KING'S GUARD TRY TO TRANSPORT HUGE HORSE, HE REACTS LIKE THIS!

Watch as all the King's guards struggle to load a stubborn horse onto a truck, until an officer's clever trick saves the day. Discover the ingenious solution that finally worked!
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[@GMN360]

Mr Hoss is very smart…he got extra oats and proved that he has more horsepower and stubbornness than those strong soldiers… sorry to the soldiers but that was fun to watch!

[@leoniesewell5587]

Horse is saying “ hell no I wouldn’t go “ don’t think you can trick me ! I’ve done this before ! If I hold out long enough, I’ll get treats! 😃😀👏🏻👍🏽🥰

[@gloriabond123]

The first three loaded like a dream, the fourth horse was having none of it😂

[@anitapike4592]

The horse won 🙏

[@poll2dock]

How many kings guards does it take to load a horse? 12 One to lead it and 11 to carry it. 😂😂😂

[@54Lauram]

I only saw 8

[@theresahall2082]

And they just succeeded in teaching that horse that he doesn't have to get on the trailer

[@jhutatiacadera]

no they didn't, they tried to bribe him it's better than beating him and making him FEAR it more.

[@theresahall2082]

@@jhutatiacadera I never said anything about beating him. There are other ways out there to help a horse work through his issues. By allowing him to go back in the barn they reinforced in his brain the fact that if he acts up like he did then he doesn't have to go into the trailer

[@retiredandsassy]

@@theresahall2082 people do not realize how similar horse behavior is to a child's. I attended a 3 day equine horse therapy camp. It changed the way I approached and worked with my students.

[@trishawilson1436]

Use a bridle with a snaffle bit. Clip a lungeing line to the snaffle ring on the offside. Pass the lunge line right around the horse's hindquarters and hold it.Lead the horse as the soldier is doing from the nearside. Don't let the horse stop to think about it, keep up the pressure on the lunge line. Verbal encouragement. My horse was difficult to load. With practice, eventually he would load easily without the need for a lunge line.

[@fragdeinpferd]

Urgh. do NOT use a bit or this method. First of all it is abusive, second many horses were harmed due to this shit when fighting this. Simply no. Give the soldiers training in loading horses. All you need is ONE well-educated soldier that knows how to load a horse. Lunges are for beginner riders and are not reliable - good equestrians are though. Use a ground whip (like a FLECK, not a riding whip which will be both too short and harmful, and we do need the string attached to gently touch with the string, not the stick), take the horse aside from the trainer. Stand in front of the horse. Gently and softly (!) tip the horse on top of its croup, where there is a trigger point that will result in the horse stepping forward. Reward the horse, give confirmation, double check and try again 2-3 times. Should work nicely. Then go towards the trailer. Always keep calm. Correct the horse gently if it tries to break, turn or lead to a side. It is okay if the horse goes to a halt. Once the horse is at halt and straight in front of the trailer, softly tip the trigger point again. If the horse does a step forward, reward, it may go as many steps as it likes, but if it tries to change direction, stop and gently correct. The horse may back down, gently follow, but do not let it turn away, correct it then. The horse will soon learn that the sooner it gets in the trailer, the sooner it gets to it. Repeat until the horse is in the trailer. Do not stop until the horse is in the trailer. First time may take minutes (or more, if the horse is old and the behavior was enforced in the past), but the next times will get fast very soon :D Most important lesson is for the rider to stay calm and confident. Works with every horse apart from those that brutally attack humans. Oh. And never use food as reward until the horse is successfully loaded in the trailer. The food is jackpot, verbal confirmation is key. Oh. And never ever use force unless the horse uses force against you.

[@cb664]

They needed to call Steve Young! 😊

[@user-or8gq5ux4q]

They are asking the horse to enter a dark truck. It should have been parked with the sunlight streaming into it.

[@onepup-pr3yl]

And some aromatic scented candles and soft music in the background maybe?

