What a gorgeous fellow! Is he feisty or is this dressage where you're cuing him to go side to side like that?

Thanks :D He's so pretty! Such a far cry from what he used to look like! He was a scruffy little thing, with a lump on his nose the size of a golf ball and plenty of scars!

And he's just being naughty :P he does it far too much and it's so annoying XD If he was a bit more sensible, he could really put those movies to good use in dressage!

Was he a rescue? :o

His (current) owner saw him at a sale and he was THE most pathetic horse she'd ever seen XD He'd had an accident on the way to the sales, where he'd been spooked in the trailer and somehow got under a metal bar and scraped all the skin off his back. He barely had any mane and he was covered in mud, his ribs were sticking out too! We thought he would be taken to the meat factory if he wasn't bought at the sales.

He's the best horse to ride out on hacks! He's not spooky in traffic and so long as he's behind another horse, he won't put a foot wrong! A 7yr old even rode him the other day.
His problem is being alone in the show ring, he's got seeeerious issues with being by himself D: poor thing!

Awww, poor guy! He's cleaned up reaaaally gorgeous though, wow!

Woo he's got some energy XD

Falling off in classes is the worst :'(

Nice riding!

Yea :P he was particulaly bad today, I can usually atleast get him to complete the course and I've even got 2nd on him...twice!

I've never fallen off in a show before D: but you're right, it suuucks!

Thanks ^^

Hehehe! The worst thing is, we can't even stable him! The first show I rode him in, some person put him in a stable...he broke the door off it's hinges!!

Good on you for sitting his fits, he seems really lost and un-confident. How long have you been riding him??

I've been riding him for about 3years, but for the first year I really didn't enjoy him and was pretty scared of him. But I was made to ride him (through lack of horses) and I really bonded ^^

He's so unconfident and like you said, lost, when he jumps alone. When he gets into it he does enjoy it most of the time, but I could tell we were going to have issues today, mainly because I was not feeling it and the weather really put me off and I guess I transmitted that onto him (it was raining pretty bad and my worst fear is a horse slipping over)

He does love jumping in the school, with the rest of the horses. He rears from excitement, rather than fear :P

He's a much better hacking horse! He's so fast too, he can keep up with the ex racers!

Yeah, I'm scared to death of my horse slipping on me if the footing is iffy. He's not the most graceful animal, and I've seen my BO's horse slip and fall on her twice. Ned almost looks like he's pacing in parts, what kind of horse is he?

Ouch! D: I've seen lots of videos online and Ned's owner actually had her older horse Dubonnet fall on her and shatter her leg so badly, it's actually a different length to the other now!
Ned's a standardbred and always very very good on his feet. Although it looks weird and his legs go EVERYWHERE (You can see it a lot more when he's actually going forwards in my other videos) he's actually a very stable horse. It's just down to my fears that I didn't push him hard enough and get him around the arena like his other rider Matt did (Who did it with one stirrup after it snapped!!)