An amazing place to train racehorses!
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Luke Harvey paid a visit to Christian Williams' yard on the Welsh coast, and it's safe to say he was blown away by the place. The up-and-coming trainer is developing a really strong team of talented horses, and definitely has the facilities for it!
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I'm no expert, but the best behaved (for a horse), healthiest and happiest horses I've ever been around were schooled in cross country skills.
In general, those who've spent most of their lives outdoors, especially while in training for just about anything, are better adjusted.
A friend owned a prime example. No saber tooth bush, wild turkey or crazed, screaming human ever flustered him !
Great horsemen like Seabiscuit's trainer Tom Smith understood the world and the mind of the horse. From what I've seen only a chosen few have his level of understanding today.
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It’s a skill that can be learned. All it takes is time and a keen eye. The horse welcomes the ensuing relationship
R.I.P seabuisuit he was a great horse his trainer was fabulous too x❤️🐴🐎
The healthiest horses with the best constitutions are the ones raised on the limestone grass in the center of Ireland, namely around County Meath. That's where the best horses on Earth are bred and raised. The Sadler's Wells line that Galileo now presides over. The limestone grass is the secret ingredient.
What a unique set up....i can see why he loves his job. Good luck Christian! Hope the winners keep coming
What a smashing place to train horses.
More like Butlins than a prison camp
@@anotherblonde er what do you mean?
@@barbaradyson6951 Butlins is by the sea and the sand where ordinary people go to enjoy themselves. Many large stables with steel doors and metal bars are like horse prisons. where posh people keep their horses.
tina silver Well, I’ve seen many stables with bars... it’s not that uncommon and it’s perfectly fine for the horses.
tina silver the horses don’t care what their surroundings look like. They just care that they get fed (which they do) and that they get to enjoy their workout
Nice to see a trainer that is hands on his horse's don't know they are in training good luck to him.
There is no better feeling than riding your horse through the dunes to the beach.
Broke, happy, cross trained horses!
I used to cross train in the Columbia River, when I was racing at Portland Meadows, and I cross-trained in the hills when I was racing in Spokane Washington.
Lots of leg work, physical therapy, massage and Chiropractic
Horses responded very well. I have also taken them to the beach when they were stabled horses love it 😃
Did you know Ry and JoAnne Harwood at Portland?
This should really put Wales on the map - what a plethora of different situations and landscapes to train a horse in. Well done Wales, you have amazing treasures.
For the people that somehow see this as a bad place or a bad way to train horses I just have to say how much I disagree. The only thing negative I have to say is that i don't see much of pastures in this video, big pastures for the horses to be horses in is important to have. Theses horses are ridden up and down hills, on different materials (sand, dirt, grass, gravel) and are worked outside of arenas (which sadly isn't very common everywhere, not depending on the sport. Some people at my stable never have taen their dressage horses out on a trail ride. Don't know ifi t's fear of them or the horses getting hurt or if it's something else but it's so important for the mind and body to be and work in nature, both for horses and people. These racehorses have sound minds and strong bodies because their work is so diverse and when they retire from racing they won't be scared of puddles, their own reflection, other horses or other things that many racehorses are because they've never been exposed to them until they retired.
These horses are jumped, schooled and trained soundly. If this is what the racing community is moving towards, I have no complaints (other than the pastures, hopefully they just didn't show them and have adequite pastures for the horses to move and interact with each other in.)
Fascinating insight into training , all the horses are happy , lovely facilties , to keep horses interested , nice little film.
What a fantastic place to train hey certainly can’t get bored Brilliant,well done Christian.
Why on Earth would he do that? Give yourself a break and go over to Britain and visit these places, you might never come back.
morristonian Can’t forget the tea
Even though I'm not a fan of racing, I do quite like the setup here. Looks very enjoyable for everyone.