[@MissWizard]

@@onepup-pr3yl 😂 🐎 🕯️

[@donettamckenzie194]

The 'darkness' didn't faze the first three. What if it a dull, dark, overcast day, what then ??🤔

[@user-or8gq5ux4q]

@@donettamckenzie194 Not all horses are the same. The horse is a pray animal. Some are more nervous than others. To not be able to clearly see where it was going was enough to put this one off. [horses have bad frontal vision]The others were perhaps older, more experienced, knew they were going back to their stables for a feed, knew the horse box well ect.

[@lindakienle531]

Ive loaded many horses in past years mostly by myself. If i had 1 that was hesitant i knew he hadnt learned to begin with. So a tiny bit of patience and in they went. Later it was back to loading basics to fix the issue finally.

[@adrianwright8685]

A tiny bit of patience? - they tried 9 times!

[@fragdeinpferd]

@@adrianwright8685 yes but these soldiers have absolutely no clue about how to handle horses. They behaved like beginner riders, if at all. This horse would probably go in at once with a professional.

[@adrianwright8685]

@@fragdeinpferd Well I believe you - but not surprising: they are after all soldiers primarily and horses don't play a big part in modern day warfare!

[@fragdeinpferd]

@@adrianwright8685 True, even though I am curious why they still have them then.

[@adrianwright8685]

@@fragdeinpferd It's purely ceremonial - I doubt if more than a very small number of soldiers get to ride a horse

[@elke9499]

We were WILLING it in😂 did not help, did it? Lol. Horse like……..🤔…….nope

[@smallone9825]

These soldiers need to start watching STEVE YOUNG HORSEMANSHIP 😂😂❤

[@marieconlon4785]

That horse is sure doing a mule impression!

[@jogeraghty4774]

This was not a drama. Please stop these ridiculous headings in order to get people to warch.

[@ellecampbell5067]

How many troopers does it take to put one stubborn horse in a truck? There were 8 out there at one time. You can't make him go if he doesn't want to! LOL And yet, they never tried a blindfold.

[@liliastennant1074]

How many of us watching are trying to help the soldiers by pushing the horse into the wagon

[@irenepolchet364]

Definitely, from South Africa 🇿🇦 😅

[@janetbarrow3479]

Is there no light in the trailer? We had mules years ago, and they resisted going into a gaping black hole; of course mules are not horses!

[@j.ksmith7432]

No, some of us are wondering why they don’t have an easy-loader or the modern equivalent! 😂

[@charlottecunningham2141]

@liliastennant1074, not me. I’m 😂because the horse won out

[@pattycoe7435]

I’m right there with them. Been there, done that and miss riding and taking care of horses❤️❤️❤️

[@lynnelevett4524]

You can lead a horse to water..........❤❤

[@dilhariwanig]

The horse doesn't want to go in to the truck everyone is watching like it's a circus

[@jade7249]

Well you are watching it as well? At least it shows that the Guards are patient with the horse he wasn't bullied into going in which is great to see. They will get him in another way. If only the horse knew where he was going I'm sure he'd have jumped in all those fields with luscious green pastures to frollick about in without a care Horsie heaven

[@charlottecunningham2141]

@@jade7249that is if they were going to take the horses on vacation. Could have been going down the street to the other stables

[@janjames2120]

The soldiers and the horses all need training good god!

[@marymullens2872]

A) The transport lorry is called a horse box - it transports horses, it is not a truck. Trucks deliver white goods, household furniture etc. B) Why was the lorry so far from the building, parked where a large shadow ( looking like a black hole to the horse) was created over the entrance to the lorry.? C) The horse had to walk between crowds who were behind a flimsy barrier. Unless there was a VERY good reason the lorry should have been parked closer to the building so the horse could walk straight up the ramp without all the palaver of the crowds to upset it, umbrellas waving around, dogs so close etc...calm and quiet would have been far more appropriate.

