All I can say is that this horse is beautiful... The flow of his canter into the rise of the jump and the balanced landing says it all. This horse knows what it's doing.. Great vid! Great horse!
"I've never seen this horse jump before." ...it was truly a sight to behold. The most amazing thing I've ever seen in the equestrian world, was when he won the Alberta Power 6-Bar at Spruce Meadows. He jumped 6'9" in the final round for the win, and cleared it by a mile! What makes it so incredible, is that in a 6-Bar, you only get TWO strides to the final jump.
I remember jumping my horse after doing a few months of straight dressage with her, and she was very similar to this. I had built up so much strength in her hind end, that we both underestimated how much spring she had. Rather than springing up, however, she sprung forwards. We landed a good meter farther than where I estimated, and it threw off my stride count >.
You might've, had you seen just how much most of the other horses struggled with some fences. To see the sheer power/scope this horse was capable of just NEVER got old.
Indeed, Rodrigo was really about the only one who could sit Tomboy's jump and keep it together with him sufficiently to excel at the FEI level. His past riders had a lot of difficulty with that.
as the announcer said, tomboy does have a very unique style...i think it looks hard to ride but it definately puts tomboy higher in the air and lets him get his legs out of the way...well done rodrigo! beautiful round
Dunno about mounting, but as Mary states here, it's very difficult to stay with him on the landing side of a fence... his past riders had significant trouble with it, but Rodrigo was able to figure it out. And it was this horse that really began to put Rodrigo on the map on a worldwide stage-- before Lianos, before Baloubet.
Ha ha .. I remember him so well.. massive jump, dodgy technique and his ears pinned back all the way.What a horse, I wouldnt have sat it over a cross pole! The pessoas are great trainers but would not be forcefull so if tomboy hadnt of wanted to jump.... he wouldnt have. And the riding was spot on .. as usual!
This video brings back good memories. I was there that day and Brazil had their own little cheering section and they were so excited. They were a few rows behind me.
I wish I had been old enough to see this on the tv when it first came out. I would have been hitting the floor with my jaw at that horse's powerful jump! Incredible!
...indeed. And even then, the only time he ever *has* to, is when he gets himself in too deep of a spot. Height never forces him to tuck: as mentioned before, he jumped 6'9" to win the Alberta Power 6Bar, and he didn't even bother to tuck his legs over that! Was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in showjumping, and I'm trying like hell to find that tape so I can post it. I have trillions, lol
I've never seen this horse jump before. That's such an unusual jumping style, I really wasn't expecting that as they approached the first jump. Great round!
Now that is an impressive horse! Looking at his build, I was pretty sceptical at first, but there's no denying that Tomboy is a true powerhouse! A well deserved placing. :)
Well, on a related note... he does hold the N.American 6Bar-record. I remember seeing him schooling for it: he was clearing 6'9", and still hanging his legs over that. It was friggin' INCREDIBLE!
@mckennarules9 Tomboy, no... though interestingly enough, I *do* have a video of Rio Grande doing that. When Tomboy set the North American 6Bar record, by jumping 6'9" with only two strides worth of momentum (a tied record that still stands today!)... Nancy Southern later asked Rodrigo if he was nervous about attempting that. He answered "No. Well, a little bit, but I've trotted him over 5ft several times, so I knew he could do it."
@cocomango5189 Tomboy did sometimes run afoul of time faults, as you can clearly see in his "heartbreak" video, where he missed the jumpoff for the Olympic medals by 1/4th of a second. However, he also had an ENORMOUS stride, and that really helped. It was very deceiving: he looks like he's just ambling along for a canter in the countryside, but he actually covered a tremendous amount of ground... which served to mitigate the time lost by his big jump.
I was just trying to find that clip. it was over the double liverpool oxers at the entrance to the intl' ring. He put his legs through both oxers and Rodrigo was riding so hard and they somehow managed to come out clean. It was amazing! Sprucemeadows did this thing on FSN about Rodrigo and if I remember correctly the horse actually broke something in his withers. It was a pretty catastrophic injury
What a fabulous animal! Horses at this level *are* freaks- and they do it because they are athletes and they love the game. You can't get that kind of performance at that height and level without willingness, and it obviously took someone as amazingly talented as RP to figure out how to ride that successfully. People like to show how much they know by critiquing, but there kind of isn't anything to criticize here. Watch clips of RP on Baloubet- also an incredibly hard ride, but what a team!
wow!!! imagin havein a go on tht beast hes absaloutly stunning done the job AMAZINGLY. Must of came off the best 2 horses and had the best trainer in the world to come out with a result like that!!!! Amazed!!!