(Just for clarification - I don't think that horse racing is some abominable death sport that should be outlawed coz if I did say that then I'd have to say it about every horse sport. With virtually every horse sport - I just think that there should be more rules and regulations and things put in place to further ensure the safety of the rider and the horse, and there are just some things that I don't particularly like just because of personal preferance.)
TheyCallMeChips So, when racing you only care about the horses who die or are serve are severely injured, not the riders or anything because one day you’ll fall off, and I’ll feel bad for the horse instead of you who could break your neck (besides harmful racing is done in other countries, India, China, Japan, any other country that doesn’t speak English usually have horses who die)
Sasha Meadowwolf I... don’t remember mentioning that at all lol. I do, however, remember mentioning “Just for clarification - I *don’t* think that horse racing is some abominable death sport that should be outlawed coz if I did say that I’d have to say it about every horse sport. With virtually every horse sport - I just think that there should be more rules and regulations and things put in place to further ensure the safety of *the rider* and the horse”.
What an engaging place for rider and horse! :)
Happy horses! Lovely to see!
I came here when this place use to be a hack with cobs and ponies and i absolutely loved it on the beach. Would love to ride a racehorse there to!
I am normally totally against Horseracing but I am fine with this stable and Trainer! What a great guy
why? its completely fine haha
its still just racing. The horses come and go. They are there to be pushed. Thats it.
Racehorse training made fun. Fantastic way to get horses fit using sand tracks up hills.
“Makes horse made before the video even gets to 30 seconds”
I wanna spend a weekend their for riding 😍
I live here, funny seeing the places I’ve ridden on UA-cam too!
Seems like a great, more natural way for horses to live. Awesome.
didn't you hear? they come and go. its a training camp at best. racing really is SO terrible. Its not about the horse at all.
@The Truth v Brendan Fraser I worked in dog racing for 3 years.
I grew up around horses, ive worked at a zoo, exotic animal rescue, dog boarding, dog training, farm sitting.
I understand how animal racing works and I have experience racing myself. I have like 1000x more experience than MOST people. Its called an informed opinion. I don;t have to have worked in a racing stable myself to understand how this works.
Plus Ive known people who steeplechase and stuff. Its not something I ever gave serious thought. But its group think and confirmation bias (like you are doing RIGHT NOW) that is keeping the is crap beinga thing. Its the same with this sled dog racing BS. its not cool. Its gross. And most people don't really understand how it works and Its kinda neat and fun.
But having been out here racing and seeing all the cracks, yea, its a huge issue. And im seeing it in a much smaller group of people that gets way less pressure. There are only a few hundred racing mushers in the us and Canada. Its horse racing in a bottle. You can analyze the entire history and trajectory. Look at the entire world of mushing racing and non. Litterally every person involved in the activity. And yea, Its not good.
Competitive racing is not whats best for any of these animals. Decades (CENTURIES) of evidence anecdotal, statistical, and scientific to back me up.
Never been so sure of anything in my life. Competitive Animal Racing is Cruel.
@The Truth v Brendan Fraser In dog sled racing. All the "bad apples" are simply the people in the business of winning and selling winning animals. Its just structured to reward all the wrong people. There are only so many ways to win theses things. Racing is a cruel activity. its not about finding the fastest animals. Its about getting rid of the slow ones.
We need to end animal racing in the same way we ended animal fighting in this country.
@The Truth v Brendan Fraser All racing is an endurance sport. The iditarod is like 1000 miles. Thats hard on a dogs body AND mind.
Fighting is an endurance sport too. You train fighting dogs by getting them to run. Its more than just bite work. And its not like people get into dog fighting because they HATE dogs. No, its the opposite, they like dogs and they like feeding and training and dialing in the diet and stuff. The key to dog fighting is healthy well kept dogs. Its also pretty social and stuff. Thats the way it used to be atleast, look at roosterfighting culture, its all good ol boys and such. Dog fighting used to be pretty similar and that was pretty common until the past few decades.