[@SallyGolding-od7cl]

The soldiers need some training on how to load a horse into a horse box..wrong setting, too many people around.this beautiful horse was anxious and frightened..who wouldn't be in that situation.? Come on guys get your act together..this was painful to witness.

[@user-yb6pr9so4l]

They needed Steve Young !

[@cherylmillard2067]

Go get Steve Young, he'll get that horse loaded.

[@theresahall2082]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@karenlugg1386]

You and whose army is going to get me in that horse box, I don’t think so.

[@mirage790]

Good job, they just trained the horse NOT to go in the horse box. (Actually, I've watched enough of these videos to see these horses are not very well trained at all, which rather surprises me.) First of all, they should have had the back towards the sun so the sun was shinning into the box so the horse could see inside, and it wouldn't look like a black hole to him. Then you don't try to push or pull a horse in with butt ropes or clasped hands behind. He is a 1200 to 1400 lb. animal, and if he doesn't want to move, YOU can't MAKE him move! You have to make your idea his idea, so you have to make it uncomfortable for him NOT to enter the box. You don't have to hurt him, but just keep prodding him gently yet incessantly on the sides, where your legs cue him when riding. He already knows that means to go forward, so keep it up until he moves forward, then stop immediately and let him know he did good, that is what you wanted. Then if he doesn't continue to go all the way in, you do it again. He soon learns that to get rid of the incessant poking he simply had to move forward into the box. Going in the box gives him relief.

[@onepup-pr3yl]

It can either walk in like it should or have a winch and drag it in on its knees, a horse like that can't be allowed to call the shots, there is no good reason for it not to load up like it should.

[@janicecarr3833]

Why don't they put a blindfold on the horse and walk it in a circle a couple of times first

[@marymullens2872]

WHY was all the loading done in acramped are with an audience of shouting people, kids playing etc ???

[@lynclark893]

Perhaps there was a mare in the stables that Vysse fancied. Bless him hope he settled back in the stables.

[@Bandomeme]

He’s a gelding.

[@aramintabutterbier9010]

@@Bandomemeone can still dream…

[@user-sq8sg5ie1z]

anyone chuckle when the one soldier was showing the horse the other horse inside the truck

[@woodfinn]

Horse 1…. Guards 0. He was simply saying ‘no’ in body language and it worked. Of course with the J.Q. Public all around, it tough to load a horse who knows he can say No and get away with it… Good job on the patience, fellas

[@Maa55227]

First thing you do is to get a bucket with some feed in, something that rattles, and then little by little. A handful of feed is hopeless! And don’t keep turning him around, if he wants more feed, he has to go up the ramp!

[@adrianwright8685]

31:10 bucket rattled here! Didn't work.

[@maybarnard1088]

​​@@adrianwright8685some mints or other treats might have though.

[@justinaprima9495]

I found myself pushing with the soldiers!!

[@juliederry3719]

Well I guess he’s not going a day trip with his mates 😂

[@jacquelineallen816]

Horse just messing with them lol

[@donnasutphin5316]

The horse never loaded... they left without him

[@rosie0970]

He did not want to leave all his friends.

[@Loki1815]

They obviously haven't been watching Monty Roberts! C'mon, fellas!

[@kellhalla5301]

Many of the Queens horses have met Monty. Perhaps the gents working with the horses need to as well.

[@irenetaylopr8041]

Horse 1 British Army 0

[@jhutatiacadera]

all they had to do was get some LEDs in there to make it a bit brighter, put some straw or hay on the ramp so it stops looking strange, and he'd have much more likely loaded

[@lesleyrussell7586]

They should never turn and look at him as they try to put him up the ramp . Plus if they only put the toe of the hoof on the ramp they will not put weight on it so you know it's not going to work. My mare was like this on a rear loader. Had many fights with her until I bought a side loader.

