Where The Puissance Goes Wrong

  We all love a good Puissance class.   How high will they go? Will they clear it?  How do the horses make it look SO easy?

 What happens when things don't go quite as planned?...Maybe that huge 7' brick wall is just a little too big for your horse...

 Watch and find out....

 Courtesy of treeofjam's YouTube Page.

Extreme Cuteness Alert - Showjumping Shetlands!

 
  Cutest thing I have seen in awhile!  Look at these great little riders on their Shetlands showing off around this show jumping course. From the YouTube Channel of FastLittleFilly.

Amazing Derby Action from Hamburg Derby 2011

 
Alright, THIS is my kind of showjumping!  These courses are not only HUGE, technical, and SCARY AS HELL, they are long and include lots of different terrain.  This is the type of horse you want to ride into war on.  Anyone who completed the course is a horse God in my book, even if they only got through because they damn crazy.  I love the derby!  Check out these great rides :)

World Record Bareback Puissance

Nuff' said.  Robert Whitaker takes the 7' wall bareback and sets a new record.

from GizPlex, mizzanniecool, Jutagarden, Beccaandbuddy.

The Most Exciting Course Walk I have Ever Seen

 I sure wish my course walks were this exciting....from EPCoGroup's YouTube Channel.

When I Say Jump...You Say How High?

  Nick Skelton won the puissance class at the Washington International Horse Show this year.  Just how high will your horse jump for you?  True picture of balance, trust, and talent. From the YouTube Channel of
2crazyeventers.

Jessica Phoenix Wins Individual Gold at the Pan Am Games

  Canada's Jessica Phoenix took home the individual Gold in Eventing at the Pan Am Games.  Here is Jessie's clinching Gold Medal round on Pavarotti, courtesy of eventingnation's YouTube Channel.




 And her final interview as Gold Medallist;  What an inspiration she is!

Lamazing

  This will be one of the many videos I will feature on Eric Lamaze.  If you are like me, you have been an Eric lamaze fan supreme from the beginning.  Through the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Now us Lamaze fans are basking in the success that Eric has had the last few years.  There is little doubt in everyone's mind that he could possible the greatest show-jumping rider alive.  Of course, he thanks it all to Hickstead, his once in a lifetime little stallion.  Here is a Rolex moment with the show-jumping legend, and man who shows that if you really want something, no matter how bad you have had it in the past, it is yours for the taking.  He is an inspiration to all equestrians.  Eric and Hickstead won the CN International this year :)  Along with pretty much everything else they entered.