Teaching a racehorse to jump! Henrietta Knight schooling feature

[@sudburyhouse]

She’s so spot on with these horses and riders! So many people forget the basics and try to do too much in their training. It’s really not that complicated. The best riders don’t break a sweat!

[@sarahsarah4271]

She is so correct. Some jockeys I've watched their reigns are like washing lines. When I showed jumped unaffiliated standard I had my reigns short so I had good contact.

[@pauljamison3340]

If they had the reins short they would be pulled over the horses heads if a mistake was made!! They go a lot faster than you show jumping!!!!

[@neilgraves7382]

What a fantastic philosophy, between horse and rider hen knight demands . Really interesting

[@Ryan-ow5qb]

1 of the greatest trainers this country has produced.what she doesn’t know about horses you could write on the back of a stamp.

[@johnenglish929]

That gives a misleading impression as to the size of a stamp!

[@Ryan-ow5qb]

Only to clever people like you.

[@miaorla5009]

Exactly - what Henrietta Knight doesn't know isn't worth knowing!

[@jimmymalone9139]

COULD WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW ON A STAMP TOO. WOULD NOT NEED BOTH SIDES OF IT EITHER

[@biblybims9868]

Correct

[@66kevsmith]

this lady is regarded as the best jump teacher in the buisness every top triner as used her at some time or another shes done a great job with champ he jumped great last time

[@biblybims9868]

Unfortunately though,for as good as champ is,he just isn’t Gold cup standard

[@alexgroushko3142]

She values horses over Jockeys. Horse is a he but the jockey is an it.

[@Nora-mb1cx]

wym the jockey is an it?

[@dwindows1976]

Unlike Elliott

[@racehorsemad8866]

Fantastic! There are not many better trainers than Hen Knight. Keeping it simple - always goes along way. Ingenious schooling methodology! 🐎

[@harpalchauhan428]

Kauto star was very fluent at his fences even on very odd occasionwhen he ploughed through them he could still win. R.I.P. KAUTO STAR THE KING OF KINGS. Thank you for showing us the work that goes into training a horse to jump a fence.

[@harpalchauhan428]

@Antepost King thx

[@stephenfoz1307]

Except the '08 GC. His jumping was really off that day for some reason.

[@harpalchauhan428]

@@stephenfoz1307 oops forget about 2006 queen mother champion chase that made him a GREAT horse the following year and so on. R.I.P. kauto star

[@harpalchauhan428]

@@stephenfoz1307 to be honest was DENMAN and his pressure to grind you into the ground nothing else first time i was scared for kauto had same nice £40 accumulator i had come in the previous year. Until i saw denman destroy all before him was looking at getting £480 plus for him winning befred gold cup, king george just needed him to just win gold cup again plus was thinking about putting £150 on denman as back up at 4/1 but couldn't bet against kauto star. If he was gonna lose i will lose with him lol. He owed me nothing in the end his 5th and final king george he was upto 7/1 which i was eating up until boxing day and he gave me a final gift of over £3400

[@freedomforpeopletruelies6]

@@harpalchauhan428 those were the days

[@biblybims9868]

Great to see old hen still active,I hope she’s better with the drink now

[@markcostello4239]

What a horse Best Mate was!! Memories

[@henrietta9394]

Proud to share a name with this legend!

[@heffo67]

Brilliant video!!! That was so interesting! Blaklion for me is one of the best jumpers I've seen. Up and over so economically and efficently. Using his momentum and glancing over the birch. Still doing it at 13yrs this season!

[@greentombdive]

Fitzgerald “.. how a horse jumps in a race can really affect their performance.” Astonishing: yes, we’re brain dead.

[@pauljamison3340]

Such a twat he is...... it’s nearly always about him!!!! And he didn’t disappoint. 30 seconds in?????

[@nightowl7459]

Greentomb Dive: It is a case of stating the bleeding obvious, but I've heard just as bad statements from football managers too.

[@deletebilderberg]

Perhaps it’s directed at those unfamiliar with the game, rather than smart arses like you.

[@tucobenedictopacificojuanm3224]

See's Fitzgerald presenting , puts on Subtitles .

[@harryprobert4078]

This lady is a genius with horses bet local trainers love her on door step for help

[@helenhodge-croom9635]

I see the safety in this way if training...the horse can use muscle memory to quickly position it's own body to safely jump and land the fences. What I'd love to know is how she goes about fixing that confidence after they fall. If they go for the long jump and tangle their hind feet or don't jump just high enough and crash face first....because you know at one point it happened before the horses saw the race track. Be neat to see how she does that.