[@maybarnard1088]

Patting him on the rump as he approached just sent him the signal to stop. He will go back to Hyde Park with a Trooper on his back instead of riding in a nice warm horse trailer.

[@54Lauram]

Horse 1 soldiers 0😊

[@nancyhunziker8130]

Was that Ormonde? If so, that explains him being so stubborn! It looks like him in the face. Couldnt see if he had 3 white socks!

[@lynnelevett4524]

EXACTLY what I was wondering! But, Ormonde would be biting them if it was him 😂😂

[@Bandomeme]

NOT Ormonde.

[@patriciaulto6605]

Is not Ormonde

[@alicjaok9671]

Just close horse eyes.

[@pmac4779]

Ah yes. The old don't want to & you can't make me. You & what army is going to get me in that trailer?

[@vickinichols9969]

People are humanizing the horse. They don’t think like you. He isn’t comfortable going in. You can’t force it. If a horse isn’t comfortable it’s not going in it is as simple as that. The horses I train drag you in cuz I help them work through what they need to to be comfortable. Then they run in.

[@justinaprima9495]

Perhaps he has a bad experience being loaded on a truck. It only takes one time!

[@michelerowes4340]

You are a hero! Now let us alone

[@user-or8gq5ux4q]

Also, put food on the ramp, so horse can see its footing.

[@user-rm4rn1sf4g]

Rong. You don't want to start a problem by putting feed on the ramp. He will want feed Everytime he is to be loaded. You just don't cave to their resisting to load. They are like children and who is the most persistent. Why they do that? Especially since he probably has loaded easy. They have good days and bad ones. You have to be in command. Not the horse.

[@user-or8gq5ux4q]

@@user-rm4rn1sf4g In my opinion, after a lifetime with horses. This horse did not want to enter a dark space. Horses frontal vision is not good. If food was dropped on the ramp for him to pick up, he would see forward more clearly and probably go in. Also it was not the occasion for a fight, with the public all round.

[@Bandomeme]

@@user-or8gq5ux4qthis horse has been transported in this very truck many times and has never minded the “dark space before. He was just having a bad day - and sharing it with others!

[@j.ksmith7432]

Parking in the middle of such a wide-open space and headed straight into the sunlight was a mistake imo before they re got the horse out of the stable, I know that it’s hard with so many gawkers around making noise and getting in the way but they need to park alongside something solid to reinforce the optics of the ramp gates. Also for whatever reason and having watched this performance before (not this one as yet!) the Troopers seem to have been taught to load on one side of the ramp, imo aiming the horse at the middle works better, they feel safer. I don’t mind offering a little food on occasion but I wouldn’t make a habit of it and certainly wouldn’t put it on the ramp, especially when other horses are travelling, they’ll all start refusing to move. I’d take the horse somewhere quiet when time isn’t as much of an issue and practice. Failing all else use an easy-loader. Edit. Forgot to mention, make sure that the travel boots fit snugly but not tightly, too many have saggy Velcro and end up like Norah Batty’s Stockings, they don’t like things flapping around their legs, I put mine on right next to the box and straight on, not walk from the stables with them slipping ever further down the legs. Finally, move the circus audience out of sight and out of earshot, they’re a pita. Edit 2. I’ve watched it and want to add that keep taking him in and out is just adding to the problem as is giving him too long a run-up, he has time to make up his mind to play up.

[@na-talemay9741]

That aren't his special friends inside It's relaxing every time going away of trailer

[@adrianwright8685]

I learnt that 1 horsepower > 5 manpower

[@CalifgalCindy1]

I sure they have some type of fans or ac for those horse s inside that hot metal box.

[@peterhornung3184]

33:38 The captain knows what to do: pushing the horse with closed hands. But not at the height of the horses bum but a little bit deeper at the hollows of the knee like they did before with the reins. However it works with a Trakehner.

[@billathighwoods4289]

What, no carrots?

[@helveticaification]

why didn't they try a carrot, or an apple? or use a 'judas goat' (term for a slaughterhouse decoy).

