Icelandic horses break through ice - UNCUT VERSION
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2011
- Icelandic horses brake through ice in Iceland. Filmed by Daniel BEN. Ben Media ltd. Uncut version.
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It makes me so happy to see people climbing into ice cold water to save the horses, this videos is amazing Xx
Well.. it was the people bringing the horses into the situation. They should help.
WOW, I am amazed they got all those horses out, well done.
I just returned from Reykjavik two days ago, rode some of these beautiful horses. This video was hard to watch but I noticed how calm the horses were during the entire time they were in the water. Everyone did a great job working together. People who make comments about hitting the horses obviously have no experience with horses. The people of Iceland cherish their horses so much, they are treated much better than horses in the US. As someone who grew up on horseback living on a farm, I understood the actions they took to get their precious horses out of that cold water. They owner and others didn't hesitate to jump right in and help. Bravo Icelandic people. Loved your beautiful country. Hope to see it in the summer one day.
Absolutely disagree. These horses were calm because they were fucking freezing to death. And no. They did not great job. They fucked the whole thing up as much as a human being is able to fuck something up. They deserve nothing but a spit in a face for endangering lives of those horses. I have never seen more stupid group of people doing more stupid kind of activity. Synchronised riding on ice. That on earth were they thinking....
I completely agree! Some of the horses just needed a little "spark" to get moving. The longer in this freezing water, the more dangerous it would have become. The only thing I can say is: the people organizing this, should have checked better if the ice would be able to hold all this weight. Fortually it was shallow water.
In my experience, Icelandic horses are hard headed but very smart. Once they trust their trainer the horse will go anywhere for them. This seems to be a pretty good display of that
This video shows the opposite of smart. A smart horse wouldn`t have followed its trainer on something as stupid as riding in a pack over thin ice
If you are a horse reading this what he is trying to say is that you are basically screwed. K bye
I feel bad for the horses but I am pleased that the riders reacted well to the situation and they managed their best to get all of them out of the water.
These horses are so well trained they stayed so nice and calm
Most Icelandic horses don't need training to be this way, it's one of their main characteristics :)
Marie:) what I used to call "bomb proof" - a horse that's not bothered by anything.
A trait very hard to come by. I couldn't believe how calmly the little horses waited for instructions to get out of the mess.
Dusk Apple yeh they just layer there like whatever
It's just the breed!
Lol it is called the "
Cold shock response"..
I just saw the brief version of this video, with those horses crashing through the ice and I was desperate to find out if the horses were saved... thank-you for sharing this!
Thank God every single horse made it out alive !! Great team effort by all..... bless their hearts!!!
After all these years, it's still hard to see the horses trapped.
thank goodness all of those horses got out :)
Bad accident minimized by instant, well coordinated response..man & animal. a beautiful thing to watch.
It's actually terrifying thing to watch. Man leading animal to shock and danger.
My friend's dog fell through ice yesterday and drowned and it's been haunting me. I've been crying all night. I don't know why I'm watching these. I just can't even fathom it. I'm in denial. I loved him.
NAbbey87 Sorry for you and your friend's loss :( He must have been a nice little buddy, poor dog
So sorry for you and your friend's loss. So sad,.... these things happen but it's never easy....... God knows all your tears....
We had a case where people decided to test the bridge so they drove many trucks on it one by one and it held and then everyone got in their truck and started them all almost at the same time to drive off and bridge collapsed and many people died. And it was miscalculation of people, even though bridge held the weight it didn't hold the simultaneous trembling that all those cars made upon starting. I see here the same type of miscalculation. Who thought that it is a smart idea to march horses in one line over the ice?
People who only care about their vanity and not the welfare of the horse. That's who.
Apparently riding ponies over ice is a tradition in Iceland. A very, very strange country.
When I started watching this I was terrified what would happen to these horses. Each time one got out of the water, I would clap and scream in joy. I appauld the determination of all involved!! I love these horses, they are so beautiful and unique!! Bravo!!!
