Ingrid Klimke's leading cross country round

German rider Ingrid Klimke's storming round with Andreas Busacker's Horseware Hale Bob OLD today put them in first place at the end of a testing day of cross country here at the 2017 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials.

[@darkezt1]

this horse actually likes what its doing and trusts the rider to correct, he never balked an instant

[@susanabaldi2471]

The horse,what a champion!

[@annettefournier9655]

That horse was still so strong at the end of the course. She has been riding since conception and it shows. Impressive.

[@goaticorn8702]

She was kinda sorta trash half the time. The horse, on the other hand, was brilliant.

[@annettefournier9655]

Goaticorn Have you ever ridden a horse so strong that it feels any second it could be out of control and you have to be kinda overt strong with it still trying to be correct and keep good form? Speaking from experience, it's one Hell of a ride on a razors edge. They were both pretty brilliant.

[@caitequestrian]

Goaticorn Who do you think trained the horse HAHA, that all doesn't start in the start box!

[@marissanieves4157]

Amazing ride. I still think the course this year was too difficult and dangerous. Hope they don't use the same designer again.

[@goaticorn8702]

100% agree. I felt like it blatantly disregarded the safety of the animals participating with the design. Really horrible course.

[@l10nie77]

You're so right! And the proof for the injuring possibility is minute 3.29 . I just thought: the poor horse....😕😜

[@hamstershorses6697]

Marissa Nieves Yes I agree especially the triangular jumps!

[@kayleecampagna5344]

Horsecrazy 101 well I agree with how dangerous the course was but the corner jumps arnt to difficult for the horse and ridder they do look scary lol it’s about how you come into it and where you jump over the jump.

[@Addy._.1218]

I was thinking the same thing,I was so scared for some of these horses and riders

[@1Fresh_Water]

my god what an incredible horse. so powerful

[@FluxyMiniscus]

A master class in technique! And he looks fresh as a daisy at the finish! That's a well conditioned horse! Beautiful beautiful

[@harriejones7593]

@Maureen, Good morning, how are you and how is the weather today? Merry Christmas for you.

[@joelleclaire4903]

for me, she is one of the best riders in the world. but still i found her hands pretty harsh during this ride. but i think that's not because of the rider's technique, but because of this sick cross country course. it is simply not possible to ride this course successfully without pulling the reins so bad.

[@syntix9137]

Joëlle Claire Yea , you're right. The course was too diffcult

[@safebadgergaming6874]

Joëlle Claire watch Michael Jung ride it and you will see it's possible. badminton has always been the toughest course in the world. I personally though her riding was horrendous as was alot of them this year. everyone just rode with desperation!

[@emmailiano4957]

Joëlle Claire I have been there that day and believe me I have seen riders that where pulling in the horses there mounth harder Thanks she does but the trail was just so hard......

[@joelleclaire4903]

Emma Iliano of course, i have watched many other riders where I just thought "wow those horses are saints to not just buck them off"....

[@ashleymorris864]

The solution is simple just don’t use a bit

[@emtquiver1588]

This horse is amazingly honest🐴

[@aine7529]

amazing how every one in the comments are professional eventers and course designers

[@courtney6228]

It's not hard to tell that the course was far too rough and dangerous.

[@elizanne6660]

How do you know that some of them are not....?

[@aine7529]

@@elizanne6660 because they are wrong

[@elizanne6660]

@@aine7529 🙄 that's not an explanation.

[@aine7529]

@@elizanne6660 they wouldn’t be wrong if they were professionals dumbass think harder

[@katesinclair2645]

That horse is absolutely brilliant. You can actually see him looking for the jumps himself. Great job, Ingrid!

[@charlottefinley7607]

funny how some people say shes being waay to rough and others say she keeps loseing her reins and im just agreeing with everyone who says she's just an amazing rider and yeah sure she pulled at time and also let the reins go a bit at others but only to aajust to the difficult course.

[@equine1235]

Charlotte FINLEY yeah I’m with you and the horse was starting to get quite strong at the end of the horse

[@OfficialMuffiin]

@@equine1235 agree too, he'd have to be a lot of horse to go clear on a course like that and not tire out, I'm sure he's a powerhouse to ride.

[@darkhorse5450]

This horse was very strong & so forward so she needed to be a bit strong with the reins. If not the horse would have been unbalanced with it's head up like a periscope. Probably wouldn't have done so brilliantly over the jumps. She held him back & collected him as any cross country eventer would know to do.

