BTB: Horse-trainer hutzpah on Horse Hero

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:41 PM PDT

I monitor Horse Hero, a British horse video site, for interesting and unique footage on all aspects of horse riding, training, breeding, and care/management. It's a fee-based site but modestly priced, and to me it is worth the money. Fiona, the narrator/hostess (not in this footage), is a hoot.

Below is the intrepid Carston Sandrock, narrating from atop a 3 year old stallion he is backing for the third time, without a helmet. More foolhardy than courageous, I'm afraid, but one has to admire his way with this young horse. He explains his system for backing horses -- how many people in the ring, where they are positioned, and why it works. I wish I'd seen it before Riley was backed...