Endurance sports with animals is cruel. You are either breeding them to be better, or pushing them to be better. Or some combination of the two. Its no mystery how any of this works.
Racing animals is bad. We just get mad at people for knowing how to win. Thats what I keep seeing. What it takes to win, and win regularly, Sucks. Racing rewards all the wrong people. It needs to go away.
I kind of like pigeon racing, but even it becomes cruel at some point. No racing sport gets a pass from me. They really do all more or less work the same.
When the spaceship lands Luke can go home. Hurry up !!
There's a trekkimg centre right next to it, you can explore the castle and ride through the dunes, well worth a visit!
Oh hi 😂
@@C.Woodford what the heck are you doing here 😂
This is awesome!
This is awesome. 😃
It looks like he is letting the horses just be horses by letting them run cross country style. Its all natural and far less monotonous and robotic than just running them on the gallops day in day out. These horses are happy and thats the key to their improvement.
Looks a bit unique. Each to his own, seems to work. ✌️
1:11 sounds like a typical horse race announcer 😂
How nice is that.. I'm quite jealous 🤣
Those beauties are so calm. Aren’t racing Thoroughbreds more finicky and angsty in their steps like right before a race? They get so full of adrenaline that they get so cocky! They’re all absolutely absorbed in themselves, it’s really quite a sight to see!
please come to oklahoma
I think this is done by some trainers in Australia, too.
Beautiful to see! But how comfortable will such horses feel in the bustle and close confines of an urban racecourse and its walking ring and saddling barn and passing through the throngs in close quarters? Also, it wasn't clear whether he is training them for flat races or bumpers or what?
It’s a business and as much as the trainers might love the horses in their stable I doubt if they’d be in it if it wasn’t profitable, like Williams said, once they stop winning we move them on..... on where I would ask ?
They will either go to stud or a new home
Can a horse gat to the training every day?
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Don’t those horses look happy , lots of variety
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Racing horses is extremely dangerous and should only be done casually at lower speeds than what we see on the racetrack. I don't want to hate on fellow equestrians but I'm sorry I just cannot support racing.
@The Truth v Brendan Fraser Racing is not physically healthy for horses. In some places, 25 horses die a week.
@The Truth v Brendan Fraser I'm not trying to offend anybody if that's what you do, and I'm not saying every trainer or jockey is a terrible person. I would rather not argue, but it keeps coming up in my notifications.
@Sophia Schommer Yes, that is what I'm trying to explain, I'm not saying every racer is a terrible person etc., I just don't support it because I cannot trust what I see if I don't know what is happening behind the scenes. I am in no way hating on anybody.
Looks a beautiful yard..but where are they moved onto?
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What races they run in
Antwan Nelson looks like steeplechase (like Grand Nationals, etc)
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No off season from being hit and threatened with bats and crops? Too sad.
The course is amazing!! However, I do not support what it is being used for. The horse racing industry kills a lot of horses every single year. I definitely do not support the cause at all because it ruins good horses and causes a lot of health issues in short term and long run. Hopefully no one comes on here screaming at me for this though😂
My apologies, I didn't realize people didnt know how to read. I politely ask for respectful opinions, and nothing more, please :)
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I definitely agree that the course is amazing. I would love to be at a barn and be able to ride in a place like that. Would feel so refreshing.
I can see where you're coming from about not supporting the racing industry. While the news looks like horses die constantly, you can actually look on The Jockey Club's website and look at the statistics. They keep a close eye on tracks and everything, which is pretty neat. I do agree that some horses come out of the sport in a bad shape and have issues in the long run, though I've sadly seen that in other horses from different disciplines.
I would normally give a more detailed reply but my head hurts because this is what happens when I oversleep :p
dear lord please do research! i studied the horse racing industry for about a month for a school project and learned a lot. most tracks have no kill policy and if you are caught breaking it you get a bad reputation and you are banned from the track. the number of deaths of racehorses have evened to the deaths of showjumpers and other disciplines.
