport the game? Any one of those football or baseball players will tell you they’d cut themselves open for a win, they cry, die and bleed for the game. So you’re telling me some rich white mans game of putting people on horses and prancing around is more of a sport than that? Oh please y’all trippin
I love this its so true everyone thinks we do nothing and its so easy,I am so proud to be an equestrian and I have been for 10 years and I trust them with the risk of something happening in a flash and I wouldn't change it for the world,all we need are horses and dogs and family x🐴😙
Trust me it's not I nearly died on a horse but that didn't stop me I still ride as we speak it is a dangerous SPORT.
This is so amazing
Far from easy. Fall after fall and mistake after mistake, but we still love it.
Exactly! :D
WE ARE EQUESTRIANS WE AND OUR HORSES STAND TOGETHER AND WORK AS A TEAM!!!! NOW YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS WE TAKE JUST TO ENTERTAIN YOU!
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@@battlegaming3842 Honey you really just came here to be salty didn’t you?
Honestly when people say riding is easy, I take it as a compliment because that's how we make it look.
I highly doubt anyone will read this (considering there are over 1000 comments) but if anyone dose: yay!
Horse riding is as much a sport as soccer, base ball, tennis, archery, etc., IF you compete.
Soccer is not a sport if you are playing in your back yard with your friends. Tennis isn't a sport if you're at the park playing with your uncle. Archery isn't a sport if your shooting your new bow at the range.
Hacking/trail riding isn't a sport; it's not competitive.
All of the situations above are training/practice/for fun.
Yes tennis, soccer, archery, horseback riding, etc, is all hard and often dangerous, but no sport is "better" than the other. An individual may be more coordinated at soccer than riding, but dose that make it "better"? Some would argue yes, others, no, but each (competitive or not) are both equally enjoyable activities!
My opinion is based off my personal experiences with: soccer, basketball, cheerleading, horseback riding, tennis, archery, gymnastics, and many other "sporty" activites.
Kaitlyn B I READ YOUR COMMENT AND I HELL YAH AGREE GURL!!!!!!
IM SHARING MY STORY
I was in class and the girl next to me asked if I did any sports I said “oh ya I ride horses” she said “That’s not a sport I could do that easy!” So I invited her to my barn two days later showed her my 16.5 barrel run and said “ alright ur turn” she got on my barrel horse was getting excited and she fell off before he even started the run😂😂
Omg I’m so late but that’s so funny 😂
"Done a dance with something, that speaks another language?"
-Done that.
Gives me chills everytime... so true
I must show one of the boys in my class his name is 'Oliver' he tries to be cool so he changed his name to 'Olly' he thinks the horse does all the work when we just sit on its back and do nothing! When all he does IS KICK A BALL INTO A NET!!!!! (Football)
Yeah it’s so easy now u try and run for 45 straight minutes
@@battlegaming3842 ......................i qmean we ride for 4 hours straight and we also do jumping for 4 hours straight sooo..
@@dingertronthe4th849 You really be saying that even though i’ll bet you haven’t even sat on a horse. Well i guess this video was directed just and you, maybe that’s why you’re offended.
@@Brighe-2007 Not gonna lie, I forgot about this comment. it was an insensitive, arrogant comment, that in reality I should have never posted. I’ve learned a lot more in the past year or so about it from my current girlfriend, and have gained a lot of respect for it. I appreciate you calling me out for it.
@@dingertronthe4th849 oh wow that’s not the response i was expecting at all, it’s very rare for people to admit something like that and move on, i have respect for you.
aahh 8 years later and i still love this video. the tension that constantly builds up gives me chills
I love this video! It's just so true. We dont only sit on a horse! One time my classmate said that he would jump over 1.5 meter with horse. 3 of us who do equestrian said NO! I think he need to watch this video
To think we ride one of the worlds most deadliest animals.
Darcy horse lover Carey listen
LISTEN
I ride horses and I am an equestrian,and I am absolutely in love with the sport
BUT FUCK NO HORSES ARENT THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE WORLD NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE MOST DEADLY FFS.
