Later, back in the stables... Horse: Then he put a bucket on his head and had me walk over human shaped bags full of hay. OtherHorse: Don't try to figure them out, therein lies madness.
In the extra's for the Lord Of The Rings there is a featurette about how they trained the horses for the movies. Getting used to the shooting stuff and battle noises and such. They ended up with horses who knew they had to start at the word 'action', but also with horses who were almost impossible to spook, as they just assumed everything was part of filming. They needed to bring in a few 'fresh' horses for scenes where the horses needed to look frightened...
There are still some horses being used by police units around the world, they train in a similar way. Those horses need to be cool about everything, too, so they don't pose a risk and the officers riding them can concentrate on the task at hand, rather than having to control the horse all the time.
@@alexk7973 It is rather amazing what the endstage training for police horses looks like.. I saw a documentary about this and by the end they are walking though mock streets with buildings on fire, crowds shouting and brandishing weapons and small fires scattered on the "streets". They end up trained for situations that they rarely end up actually experiencing
@@rubeniscool well, they better had to. If they ever do end up in that situation the horses would freak out, if not trained. My horse is generally a pretty cool dude, but if I ended up somewhere like this, he'd be showing me the finger on all four hooves and quite litteraly leave me in the dust... 😅
@@rubeniscool also, we have a police horse training center not too far from us and apparently the amount of times the fire fighters were called by concerned members of the public passing by, seeing smoke and thinking the stables were burning, when really they were training for fire incidents is unreal 😂
Crowd control horses are trained with colored balls that are chest high to the horse. The balls are quite heavy and are rolled rather violently toward the horse to train them to push back. It takes a long time to get a horse comfortable with pushing those balls out of the way.They are introduced to loud noises, even fireworks, shouting, people with large sticks and different smells too. I would suppose war horses were run through some similar drills as this.
tdrnkr There are some really well organized “Bomb Proofing” clinics to take your horses to. The breeding facility that I used to for for hosted them. They were a whole day affair and horses were introduced slowly and calmly. By the end, almost all the participants showed massive improvement. The women who ran it were very skilled in natural horsemanship, which I think helped contribute to the calmness of the training and desensitizing style :). I think more people should seek out these clinics for benefit of both horse and rider.
I would assume that medieval horses had daily contact with arms, armor, blood (from the farm animals), and people just through their proximity. Modern horses don't see these things around them, so I would assume they'd need considerably less training. I would also assume they had considerably less time to prove themselves. A horse that showed anxiety would be given to a lady or put to work.
@@MrsJuba2022 I don't think that's too out of the question. There's a difference between a horse easily spooked by violence and one that easily spooked by everyday things. Medieval noble ladies were kept far from battlefields and butchers. If the horse knew how to behave with a rider on its back I'd imagine it wouldn't be out of the question to direct non battle suited ones that looked nice enough to be used for transporting nobles.
I also think they were simply bred to be less nervous. I think many of today's horses are more spooky because it's simply no longer important to breeders. If you're just going to use the horse to run circles in an arena, why would you care how easily it spooks? There's an obvious pattern in today's horse breeds, where the more showy breeds tend to be nervous wrecks, whereas breeds like Shetland Ponies are hardly scared of anything. In medieval times, they would have probably placed more emphasis on getting a shetland-type temperament, even at the cost of not having thoroughbred-speed.
@@animalobsessed1 That makes a lot of sense actually, because the speed of a horse is hardly helpful if it's such a maniac it's going to send you flying the moment you charge into battle. And it makes sense they'd understand a concept like this. They believed that qualities of people passed through blood and so on, it was part of the conceptual legitimacy for rulers for example. So they would naturally think breeding horses with calm temperaments would cause a horse of the same nature, despite not being able to figure out other things due to the limitations of the time such as prevention of certain diseases.
On top, such light horses that are very common now a days weren't around as much in mideavel times. The english thoroughbred breed in todays form, that is crossed into so so many horse breeds isn't around for too long yet, + it wasn't accessible to a lot of breeders back then. And horses with a lot of "blood" are generally easier to spook and more nervous than horses with less thoroughbred in their blood lines. Therefore, I think that horses back then in general could carry more and were by far less spooky than todays horses.
The knights talked about the courage of the horse. The horse is very much a herd animal and is very prone to follow a leader that he respects. So the horse going into the chaos of battle is following his leader. Hence his courage is derived from his rider. Training, as he called it is actually developing this relationship
This demonstrates greatly what a bizarre idea it must've been from the first people who first wanted to ride horses into battle. They are naturally so skittish and fragile; the amount of training an preparations to even remain control over a creature let in a chaotic environment, alone actively drive it into combat was monumental.
''No matter how brave that horse is, there will always be something that tips it off the edge''. Except for Jamie Lannister's horse. That thing charged a dragon right up t'ill the end.
The horse of Nathan Bedford Forrest (quite a monster of the Confederacy) was bought by an old woman after the American Civil War. The stallion drew her carriage. One day she was near a parade of firefighters who wore blue uniforms. The former warhorse *charged into the firefighters and proceeded to stomp, kick, and bite the shit out of them.* Imagine a medieval warhorse of that caliber!
WisdomThumbs holy shit! I imagine that horses bred in the past for war were spefically bred and chosen for their little fearfulness or lack of fear in contrast to today’s horses which aren’t bred for war anymore
@@Dell-ol6hb I agree, I also read somewhere that medieval warhorses were quite aggressive, probably a combination of both breeding and training. They must have been very scary creatures.