@@rusty2998 I understand that, however a no kill policy only helps if it's the jockey or owner abusing the horse or killing it. The accidental deaths cannot be helped, and yes, I do understand that other parts of the sport, such as eventing, and especially competitive trail riding, do even out scores to some degree. However, I believe that a month is probably not a good amount of time to completely understand the racing industry. Bad stuff does happen there, and just to list a few, acid shots, abuse, etc. I know that not every single industry is bad, but unfortunately the ones that are the biggest are usually the most corrupt. And then, theres also the matter of that I politely requested that people do not come on my comment and get angry at me for my opinion. I respect yours, I would be much obliged if you would respect mine. I understand that you develop your opinions from research, I develop mine from hands on work with horses over the seven years that I have rehabilitated and trained horses. So, I would really appreciate it if people didnt come on here getting angry and calling me ignorant or uneducated on the topic. Thank you, though for providing your opinion.
@@neeviseiron9612 my apologies, didnt realize the circus had come to visit. Maybe you'd do better to actually read the part of my comment where I politely asked that no one is disrespectful towards my opinion.
They only get them fit for certain times, the lay bet is easily abused by those firmly in the know and a very stupid bet that wastes racing.
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@@msgpoloeventing Don’t self promote, you’ll get dislikes and hate comments
@@oliverjustvibing3173 Ik it's a bit of fun seeing how madd people get lol
@@msgpoloeventing Okay, it just gets hella annoying and everybody will basically hate you, if that’s what you want to get, go right ahead.
Leading a horse by the reins attached to a bit................are you kidding me?! Quite a rookie move.
Slapping that neck out of nowhere was also strange to watch
... How are you supposed to lead a tacked horse? This is a legitimate question BTW.
@@thatonedog819 By using the get down rope if you feel you must use a bit in the horse's mouth. It is way better for the horse and rider to use a rope halter with lead line converted to reins or a traditional hackamore.
umm... talking about ignorance here. i lead my horses by the reins every time i ride or lead a tacked horse somewhere. and im sorry that giving your horse a sudden reward pat is alarming??
Yeah leading your horse by reins is absolutely horrible but riding with a rein is okay
That's stupid
What’s the story regarding the law , surely this is illegal riding horses in a public area or does Christian Williams own the land , if you went out on a scrambler on those dunes you would probably be prosecuted by the police for being a danger. to the public .
I had a horse in Essex England and rode on private land , never was stopped by police, yet scrambler motorbikes where chased down by police on scrambler bikes. Thats how it is in England , the walking public dont like the loud noise of bikes in countryside.
hunting is similar. if they ride on private land they get permission from the land owners in advance. this situation could be different but theres my guess.
Not illegal at all, you simply get a permit from the rangers and off you go. It’s a massive expanse of land, I ride here fairly regularly and you don’t see much of the general public as it’s a couple of national parks interconnected.
Scramblers are banned for the same reason they are banned in Liwa desert in the Emirates- sand dunes are fragile. The speed of a scrambler combined with the fact that scramblers tear up ground rather than spring across it like an animal does causes a great deal faster and heavier rate of erosion than any horse would. Scramblers disrupt ecosystems, horses are part of those ecosystems (horses have lived in Merthyr Mawr and Ogmore Sands for centuries).
Sorry that I disliked but I'm into jumping not racing
equine summer so you dislikes bc of that? Then why are watching this lol. I am a showjumper myself but I still thought this was very interesting.
@@getsome8735 I just thought of the whipping they do in the races but I still like the way you treated the horses
I’m a show jumper and a hunter but I loved this video. He treats his horses amazingly from what I can see and it’s great to see the horses having fun and relaxing
Didn't you notice they quite often jump fairly high jumps? I'll tell you what, if those horses don't have success on the track, many may end up quite nice hunters or event horses after retirement
@@jeanfish7 true
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