[@aaliyahisham7737]

The people who are saying she’s too rough aren’t people who do cross country like this. She’s an incredible rider

[@mel-ot9dq]

that horse is such a trooper! he just wants to please 💖 but that course is way too dangerous under any circumstance. this was honestly sad watching the horse knock his legs on all the fences

[@martinatscherner6861]

The course looks way too dangerous imo

[@user-uv6zb2bx7r]

@Dakota Pegler just bc is fun doesn't mean there isn't any risk

[@bailee6545]

@@user-uv6zb2bx7r that’s the fun

[@TonyCarrollPassion4Motorsport]

brilliant to watch again as yesterday .. pretty difficult course Too

[@diskussli]

Tolles Pferd, supertolle Reiterin, perfektes Team! Immer schön am Pferd.

[@suzanneborder4792]

I am a huge fan of Ingrid Klimke! It is a joy to watch her on course! Always harmonious with her horses, love Hale Bob!

[@PatriciaMarie100]

This horse. This remarkable horse deserved a horsewoman such as Ingrid. Perfect combination

[@missfay1723]

I would never ride this course with my horse, no matter what achievements and money there was in. To me it'd never be worth possibly losing my horse or injuring her.

[@avaj8716]

Miss Fey I’m late but same! I wouldn’t even consider it. I wouldn’t want to hurt my horse or push them to far. I would only want to have fun and relaxed rides. This is way too stressful for me

[@ella.equine2575]

If u don’t wanna event u don’t wanna event 👍🏼I love XC tho it looks scary but it’s actually so fun go to a local or ur nearest XC course u should go there and u will enjoy it

[@mcqllen]

It’s ok to have opinions but i don’t think that we should judge others for their decisions. their are way worse things in the horse world such as horse racing. Compared to that this is much better.

[@missfay1723]

@@mcqllen Who is judging? I am simply saying that I would not do this and that is my opinion. You do whatever you want.

[@missfay1723]

And I will add one thing. Just because something is not as bad as the other thing, it doesn't make it good. The horse world needs to change this attitude.

[@annewiegle6875]

The horse is not a TB- he got rather strong on the latter part of the course. A lesser rider would have been run away with. she kept the precision to negotiate those narrow jumps. When a horse is tired you lose the power steering. Don't be so critical of the rider. Have you ever ridden a horse at the gallop for four miles??? Even without all those humongous jumps?

[@jadehurley986]

I've done it at 23miles

[@derruffian5150]

​@@jadehurley986 a full gallop for 23 miles? No horse can keep a full gallop for 23 miles.

[@elizatheequestrian2019]

That is... the best freaking horse I've ever seen in my life!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@xiomaradiaz5292]

The slip up at 3:29 gave me a heart attack

[@karinag6836]

Yea they shouldn’t have a tight turn after a water jump area.

[@emotionalequestrian23]

2:09 They are a beautiful team together!

[@janasinger591]

Man sieht richtig dass das Pferd Spaß daran hat

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

jana singer hab ich auch gerade gedacht 😍 Voll süß wie er die Ohren immer vorne hat 😊

[@MARSBELLA1]

Good on her - she put her horse first. Excellent and beautiful riding.

[@QueenBee294]

imo this parcour was just to difficult, horses could really get injured. i dont like this

[@MyKawaiiOppa]

Parcour?....

[@anna-malinholthuizen6695]

ButterflyOnAWeb course

[@brynnhenry3823]

I love Ingrid SO much! Some of the people in my family know her well too!

[@ManzurAhmadMitha]

A remarkable strong horse, well trained and well ridden as well. Wonderfull.

[@yvonnerahmes9618]

This was INCREDIBLE!!! After four minutes, I realized she still had 3-1/2 minutes to go, and I thought, OMG they can't possibly continue this pace and these horrendous jumps that long at a gallop... But they did, I'm 62 and I've never seen anything like it. I'm sending the video to my dh to see it...

[@triciawilmoth7457]

Made my heart beat with joy! What a team.

[@harriejones7593]

@Tricia, Good morning, how are you and how is the weather today? Merry Christmas for you.