[@patriciaulto6605]

Pferd wahrscheinlich gestresst von den Zuschauern,hat vielleicht sowieso schon Probleme mit der Verladung,in der Öffentlichkeit noch mehr Stress durch Menschen,Geräusche und Stimmen

[@normawilliams317]

Maybe the kings soldiers should be watching Steve Young Horsemanship so they can learn how to load a difficult horse. Actually the men are the ones with the problem Not the horse

[@valerieyoul4960]

Which was the huge horse refusing to get on the truck

[@gypsylake5164]

The horse needs some work on loading and unloading, it should not be difficult at all to nor need half a dozen assistants.Monty Roberts could assist in this problem. He worked previously with the Queens horses, I think he is well qualified to work with the Kings horses. Monty's number must be in the Kings address book and he certainly must be familiar with his name even if he had not met him because he was a guest of his mother at one time. Their meeting had everything to do with horses. Monty speaks equine.

[@nathaliewade752]

@Think like a horse look at these! lol

[@dalvafreire3771]

O bicho é poderoso 😊

[@cocomurray9123]

Call Steve Young❤❤❤

[@Castyk]

Si los Guardias Reales de Caballeria, que están todo el día con los caballos no consiguen subirlo al camión, un turista, que lo ve un momento, no consigue ni que quede con su voz.

[@j.ksmith7432]

Who or what is a ‘Royal Cavalry Guard?!’

[@topcat32349]

I had one that was finally loaded by everyone taking a leg. Another colt was belly bucked in by a big trucker. Another technique was to put a lunge line or rope over the rump to act as a come along. Then there are those that just won’t.

[@donnasutphin5316]

Was this Viola the mare they have all the issues with?

[@robinbarbeau6153]

All I know is why bother. Put the horse back in the horse barracks and try again later. The horse must have an issue. The worst part is the jokers keep doing it over and over and over. Get a clue.

[@j.ksmith7432]

Oh yeah great! So the whole days schedule goes up the creek?! It’s the army not a church picnic.

[@ritavalencia1616]

Maybe the horse thought they were going to send them to the glue factory,lol the poor horse was just scared to go.

[@cocomurray9123]

Horses are prey animals and if they feel afraid or unsure, they will not cooperate😂😂

[@guardianangel.Onnjel]

Perhaps if some kind of a slow escalator flat ramp was invented for the back of these horse transport.

[@na-talemay9741]

I wonder they are really patient and sweet to him but fear in bag is seen and no trust and inner connection with one person is appearing in him

[@brendanorris9944]

I dont think its helping when all the spectators are making such a noise

[@user-ep3nx5jb8s]

Claustrophobia

[@MomBuilds]

This is the same horse who bites everyone😂😂 he obviously needs better training.

[@jade7249]

Why cant you leave your camera in 1 place for a bit longer your going here there and everywhere its annoying

[@cocomurray9123]

U can't force the horse,lol

[@SarahWRah]

I don't understand why there are so many behavior problems with the horses of the King's/Queen's Guard. You would think an elite outfit like this would have their horses and handlers adequately trained before appearing in public. I've seen dozens of videos showing behavior problems. Teaching a horse to load is not rocket science!

[@user-jq4ti6he2f]

I just feel bad for the horse and the soldiers because even tho they try with all the people watching and all the noise and too why didn't they try bringing one of the horses out and had them two reload together. The horse may not be use to doing things by its self.

[@patriciaulto6605]

Vielleicht die Rampe mit Stroh auskleiden beim nächsten einladen vielleicht dann für das Pferd einfacher,es ist sehr stoisch (aber sehr ruhig und nett) wie ein Esel ,schwer in Move zu bekommen

[@cocomurray9123]

Just the fact that this guy is wearing a safety helmet to load a horse,indicates, this has previous loading issues that need to be addressed with a professional trainer!!!