I really enjoy your videos Jason. I appreciate the way you reflect on medieval life and your horses are an absolute delight. Riding through Australian bush as a girl, I always knew when something dead was not far away due to the subtle changes in my pony - they are so sensitive to death. A thought provoking video.
It is. I did read somewhere that warhorses were pretty agressive and would even attack on their own if needed, there had to be alot of training behind it to achive that, a medival horse would most likely be more used to human sweat and blood on daly bases though than a horse today is. It would be intresting to see how much different (if at all) Warlord would react if the "dead bodys" would wear armor or would smell like sweat and blood (this smell must have been very strong on the Battlefield and along side with the fear of men around, it must have been very hard to handle for horse and rider. I can only imagine how long it took to get a horse ready for this without its will for battle do be damaged after one encounter, would be intressting to know too.)
As a horse owner of 45 years I have found that horses don't like to step on soft, squishy things. Their hooves are sensitive to the point they can detect soft unstable ground. My first horse refused to go forward one day as we were out riding. She argued with me but eventually gave in to me. Three steps in and she sunk to her mid cannons in thick boggy ground. Visually there was no difference in the appearance of the firm and boggy ground. After that I always listened to her when it came to finding safe ground and sound bridges.
Interesting! Humans sometimes also after all the training and mental preparation just can't go back into battle or even see someone die after they're in one.
Imagine being a horse with a gentle, calm trainer and then one day for no apparent reason that kindly trainer appears to have killed some people and asks you to start trampling them.
That last part he said about some horses going to battle only once...Allied command sent green soldiers in with the Normandy landings for the same reason. They had no idea what was coming at them, while the people that already fought in Africa and Italy would have totally freaked of being on a beach with MG42s reaping it, and possibly would have mutinied.
Love the fact that he is always thoughtful of the horse. 🐴 Jason's style of communication is relaxed, informative and very inviting. Thank you again 🙏. Seriously loooove the horses ♥️
Ghost is just so handsome I can’t handle it. I love your videos. They’re full of information and I love how gentle and genuine your training techniques are
I loved watching this. It's wonderful to see you working with Warlord. It's relaxing even! As a nervous person myself your comforting praise for him made me feel calm. 😂🤣😂
I think it was easier to get close to the "bodies" from the saddle because he's so well-trained that he falls into his "trust my human" routine as soon as he's tacked up.
These are two different horses, people! A cremello (blue eyed chestnut double dilute), and the other is a grey (in his whitest phase). Greys have black skin, Cremellos have pink skin
Thanks you for clearing that up for me. It did seem to me as if he suddenly began referring to the horse using a different name, and I’m fairly sure the second horse had darker eyes although it wasn’t shown clearly from a good angle. So I wasn’t 100% sure.
Wonderfully made. As heard from word of mouth.horses were sourced from different regions and there training started at young age. Wild adult horses were mostly used on chariots while domesticated horses were or preferred for riding.Its a actually a complicated drill where new/untamed horses were kept along with battle harden horses in a small pen and exposed to sounds (battle sounds).the second phase required a rider.later phases had one on one riders fighting swords etc on horseback.
It is so wonderful to watch you with your animals. The affection, appreciation, admiration and respect that you have for them is palpable. Wondrous. No wonder they do so well with you.
This is quite fascinating. I appreciate the lessons you are teaching in regards to historical fact, but it's nice to see you actually demonstrating it. Many historians may know about how horses were used, but it's very different when you understand that bond between horse and rider from personal experience.
This is an amazingly underrated channel. I hope more people will find this. You guys need to seriously think about some form of marketing - the content is amazing!
I like how you're consistently praising horses and reminding them of how well they're doing. After seeing this I started doing that myself with horses that I train and the results are spectacular.
Jason, the only thing I could see being an impediment to the horse while trampling a corpse on the battlefield is parts of armour getting caught in the horse's shoe, or on the horse's leg. That would presumably cause quite a bit of discomfort and a couple of cuts and tears. Well done, Ghost and Warlord!
Ghost is amazing! Such a strong and lovely boy! and that coat! A gorgeous white creme, with a pink muzzle and ice blue eyes!, slap a horn on him and he'd be a real life unicorn!
I’m buying a few acres of land out in the country to move to - I’m sick of London - and these videos are surprisingly helpful “how to ready for the end of the word” video. I can hunt and shoot. What I can’t do is ride
Get a nice calm mare, and she'll forgive your terrible horsemanship. Good, basic horsemanship isn't too difficult, but you need a really well-tempered horse to begin on.
Love the video! It is quite sobering to think about how horrible and unnatural a war is, which we humans have been conditioned to accept it as a fact of life by our society. Having the luck to have an animal around you is a boon that does not just change the animal bit for bit, but also oneself as a person a bit, making us more grounded and more receptive to the important things in life.
Thank you sir. Working method for my warhorse (19 years old) first time with chainmail on with that horse and doing progress. Thank you so mouch from this series.
Hi I just discovered you channel. I have always loved all things medieval especially horses. I grew up around Morgans((I am a native Vermonter) Until my grandfather could no long keep, them( health issues, my parents didn't have the room) I rode cared for and showed them. I understand how important it is for a horse to trust you when you try and bond with a horse. If they sense any ill will they won't be easy to train and care for(at least that's been my experience). I am looking forward to learning so much more from you. You have a fascinating chanel and have a very calm and pleasant manner. Thank you for all your hard work putting the videos out here.