Every now and then you'll see one that does it... not quite to this level, but close. One that immediately pops to mind was It's Otto, ridden by Geoff Billington. That horse ~soared~ above every fence, and in fact competed in these same Olympics-- making it all the way to the jumpoff.
Lol looking pissed makes me think of a pony at our stable's, when she jumps she looks exactly like this horse but she is concentrated at that moment and only thinks of jumping :D
...if that's the case, then you'll LOVE the next one of him I plan to put up. He kicks his legs out HARD in the middle of a triple combination, just explosively. Very cool to see.
When I heard about Gem Twist being cloned, immediately my thoughts went to Tomboy... I always wondered what it'd be like to raise a Tomboy clone... particularly seeing how that horse would jump, seeing as it wouldn't have suffered Tomboy's original injury.
'I've trotted him over 5ft a couple times' Of course, as you do!! And to think Rodrigo was a young rider when he did this, looking at riders these days I'm not sure how many of them would be able to ride this horse and keep their equitation. Beautiful!
as a colt, he fell down a hill and hurt his back... he made a full physical recovery, but psychologically, it made him reluctant to use it... which is part of the reason he jumps so flatly, and chooses to utilize his raw power over efficient form, to clear obstacles-- though, he's proven several times that he can round out quite nicely, when he wants to.
@HorseSensation Agree 100%. And according to Horse Illustrated, it's supposed to have an unusually high amount of TV coverage from mainstream networks... which would certainly be new and refreshing, for non-racing horse sports!
@Poll798Cp Of course, but Rodrigo's something of the exception: he was routinely competing in grands prix by age 14, and rode in his first Olympics (1992) at age 19. He was the youngest (equestrian) competitor that year. Interestingly enough, his father was the oldest that year too. :)
pessoa is my idol...no more words..ive got a pessoa saddle too amd i aspire for being the next sensation..jeje, im not being cocky...im from honduras and made it to the honduran national team...and now im in usa...maybe this spring i will go into brown's equestrian team and see what they can offer me
props to rodrigo for even staying on i rode a horse who like to jump like this but over small jumps (50cm) and i almost fall off, but this high Rodrigo definetley has some skill
wow i would be very scared to jump this horse...gorgeous horse and pessoa handles him well...but i would be so scared to try him myself...such a unique jump style! =] thx for posting!
@SparkleGrl123 It's an optical illusion. 1) he's not movingly slowly at all. Again, this horse has an *enormous* stride: he's moving faster than the average horse just based on the amount of ground he covers with each step he takes. 2) he tends to lunge the jumps a bit, Rodrigo has to work to keep his front end off the fences. That's what you're seeing, not necessarily speed.
@4evadressage Could be any number of reasons, though I'd suspect he's just the type of horse who pins at you whenever you apply any manner of leg/hand aids. I'd also be willing to bet it's more the latter than the former, as he used to be even more finicky when Rodrigo used to ride him with a bit instead of a hackamore.
I agree. I was doingsome jumping the other day i was doing a 4ft one and my horse jumped it like a foot higher and it really is difficult to stay in sync with it..And that was no way near as high as pessoa! Still an amazing jumper!
Omg, my filly gets the EXACT same expression as this horse when she jumps. Its like they are just sooo determined to get over it =] Wow, they move the same and everything. How neat, haha. Absolutely amazing, he has such an insane amount of scope!!
wow, he has such an unigue jumping style!
I love how the rider didn't try to catch the horses mouth,and also gave him some rein. 😋
Anyone notice the horse is in a hackamore? ;)
PepsiTanG yup 😀
All I can say is that this horse is beautiful...
The flow of his canter into the rise of the jump and the balanced landing says it all. This horse knows what it's doing.. Great vid! Great horse!