[@marymullens2872]

In which case it should not have been loaded in front of an audience!! Also, handlers of horses are obliged to wear head protection as horse can react at any given time to it's surroundings. Evry owner of a horse wears head protection when leading a horse.

[@mariamabelrebuzzi8461]

No quiere subir 😂😂😂.

[@Mrchirico6]

It happens . A hirsd thag normally loafs ok decudes its not going 😅

[@lindakienle531]

These are horses, not ATC's or bibycles.

[@tammytaylor1278]

Horses have no depth perspiration, open those doors all the way. Get the people out of in front of the horse also.

[@user-sq8sg5ie1z]

I would have walked it all around the trailer not in back of the trailer

[@DianaStuckert]

Everytime you have to swat a horse on the bottom to load it you loose the trust of the horse. You just reminded the horse that you are the predator and he is the prey.

[@popsany]

Sr Horse podia ter subido primeiro, talvez ele entraria

[@vkh08]

No audio ???

[@LovesAmerica]

Try carrots next time.

[@dilhariwanig]

Poor horse i hope he is doing ok 😢

[@lynnelevett4524]

The horses are always treated with love and care! He obviously didn't want to go. I wonder if he has some MULE in him or stubborn as 😂 ❤❤❤❤

[@dilhariwanig]

The horse is not stubborn he is scared to go in to the truck he feels something bad will happen to him leave him alone

[@j.ksmith7432]

@@dilhariwanig ‘leave him alone?!’ Hardly practical advice in the heart of London, we’ve had our fill of loose horses lately thank you.

[@karenatchison8754]

The kings guard nee to practice with horses the process of being loaded on a trailer if they do not get loaded on a trailer on a regular basis!

[@medic1627]

It's got nothing to do with practice, if a horse doesn't want to load it won't load, no matter how much practice you give it.

[@lynnelevett4524]

A real KAREN!! 😂

[@j.ksmith7432]

The King’s Guard don’t load horses at all to my knowledge since they are infantry and only the officers ride. The King’s Life Guard on the other hand do it all the time. This is not a ‘trailer’ I can’t see the sides but it’s usually an Oakley Horsebox, the best-built, safest and most comfortable box in the U.K. if not the world.

[@trishawilson1436]

​@@medic1627Wrong. My horse was poor at loading. Practice helped.

[@sondraduggan-nagle3432]

Blindfold him

[@carolinemcleod4554]

Wouldn't it help if they took a little run upto Van

[@dottienorton9053]

I know I’m going up step up.

[@Laetitiamb]

I hated loading it was my worst. you need to load with conviction and he isn't, get another horse to lead. If you stop at the ramp then the horse will. They are all pathetic

[@andacochran8703]

Process seems much too slow. Why is loading not f aster?

[@lynnelevett4524]

Oh, you noticed? If a horse won't do what it's told - that's that. Horse goes back to the stables until it's time for his next appearance.

[@andacochran8703]

@@lynnelevett4524 I was not speaking of that particular horse. Just that the first horses have to wait so long before the next one comes out

[@j.ksmith7432]

@@andacochran8703 like everything else these days, limited resources leads to limited manpower, maybe you could volunteer.

[@user-rm4rn1sf4g]

Empting himwifee, wrong move. Bet he does it again becauseo the bribe.

[@user-wj9vs1pu6g]

Сесть на него заехать

[@hessenbub6925]

The poor horse😢

[@TMxl-w5t]

Why poor horse??

[@hessenbub6925]

Why the idiotic human??!!!

[@j.ksmith7432]

Poor horse my derrière, they’re like kids, just like to play up from time to time.

[@lorraineshepherd5321]

Maybe he needs gravel for an upset stomach.

[@TheBruins108]

Blind Fold it.

[@Castyk]

¿ Se darán cuenta los turistas que no se puede con un caballo,por mucho que lo acaricien ?.Aunque los estén tocando media hora, no consiguen nada.