[@caseG80]

Didn’t you hear her horses don’t make mistakes alone mistakes come once jockey is on also if you notice the jumps with the sticks pointing up those are to teach the horses to lift there feet higher they will rub on them and not like the feeling.cheers

[@DeannaWalsh]

That is a wonderful interview, and lots to learn from. Thank you!

[@blimeyboris8856]

The lady is an institution in Horse Racing - Dame Henrietta Knight!

[@bigjimg1554]

fantastic insight

[@ianmulhall768]

EDREDON BLEU was the best jumper of a fence I ever seen that she trained and a believe AP said the same

[@spellywelly]

@@freedomforpeopletruelies6 I could be wrong but I read that as the best trained by Henrietta Knight, which Dessie wasn’t!

[@Ezrawinpim]

No manella till morning is

[@eoghanosullivan7032]

I'm 100% sure you're a clown. AP said definitely said it

[@Ezrawinpim]

@@eoghanosullivan7032 I know do you know mannella till morning ?

[@jonaFUN999]

Best mate

[@johnmcc4380]

Somebody needs to send Asterion Folonge to this place

[@footcheese05]

Aaand whats the name of this horse???

[@josephveysey2724]

Anyone know the name of that first horse?

[@MsVanorak]

with the high tail carriage who flicks it right uq jumqing under Nico de B out of doors later on. I don't know but I noticed him - beautifully balanced, intelligent and thinking. I want to know too so that I can track him or get him in my racing qost stable!

[@SniffMyDeadwax]

@@MsVanorak youve only seen him jockeyless. Could be a different story, he might not even make it to the track :D but he does look good

[@MsVanorak]

@@SniffMyDeadwax it's the same horse later on in the clip being ridden! with balance and the ability to think his way over a jump, I'd say he's a go-er but they won't know until they get him to a course and start to learn what conditions he likes and since we don't know his name we can't suss him on pedigree charts. does Henrietta knight still have a training licence or are we going to have to try to recognise him when he has moved into training proper with someone else I wonder?

[@HollyJordan15]

The horse is gorgeous 😍

[@Kevjohno]

How many adverts in a furlong

[@alexgroushko3142]

😂

[@gretawright9685]

Interesting piece

[@gretawright9685]

@Antepost King 👍🏻

[@janmeyer3129]

Lovely video, thankyou

[@lindsayhill3731]

Love this

[@jonathanh2605]

You have to be at one with the horse and feel like they are part of you.

[@paullissenburg9614]

Great insight , like to know who Henrietta rates as top rider , at the moment?!

[@SniffMyDeadwax]

DIfficult call theres no real superstars at the moment, the man with the mike Mr Fitzgerald was the last of a golden era.

[@jimboslice4468]

Always hear Ruby Walsh saying "In an ideal world I let the horse do the jumping and I worry about the race"

[@db0800]

I saw Fitzy school on countless occasions and he never get one in close and taught it how to fiddle. Stood off every fence. Hen is 100% correct; do that 22 times. Racing has moved on from his era. He wouldn't get rides on a Bank Hol now.

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

I wish she'd covered refusers

[@waynekerr1419]

Teaching a horse to lose, the lay bet

[@pierswillmott3243]

No mention of tack and it's influence....

[@felicitytoad]

🙂

[@Valfa04]

Probably one of the most dangerous sport for horses. Not acceptable at all :( and I'm talking about the races with obstacles.

[@millie1047]

I just think people say it’s more dangerous because it’s more publicised

[@macthompson9750]

the ones without obstacles suck too

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

So is jumping, cross country and everrhing else where the horses run, jump or move.

[@hunnithepug8360]

Ummm u mean a thoroughbred

[@sunset_skies8573]

Horse racing kills.

[@sunset_skies8573]

I know i was just saying that cuz 5hat was the topic of the video

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

So does any other disapline 😂

[@KickTheDustUp.]

@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 Even feral horse hurt themselves. My dad had to shoot wild horse that he can across with broken legs or shoulders. I'm in Australia btw and if and live a couple of hundred kilometers from vets. Really remote so you couldn't do anything else for them.

[@hannahheal354]

Did she go to a garden centre and get a free sample of each fence to build that track fence orrrr... 😂

[@kiara6262]

this jumping is so damn unnecessary dangerous

[@macthompson9750]

same with competitive racing. animal racing really is horrible.