Ok, here I digress: everytime I listen to Robbie William's "Feel", I feel like I'm really galloping. One of my favorite songs, when I wish I could have a horse and go galloping on it. What a dream!
His eyes are amazing to look at. But his ears tell you so much about his concerns. Really interesting. He clearly responds to your reactions. He's calm, because you are.
My history teacher actually told us this exact thing. And it is the reason why war horses were so expensive. It cannot be any horse, has to be well built and strong. And also It took so much time and effort to train them additionaly to the normal cost. And then...one battle, huge chance of it dying and if it survived, its spirit would most likely broke. Honestly, human kind is super wierd. we chose horses of all things to mount...
Loving these videos. Learning so much about horses. I've always loved them, but never had the chance to be around them much. This is simply strengthening my resolve to get some!
A lot of people say silly things about cavalry. This is partially because they base their notions off modern horses, 90% of whom do NOT have this kind of training.
Great video! Lovely to see how calm and relaxed he is with the horse, paying attention to the signals and body language and also working with pressure and release. Ghost is absolutely gorgeous btw!
I'm watching this show from the very episode. And go from there. It'll be interesting to see how Horses deal with not just corpse but blood and fallen weapons scattered around the battlefield
This guy just loves medeval history he not no financial incentive to do it! he just loves doing it! and I think you are spot on with the training, humans were as smart back then as we are today, just with less technology so they probably did train their horses.
Ok, smh I stumbled on the vid..abd had to subscribe. I love your hands when you are touching your horses, firm but gentle, you can tell you handle them alot, and they get alot of affection.loce your calm nature. I learned alot. Thank you
A good war horse is trained basically from the time it's weaned. Trying to teach an already grown horse to be a warhorse is a Fool's errand and the way kingdoms were lost in the Middle Ages. That's why every noble, every prince, every count had to have a stable of war horses in training at all times in case he loses one on the battlefield. The horse has to be super bonded to the person who's going to be riding it. Stallions are best for being warhorses because of their high testosterone levels. IF they fully trust their Rider they'll ride into anything but it is a long process. One of the first practical trials for a war horse after it's had a bit of training is to take it fox hunting or deer hunting. Eventually that horse would then be taken boar hunting because a boar acts a lot more aggressively and is more similar to another War animal facing the horse in battle. Building up that strong trust between Rider and horse is essential or they simply will not obey your orders against their own self-interest. We have to remember that medieval battlefields were full of all kinds of strange creatures not just horses. Trebuchet and other Siege engines often had very large wheels so you would have dogs or other animals to turn those wheels and then men would run them during the heat of battle. Also remember that warhounds were very much a thing and were often just the most advanced of the nobleman's hunting dogs. So there are a lot of things besides just the armor to get a horse used to if you want it to be a war horse.
Cats are known to be murderous machines, so I think any cat would be very comfortable in a battlefield, dangerous and making actively great contributions to the body count.
I think a cat would freak out completely, but after the battle was over they wouldn't be scared of dead bodies. They would come and scavenge and wouldn't flinch very much.
@@wafflingmean4477 Military Cats have won battle honors, including gallantry, in the real world and one even gained the right to a military funeral with full honors. Cats are very useful. The more sensitive females can alert the troops to an attack well before it arrives. Males are useful in detecting enemy caches. Most cats served in naval duty, clearing ships of mice and rats. Only the toughest cats will take on a large rat. While a strong component on naval vessels, they have also served with Army units and gained distinction. As for horses in the field, they have at least 3000 years of history working with human warriors and hunters. In addition to the mobility and height of eye that they provide, their tracking skills are superb. It is interesting that many hounds also instinctively work well when teamed with horse troops. IMO it is the relationship that the horse builds with the trainer that is paramount.
I just found your channel yesterday and as a history and horse enthusiast, I love your videos! I would love to see more training videos, like how you train your horses to kick, rear, paw the ground, etc ^_^
In some ways it reminds me of training horses for Cowboy Mounted Shooting competitions here in the States. It's not a horse's natural behavior to run into an arena jam-packed with noisy people and run around a course at full speed while someone is shooting guns off his back! Once they get used to it though when you take them to a competition they can still be outside in their trailer, and when they start hearing the gunfire they start to get really excited because they know it's about time to run! For those unfamiliar with the sport, it involves racing around a course with a pair of Colt revolvers shooting at ten balloons lined up around the course. The guns are loaded with black powder blanks so that no one gets accidentally shot, either human or horse, and you have to be within at least 10-12 feet of the balloon when you fire or it won't pop, and if it doesn't pop it's counted as a miss. It's essentially barrel racing with guns.
I too have trained my horse to walk on dead bodies, but instead of bodies, they were poles, and he stepped on every one of them. Elegant majestic creatures indeed.
you seem to be a good man, lot of connections, animals (which you seem to know alot about and you seem to treat them very well as well), a calm voice and no fights in the comment section. of course this is not "science" level, but very interesting indeed. keep it up.
That makes me understand a bit better why some horses (e.g. Roland's Veillantif, El Cid's Babieca, Rostam's Rakhsh) are named right alongside their legendary riders; it would take quite a bit of courage on the horse's part, and quite a bit of dedication on the rider's part, for a horse to carry a rider through Legendary Exploits.