I was so scared, espeacially because of the White Horse in the end that gave up to put his head out of the water, thanks to the people there🙏🏼
Those horses were so calm!…amazing temperament!
These men know their horses and what it's all about when it comes to rescuing them, they did a great job.
So... when I break my dogs leg and then try my best to heal him... will i recive compliment too?
Do you realize how stupid these riders are? They absolutely did not do any good job at all. They fucked it up as much as possible.
They were also the ones who rode their horses into peril.
Calm down people this was an accident, they DO happen. Some of these horses are some of icelandics most expensive horses and have won many awards and the people would never do them harm. The plan was not to fall in the water. Someone had measured the Ice but the horses were riding to close together so it broke, it was a mistake and the owners are obviously very scared for the horses on the video. Some of you are talking about the girl hitting the horse with the halter, she's not hitting it to harm it just trying to get him to climb the ice. All of the horses got a hot bath after this mess and were covered with warm blankets. Julia the grey horse did not have a broken neck they all were fine but were obviously a little bit disturbed by all of this just like the owners :)
No, sorry, anyone who didn't see this coming is a fucking idiot.
The lesson to be learned from all this? Never believe a girl when she tells you how much weight she weighs.
+Alisa Odincova : ahahah. This was an humoristic remark. For the rest, you just proved you've no sense of maths, physics, humor, and philosophy. Good night.
Runstar Homer Yeah, the top comment is just making excuses for their stupidity.
Your are so dummb shut up idiot they didnt know tha was going to happen
Wow, what a scene man
Well, that was pretty heart stopping. I'm very glad everyone got out. I'll bet after everyone got dried off, there was some relief celebrating going on!
Thank God all the horses are safe.
the horses are just chillin out.
I love Icelandic horses I'm glad they are all safe, if you get the chance to ride on A Icelandic horse, it is amazing
Celine Kroeger o thank you for sticking to the positive of this situation while all the other idiots are commenting how the humans could've done better. :)
Wolf Celine its such a good thing that someone is postitive here and i own a icelandic horse hes here on my profile picure
"Hey yo let's get 7 horses, and make them trot on thin ice! Yeah? who's with me?!"
My question is, why ride an animal that ways about a thousand pounds on ice?
Good job don't like any animal to die like that.Good team work
I remember this show that channel 54 on animal planet, is like untamed and uncut since 2009-2011. And so I like that episode.HEY!
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Everyone in Iceland should know you stay off the ice in July. It's just not safe then.
The "method" that worked was Siggi jumped into the frigid water and put the horses front hooves onto his legs to give the horses enough of a boost and leverage to get out of the water -- that you will notice was up to their noses.
Why do they even ride them on ice? Do you know how heavy all those horses are together??!!
They did measure the ice to be thick enough for them to go on, but they rode to close so the ice broke. It's called a icetölt, I do not know why we have it..
Man 1 : you wanna join my club who ride horses during winter ?
Man 2 : yea sure sounds like fun .
Mmm... same problem as with soldiers marching in unison across a bridge;I think the group managed to set up enough of a reverberation through the ice by stepping in near unison, and down they went.
Good thing that all the horses made it out... always liked how spirited and strong Icelandic breed are.
Way simpler than that, they were just too heavy and did not bother checking the thickness of the ice. A very stupid action. So many horses and riders way multiple tons and that closely packed? Ice would have to be pretty thick for that. Ice can hold a lot but only if it is thick enough.
A great video - and a fantastic teaching aid for anyone in a similar situation. Unlike most other comments, I was more concerned for the people as all too often brave people trying to rescue animals end up dying whilst the poor pet gets out unharmed. I was astonished how easily the people got in and out - but maybe that was because the water was not that deep.
WHAT???? This wouldn't have happened in the first place if not for those selfish idiots! All because their vanity was more important than the safety of those horses.
