Burghley Horse Trials - Falls & Fails 2022

* I DO NOT OWN THE FOOTAGE *
all horses and riders walked away with only minor injuries

[@jessparish8165]

The course designer on this needs to pay all the vet bills and send out an apology

[@NBF1865]

Stick with trail riding you haven't a clue what your talking about

[@lavishlyvice]

Oh yeah. Definitely the course designer's fault and not the people who sign up for this bs. Great logic.

[@harlow_popcorn_1_edits]

Stop being rude cus I agree

[@VK-qe7if]

​@@NBF1865 You might think differently when you witness a horse with a broken leg, and watch the screens go around the horse and hear the shot and the thud of the horse falling to the ground. I've witnessed it first hand and it was heartbreaking. 😢

[@Colleenjoyx]

@@NBF1865 shut up I agree with this girl

[@ainsley.s]

It’s really frustrating to see the horses refuse/fall in the same spot over and over again, as well as many other places. That just goes to show how bad the course ended up being this year. But props to the horses, they had to put up with this!

[@barbaramartin9031]

The horses see the same danger. Smart to save themselves.

[@cd55896]

I wonder if the course designers actually tried this out for themselves before deciding that this was the absolute best course they could come up with. Top horses and riders shouldn't find themselves struggling so much over the same obstacle. If the fence in the first video was moved back a stride or two so the horse had time to see it and prepare themselves, fewer incidents would have happened, I think.

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

Its disgusting cruel animal abuse 👎😡😒

[@bashali696]

@@angelaschmalzbauer It’s not.

[@radickkwkwo]

@@bashali696 they’re right horse riding itself isn’t abuse but this course is basically designed to make horses fall it’s nearly impossible to complete

[@avalilyorrewing]

0:37 the guy went straight to his horse even though he was probably hurting all over, that is true horsemanship

[@rhaenyratargaryen1stofhern55]

Great horse for not panicking and waiting for help. That’s a scary moment when hey panic to free themselves.

[@scouteques8778]

What would be even greater horsemanship is not riding into a death trap

[@MmeDracula]

It would be much greater horsemanship not to expose your horse to such a danger!

[@avalilyorrewing]

@@MmeDracula It is dangerous but I think the coursemakers should actually think to themselves if this is able to be ridden 😂 Honestly these courses are getting crazier every year

[@Baz-Ten]

Most of those overweight thunder thigh riders are protected by their own blubber

[@susanford6926]

Poor horses! So many horses refusing the same fence ,don't you think they are trying to tell you something?!

[@Caz_Hamilton]

That its scary?

[@Saniaok3157]

@@Caz_Hamilton horse riding is something that will always be taking risks but this isn’t taking risks. This is so clear it’s too dangerous and asking for awful things to happen. How can you not see this?

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

Exactly

[@creativehorsequeen]

That jump was defiantly set too close to the other one and at such a wonky angle too. I'm not a XC rider but I think it needed to be set back a few feet.

[@milou7934]

I hate these fucking people who made horse riding a sport like wtf they are abusing them

[@ellavanderhart6747]

0:37 Love how this dude got up straight away and ran to assist his horse

[@neve.c3316]

It's good to see that they care

[@lairagreer4915]

yes amazing owner! He got flipped like 4 feet and landed on his head, neck, and back HARD. he didnt even check to see if he was ok, he went straight to help his horse. Awesome person there.

[@melinskistilinski3095]

yeah but as long as you’re able to get up I HOPE everyone would go straight to their horse and check if it’s okay that the bare minimum

[@andrewhunter9770]

As a horse owner and rider I cannot understand why people risk the health or even the life of their horse in these competitions.

[@filly2299]

I think we need to start enforcing regulations when it comes to high impact courses like this, we can't keep pushing these horses and riders luck

[@lorijackson3414]

At least it’s not grown woman riding mini Shetlands

[@olivialang7498]

0:41,a true equestrian not caring about himself after flying through the air and instead running to the horse and tryna help,they deserve an award Also just wanna say its not the course thats bad its a certain jump thats bad as u can see there is not on fail that was on a different jump to all the others,i feel like they need to re think some of the jumps

[@gwenhafford4112]

The riders who refuse to compete over such a ridiculously dangerous course are the ones who should get the awards.