[@avriewirth3645]

i love watching them i just watched the 2019 one and it was brilliant

[@tessaleight7067]

This is incredible she was pulling on the horses mouth a bit tho and this cross country course is horrible the jumps are a bit to extreme they can get hurt

[@xdana0029]

I know i rather doing normal show jumping bc if a hores hits the wood its going to hurt its legs meanwhile in the other one the wood will fall so the horse doesnt fell pain

[@lilo.y]

keith *^*

[@HMONEYY08]

Amazing, and such a beautiful horse

[@emelineemeline9114]

This was hard to watch. Her reigns were too tight and the course was almost perfectly created for injury. Who designed this crap?

[@aspstables4679]

Reins, not reigns.

[@yup9623]

It looked really precarious the entire time!

[@carliecole2563]

I mean.. it IS Badminton... i dont think ANYONE signs up for Badminton expecting to have an easy OR purely "safe" go around XC? Only the best of best even attempt Badminton!

[@MrsCatMelody]

I was thinking the same thing. I admire her training methods, but in this round she rode awefully

[@toms0516]

If it’s too dangerous then y did they get round it. It’s not meant to be easy

[@GhostlyMasterpieceStudio]

Is that a thoroughbred?? Also I love that the horse actually seemed happy and confident for most of the way. They seem to really have a bond. It’s awesome to see that. I see a lot of eventers, jumpers, and etc who have 0 connection with their horse.

[@alexk7973]

he‘s a 2004 Oldenburg gelding, but his father was a TB (Helikon xx). His name is Hale Bob.

[@squawmcdonald5839]

What an athletic horse

[@fantasyspirit2034]

Amazing ride! She makes it look so easy!

[@christnae1642]

This horse is sooo special, so amazing

[@beckytull8505]

I am SO impressed with this horse!!

[@elodieclements5787]

This course looked way too hard, and although I think it was ridden quite messily, I think she still took it on really well

[@ergotoxicosis]

Elodie Clements was it messy or did she do well lol it can’t be both

[@carliecole2563]

Honestly though- who on earth has a PRETTY clean round around BADMINTON....? i dont think its possible?

[@grace15843]

xc isnt supposed to look pretty...

[@jessewarner7962]

Amazing horse. So athletic and willing.

[@msrcp7938]

Oh. my. gosh. Wow! What a ride. Can't even imagine. Phenomenal horse and rider. Absolutely cringed over that first fence, ouch *_* But they are such an amazing team!

[@Sirius-ri8fv]

Ingrid Klimke and Horsewear Hale Bob: My favorite team

[@avelynjuno9300]

That has to be one of the strongest horses I've ever seen! :O

[@Sulkyv71]

Was für ne Power!!! Love it!

[@joannebampton909]

I just couldnt risk my horse like this !

[@jaqixd]

Wie das Pferd abdüst ohne das sie einmal die Gerte braucht super team😍😍

[@harriejones7593]

@Jaqueline, Guten Morgen, wie geht es dir und wie ist das Wetter heute? Frohe Weihnachten für dich.

[@xyzxd5109]

Amazing rider and horse ❤🏇

[@FlashySolution]

First fence was a slight over reach I’d say a little more tension on the right and slower but a really well handled ride ❤love it

[@lalyouissemeignan9435]

magnifique !!!!

[@larasander7456]

Sie sind so nett zu den Pferden und loben Sie auch immer so schön 😁😊

[@janhall1641]

That music HAS to be the worst and most irritating background rubbish ever!

[@avaw8694]

Great ride!

[@SimpleCrazyBOCs]

Amazing

[@sirtubemaster]

was this horse injured previously? what is on the rear right leg? scar?

[@glockenrein]

sirtubemaster vaseline. It’s prevents little injuries eg from the hedges.

[@mmallasch]

really could used a drone and covered this course better, hard to make sense of the whole thing

[@jeremiahbridges1189]

Bryan Callahan brought me here. Thanks b.

[@user-mf7rt3qh3m]

超！カッコいい！！！

[@justice9094]

Fine horse, fine ride.

[@valentinposadas4386]

Very very good...special.

[@ArthurBrooklyn]

With all the difficulty designed into the course, why is there not a single shade/light spot to see how well the horse and rider adjust to light conditions... That would be more interesting to view than yet another daredevil jump.

[@sriharidhanyasi7692]

Which breed that beautiful and wonderful horse

[@geraldine8734]

Oldenburger

[@BlameItOnTheTitos]

Cross country looks so fun 😵 and ofc a lot of work 😂

[@user-uw9ft8xv8t]

🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏

[@younagreslin8794]

On voit que le cheval a une entière confiance en la cavaliere ❤

[@what2730]

the course was crazy

[@kateterure9824]

What a ride!

