CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE! National Shire Horse Show in ENGLAND (Episode 4) Apollo The Shire

[@brendaredmond4678]

My favorite is the black horse with the 4 white socks and the lady in the dark blue dress.

[@samporter2146]

Wow! What a cool idea....They should have one for the guys dressed as knights..

[@lucyabbott4480]

Loved the simplicity of the red outfit and her horse was lovely.

[@apollotheshire]

Thanks Lucy! 😊

[@celiacbabe58]

How very beautiful the ladies wer on their mounts! 😀👌It's awful how the wind was blowing so hard that the ladies hat blew off! 👒Lovely show

[@janettechapple1782]

Hat elastics and hat pins! Heavy duty hat pins. Lol. Not good weather for this class,I put curtain weights into the skirt of my daughters concours out fit to stop the back blowing about.

[@jaegertiger384]

The CANTER really shows off the horse's majestic power.

[@sleepinglioness5754]

Now that's the 'class' they deserve (double entendre intended)! Boy, a big enormous canter like that must feel like a gigantic rocking horse! I actually had the pleasure of riding a retired dressage campion (18 hands) = push button horse. Loved his canter....thank goodness he knew what he was doing! I thought for sure the blue+white (dress) horse would get 1st, but they were all beautiful. The slow motion was spectacular at the end. Perfect ending. Great video again and a big thanks.

[@BonnyHorvath]

Santiago do you understand, how special Apollo is? I in my minds eye I compare him to every Shire I see. He is def up there with the elite. Your videos of this event have been awesome. I hold some of these favorites close to my heart. Keep up the good work and videos. Awesome channel. I may be bias 😳 with my choices because of my absolute love for these beauties. Regards Bon 👣

[@apollotheshire]

Wow thank you for this kind compliment and for taking the time to leave a comment! Thanks for following our journey!

[@loritalbot3063]

Such gorgeous creatures! I am so glad that people are finding other jobs for them other than field work. Hopefully it will save these and other breeds from going extinct !

[@tessjones5987]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful exquisite show on YT. Love your kids and your horses. Great channel.

[@jodyhuston1516]

Look at you, magnificent Apollo . Just a few years ago. Who could have imagined ...? You were sickly, skeletal, in pain ... unclean, unloved , depressed ... But the truck you feared was taking you to death ... delivered you instead to Santiago ! How could you imagine he'd give you family and other horses you didn't know to even dream of ? That he would devote himself to you and make the pain stop. That he'd bring you food, medicine and at long last, vibrant good health ? That he would help you reveal the trust and love buried in your great heart ? That he'd awaken your curiosity , show you how to love to learn and to expand your life, your self worth and happiness ? Could you imagine, Apollo, that you'd be Santiago's great joy? And that he'd show you the world where Shires are treasured, and you'd carry a lady in a flowing blue gown? Congratulations on finding each other, Apollo and Santiago, I'm so happy for you both ~ Let the dream roll on ! 🌟❤️🐎

[@samporter2146]

It does look a little bit like Apollo.. Hes the English Apolo!

[@jodyhuston1516]

@@samporter2146 😉. I love black horses. I think the English Apollo (Friesian) had far better beginnings than the American Apollo (Shire). But it's wonderful to see they both have great lives now!

[@PLS.54]

@@samporter2146 True.

[@GiggleSnorts]

That was stunning; I don't think I could ever be a judge because they would all win automatically.

[@chantalsimonetto2667]

Gorgeous!🐾. Thank you so much for sharing.🥰

[@apollotheshire]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🙂

[@Marina_Ludvigova]

3:45 It's really very elegant shire, on which is sitting a "draft horse" in a blue dress 🤣🤣🤣

[@cathyann1601]

I have no idea what criteria is being used to judge these horses and riders, and really don't care. To me, they're all magnificent, winners!🥰

[@deboradesaint-d4611]

Ces superbes chevaux,ces dames si élégantes.... mon rêve 🥰🙏🖤

[@apollotheshire]

It was so fun to watch! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🙂

[@wdobni]

very beautiful noble animals.....you'll never see an automobile or an airplane as beautiful as these creatures and it was a terrible loss to invent the liquid petroleum combustion engine that replaced them

[@sharonpyfer6711]

Thanks for sharing, otherwise I could have never gone in person to see this.

[@susanwood6509]

I would have thought they would be riding side saddle.