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

@@macthompson9750 every disapline is dangerous get over it

[@emmawaterworth4787]

horses brake there legs and die from it over a jump and a true fact here when you whip it hurt them so get it right

[@saraheeter6559]

Yet they're quick to pull out a horse that shows little interest in jumping. Anything can break a horse. We had a horse shatter his shoulder in the pasture! My own horse left gashes on her leg from being in the stall! Many racehorse owners take good care of their horses (but there's bad apples everywhere, don't get me wrong). It's the fact that many flat racers are started so young that's the problem. That's why many steeplechasers are started around 5 or 6 in Europe

[@macthompson9750]

@@saraheeter6559 I worked in dog racing. In my experience the "bad apples" are the ones that win. Just look at the iditarod its a great example. No shortage of stuff out there about 2021 winner dallas seavey. He has won a bunch of times and his family is basically the face of the race. The way they keep their dogs is on par with the way fighting dogs are kept and trained. Chains, barrels, slatmills. And its not like his family is worse than anyone else or that they do anything particularly odd compared to other racing mushers. Racing is an activity that rewards patterns of behavior that are not good for the animals. Its group think and confirmation bias. Racing animals is bad, just like fighting them is. They really do work very similarly, im not the first person to make that connection.

[@Sora_Hawkyear]

HORSES BREAK THERE LEGS STOP DOING. THUS!

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

Horses die in every disapline. Get over it

[@johanna7096]

Please get your facts straight

[@Sora_Hawkyear]

@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 sorry i love them i cant!

[@rachelr3113]

@@Sora_Hawkyear horses can also break their legs turned out in a field. Accidents can happen anywhere its not just racing.

[@Sora_Hawkyear]

@@rachelr3113 mostly races that is force

[@dauntlessart584]

Steeplechase is barbaric.

[@macthompson9750]

all animal racing is barbaric.

[@rachelr3113]

@@macthompson9750 like you said, you dont know much about horse racing.. Id go as far as to say you dont know much about anything because to compare racing to fighting, frankly is laughable.

[@macthompson9750]

@@rachelr3113 I said that to Rick Gore on a stream once. He and his audience agreed with me. So "laughable" is taking it kind of far. Its a pretty apt comparison. I have worked in Dog racing. So I know how THAT works. There aren't too many people around that have first hand dog fighting knowledge anymore, but I have studied and read about it alot. The training is very similar to dog racing. Running, cardio, breed lots of dogs and get rid of the ones that don't have it. Whether you have 20 sled dogs, 20 racing greyhounds, or 20 fighting dogs; 20 racehorses; the flow of your life is going to involve feeding and cleaning up after 20 animals. It really isn't all that different. And then once money is involved the economics are very similar as well. Animals hat are good performers sell for more, but if they are good performers AND they are proven to breed more good performers they are worth even MORE. Just makes it harder on all these animals than it needs to be. Also I grew up working around horses and I know all about rich white people. Horse racing is a rich white people thing. So its going to be pretty tough to get rid of "the sport of kings". No matter how much info is out there about why its horrible. Dog sports have a long history of being more blue collar. Frankly, the general public should hate horse racing the most lol we can all relate to being overworked and underpaid by rich white people. Racing is a pretty brutally capitalist activity.

[@rachelr3113]

@@macthompson9750 are you american?

[@fidgetgirl-jq9lo]

Racing is abuse if anyone knew

[@Ezrawinpim]

There are parts of it that is abuse like the drugs over wiping and the age they race them not all of it is

[@OfficialMuffiin]

Not irish and english racing at least, we truly care about our horses here.

[@caseG80]

These horses all over the world receive the best care go ride a horse and make it do something it doesn’t want to do I’ll wait for you to comment back race horses love there job abuse is the horse you see who is skin an bones in a dirt field that is lucky to see a human for 5 seconds a day. And if you were not aware PETA kills more animals a year then they save. What about this video shows abuse? Your probably a very smart person in many areas please educate yourself more about horse racing or maybe add to your comment some reasons why you think racing Is abusive I’m not going to lie and say it’s not possible or never happened but it’s not true that all of racing is abuse to the horses, they truly love there job and cared for greatly with daily baths brushed and groomed feed multiple times.

[@caseG80]

@@Ezrawinpim the whips today are designed to pop not hurt the horse you can understand this better by lightly hitting your hand or leg with a newer whip to an old whip

[@fidgetgirl-jq9lo]

@@caseG80 whip still hurts the horses because so small skin it hurts them

[@danielledewitt1]

That horse is too thin.

[@crispinaske8293]

When did you last see a fat athlete.???

[@danielledewitt1]

@Nufc Magpies 123 Yes he is, his ribs were showing and if I paused I could have easily counted them despite my rubbish vision.

[@danielledewitt1]

@@crispinaske8293 Fine I’ll count his ribs to prove it.

[@helenconlon607]

He’s a perfect weight , that moment you think he looks a bit ribby was when he was exerting himself over the jump and this exertion fills out his ribs and diaphragm. This can create that illusion, but look at him just cantering and he is well covered.

[@danielledewitt1]

@@helenconlon607 Ribs should never show and I counted 14 by the way.