[@carolineridlington5010]

Dont like these falls...by 5 star horses and top riders at same fences....down to the course builder I think....not what people want to see...honest horses...great riders....bad questions...👎

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

it should be banned 😡👎

[@avalilyorrewing]

It’s that one fence after the brush that all of the horses don’t like, people really need to think these courses over a bit more 😅

[@Horsestudent2022]

Wow really sad for these poor horses !

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

makes me feel sad to

[@jumpship88]

These horses are going to feel those impacts for the rest of their lives, even if they dont show it. I feel so bad for all of these horses but especially at the 3 minute mark. The poor horse hurt his face and neck really badly from that terrible fall

[@GinInJuc]

I love how harry mutch got up and straight away went to help is horse such a good rider to his horse and did not just sit there he ran up and helped i love that he had not horse amusement in him,

[@London747]

So many falls and errors even from top riders what does this say about course?

[@reidchambers2521]

Just dumb luck that another horse or rider wasn't killed. It should be exceedingly rare to have serious falls and rotational falls, yet in evening, it's almost expected. I stopped doing 3 day at 16 when my friend's horse was killed at a water jump in front of me. No one should be ok with rising their horse's life with every outing. I have done high-level SJ since my teens, and while accidents still happen, they are few and far between.

[@Flower_Eq]

I’m so sorry for your loss… I agree with everything you said

[@lllllliiiiillllll]

I m a horse rider and I think that is just so cruel to Horses who many end up put to sleep cuz of the injuries they get from this type of eventing

[@tangogem3522]

I love horses and can’t say the same for any of these riders. They may choose to risk their lives doing this but the poor horses have not chosen that life. I would never dream of subjecting my horses to any activity that risked their health/lives.

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

I agree with you 💯 👍

[@creativehorsequeen]

I don't think it's entirely all of the riders' faults. This course looked pretty bad. That jump all the horses kept refusing was entirely too close to the jump before it.

[@bashali696]

If you love horses and you love eventing, this is the way. You take the risks because it’s to stay in the game. You take the highest level of care for your horses and to keep them you have to earn money somehow don’t you?

[@gunkellis-boone3957]

Horses are very strong animals. Unless they have bad riders to beat them to do this, They can refuse.

[@volchok165]

👍👍👍

[@dianereeves1462]

I haven’t watched a lot of these but I have never seen so many huge jumps made out of hard materials that could hurt or kill a horse. I don’t get the purpose of doing that just like I don’t get the purpose of four plus mile steeplechases where 30+ horses start and maybe 15 finish and at their worst horses die.

[@Phoeniaequestrian2833]

0:37 that was a hard thump probably hurt alot but still got up and went to his horse, n ow that is true horsemanship!

[@Tessacodi]

I feel like this is in a way animal abuse because these horses want to please their riders no matter if they are scared or so tired after so many high jumps and still they do their best

[@jumpship88]

Horses can do so many cool things that we can watch, appreciate and enjoy. I think that the people doing this sport and watching it enjoy seeing horses get injured though. A horse is not a monkey. Its like trying to drive a drag car in a rally race you know youre gonna break it.

[@jdenie9025]

THIS IS MADNESS

[@caughtredhanded0]

This level of cross country honestly needs to be banned. At least ban the jumps that have a gap in them

[@ur_local_equestrian_flickr2536]

0:34 props to him for showing the world what an equestrian is by prioritising his horse.

[@user-jy2gr4cr4n]

these courses are becoming absolutely ridiculous

[@joannesmartens9442]

This calls horse abuse. Not normal so many fails for such topriders and tophorses.

[@Caz_Hamilton]

nope. Its not abusive

[@joannesmartens9442]

@@Caz_Hamilton it's realy tooooo dificult. And not normal that in one eventing are so many fails. Because i supose that we see top riders and top horses. In my opinion it's abusing, because of the posible injurys.