If the people didn't let their animals get into danger it wouldn't be 'all too often' would it?
Hmmm riding horses on ice. I see that's a fabulous idea.... :P
Apparently it is a tradition in Iceland. It is one very warped country.
@nredfearn8367Ah, right, thx. I'm all for traditions.... where they make people happy, keep the heritage and culture alive without harm, don't damage nature and/or wildlife and domestic animals... All great! But when traditions are harmful, or even dangerous, both, to humans and animals, I simply don't get why people don't use their common sense and alter the tradition or abandon it when changing it isn't possible. It should not be necessary to say how ineffably stupid it is to ride horses on ice, more so in a row side by side. It was so incredibly difficult to watch the whole thing without getting angry because the situation was so unnecessary. I'm only sorry for the horses.(Only a month ago a horse in our stable slipped on a frozen puddle and broke a leg, was her death sentence).
I was so sad when my teacher showed me this at school. I love horses so... this is terrible. I bet that it would be pretty hard to get all of the horses out of the ice.
The first thing I though of was a chain saw. They weren't far from shore, the water wasn't deep, and the ice wasn't that thick. The horses seem pretty calm unlike the humans. They weren't trying to stay afloat and didn't panic, plenty of time to cut a path to shore.
Omg they are so calm🙏🏼🙏🏼
A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet! Now people think it's a great idea to sit on top of a horse and ride it on ice with 12 other horses. OH but the water is shallow so even if the horses fell threw they could stand and possibly get out. So obviously they knew something like this could possibly happen or they were just lucky. The poor horses were most likely staying where they are because of the shock of falling threw ice and having to sit in the cold water, not because there well trained or they are Icelandic horses and they can handle the cold, there not polar bears ok. At least they got the horses out, and I understand the halter hitting, she was just trying to drive the horse forward.. though when people are standing in front of the poor horse and pulling on the horses face and mouth..and some lady is hitting the horses behind with a halter and screaming after the horse that just fell threw ice, it doesn't do much, but please applaud the humans for saving the horse and jumping into the cold water themselves, even though they put them in danger in the first place. I feel like there's a bunch of other ways to have avoided this problem all together, let me give you one.. don't ride 12 horses on ice.
Melissa Melissa .... you don’t ride Icelandic horses do you? They’re stronger than one would think. I know they’re not polar bears (obviously) however they are stronger than your average horse(and pony)
You make it sound like all this was on purpose (about the ice breaking and the horses falling in). I can assure you, it was not. You also make it sound like the humans are “the bad guys”. Some of the people out there got in the water (as you know) to help the horses, letting them stand on their THIGHS. Accidents happen, and isn’t it just a good thing that all horses (AND HUMANS) got out safely? The people out there did their best and we all mess up at times... I am sure you’ve done that as well^^
Melissa
I completly agree with you. Putting horses on ice is a terrible idea, it's just putting the poor horses in danger, many people commented that "they are so weell trained icelandic horses they stay really calm" no they are just shocked and cold, let's not even talk about the "they can handle the cold", they might be used to the cold be they can't survive long time in water that cold. And yes the people hitting the poor horses and pulling on their mouth and face... sure it might have been the only solution they had to get them out but they are litteraly hurting the poor horses to get the animals out of a life threatening situation THEY put them in.
Exactly and well said. These people are a bunch of selfish cowards. The rescue crew are the real hero's. The riders, not so much. They caused this.
Amazing work by the people who first fell through, then turned directly back to save their animals. The fact they were in for 7 minutes though...i don't know about horses, but it must be right on the borderline of survival in those temps.
Group of most stupid people I have seen in my life. Lets go call them heroes, because they did the stupidest and shittiest mistake and almost killed lot of horses just out of pure stupidity. Then saved them because of pure luck, that the weather was not so cruel. HEROES!