We do!
i love this video. people don't understand how much practice goes into riding, it can take YEARS to perfect a move, while with many other sports it can take less than a couple of months. riding is so much more than a sport tho. its a bond. its that feeling when you find your best friend in the world. its the most amazing feeling in the world
My friends say all we do is sit there, so I put my friend on my horse and told her to gallop and I said " so you think it's easy"
I don't care much about your sport but I must say I'm impressed! And I deeply respect all forms of materiel sport except soccer!
Why cant everyone be as nice about it as you, thank you. We respect you too
*football*
That is a really great thing to post! Thanks for not being rude! :) Tineke smith I totally agree with you
Emily Angel Lea I'm a motocross rider, and a Sportbike racer :)
at last someone that is not into equestrianism and respects the sport! :)
Thank you so much for making that! Sometimes I just want to scream when people ask me why I have abs, or why am I tired! This literally gave me chills!
Everyone I know except for my friends say...Oh that's SO easy! I am going to show them this vid.
the only people who say it isn't a sport are people who have never even been on a horse before 💀
I've been watching this for a while(seen it on Facebook for about 2 years now) and every time I watch it I get goosebumps.
For all those people who said that this is not a sport they are WRONG ! It is the most dangerous and difficult sport ! Your legs get more fit and your mind too ! You work with a big animal not with a ball. You have to control yourself and the horse too. Just hey horse riding haters think about it !
Horse riding is not the most dangerous sport. Learn facts before writing dumb shit
love this music i was wondering what it is now i know it is all or nothing from brand x music i love the music when it goes to 0:48
Super GYMNAST me too!!!! I also love when the voices come in
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH!! I'm so happy you made this video:) I myself am a horse rider have been for 14 years, not one bit of doubt have I ever put into the sport! This video deserves to go viral, I'm sick of non horse riders underestimating us! We are a unique kind of people who have a bond with an animal with a mind of its own! You deserve this video to go far, you did well!❤️
@1:15 Yes I have danced with something that speaks another language...A mexican.
Omg! amazing video! I got so many Chills
Probably my most favorite equestrianism video here is. Always sends chills down my spine. So much motivation and it has lots of true statements in it.
Non equestrian: horse riding isn’t a sport!
Me: ok well have a look at this *shows this video*
Non equestrian: ...
Me: mhm yea so um back to before... it isn’t a sport..?
Non equestrian: umm... hehe
Me: yea um iv fallen of so many times it’s not funny! Iv risked my life to get back into a horse after a horrible horrible fall just to let that horse know it’s ok! I risked everything just to ride a animal that has a mind of its own a animal that was once wild and didn’t trust a animal who doesn’t know anything... I put a lot of work into my riding.
Non equestrian: oh.. sorry
Me: pfft I’d like to see u try to ride a horse one day!
Sometimes falls are kind of funny.
But not the ones where we go to the ER
This is amazing, by far my most favourite video, some of you may or may not know that equestrian is the only sport ever that men and women are treated with equal rights?
11 years later and this is still amazing 😍🤩❤
I LOVED this I want to be an equestrian. Even if I risk Falling
Those who say horse back riding is easy are just cowards.
So true! I do it it and it's sooooo fun but not as easy as people think it is!
Sophies Life Yea, my mom tried it with me, and she said it was one of the hardest things she has ever done (sportwise)
Thank you for putting this together. I myself am an equestrian and I get sick and tired of people saying it’s so easy the horse does the work.. etc they say it’s not a sport, well I bet to differ. We are 10xs more likely to get injured than a football player. And we can just as easily turn one of those falls into a fatal one.
So thank you for raising awareness for those of us who put all of our trust in our horses and take the risk. Hopefully this will open some eyes
Rodeo is actually horse abuse, they shock, poke and punch the horses to make them wild. (Just a little sidenote)
and in the end they kill them
Xanthe I agree whit that. But those rodeo 'riders' aren't real riders anyway so.... it explains itself.
im do rodeos i dont do that i never see any abuse and i do jumping to and theres more abuse in that and i have been riding for 5 years so dont bother to try and say anything i know the abuse its in all sports that have a winning prize so :)
actually, not all rodeos do that...