[@Caz_Hamilton]

@@joannesmartens9442 in every equestrian sport theres falls and fails.

[@joannesmartens9442]

@@Caz_Hamilton yes, but not sooo many

[@Caz_Hamilton]

@@joannesmartens9442 its dangerous,thats the risk we take it isnt abuse.

[@lairagreer4915]

Cross country scares me so much. I dont want to do it. It scares me bc the jumps dont knock over like showjumping therefore making it riskier, scarier, and more dangerous!

[@jodyinglis913]

Some courses are designed to come apart . This is just a really bad example of cross country and horse manship.

[@moterial_gorl7100]

With these comments I’m starting to regain faith in this world

[@MonkeyBunny7721]

Loved that one lady at 1:07 like, "Oh goodness me, that was all absolutely in slow motion" XDDD

[@charlottewebster4233]

1:23 Drop at the Leaf Pit is so steep I think CMS looked set to jib out but was in that “Shit shit shit too top heavy I'll have to go now warrggggghhh!!!”

[@sarasEQworld]

that one fence that just kept replaying over and over again had to have been because of how close it was to that big of a jump to an even bigger one, smh to the designer

[@lizziesangi1602]

It could be anything but it's how the Horse perceives that jump and they're all not liking it. Not pertaining to this but a cloud can cover the sun for a second and cast a shadow that throws a Horse. This is badly designed.

[@olivialang7498]

2:44 that horse started limping after they tripped....

[@jh69302]

And they said tired legs 🙄 this course is insane. It should say something when multiple horses fail at the same jump.

[@ekaterini001]

This is just horrific and has to stop. Look at Alycia Burton to know how it's done. This is just a shame! 💔

[@dinobrotchen4835]

My lord…most of these riders are just soo rough with ther horses, it hurts just by looking. Yanking, pulling, whipping… The horses are so damn tired & still try to work as hard as their riders want them too.

[@brigittefarmer4400]

Terribly , poor horses!!! So hard falls!!!

[@TinaML]

I all for jumping and riding. I grew up having horses and one of my mums horses loved it, the horse even did it willingly without someone riding her but those jumps are absolutely ridiculous.....

[@erinbenvie7948]

This course is just to dangrouse. I love cross country but THIS is just too much for the horses. This is when it becomes dangerouse if not even deadly for the horses and riders.

[@Your.Average.American.Idiot.]

How did I get from studying front seat and the way horses move over jumps to jump fails??

[@m_m9842]

4:29 this rider is such an inspiration, the first thing they did was pat their horse🥺

[@equieditzs2513]

the little whinny at 3:03 🥺

[@danielleharrison5765]

The first time I ever heard a horse weenie like that it's when A Horse and Rider were doing a cross country jump and they were like doing these jumps that had like three or two jumps and the jumps were like a stairs pattern and the horse jumped the first jump and he hit his back on the jump so hard he whinnyed like that but he was louder and I guess he was hurt because that's what someone said he was hurting so bad he was hurting so bad so and that poor horse I don't think that they got to finish their country field because they didn't want the horse to have any more injuries I'm not sure of the horse did have injuries but I don't think they wanted him to have anymore pain to him so I think they eliminated that horse from doing the rest of the course

[@nanjayo8970]

Oh goodness me that was all absolutely in slow motion 😂😂😂

[@AllegedlyElPresidente.]

*_"THESE POTATOS THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPORT ABUSING THESE POOR 🐎's LIKE THAT"_* 😡

[@Jenny-io3xn]

Gotta say HD bronze was so calm poor thing when the leg got caught. Good rider to help him straight away

[@_.aliyah_basxra._9820]

That they don't even stop when they see how many horses fall down. It could have ended really badly with all those horses. I find it unbelievable and makes me really angry. and every time a horse falls there is just a “wow”

[@rhaenyratargaryen1stofhern55]

That’s a lot of downed horses. Terrifying.

[@summerbatchelor8343]

Completely the course builders faults almost everyone fell off and refused the corner brushes 😂 but there were a few ridden mistakes but this course is cruel

[@AlejandraGonzalez-oj2qv]

I would never do this course watching this video made me so mad poor horses

[@sillystephys7123]

Why the hell does this continue if these horse keep getting hurt?