LOL saw this meme. i did not know this was in iceland x) Me and my friends as children where jumping all together in a group on this same lake, with very similar resaults xD
wright that into your island sagas!
That was Good work guys u keep the horse warm by moveing them in the water very cold i can feel it from here
Why were they riding a whole bunch of horses over the ice in the first place?
It's an event, I wonder if they had someone test the ice first though :
I see. Well, thankfully everyone (seemed) to get out of it okay.
The Tölt is a gate that prevents the horses from slipping because the horse always has one leg on the ground. It's usually not dangerous because the ice is thick enough. But if there are more that 5 horses next to each other, it's hard to calculate wether the ice is going to break or not.
i've seen horses on ice doing tolt,trot,walk pace and gallop. I wouldn't say tolt is the best way not to slip. all gates are possible
I’m pretty sure they did have it tested but I guess miscalculated? Happens to the best of us 😅😂
man I hope they felt like idiots afterwards... unreal what they put those helpless animals through
Amazingly it is a tradition in Iceland, like eating rotten shark.
This video is old. Hopefully lessons learned since then.
Thank goodness all the horses got out. I hope none of them died from hypothermia or something
I am honestly shocked at how many people are throwing accusations left and right, calling the riders stupid idiots, and overall just being rude.
Let's make one thing clear, there have been many riding competitions and a couple shows, ON THAT POND BEFORE. This is a thing in Iceland, and most of the time things go smoothly. The supervisors had deemed the ice thick enough for the horses to be ridden over it like they were. Some of the riders were even hesitant to do it, since they thought it was risky but decided to trust the people that do this as their job.
Icelandic horses are not ponies. Okay. They are a breed that has adapted to harsh conditions and are very powerful creatures. Still, being stuck in ice cold water can be extremely dangerous. In cases where horses go on ice and it breaks they are very unlikely to get out alive if no humans are present. This happened last winter or the winter before that I believe, a group of horses was driven out onto a frozen pond in a storm. The ice broke not so far away from land and all horses died. They fight like hell for a couple of minutes, but eventually give up and accept death. This is why the riders are desperately trying to keep them going and get them out of the pond as quickly as possible. Even if they have to hit the horses, that probably saved their lives. If horse and rider are working towards the same goal, in this case getting the horse out the pond, it makes everything much easier.
HORSES AND RIDERS ARE ALL OKAY! This was a couple of years ago but the vet that examined many of them is my uncle and I even went with him to check up on a couple of them. My dad is also one of the riders in that video and I have personally ridden the same horse he is riding he's still alive and kicking today and one of my favorites.
It is unbelievable how some people can sit behind their computer screens and judge people they don't know, in a situation they know nothing about. Think before you start attacking a group of people based on what you assume about them.
Just needed to get that out of my system....
Vilborg María So what would you call them??
Vilborg María Don't need to be there to know this is a bad idea. I would never ride my horse on ice
If you do something stupid 100 times, and the first 99 times, nothing bad happens, it's still a stupid thing to do. Risking an animals health for a competition is fucking stupid. It's plain and simple, I don't understand how you can defend it.
So... your excuse of them is that it is tradition? That doesn't make it any less retarded and stupid. Do you know what traditions do they have in Spain with bulls? :D
These people are nothing but retarded idiots who almost killed lot of animals just out of pure stupidity. Tradition doesn't matter at all. Brain does. This should be forbidden for good.
I don't know all the facts but I do know that ice horse racing is common in MANY parts of the world where its much colder.
They have people determining if its safe to ride, but if you look at the start all but one horse fell in and the horse that didn't fall was separated from the pack, the most likely cause is that the ice melted slightly during the day, and the group were too close together, if they had been spread out more the outcome may have been different.
But at the end of the day, this is Iceland they have there own traditions etc as does every country. I guarantee that your countries will do something that other parts of the world will find completely outrageous and stupid, but its your traditions so we keep it to ourself.