I think during medieval times they would have trained horses to be more familiar with that as well, but I imagine they probably would have used something like fresh animal carcasses or even lives slaughters, rather than human mannequins, since the horses were probably much more affected by the various sounds and smells rather than the visual layout of dead men, since that isn't really a mental concept for them.
Warhorse was my high school mascot. My football coach was not anywhere near as concerned with our feelings as you are with your beautiful horse. We had a very successful program though.
🏆! Great 4 part Horse Series! I was introduced to Horses in College- thanks to Ian Anderson / Tull HEAVY HORSES Album! That & “ Songs from Woods 🎻 “! Those were the days! 👴🏽NoBody.
I recall reading a Samurai manual where they described affixing small bells to their horse's ears, so as to distract them from the rifle pops and such on the battlefield. I used to think that it was a pretty good display of ingenuity, though after watching this, I'm wondering if they were just trying to shortcut a quick turnaround with their horses.
What a lovely hourse,I had a long period in my life involved with horses and was watching his eyes, he really does have a trust in you, because there is that look that says if you say it O.K. then it must be. I think the same can be said of many animals but most people dont have the opertunity to find out, firstly what they are made of and secondly the ability of the animal. The best i can do is explain that i was standing watching a male loin who was in an enclosure with a female who had just had cubs, it turned out it was feeding time which had made me think that this might be the case by this animals high awareness of what was going on everywhere. I mentioned that he had been exspected for the loin point of view, and we got talking with me offering a hand. When it got to the lions turn it became very clear that he was not worried who it was who fed him, this guy invited me to go in with him and feed him,firstly i was surprised to see that he could get the message that though different i was there for his benifit, most male lions will not take food from hand, they wait till it hits the ground, he got it walked over to the corner and sat down, tge guy had walked over to the
I don't have a hoarse but I have dogs that are used to my guns. I started off by laying them on the ground so they can smell them. Then the sound of opening and closing the action. Kind of what he is doing. Good video.
That « muahahahaha good boyyy » when Ghost first steps on thé body was marvelous ! 😹 I’m wondering, What would a horse trained to walk on bodies do if his rider falls to the ground ?
wouldn't some 17th and 18th century Calvary manual be a good basis to see where to start to train a medieval battlefield horse and i read in a early 20th century manual to use logs in a cloth sack to represent bodies as the horse would treat it as an obstacle not a soft sack
Weil, warfare changed in late Medivial/Early Modern times when gunpowder etc was introduced. The Greek Xenophone would be a legitimate source and you could probably compare De La Gueriniere, De Pluvinel, Lord William Cavendish etc. But the European Riding Academies became increasingly focused on the Courts and hunting.
Behind every warhorse is thousands of "Good boy"s.
As with all well trained animals. 🤙
If he starts to wag his tail then he has an identity crisis 😂
@@Lady_Odi My granddads pony had a fierce hatred of the mailman...
@@GorinRedspear 😂😂😂
And good girls...
Horse: *tramples dying man to death*
Knight: ‘goooood boooy’
Soldier: Kills an entire family.
Country: Thanks for your service.
😂
You have to train them to do that.
@Wyatt Earp But true
@@oddish2253 And what Country does that Soldier you write of come from?
May I ask?
Later, back in the stables...
Horse: Then he put a bucket on his head and had me walk over human shaped bags full of hay.
OtherHorse: Don't try to figure them out, therein lies madness.
This deserves an award😂
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In the extra's for the Lord Of The Rings there is a featurette about how they trained the horses for the movies. Getting used to the shooting stuff and battle noises and such. They ended up with horses who knew they had to start at the word 'action', but also with horses who were almost impossible to spook, as they just assumed everything was part of filming. They needed to bring in a few 'fresh' horses for scenes where the horses needed to look frightened...
Cool, I always wondered how the did the fighting scenes in LOTR without the horses being spooked
There are still some horses being used by police units around the world, they train in a similar way. Those horses need to be cool about everything, too, so they don't pose a risk and the officers riding them can concentrate on the task at hand, rather than having to control the horse all the time.
@@alexk7973 It is rather amazing what the endstage training for police horses looks like.. I saw a documentary about this and by the end they are walking though mock streets with buildings on fire, crowds shouting and brandishing weapons and small fires scattered on the "streets". They end up trained for situations that they rarely end up actually experiencing
@@rubeniscool well, they better had to. If they ever do end up in that situation the horses would freak out, if not trained. My horse is generally a pretty cool dude, but if I ended up somewhere like this, he'd be showing me the finger on all four hooves and quite litteraly leave me in the dust... 😅
@@rubeniscool also, we have a police horse training center not too far from us and apparently the amount of times the fire fighters were called by concerned members of the public passing by, seeing smoke and thinking the stables were burning, when really they were training for fire incidents is unreal 😂
Step on that peasant! Good boy!
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ROFL
Crowd control horses are trained with colored balls that are chest high to the horse. The balls are quite heavy and are rolled rather violently toward the horse to train them to push back. It takes a long time to get a horse comfortable with pushing those balls out of the way.They are introduced to loud noises, even fireworks, shouting, people with large sticks and different smells too. I would suppose war horses were run through some similar drills as this.
tdrnkr There are some really well organized “Bomb Proofing” clinics to take your horses to. The breeding facility that I used to for for hosted them. They were a whole day affair and horses were introduced slowly and calmly. By the end, almost all the participants showed massive improvement. The women who ran it were very skilled in natural horsemanship, which I think helped contribute to the calmness of the training and desensitizing style :). I think more people should seek out these clinics for benefit of both horse and rider.