[@anjah4215]

Sein Galopp erinnert mich schon fast an eine Maschine... Im positiven Sinne natürlich, wow😍

[@ranbeerkumar3258]

Hlo I am also a Rider but before it I had never seen this tupe performance... 👍

[@opalheartridge5812]

I wish I had a horse like Bobby

[@popcorn4lifeyt]

I remember 2 years ago, I was telling my friend about how I rode horses n stuff, and she just said "Riding is easy I bet you can jump 2 meters high already" and I told it her wasn't easy to ride a horse, I mean you're basically taming a powerful animal and telling the animal what to do with bravery, and once I took her to the marquise, and she rode a horse, and literally got *traumatized* because the horse lowered its head and started eating grass 🙄 (we weren't even trotting man)

[@liaxo3821]

Omg wie cool würde ich einmal die Gelegenheit habe sie in real zu sehen 😍🔥🙏🌹

[@ainewhelan9370]

What the hell is this course who designed it I think in her mind that she was saying I’m gonna make the most dangerous course ever

[@carliecole2563]

That MIGHT indeed be the most terrifying jump IN to a water complex i have ever seen!? Because 2 of the following wouldnt be ENOUGH- lets combine a 7ft+ drop INTO water on an already a notoriously long, insanely difficult CCI4* course AND lets design it to look like a huge trakenher too? Eeeek

[@yvonnerahmes9618]

I totally agree, scared the dickens out of me watching it!

[@arqamkhan7552]

can somebody please tell me what breed that horse is?

[@geraldine8734]

Its an Oldenburger called SAP Hale Bob OLD

[@taniastahlke6519]

What happens if the horse is hurt?😢

[@nat.1491]

what is the white stuff on the horses legs 0:33

[@nat.1491]

ElsaArchsmith thanks for replying but what is the vaseline for

[@nat.1491]

ElsaArchsmith okay. thanks again for replying. don’t worry i understand you 🙂

[@thelexandrak4079]

Race of the horse?

[@bluestarwarriors6380]

Hale Bob is an Oldenburger.

[@christnae1642]

What a wonderful team 😍😍😍

[@littlefatsky3302]

3:29 *ouch*

[@elizanne6660]

Big course, rough hands at times, athletic horse...

[@user-ek9zz7hj6r]

Вот где лошадь действительно выглядит красиво и счастливо так это в спорте. Не нужно их на праздники и выступления тащить, дайте им показать свою красоту в своём деле. Они для этого созданы, а не топать в бантиках по площадям.

[@theological7150]

i am not a pro ,just a rider ...wow wow wow amazing

[@melaniejoyocan8249]

wow

[@gamingwithtoasty4250]

I would like to do this course but i think it's too dangerous for my horse

[@tubeyhamster]

Why did they try to give her eleven penalties?

[@alleskanbeter]

Indeed, would like to know that as well

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

Penalties are generally time or refusal related

[@asnowyy]

tubeyhamster time or accidentally knocking one of the clips on the jumps

[@personinthecomments4892]

Time

[@romane7989]

😨😟😧oh is it dangerus for the horse !!

[@Lusia1309]

Sie ist so toll

[@parrotlover8094]

My girl

[@carolineoja6243]

Ingrid Klimke is a brilliant horse woman and rider ! Any negative comments are from people who don’t have a clue ! About this sport and what it takes to be this great 👍

[@martinerastorfer9289]

Amen

[@sparko0snakes966]

Though the rider was pulling or even losing the reins the horse was enjoying it and had really no sign of pain :)

[@babsfocker7751]

not for me, I'll take a gallop on the beach

[@fabianaruggiero5888]

Cringing so bad every time the horse buys the jump with the hind legs. Must hurt. The course was so difficult

[@elfivanderborght5452]

heel knap

[@remustroaca9941]

😯

[@dianahenriques4996]

now I want to do cross country with my horse.

[@nobyches]

THE HORSE SHE HAD OMGGG

[@magdalenagauderon3754]

Powerhouse of a Horse.could never quite warm up to her style.

[@DatherineAG7]

Waarom hebben die paarden geen pacebeschermers.

[@DatherineAG7]

???????

[@kenzeier2943]

Great horse riding and I affectively used my volume control to wipe out that annoying synthesizer music, No make that synthesizer annoyance

[@GJ-vr5dn]

I thoght the riding never ending good riding but I think much to hard for horse and danger for both