[@parvaa6270]

1:54 you are monsters...

[@lizaasan]

That is absolutely heartbreaking! That is not a competition or sport. This is cruelty against horses!! There is no chance to complete any of these exercises! All these must be banned! Poor creatures!

[@logancarty2542]

if you slow the playback speed down at 2:56 or so, you can see that the horses legs never actually catch the rail. it falls because the ground it had to land on was too sloped to get its front legs under itself. shame on these course designers, it’s a miracle no person or horse was seriously injured or worse.

[@araneasmith]

2:38 "How frustrating is that" How frustrating is it to be pushed over dangerous fences at breakneck speed until you're mentally and physically exhausted and sustaining muscular and skeletal damage for life for cash and a ribbon...? I dunno, you tell me.

[@olivialang7498]

it breaks the scale of fustrating thats how bad it is

[@babszijpvan1223]

This is sooooo poor 😭 Really hurts me and makes me angry 😤😢

[@Stripesheal18]

Bring back the long format and make the cross country less technical more balanced. This sport has really pushed dressage build horses and its killing us. Oliver Townend shouldn't have 2 falls in 2 rounds.

[@menya00045]

Poor horses.. why are people doing this to their horses.😥

[@brigittefarmer4400]

They call it Sport , Military !

[@im_val..]

who designed this course..😕

[@pjtrubble]

Too many corners to jump these days.

[@horse_girl_1001]

The amount of times the horses refused the same jump is not ok. Whoever designed this course needs to be fired.

[@GracieWible-rc9wl]

I will never understand how people expect horses to 100% nail these jumps everytime especially because of the height, length and the material is very hard. It's very clear to see that the course designer didn't put any thought into this and that we should make them try to jump all of these jumps on horse back. For example at 0:33, the horse and rider could've both been killed jumping that big and long ass jump. This is fucking ridiculous.

[@Pip211]

I like how the riders go straight to their horse after tho

[@user-yl8kk7mf3b]

Все это отвратительно. Люди самые жестокие звери на земле.

[@dianelord2905]

Ohhhh Bon rétablissement.

[@birgit4314]

Poor horses 😱! Why must they jump so high? Was für eine Tierquälerei 😡!

[@bashali696]

These horse are schooled to the appropriate level. Most of them are well capable of jumping the heights of the course. There’s a maximum height of a metre 20 I believe. Also it may look big but most of the horses can jump the heights. It’s more the devilish complexity of the course. There is abuse to be sure but it’s certainly not all of it.

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

Its disgusting cruel animal abuse 👎😡

[@bashali696]

@@angelaschmalzbauer These horse are schooled to the appropriate level. Most of them are well capable of jumping the heights of the course. There’s a maximum height of a metre 20 I believe. Also it may look big but most of the horses can jump the heights. It’s more the devilish complexity of the course. There is abuse to be sure but it’s certainly not all of it. Most of these horses are trained to be able to take these jumps. These were mostly unfortunate crashes.

[@bashali696]

@@angelaschmalzbauer I would advise educating yourself before spouting rubbish.

[@isagarciareyes9062]

Madre miaaa pobre animales no miran el peligro que les conlleva, ni acabar el video .

[@katharinaoberthur8777]

Horror!!!!

[@susannewagner8056]

Poor horses

[@user-tq7em4uf9z]

00:33 même le meilleur cheval n'aurait pas pu y arriver

[@gerhardwidhalm5102]

The arm hoarses 😊

[@Grace-xx4uv]

What do you mean? Learn some English pls

[@Pellija4321]

The riders don’t have air bag ?

[@gwenhafford4112]

Riders should start refusing to participate in trials that have even ONE dangerous obstacle. The horses are telling them: this is too dangerous, I won’t even try it. I would never risk the safety (and life) of my horse to compete in the cross country events.

[@TheMyztiqueAngel]

Disgusting to put an animal in this situation they can't get out of

[@taurusrae7630]

It is pretty bad when I didnt see this but Im wondering how many horses actually cleared...