That’s very interesting. Thx for sharing that info!
Ghost is absolutely gorgeous.
I would assume that medieval horses had daily contact with arms, armor, blood (from the farm animals), and people just through their proximity. Modern horses don't see these things around them, so I would assume they'd need considerably less training. I would also assume they had considerably less time to prove themselves. A horse that showed anxiety would be given to a lady or put to work.
A horse that showed anxiety would never be given to a lady
@@MrsJuba2022 I don't think that's too out of the question. There's a difference between a horse easily spooked by violence and one that easily spooked by everyday things. Medieval noble ladies were kept far from battlefields and butchers. If the horse knew how to behave with a rider on its back I'd imagine it wouldn't be out of the question to direct non battle suited ones that looked nice enough to be used for transporting nobles.
I also think they were simply bred to be less nervous. I think many of today's horses are more spooky because it's simply no longer important to breeders. If you're just going to use the horse to run circles in an arena, why would you care how easily it spooks? There's an obvious pattern in today's horse breeds, where the more showy breeds tend to be nervous wrecks, whereas breeds like Shetland Ponies are hardly scared of anything. In medieval times, they would have probably placed more emphasis on getting a shetland-type temperament, even at the cost of not having thoroughbred-speed.
@@animalobsessed1 That makes a lot of sense actually, because the speed of a horse is hardly helpful if it's such a maniac it's going to send you flying the moment you charge into battle. And it makes sense they'd understand a concept like this. They believed that qualities of people passed through blood and so on, it was part of the conceptual legitimacy for rulers for example. So they would naturally think breeding horses with calm temperaments would cause a horse of the same nature, despite not being able to figure out other things due to the limitations of the time such as prevention of certain diseases.
On top, such light horses that are very common now a days weren't around as much in mideavel times. The english thoroughbred breed in todays form, that is crossed into so so many horse breeds isn't around for too long yet, + it wasn't accessible to a lot of breeders back then. And horses with a lot of "blood" are generally easier to spook and more nervous than horses with less thoroughbred in their blood lines. Therefore, I think that horses back then in general could carry more and were by far less spooky than todays horses.
The knights talked about the courage of the horse. The horse is very much a herd animal and is very prone to follow a leader that he respects. So the horse going into the chaos of battle is following his leader. Hence his courage is derived from his rider.
Training, as he called it is actually developing this relationship
This demonstrates greatly what a bizarre idea it must've been from the first people who first wanted to ride horses into battle. They are naturally so skittish and fragile; the amount of training an preparations to even remain control over a creature let in a chaotic environment, alone actively drive it into combat was monumental.
''No matter how brave that horse is, there will always be something that tips it off the edge''.
Except for Jamie Lannister's horse. That thing charged a dragon right up t'ill the end.
The dragon wasn't real
Didn’t think I would see a game of thrones reference here. Haha that’s funny
That's cause it is a northern horse, they were wel' ard.
Random book facts: That horse was named Honor by Jaime's squire, Peck.
You don't find " Brave horses "... You only need to instill trust, correct training to insure the horse does as he is told.
One of the reasons I like your videos is you really love your animals. That is a mark of a good person.
The horse of Nathan Bedford Forrest (quite a monster of the Confederacy) was bought by an old woman after the American Civil War. The stallion drew her carriage. One day she was near a parade of firefighters who wore blue uniforms. The former warhorse *charged into the firefighters and proceeded to stomp, kick, and bite the shit out of them.* Imagine a medieval warhorse of that caliber!
WisdomThumbs holy shit! I imagine that horses bred in the past for war were spefically bred and chosen for their little fearfulness or lack of fear in contrast to today’s horses which aren’t bred for war anymore
@@Dell-ol6hb I agree, I also read somewhere that medieval warhorses were quite aggressive, probably a combination of both breeding and training. They must have been very scary creatures.
I didn't even know horses could see in color.
@@prestonjones1653 they can, but they don't perceive colours the way we do. They see the contrasts, and apparently they see blue/yellow best.
@@prestonjones1653 Horses have two-color vision. Blue and green.
Great episode Jason. It's wonderful to see this aspect of training, and I enjoy hearing your insights.
Knyght Errant thanks. I think we're getting better the more episodes we do, but I'm really enjoying making them.
I really enjoy your videos Jason. I appreciate the way you reflect on medieval life and your horses are an absolute delight. Riding through Australian bush as a girl, I always knew when something dead was not far away due to the subtle changes in my pony - they are so sensitive to death. A thought provoking video.
It is. I did read somewhere that warhorses were pretty agressive and would even attack on their own if needed, there had to be alot of training behind it to achive that, a medival horse would most likely be more used to human sweat and blood on daly bases though than a horse today is.
It would be intresting to see how much different (if at all) Warlord would react if the "dead bodys" would wear armor or would smell like sweat and blood (this smell must have been very strong on the Battlefield and along side with the fear of men around, it must have been very hard to handle for horse and rider. I can only imagine how long it took to get a horse ready for this without its will for battle do be damaged after one encounter, would be intressting to know too.)
In the martial community we refer to it as "stress innoculation." What a gorgeous horse.