[@aniaamok6550]

I wanna have a shire horse!!! 😭

[@apollotheshire]

They are seriously so sweet! I hope you’ll subscribe (if you haven’t already) for more shire horse videos! Greetings from us - Santiago and Apollo

[@joanp.2811]

Lady in the red dress is a smoother rider - is it the gate of the horse, or is she a better rider?

[@danapowers9793]

Better rider I expect.

[@janettechapple1782]

Sitting that trot must take some doing, it’s such a ‘bouncy” gait, lol

[@cindyrissal3628]

A little of both. Some horses (for a variety of reasons) have a trot that is really hard to sit...

[@gayleklein7243]

This class is a trifle confusing. The beautiful dresses are clearly 19th Century; however, ladies riding astride rather than sidesaddle wasn't a thing until the 20th Century. I suppose this is just for fun though and not historical accuracy.

[@nikiryan8648]

definitely should be sidesaddle. maybe someone will put the time in to learn to ride side. it is tough to change your center of balance

[@cindyrissal3628]

I'd say it's more like a costume class,, and anything goes in one of those...😉

[@gayleklein7243]

@The Lookouts I did read it. The whole thing. Fascinating, especially the part about building a sidesaddle atop an astride tree. I hadn't considered that - the skill required by a woodwright to make such a design and how it would negatively impact the horse over the long term. Your post also reminded me of something from a long time ago about how the Crusaders traveled from Europe to the Levant. The gist of the program was that heavy horses walk heavily and that the either a partially- or fully-clad armored rider would experience some pretty serious bruising on their muscles and bones from all the clattering. Figure that a full suit of medieval armor weighs between 25 and 40 kg. (55 to 88 pounds) and that this was a journey of 2,000 miles on the overland route with those huge hooves slamming down every step of the way.

[@aniaamok6550]

🙄

[@ElizabethFowler217]

No sidesaddle?

[@apollotheshire]

There wasn’t side saddle at this event. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@janet5820]

As this show is National Shire Horse Show 2022, it would have been more fitting for the English flag colours to be worn and seen, as England is the Nation.

[@guinealumps8736]

How come they don't train these kinda horses dressage??? They'd look so powerful and majestic!!

[@apollotheshire]

They do!! That’s what I use my Apollo for. If you look on my channel there is lots of videos of me or my trainers doing dressage on him. Thanks for watching ☺️

[@beccathib3656]

Why do they wear dresses? I mean, what is the purpose/significance? It covers half of the beautiful horse...🐎

[@apollotheshire]

I think it’s just for fun, tradition and something different & fancy. They all rode different disciplines where they wear regular riding attire.

[@SusanLynn656]

NOTHING crazy about going to this event!

[@cindyrissal3628]

The lady in the blue should have just let her hat go. It's not that big a deal...better than messing up the entire class...

[@Jadie1940]

Your rider didn’t do justice to Apollo.

[@seeing8spots]

None of those are Apollo :)

[@noahman27]

Quite a privileged life these folks have.

[@apollotheshire]

Bffffaaaaaa…. That’s funny. Shire people are farmers and country folk. They love very modestly and work the land. Lots of these horses are “work horses” that they also enjoy to ride and love. They feed their own horses and trailer them into shows, they do all the work. 🤔 that actually sounds like an incredible privilege!! So you’re right!! 😃😉

[@lifeoflucretia]

@@apollotheshire AWESOME 'explanation.' 😉

[@seeing8spots]

Horses are privileged pets to an extent honestly. They're incredibly expensive to care for in both money but also time. Very very very few "poor" people are showing horses, particularly at a world show like this one.

[@jobond3317]

I appreciate authentic costumes but don't for the sake of safety this hat when they stay on offers no protection what's the cost of a head injury????

[@apollotheshire]

This is something I don’t understand about certain disciplines but thankfully all the horses were well behaved! Thanks for watching! Please subscribe 🙂

[@justasreal5483]

THE RIDER IN THE BLUE DRESS HER "WEIGHT" TAKES AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE CLASS. AND, HER CANTER LOOKED MORE LIKE A HAND-GALLUP

[@beantrader4723]

The women's dresses were silly and the video was BORING bc all they did was go around & around a circle with the same annoying loud music.

[@apollotheshire]

Well I appreciate your honesty! I think i was only looking at the horses and in person they are captivating! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🐴

[@tenaguin1054]

Perhaps, but the ladies were more like a decoration for the majestic horses and very enjoyable to watch both the majestic horse and talented skilled ladies together.

[@Flash3-22]

The dresses were gorgeous, and the video was respectful for the amount of time and training that these horses undergo.