And to end I will say, just keep your mouth shut, it's pointless. Ice racing is a common activity in many countries, all that matters is they were ready and prepared INCASE of this outcome.
6:15 why is she hitting the horse. It's already trying its best to get out she doesn't need to make it panic even more. That just makes injuries more likely to happen.
I mean yes of course it is not okay to whip the horse like that, but keep in mine the time they can stay in this water is limited, so better an injured horse than a dead one
I had a heart attack!
Great Horses, great people!!
The horses looked like they had done this 284638573 times... so chill to be in freezing water with an unknown way out
Icelandic horses are known for calm dispositions.
@YufaNezumi yeah but one horse had a neck injury :(
A fantastic rescue, the people and horses handled themselves calmly! - But, I don't understand why they would ride 12 horses on ice. Each horse weights at least 1,000.00 or more. That's a lot of weight on ice and I didn't add the weight of the horses owners. I believe no one thought of that! - I'm very happy no one got killed or seriously injured.
+Florence Baribeau to +ImaginaryBreakfast, I thank you to informing me that it rarely happens. But, I feel it's stressful for the horses going through that ordeal when they crack then fall in the icy waters, that's very dangerous!
This time no horse or rider got hurt but it's still a high risk, they should consider to perform their stuff in a safer area! With ice their's always that possibility of cracking the ice.
We thought that the lake was completely frozen, this had only happened once before, some people let the horses step on their thighs to help them out of the water so they weren't in the water for long
1. the ice would be solid considering how cold Iceland is.
2. Icelandic horses don’t weigh that much considering their height
First off, those were small horses that some people classify as ponies and none weighed more than 700 lbs. Second why do people drive loaded tractor trailers over ice. They do it because they believe it's safe.
@@katharinak368 more like 400- 600... mine I have two, one weighs 450 around that and 500 around that
Holy wow that was nail biting to say the least.
Did the horses survive?
Does anyone know what that man was shouting half way through? And they worked well in the circumstances they had x
😂lol the on that didn't fall is like "OML"
I love icelandic horses. I moved to Iceland. And poor horses fell into the cold icey water in the center of the city.😥
Exactly. I'm so pissed off at these people putting these horses in danger to being with just so they can get in some vanity time for themselves. Selfish pigs.
What i love about this is team work, horse trusting their own trainer & trainer trusting their horse, also very happy that everything was ok
Yeah... lets go hurt some animals just out of pure stupidity. Lets go endanger lives of group of animals, but then perform nice cooperated help/rescue action. We will be acclaimed and complimented on the internet by another group of stupid people.
This is so ridicculous.
I just saw the clip on fail army I don’t know how, and I had to find the whole video. Wow what was that? Yikes. Like I’m sure somebody said good thing that water wasn’t deep.
looks like the horses are standing on the bottom. are they?
Anyone remember untamed and uncut?
Cause was one of the stories
Like if you remember
Are they fighting around 3:50? What are they saying to eachother?
They were just saying "PULL HIM UP!" "HELP PUSHING" because the horse was giving up... so no they were not fighting they were just in a hurry
Im not talking about this video, But i saw a horrible thing this week, i live in iceland and theres this horse course thingy that i go to once a week, and when i was getting my horse ready, i saw this other horse that had the rains tied down to his Breast!? I know why they do this, "cause they want the horse to be more raised up and beautiful" but i saw how much pain that horse was in, his jaw was like touching his neck!? Like wtf is wrong with ppl, hurting they're horses like that? Next time i see this, im gonna take action, and if u see animal abuse, You should take action to. :(
It's called rollkur its most commonly used in dressage training altho banned in actually comps, its absolutely horrible, I can't even imagine having to see it let alone how the poor horse was feeling. It can cause all sorts of back and neck problems, defo should report it
I watched another video on this a while back. In the video the people there said an Icelandic Viking actually helped save most of the horses by getting under the rear of them and allowing them to stand on him with their hind legs and help push them out of the water. I haven't been able to fins that video. I tried multiple ways to find it and to no luck. I wish I could find it again.