As a horse owner of 45 years I have found that horses don't like to step on soft, squishy things. Their hooves are sensitive to the point they can detect soft unstable ground. My first horse refused to go forward one day as we were out riding. She argued with me but eventually gave in to me. Three steps in and she sunk to her mid cannons in thick boggy ground. Visually there was no difference in the appearance of the firm and boggy ground. After that I always listened to her when it came to finding safe ground and sound bridges.
Interesting! Humans sometimes also after all the training and mental preparation just can't go back into battle or even see someone die after they're in one.
HOLY CRAP THAT HORSE IS BEAUTIFUL!
Imagine being a horse with a gentle, calm trainer and then one day for no apparent reason that kindly trainer appears to have killed some people and asks you to start trampling them.
At least they don’t smell like blood and death.
That last part he said about some horses going to battle only once...Allied command sent green soldiers in with the Normandy landings for the same reason. They had no idea what was coming at them, while the people that already fought in Africa and Italy would have totally freaked of being on a beach with MG42s reaping it, and possibly would have mutinied.
Love the fact that he is always thoughtful of the horse. 🐴 Jason's style of communication is relaxed, informative and very inviting. Thank you again 🙏. Seriously loooove the horses ♥️
Ghost is just so handsome I can’t handle it. I love your videos. They’re full of information and I love how gentle and genuine your training techniques are
Horsemanship on top level.👏👏👏
I don't have any interest in training a horse but I love how much Jason is enjoying it. Binge watching all of these and it's just the best.
They are fun to make, and with horses, you never quite know how things will turn out. The training is real!
I loved watching this. It's wonderful to see you working with Warlord. It's relaxing even! As a nervous person myself your comforting praise for him made me feel calm. 😂🤣😂
The first horse is the most beautiful horse I’ve seen!!!
I think it was easier to get close to the "bodies" from the saddle because he's so well-trained that he falls into his "trust my human" routine as soon as he's tacked up.
These are two different horses, people! A cremello (blue eyed chestnut double dilute), and the other is a grey (in his whitest phase). Greys have black skin, Cremellos have pink skin
Of course they are two different horses. He calls them by two different names.
@@Shimarenda Good for you if you already knew the difference.
Thanks you for clearing that up for me. It did seem to me as if he suddenly began referring to the horse using a different name, and I’m fairly sure the second horse had darker eyes although it wasn’t shown clearly from a good angle. So I wasn’t 100% sure.
Wonderfully made. As heard from word of mouth.horses were sourced from different regions and there training started at young age. Wild adult horses were mostly used on chariots while domesticated horses were or preferred for riding.Its a actually a complicated drill where new/untamed horses were kept along with battle harden horses in a small pen and exposed to sounds (battle sounds).the second phase required a rider.later phases had one on one riders fighting swords etc on horseback.
I love how he always specifies how sure he himself, and other, are of these things. He doesnt claim something as is without substantial proof.
It is so wonderful to watch you with your animals. The affection, appreciation, admiration and respect that you have for them is palpable. Wondrous. No wonder they do so well with you.
This is quite fascinating. I appreciate the lessons you are teaching in regards to historical fact, but it's nice to see you actually demonstrating it. Many historians may know about how horses were used, but it's very different when you understand that bond between horse and rider from personal experience.
This is an amazingly underrated channel. I hope more people will find this. You guys need to seriously think about some form of marketing - the content is amazing!
I'd recommend "sandbag scarecrows" in the future, they'd be tough and give a realistic tripping hazard.
Very interesting demonstration. Much as my Dad taught me about horses. "Just slowly show them that they won't be hurt."
I like how you're consistently praising horses and reminding them of how well they're doing. After seeing this I started doing that myself with horses that I train and the results are spectacular.
Jason, the only thing I could see being an impediment to the horse while trampling a corpse on the battlefield is parts of armour getting caught in the horse's shoe, or on the horse's leg. That would presumably cause quite a bit of discomfort and a couple of cuts and tears.
Well done, Ghost and Warlord!
Ghost is amazing! Such a strong and lovely boy! and that coat! A gorgeous white creme, with a pink muzzle and ice blue eyes!, slap a horn on him and he'd be a real life unicorn!
I’m buying a few acres of land out in the country to move to - I’m sick of London - and these videos are surprisingly helpful “how to ready for the end of the word” video. I can hunt and shoot. What I can’t do is ride
Get a nice calm mare, and she'll forgive your terrible horsemanship. Good, basic horsemanship isn't too difficult, but you need a really well-tempered horse to begin on.
Love the video!
It is quite sobering to think about how horrible and unnatural a war is, which we humans have been conditioned to accept it as a fact of life by our society.
Having the luck to have an animal around you is a boon that does not just change the animal bit for bit, but also oneself as a person a bit, making us more grounded and more receptive to the important things in life.
Thank you sir. Working method for my warhorse (19 years old) first time with chainmail on with that horse and doing progress. Thank you so mouch from this series.
Hi I just discovered you channel. I have always loved all things medieval especially horses. I grew up around Morgans((I am a native Vermonter) Until my grandfather could no long keep, them( health issues, my parents didn't have the room) I rode cared for and showed them. I understand how important it is for a horse to trust you when you try and bond with a horse. If they sense any ill will they won't be easy to train and care for(at least that's been my experience). I am looking forward to learning so much more from you. You have a fascinating chanel and have a very calm and pleasant manner. Thank you for all your hard work putting the videos out here.
Horses were defined by their job i.e. chargers. palfreys, cart horses. packhorses. GREAT video.