"I've never seen this horse jump before."
...it was truly a sight to behold. The most amazing thing I've ever seen in the equestrian world, was when he won the Alberta Power 6-Bar at Spruce Meadows.
He jumped 6'9" in the final round for the win, and cleared it by a mile! What makes it so incredible, is that in a 6-Bar, you only get TWO strides to the final jump.
beautiful style and is he using a hackamore? if so that man has my respect
LucaTheCob yes, a hackamore 😀
I wonder how many times he's fallen off this Tomboy, looking at the horse it surely got some temper :)
He is not jumping, he is flying!
I remember jumping my horse after doing a few months of straight dressage with her, and she was very similar to this. I had built up so much strength in her hind end, that we both underestimated how much spring she had. Rather than springing up, however, she sprung forwards. We landed a good meter farther than where I estimated, and it threw off my stride count >.
No joke my jaw dropped for this video, I have never seen any horse jump so... perfectly
Pinned ears don't always mean that they are mad.
+Seth Delano His ears aren't even pinned? They're turned back = he focuses on the rider.
Indeed, he's amazing. And still alive, 17yrs later! (he was 14 when this was filmed)
You might've, had you seen just how much most of the other horses struggled with some fences.
To see the sheer power/scope this horse was capable of just NEVER got old.
At first I thought that he would fault at combos seeing that momentum that goes into one jump. But woah that horse can fly...
I've never seen a horse jump like that! Leaves so much clearance.
Amazing :)
What a great horse!!! Look at that spring!
sar ko *Jump
Winter Star No, I meant the spring in his jump. He wasn't just lumbering over a couple of jumps, he was putting his heart into it, and enjoying it!
sar ko Okay i'm so sorry! 😅😅
Winter Star No worries!☺
Hmm, never really seen Tomboy be accused of having style, lol.... but he's certainly got the scope!
Indeed, Rodrigo was really about the only one who could sit Tomboy's jump and keep it together with him sufficiently to excel at the FEI level. His past riders had a lot of difficulty with that.
Very unorthodox, never seen a horse jump like that xD interesting
...he really is amazing, and he's both still alive today and still the N.America 6bar record holder, 16yrs later!
This horse is purely wonderful.
Indeed, he certainly is gorgeous... I was always so impressed by how amazingly "full" of a tail he has!
as the announcer said, tomboy does have a very unique style...i think it looks hard to ride but it definately puts tomboy higher in the air and lets him get his legs out of the way...well done rodrigo! beautiful round
That is craaaaazy! What a horse!!
The strength of the horses jump, Wow.
They were always such fun to watch, Tomboy attacked his fences ferociously. What an amazing partnership. Thanks for posting, and Merry Christmas!
WOW. freakshow! amazing horse...imagine how high the jumps would have to be to get him to fold those legs in!
Tomboy will always be one of the horse's remembered...Such power! And this was a great ride!
and he's bitless!!! LOVE it!
Dunno about mounting, but as Mary states here, it's very difficult to stay with him on the landing side of a fence... his past riders had significant trouble with it, but Rodrigo was able to figure it out.
And it was this horse that really began to put Rodrigo on the map on a worldwide stage-- before Lianos, before Baloubet.
@Christiex2
"wow he's beautiful."
Isn't he though?! Such a unique and amazing jumper!
Its almost like a stag jump!
I'm watching the hind end the whole time, its amazing!
Ha ha .. I remember him so well.. massive jump, dodgy technique and his ears pinned back all the way.What a horse, I wouldnt have sat it over a cross pole! The pessoas are great trainers but would not be forcefull so if tomboy hadnt of wanted to jump.... he wouldnt have. And the riding was spot on .. as usual!
This video brings back good memories. I was there that day and Brazil had their own little cheering section and they were so excited. They were a few rows behind me.
I love jumping!! This years WEG is going to be awesome!!
I wish I had been old enough to see this on the tv when it first came out. I would have been hitting the floor with my jaw at that horse's powerful jump! Incredible!
i swear...this horse is out of controllll!!!
amazing really!!!
thank uuuu
Oh wow, this is that horse... he is freakin... BEAUTIFUL over the jumps. Little angry looking but I think that's the majesty to it. Very beautiful.
