British Horse Documentary on PBS from the 80s?

I only skimmed the vid, will watch in full.later.
So, thanks @RSEventer :grinning::+1:

:astonished:"Unconventional" style exhibited by Shockmuele?
Can we say Understatement? :grimacing:
But, Hey! Seemed to get the job done :woman_shrugging:

I loved Steinkraus in this! He is erudite, elegant, thoughtful, and just plain old kind. What a wonderful person to have in a leadership position! Not only was he a fantastic rider, he was a good leader for horse sports in this country.

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I adore this series, and especially adore the showjumping episodes, but then again Michael Matz was my idol as a kid and I love Gail Greenough’s story in the second showjumping part where everyone is like, ‘well, a small delicate woman is riding Mr. T, how difficult a horse can he be?’ and everyone is also like, “can a woman really handle a horse like Abdullah? Or Apollo?” And well, Greenough showed them.

That said, there are segments in the eventing episodes and especially in the polo episodes that I find difficult to watch (probably also in the rodeo episodes, but I didn’t pay as much attention to those). Eventing has definitely come a long way since the 80s. I hope polo has too, but I know virtually nothing about polo anyway.

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I got them on a thumb drive but can’t seem to upload them to YouTube. It’s a huge file.