Badminton Horseless Trails - a parkour challenge
We can all admit to being a bit tired sometimes, but when your horse needs to get out and about, you pull on your riding boots, don the riding hat, and give it the exercise and fresh air it needs to stay healthy and happy nonetheless.
Sometimes it's difficult to get yourself out of bed, but it's impressive how quickly you feel more awake when on a horse! I would go as far as to say that it is definitely on par with a strong coffee!
However, would you ever feel energetic enough to undertake the jumps your horse can perform so gracefully, without your steed?
One 22-year-old from Merseyside has been videoed jumping, flipping, and rolling his way through 28 fences of the Badminton Horse Trials Cross Country Course.
Challenged to attempt the course parkour-style by his girlfriend – herself a horse rider – he did complete the 6km course, but not within the usual allocated time limit given to those with equine help.
On horse-back, competitors cannot take longer than 11 minutes and 13 seconds to finish all the jumps. Without a horse it took the springy, gravity-defying 22-year-old almost four hours.
Still, we are very impressed...although perhaps he should have had a riding hat or some other form of protective gear on just in case?
Sometimes it's difficult to get yourself out of bed, but it's impressive how quickly you feel more awake when on a horse! I would go as far as to say that it is definitely on par with a strong coffee!
However, would you ever feel energetic enough to undertake the jumps your horse can perform so gracefully, without your steed?
One 22-year-old from Merseyside has been videoed jumping, flipping, and rolling his way through 28 fences of the Badminton Horse Trials Cross Country Course.
Challenged to attempt the course parkour-style by his girlfriend – herself a horse rider – he did complete the 6km course, but not within the usual allocated time limit given to those with equine help.
On horse-back, competitors cannot take longer than 11 minutes and 13 seconds to finish all the jumps. Without a horse it took the springy, gravity-defying 22-year-old almost four hours.
Still, we are very impressed...although perhaps he should have had a riding hat or some other form of protective gear on just in case?
Labels: Badminton Horse Trials, Cross Country Course, flip, horse, jump, jumps, Merseyside, parkour, rider. equine, riding boots, riding hat, roll, time limit, video
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