Lara Schmeitz omg ur so right
i totally agree with this horse riding is not easy to do u have to put all your trust into a animal that has a mind of its own and it also has the potential to kill u.
I dont care if im killed, as long as it is horse riding or saving an animal I wouldnt care anything for them
Exactly Maddy! I have had some pretty decent falls, from several years ago that i am still injured from and who knows when the pain will completely go away. But, I am an equestrian and i do it for my love of the sport and nothing could stop me
Oh my god. I get freaking goosebumps from this because its just so amazing. I met a lot of people who tell me horse riding isnt a sport, my parents thought horse riding isnt a sport, but now they finally believe me. Thank you for making this video.
But anyone CAN do it! It's easy! ....with the right amount of dedication, experience, skill, drive, and a strong bond. Horseback riding is no joke. I think it's one of the hardest and most dangerous sports a person could do.
Exactly it takes courage, dedication and not giving up?...
Not anyone can do it, it takes a certain person and character, other people would give up after the first fall... a true equestrian doesn't x
TheFatBlackPony tuché.
I was first riding at my 5th year now im and I started a profesional riding at my 9th year
I just saw a load of people fall off horses. That looks pretty easy to me
omg that made my day
Try it, then tell me
If it is easy FUCKING GET ON A HORSE I WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION FROM FALING
I swear I could punch you! You get on a horse
Guys chill. I pretty sure she meant falling is pretty easy not riding horses 😂
This was my life when I was 12 and still is now that I'm 16. Sadly I had to quit horseriding because there weren't any good EC's near me, but I have always felt in my heart that I wanted to continue later in life.
it annoys me when other equestrians feel the need to justify it, yes, it is difficult, but don't freak out because of people's opinions.
To all the idiots saying that it is the hardest and most dangerous sport in the world... Look outside your little equestrian bubble. There are much harder and also much more dangerous sports in the world. I'm not saying horse riding isn't hard or dangerous, I'm just saying it's not the hardest or most dangerous, which many of you are saying.
Just think about it. In horse back riding you can even die from one little mistake! Footballers break their bones but we risk our lives in this. So don' call anyone idiots.
Wingsuit proximity flying is pretty hard and dangerous.
Thats nothing to do with this you shouldn't just comment on a really good video calling people idiots! Go try horse back riding your self! When u get on the horse your gonna be bouncing up and down and your gonna think its really hard. So how about you think through your comment.
Aiste Gudlekis 2 things. I'm planning on trying horse back riding myself, because one of my friends is obsessed with it. Also, I was calling people idiots for saying that horse back riding is "the hardest and most dangerous sport". I never said it wasn't hard and dangerous, but it is just not the hardest or most dangerous.
Well good, how about we end this -.-
“We just sit there”
We fall, break bones. Cry.
Think again.
When my dad saw it, it put him off!
WELL DONE, that is THE best video i've EVER seen, and I'm NOT bluffing! You have such a good talent at this stuff! It still gives me the shivers when I watch it,
Good Job! x
For everyone who experiences shivers or tingles while watching.
This is equestrianism ASMR.
Now watch moire of these with the same music. AWESOMENESS.
I'm so happy that someone took the effort to create this video, I have stumbled over SO many people that say "Oh that's not a sport you just sit there and let de lame horse do everything". Now I can shove this up their faces so they can understand the risk, the effort we put in this. my friend fell of her horse and got stepped on in her face and miraculously she's alive today. an 11 year old girl shouldn't have to prove something just to get hurt doing it.
Football players: gotta go, we have a REAL competition
Equestrians: gotta go, we are leaving for Olympics tomorrow 😎🤠
I literally sent this to all of my friends who think equestrianism is easy and they were like, "whoah..."
Thanks for making this AWESOME vid!
thank you so much, MelodyiLove1000, i hope you opened some non-equestrians' eyes, someone has finally tried to build awareness about us equestrians who always live a life of risks and danger.