...indeed. And even then, the only time he ever *has* to, is when he gets himself in too deep of a spot.
Height never forces him to tuck: as mentioned before, he jumped 6'9" to win the Alberta Power 6Bar, and he didn't even bother to tuck his legs over that! Was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in showjumping, and I'm trying like hell to find that tape so I can post it. I have trillions, lol
I've never seen this horse jump before. That's such an unusual jumping style, I really wasn't expecting that as they approached the first jump. Great round!
...he wasn't "taught" to do that, its mostly thought to stem from his youth injury.
Anyways, he retired more than 10yrs ago.
This horse is just incredible to watch. His jumping style makes it look like he's literally flying!
Now that is an impressive horse! Looking at his build, I was pretty sceptical at first, but there's no denying that Tomboy is a true powerhouse! A well deserved placing. :)
the rider is young yet great! and the horse is beautiful and talented - not even bucking or refusing!
Wow. That's quite impressive (: the horse was pretty eager and frustrated during the whole thing ((;
that horse is absolutely amazing!!!!
and that course is huge! its so long!
All of us show jumpers have the struggle of releasing and sitting back up when the front end of the horse begins its decent.
Wow, such a lovely scope and jump. Clearing those jumps in style.
Wow he is amazing! ive never seen a horse jump like that before, absolut amazing. thanks
Such a strong jump!! Beautiful horse.
Well, on a related note... he does hold the N.American 6Bar-record.
I remember seeing him schooling for it: he was clearing 6'9", and still hanging his legs over that. It was friggin' INCREDIBLE!
der überspringt ja mal so krass ... ob das wirklich so wünschenswert ist?
@mckennarules9
Tomboy, no... though interestingly enough, I *do* have a video of Rio Grande doing that.
When Tomboy set the North American 6Bar record, by jumping 6'9" with only two strides worth of momentum (a tied record that still stands today!)... Nancy Southern later asked Rodrigo if he was nervous about attempting that. He answered "No. Well, a little bit, but I've trotted him over 5ft several times, so I knew he could do it."
@cocomango5189
Tomboy did sometimes run afoul of time faults, as you can clearly see in his "heartbreak" video, where he missed the jumpoff for the Olympic medals by 1/4th of a second.
However, he also had an ENORMOUS stride, and that really helped. It was very deceiving: he looks like he's just ambling along for a canter in the countryside, but he actually covered a tremendous amount of ground... which served to mitigate the time lost by his big jump.
I was just trying to find that clip. it was over the double liverpool oxers at the entrance to the intl' ring. He put his legs through both oxers and Rodrigo was riding so hard and they somehow managed to come out clean. It was amazing! Sprucemeadows did this thing on FSN about Rodrigo and if I remember correctly the horse actually broke something in his withers. It was a pretty catastrophic injury
What a fabulous animal! Horses at this level *are* freaks- and they do it because they are athletes and they love the game. You can't get that kind of performance at that height and level without willingness, and it obviously took someone as amazingly talented as RP to figure out how to ride that successfully. People like to show how much they know by critiquing, but there kind of isn't anything to criticize here. Watch clips of RP on Baloubet- also an incredibly hard ride, but what a team!
...incredibly well-said. Thank you.
Holy cow!! That horse has some major power!!
wow!!! imagin havein a go on tht beast hes absaloutly stunning done the job AMAZINGLY. Must of came off the best 2 horses and had the best trainer in the world to come out with a result like that!!!! Amazed!!!
what an amazing and powerful horse!
Every now and then you'll see one that does it... not quite to this level, but close.
One that immediately pops to mind was It's Otto, ridden by Geoff Billington. That horse ~soared~ above every fence, and in fact competed in these same Olympics-- making it all the way to the jumpoff.
Lol looking pissed makes me think of a pony at our stable's, when she jumps she looks exactly like this horse but she is concentrated at that moment and only thinks of jumping :D
daanzluvdeg They aint angry, their listening to their owner
Good god! That horse is a beast!
...if that's the case, then you'll LOVE the next one of him I plan to put up.