Your horse trust you a lot. Y’all have a good bond. Y’all make a wonderful team.
We very much enjoy and appreciate your videos - Warlord, Ghost and Gossamer are all household names!
thanks for your support!
Ok, here I digress: everytime I listen to Robbie William's "Feel", I feel like I'm really galloping. One of my favorite songs, when I wish I could have a horse and go galloping on it. What a dream!
It almost seemed that Warlord was more confident with you in the saddle than you leading him in regards to the simulated corpses
I've never seen a horse with blue eyes. That horse is beautiful.
His eyes are amazing to look at. But his ears tell you so much about his concerns. Really interesting. He clearly responds to your reactions. He's calm, because you are.
Excellent work with the horse. I can't imagine even getting one of the Welsh cobs I had to even enter the arena with those "dead bodies" in there 😂
My history teacher actually told us this exact thing. And it is the reason why war horses were so expensive. It cannot be any horse, has to be well built and strong. And also It took so much time and effort to train them additionaly to the normal cost. And then...one battle, huge chance of it dying and if it survived, its spirit would most likely broke.
Honestly, human kind is super wierd. we chose horses of all things to mount...
Loving these videos. Learning so much about horses. I've always loved them, but never had the chance to be around them much. This is simply strengthening my resolve to get some!
Have to say I love how he praised his horses. You can hear a genuine pride and pleasure in his tone.
A lot of people say silly things about cavalry. This is partially because they base their notions off modern horses, 90% of whom do NOT have this kind of training.
Yup- english-trained thoroughbreds don't act like war-trained coursers. But some western and Lipizzaner horses act pretty similar!
That horse is BEAUTIFUL!
That horse is so handsome its breathtaking! Dream horse! What a sweetheart you are with these horses!! Good on you
What a wonderful horse Ghost is. So beautiful 💚
What a beautiful creature Ghost is. You make a amazing team.
Great video! Lovely to see how calm and relaxed he is with the horse, paying attention to the signals and body language and also working with pressure and release. Ghost is absolutely gorgeous btw!
Jason, when are you going to get your company, Rebellion, to make a medieval sword fighting game? It would be awesome!
His eyes and cute little ears are cracking me up! Some war horse. I want to cuddle him.
Kaiser Frost That’s a beautiful horse.
I'm watching this show from the very episode. And go from there.
It'll be interesting to see how Horses deal with not just corpse but blood and fallen weapons scattered around the battlefield
what an amazing and patient trainer!
You are very patient
This guy just loves medeval history he not no financial incentive to do it! he just loves doing it! and I think you are spot on with the training, humans were as smart back then as we are today, just with less technology so they probably did train their horses.
Warlord is a beautiful horse
It's a good thing you led him first to kinda get the sense of whathe might do once you're up in the saddle
Ok, smh I stumbled on the vid..abd had to subscribe. I love your hands when you are touching your horses, firm but gentle, you can tell you handle them alot, and they get alot of affection.loce your calm nature. I learned alot. Thank you
A good war horse is trained basically from the time it's weaned.
Trying to teach an already grown horse to be a warhorse is a Fool's errand and the way kingdoms were lost in the Middle Ages. That's why every noble, every prince, every count had to have a stable of war horses in training at all times in case he loses one on the battlefield. The horse has to be super bonded to the person who's going to be riding it. Stallions are best for being warhorses because of their high testosterone levels. IF they fully trust their Rider they'll ride into anything but it is a long process.
One of the first practical trials for a war horse after it's had a bit of training is to take it fox hunting or deer hunting. Eventually that horse would then be taken boar hunting because a boar acts a lot more aggressively and is more similar to another War animal facing the horse in battle. Building up that strong trust between Rider and horse is essential or they simply will not obey your orders against their own self-interest.
We have to remember that medieval battlefields were full of all kinds of strange creatures not just horses. Trebuchet and other Siege engines often had very large wheels so you would have dogs or other animals to turn those wheels and then men would run them during the heat of battle.
Also remember that warhounds were very much a thing and were often just the most advanced of the nobleman's hunting dogs. So there are a lot of things besides just the armor to get a horse used to if you want it to be a war horse.
Such a majestic, kind, and careful horse :D
I wonder how my cat would fare on the field of battle.
Cats are known to be murderous machines, so I think any cat would be very comfortable in a battlefield, dangerous and making actively great contributions to the body count.
Never watched H-Man? A big battle cat would be the coolest pet ever :)
They are intelligent, they would run away.
I think a cat would freak out completely, but after the battle was over they wouldn't be scared of dead bodies. They would come and scavenge and wouldn't flinch very much.
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Military Cats have won battle honors, including gallantry, in the real world and one even gained the right to a military funeral with full honors.
Cats are very useful. The more sensitive females can alert the troops to an attack well before it arrives. Males are useful in detecting enemy caches. Most cats served in naval duty, clearing ships of mice and rats. Only the toughest cats will take on a large rat. While a strong component on naval vessels, they have also served with Army units and gained distinction.
As for horses in the field, they have at least 3000 years of history working with human warriors and hunters. In addition to the mobility and height of eye that they provide, their tracking skills are superb. It is interesting that many hounds also instinctively work well when teamed with horse troops. IMO it is the relationship that the horse builds with the trainer that is paramount.
Prepare for 5 minutes of a man praising his horse for stepping on dead bodies.
If you don't like it, just leave. Nobody is forcing you to watch.