Seriously if I could afford lessons I would be on a horse right now, but I can’t but when people say “it’s not a sport” it’s like do you know how much efforts it takes?
I have been doing equestrian for eleven years, and so a good most of my life. In that time, I have been thrown, been dragged, fallen off, been stepped on, been bitten, and been kicked. Somehow I find myself still falling head over heals for this sport and for the horses in my life. So for people who say that equestrian isn't a sport, and who say that we just sit there and that this takes no skill, you are so wrong. I love this video so much, and have even changed people's mind on this sport, and convinced them that this is an actual sport.
This is amazing i got really choked up cause in a couple of weeks I'm going looking for my first lease horse. I think this is my fav vid on youtube. And i can totally relate to this
"Somehow I find myself still falling head over heels for this sport and for the horses in my life" this is honestly exactly how I feel, even if i do legitimately 'fall head over heels for them' sometimes 😅
Equestrians: You play soccer? That's cute.
Thanks for including so many equestrian sports. There’s something I can get from a horse that I can’t get from a car or a pool . All equestrians feel it.
This really delivers a message to people. It's really powerful! Great editing!
thank you so much for putting bronc riding and barrel racing in there!! I'm actually so tired of people ONLY putting english stuff. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
I had a girl at school show said "I do sailing. And my muscles hurt so much." Then I said "well I do horse riding and that takes muscles"
Then she went there and said"no it doesn't you just sit there"
I just walked out because I needed some time to think. I couldn't believe she said it
The. I came back to her when I had something to say, and I believe I put it well. I said "that is like saying that sailing is easy and doesn't take strength because the boat moves."
I think the message got across. And I would say the same thing to a rally car driver or a cyclist or anything as such.
Feel free to use this in you daily life. Xx
I truly love how you used both disciplines and was not excluding the other one
I get this so much too, people who haven't ridden in their lives to tell me that what I do is easy, they should try it & see how much skill you really need to do this sort of thing. Thank you for sharing this
you know when you think you're going to die because you got thrown off?
Me: yes
This video, is amazing. On a presentation in my class, I let them watch this with there own eyes. And half of my class changed their thoughts about horses, on a good way!
I did too, and this guy was always saying that it's not a sport. then after that he was soooo mad😂😂 then he never said it's not a sport to me again
To anyone who experiences the argument "The horse does more than you"
Just ask them if Football/Soccer is a sport.
If they say yes, hit them with a "The ball does more than the players, and it's considered a sport"
I've watched this video a million times. It is one of my favorites.
same!
I got mad at the start because everyone says horse riding isn't a sport because you don't move, if that isn't a sport what about football you just run behind a ball it doesn't have his own mind! A horse is a beautiful "beast" and if you think it's easy I dare you to practice more than 5 hours a day. I fell? I got up, I don't pretend I'm hurt just to stop and blame other people.
(This isn't to offend I'm just tired of people saying horse riding is easy and not a sport. Oof)
WE'RE EQUESTRIANS AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT!!
I love this video and all the work you put in it because all of it is true, i know from experience. I have my own horse and so does my sister and my mom. We all have amazing bonds with our horses and it is awesome to have that bond with an animal that size. It is amazing when you can open an umbrella when riding your horse double.
Amazing video!!! Powerful, beautiful, and inspiring! Genius - and especially that you did it at 12. Great job!
I'm showing this to my older brother because I always come back from the stable exhausted and he jokes about it
still get chills from this years later
Every day that I have a bad day I always watch you video. It reminds me that tomorrow I will be able to do what I love and your video makes my adrenaline flush!
Something sad that’s happened to me: I was struggling with some homework and my grandpa (who pays for my riding lessons) came up to me and said “if you don’t finish your homework you can’t take lessons anymore” I told my grandma and he got yelled at, but I felt really sad that he pulled the strings of something I loved with all my heart.
One of my very close friends does horseback riding, and i actually thought it was pretty unique and cool when she first told me about it. She ABSOLUTELY HATES when people underestimate her, she actually sent this video to me.
This gets me every time. I love this video, it's so good!