He kicks his legs out HARD in the middle of a triple combination, just explosively. Very cool to see.
i love the design of the course
amazing round right there.
holy crap, He doesnt even come CLOSE to touching the jumps O.O OMG,.....! these guys are friggen ridiculous!! *jaw drops*
Amazing jumping!
When I heard about Gem Twist being cloned, immediately my thoughts went to Tomboy...
I always wondered what it'd be like to raise a Tomboy clone... particularly seeing how that horse would jump, seeing as it wouldn't have suffered Tomboy's original injury.
That first jump is HUGE!
and using a hackamore amazing!
A beautiful and scopy horse!
INSANE horse!
this was beautiful
'I've trotted him over 5ft a couple times'
Of course, as you do!! And to think Rodrigo was a young rider when he did this, looking at riders these days I'm not sure how many of them would be able to ride this horse and keep their equitation. Beautiful!
as a colt, he fell down a hill and hurt his back... he made a full physical recovery, but psychologically, it made him reluctant to use it... which is part of the reason he jumps so flatly, and chooses to utilize his raw power over efficient form, to clear obstacles-- though, he's proven several times that he can round out quite nicely, when he wants to.
@HorseSensation
Agree 100%. And according to Horse Illustrated, it's supposed to have an unusually high amount of TV coverage from mainstream networks... which would certainly be new and refreshing, for non-racing horse sports!
Good God that horse is a beast with invisible wings!
lol i will....his jump is sooo interesting! its wow! that takes some skill on the riders half for sure! so amazing how he manages to stay clean!
@Poll798Cp
Of course, but Rodrigo's something of the exception: he was routinely competing in grands prix by age 14, and rode in his first Olympics (1992) at age 19.
He was the youngest (equestrian) competitor that year. Interestingly enough, his father was the oldest that year too. :)
pessoa is my idol...no more words..ive got a pessoa saddle too amd i aspire for being the next sensation..jeje, im not being cocky...im from honduras and made it to the honduran national team...and now im in usa...maybe this spring i will go into brown's equestrian team and see what they can offer me
Maximum height: 5'3"
Maximum spread: 6'6"
OMG!!! The jumps 00:51 to 1:09 are UNBELIEVABLE!
just wow.. wow.. what a great horse.
@Ingridoganette
The heights are at FEI maxima:
Verticals are 1.60m (5ft 3in). Oxers are same height, with a spread up to 2.0m (6ft 6in).
props to rodrigo for even staying on i rode a horse who like to jump like this but over small jumps (50cm) and i almost fall off, but this high Rodrigo definetley has some skill
Amazing horse ... !
Wonderful!
@dreamernsaihung
Who knows. The highest I've ever seen him jump was 6'9" in competition, to win the Alberta Power 6Bar.
wow i would be very scared to jump this horse...gorgeous horse and pessoa handles him well...but i would be so scared to try him myself...such a unique jump style! =] thx for posting!
what an amazing horse :D
@SparkleGrl123
It's an optical illusion.
1) he's not movingly slowly at all. Again, this horse has an *enormous* stride: he's moving faster than the average horse just based on the amount of ground he covers with each step he takes.
2) he tends to lunge the jumps a bit, Rodrigo has to work to keep his front end off the fences. That's what you're seeing, not necessarily speed.
@4evadressage
Could be any number of reasons, though I'd suspect he's just the type of horse who pins at you whenever you apply any manner of leg/hand aids. I'd also be willing to bet it's more the latter than the former, as he used to be even more finicky when Rodrigo used to ride him with a bit instead of a hackamore.
wowii,that horse jumps huge!
I agree. I was doingsome jumping the other day i was doing a 4ft one and my horse jumped it like a foot higher and it really is difficult to stay in sync with it..And that was no way near as high as pessoa! Still an amazing jumper!
Omg, my filly gets the EXACT same expression as this horse when she jumps. Its like they are just sooo determined to get over it =] Wow, they move the same and everything. How neat, haha. Absolutely amazing, he has such an insane amount of scope!!
THIS horse is special! :O
...that'd be the understatement of the century.
hmm well thanks! ill keep looking...wow his jump just i cant stop watching!
My God! This horse is Pegasus!