[@someonelegendfun8751]

Very hard for horse

[@marilynwjlson6792]

WTH course designers!

[@julianneheindorf5757]

This really is animal abuse. I wonder how many horses have to be put down after a race like that and how many riders are seriously injured or even paralyzed.

[@reevesaxe7348]

The horse and rider at 0:33 clearly trust each other. The horse did not freak out, and he got up and ran to his horse straight away. Don’t see that all the time. Still a shame that people take on courses like this. I am starting to think they are literally designed for the horse to fail.

[@Pawsome1415]

This is stupid. Why risk the horse’s life and yours! Those horses deserve better!

[@Haemieonni]

너무 어렵고 불안함😢 아파...

[@Chessie_Bun]

All i have to say about this video is what the fck and why R U DOING THIS TO THESE POOR HORSES!!

[@sundayridetexas416]

Given this is all the worst of the competition, this is still pretty horrible to watch. Poor horses.

[@angelaschmalzbauer]

Poor horses 🐎 getting mistreated 👎😡

[@equieditzs1403]

@@angelaschmalzbauer these horses do not get mistreated! They are literally wrapped in bubble wrap as the riders can’t afford for these horses to be injured!

[@poniesatemypencils]

You know, I actually think cross country is far more dangerous than flat racing.

[@kendrav.2088]

Who designed this course!!!!!! Poor Horses

[@bluecollarmom7341]

I would so much prefer the horse duck out or refuse a jump then to have them wreck on it.

[@2244_---Noideahorses.]

No one can make the combination

[@user-uw7gk4wf3c]

i don't understand how riders don't stop and check there horses after having a nasty refusal like that

[@VK-qe7if]

Too tougher course for top horses tells me something should be done about rethinking the fences. I for one think the skinnys and corner fences should be banned. I certainly wouldn't risk my horse to ride at Burghley or any other event where the course designers are asking too much of horse and rider.

[@PaintedLadyy]

This course is made to break the poor horses legs

[@gkarteye]

This is torture!!! 😢

[@Bmwdressage]

HOW is trying to pull your horse back over a fence it’s stuck on without checking its hind legs first considered “running over to help”?

[@olivialang7498]

im not telling u off or anything but he couldnt exactly see the horse had no platform to stand on and was stuck in midair,also he did run over to help and called loads of ppl to help him but i see what u mean

[@spamgarbage6999]

He was trying not to get the horse to freak out an injure himself he wasn’t pulling anything back, He was just calming him down

[@thepricklehorses]

Wow what a bad corse I mean after 3 falls I think they should have just stopped it altogether

[@lizziesangi1602]

When 10 out of 10 Horses don't take the jump, there's something wrong with the set-up and how the Horse perceives that jump. The angle is off, the sun and/or the glare or shadow - who knows but this is a bad job of it.

[@ozankalaycioglu]

Enemy of the horses

[@kaileydiscoeagle1625]

Not only is this bad on the legs & tendons of the horses, but some of the horses are lame af , how do they get away w/ this?

[@equieditzs1403]

None of these horses are lame! They go through multiple vet inspections before they are allowed to run! Trust me, riders would not ride if there horse was lame, they would want to save them for another day.

[@bellawesson8577]

your kidding right? none of theese horses are lame do you even know how many vet checks they have to do

[@riagupta349]

The reason that I dont like xc is that most people only care to win. they dont care about the horses well being and push them to do almost impossible things. Also the course designer was horrible in this video. They set the jump up almost impossibly..

[@barbaramartin9031]

Some of the riders misjudged the distances while going too fast.

[@HollyJordan15]

These courses seem to be getting worse. Poor horse stuck on that fence.

[@nyakkounu7243]

The horses were all struggling with the same obstacles over and over, I don't think the course was properly designed because they should not make them struggle like this over the same jumps

[@rachaelbesler3214]

Cross country solid obstacles and the falls they cause is god awful and so dangerous for the horses

[@Batz784]

There big jumps, awful at least didn’t get hurt too badly

[@kiksemusen]

Poor brave horses