@@josekursky4625 i do like it. I was simply making a joke.
Lmao
Still better than 95% of what is on TV
Better than a fresh-faced El-tee in Vietnam congratulating his grunts for stepping on dead VC.
I just found your channel yesterday and as a history and horse enthusiast, I love your videos! I would love to see more training videos, like how you train your horses to kick, rear, paw the ground, etc ^_^
Good training, good horsemanship, i like the way you ride with loose reins.
In some ways it reminds me of training horses for Cowboy Mounted Shooting competitions here in the States. It's not a horse's natural behavior to run into an arena jam-packed with noisy people and run around a course at full speed while someone is shooting guns off his back! Once they get used to it though when you take them to a competition they can still be outside in their trailer, and when they start hearing the gunfire they start to get really excited because they know it's about time to run!
For those unfamiliar with the sport, it involves racing around a course with a pair of Colt revolvers shooting at ten balloons lined up around the course. The guns are loaded with black powder blanks so that no one gets accidentally shot, either human or horse, and you have to be within at least 10-12 feet of the balloon when you fire or it won't pop, and if it doesn't pop it's counted as a miss. It's essentially barrel racing with guns.
interesting, thanks, I love finding out about different horse sports. that sounds like a lot of fun.
Try & make a list of all the qualities of a battlefield which are different from a regular field.
I find these videos so fascinating! i never thought about all the training that had to go into these types of things
I too have trained my horse to walk on dead bodies, but instead of bodies, they were poles, and he stepped on every one of them. Elegant majestic creatures indeed.
you seem to be a good man, lot of connections, animals (which you seem to know alot about and you seem to treat them very well as well), a calm voice and no fights in the comment section. of course this is not "science" level, but very interesting indeed. keep it up.
That makes me understand a bit better why some horses (e.g. Roland's Veillantif, El Cid's Babieca, Rostam's Rakhsh) are named right alongside their legendary riders; it would take quite a bit of courage on the horse's part, and quite a bit of dedication on the rider's part, for a horse to carry a rider through Legendary Exploits.
I think during medieval times they would have trained horses to be more familiar with that as well, but I imagine they probably would have used something like fresh animal carcasses or even lives slaughters, rather than human mannequins, since the horses were probably much more affected by the various sounds and smells rather than the visual layout of dead men, since that isn't really a mental concept for them.
Warhorse was my high school mascot. My football coach was not anywhere near as concerned with our feelings as you are with your beautiful horse. We had a very successful program though.
🏆! Great 4 part Horse Series! I was introduced to Horses in College- thanks to Ian Anderson / Tull HEAVY HORSES Album! That & “ Songs from Woods 🎻 “! Those were the days! 👴🏽NoBody.
I recall reading a Samurai manual where they described affixing small bells to their horse's ears, so as to distract them from the rifle pops and such on the battlefield. I used to think that it was a pretty good display of ingenuity, though after watching this, I'm wondering if they were just trying to shortcut a quick turnaround with their horses.
This will come in useful when a apocalyptic scenario reverts our civilization to medieval times
Yet another excellent video!!!!
Thank you so much for this video. It's really inspiring.
Again, the animal love is showing here, I just love it.
What a lovely hourse,I had a long period in my life involved with horses and was watching his eyes, he really does have a trust in you, because there is that look that says if you say it O.K. then it must be.
I think the same can be said of many animals but most people dont have the opertunity to find out, firstly what they are made of and secondly the ability of the animal.
The best i can do is explain that i was standing watching a male loin who was in an enclosure with a female who had just had cubs, it turned out it was feeding time which had made me think that this might be the case by this animals high awareness of what was going on everywhere.
I mentioned that he had been exspected for the loin point of view, and we got talking with me offering a hand.
When it got to the lions turn it became very clear that he was not worried who it was who fed him, this guy invited me to go in with him and feed him,firstly i was surprised to see that he could get the message that though different i was there for his benifit, most male lions will not take food from hand, they wait till it hits the ground, he got it walked over to the corner and sat down, tge guy had walked over to the
this guys videos are great shame that doesn't get much attention as it seems ! Great channel and very educational ! Keep it up !
The look in that horse like be like "Ive seen things no horse should ever see"
I don't have a hoarse but I have dogs that are used to my guns. I started off by laying them on the ground so they can smell them. Then the sound of opening and closing the action. Kind of what he is doing. Good video.
This horse is magnificent!
The literature on war horse training goes deeper than this gentleman is showing, I have the book on who and what was done and start with a badger.
What is the name of the book?
Wow....you are an amazing rider. I love watching your videos.
That « muahahahaha good boyyy » when Ghost first steps on thé body was marvelous ! 😹
I’m wondering, What would a horse trained to walk on bodies do if his rider falls to the ground ?
GREAT video! Love this! Warlord is beautiful!
Informative. I train my horses to the sound of battle and gunfire as I do some western and civil war re-enacting.
wouldn't some 17th and 18th century Calvary manual be a good basis to see where to start to train a medieval battlefield horse and i read in a early 20th century manual to use logs in a cloth sack to represent bodies as the horse would treat it as an obstacle not a soft sack
Weil, warfare changed in late Medivial/Early Modern times when gunpowder etc was introduced. The Greek Xenophone would be a legitimate source and you could probably compare De La Gueriniere, De Pluvinel, Lord William Cavendish etc. But the European Riding Academies became increasingly focused on the Courts and hunting.