This one:
ua-cam.com/video/231iWfIiV2Y/v-deo.html
U need a truck to pull them instead of yelling at them while they sit there
Um no, a truck would break the ice as well and would take too long to get there, screaming is encouraging the horses to move forward and as you see it helps
next time do it on a walking pedestrian bridge instead of ice...
@JuliaStuxberg No horse where hurt. They pull the horses rains so the horse can breath. If they would stop pull the horse would probably drown.
if that was me i would be screaming at the horses to get up bc if they dont make it... i would cry my whole life
ARTAX! YOU'RE SINKING!
Can a horse catch a cold? And if so, can they sneeze?
Yes and yes.
And whose bright idea was it to walk with all those horses on ice?😡😡😡 unbelievable... lucky they all got out
We're all of the Icelandic horses ok
If I was in that situation I'd freak out
@lindamichelle89 Maybe because humans are 100-300 lbs and those ponies are 800lbs and up!!
But I'm happy all the horses are safe now. I'm just worried. What if that happens and a horse drowns. Just saying.
Good thing that wasn't deep.
Those horses were just so calm 🐎
the horses are really cool, but how dear you going on that ice...my god, but good teamwork i must say.
damn!!!
WHY THE FUCK WOULD U EVEN GO ON THAT ICE
Why was a guy standing on the grey one? It was TRYING to get out! Is it normal?????
Mia Bedford he had to get out of the water himself and tried to get the horse next to him to get up.
He is standing next to it, not on it. It’s just the video angle that makes it look like he is standing on it
That brown horse with black mane at 05:20 is sooo cute. Poor horsies.
It's called a bay
good they kept all the horses heads above water
Don't they know that all that weight would break the ice. Poor horses.
I wonder how many coliced after....:(
I don't really think that riding horses on an ice over a pond that is obviously not that deep so the ice couldn't be that thick, is a good idea at all. and twelve horses all in once on the ice is just stupid. It's just strange thinking.
It had been checked with a heavy machine before and it didn't break then...
@@astrosgabriela5958 probably weakened by the heavy machinery
@Agi555
Ok, do you seriously think they went out on the ice and thougth it would break??
If you think it is so immensely stupid to ride on the ice, then you must think that people who goes iceskating or walking on frosen lakes are also stupid...
Just a thought..
If they do it together in a mass, then yes.
What an absolutely idiotic idea to ride a bunch of horses over a frozen pond. why not use literally ANY other surface? I would never put any animal of mine in danger of breaking through, not matter how unlikely it may be.
Stupid humans caused that riding them on a frozen lake should’ve never been done in the first place
czemu tamta pani konia batem nila
Yea the really cares about her horse she's beating the crap out of it with its bridle. They didn't even take their tack off. They on their brides instead of attaching halters
In a situasion like this you dont have time to take the tack of🙄 they responded quicly and saved those horses.
And if you looks closely, they are trying to take bit of tack and replace the bridle with halter but it's not like they can just dilly dally about and just let them freeze they need to move rapid or the horses wouldn't of made it out, and she wasn't beating it, the horse would've put up more of a fight if she was really hitting him that hard, he was just get slaps on the bum to keep moving
Amazing rescue.
Tolting on the ice is a common wintertime activity in Iceland. Of all of these horses, the important thing to remember is that only 1 had a neck injury that needed recovery time.
That's OK then.
omg
Is this to the video or a comment? o.o
They rode on ice , they fell thru ..!! they got them OUT lesson learn't ..x
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Lucky Icelandic horses are made for cold weather or they would have been long gone
Therese swordfoot yeah IF those where arabians, They would not have made it
Btw do you play sso?
Eva Icepaw yeah
If they were polar bears! Horses are not made for freezing water. If they were, they'd have an area cut through the ice and ride them through the water for fun.
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