[QUOTE=Bluey;7749096]
There are pictures of people in wheelchairs training in horse agility, scroll down:
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?476317-Anyone-tried-horse-agility[/QUOTE]
I think that is wonderful. One more way to enjoy horses.
Love all the helmets too! I can just see someone getting kicked in the head if a horse thinks this is just too much fun!
I think it’s a neat thing to do with your horse 
Although, I feel like my bug eyed arab might need a bit more desensitizing first 
This reminded me of many at-liberty circus acts, same kind of deal – and those are centuries old.
[QUOTE=Stushica;7749308]
Love all the helmets too! I can just see someone getting kicked in the head if a horse thinks this is just too much fun!
I think it’s a neat thing to do with your horse Although, I feel like my bug eyed arab might need a bit more desensitizing first ;)[/QUOTE]
That a horse is many times bigger than the biggest dog and many tend to play a bit rough for people ought to be a serious concern of whoever organizes and prepares training material for that kind of work.
Especially if they have classes where you run with the horse free, no lead rope.
At least, unlike so many other NH on the ground work, horses will be doing something specific and should not end up cranky and feeling picked on.
That horses tend to get so irritated with so many of the NH ground work may not happen so much here.
That is to be seen, depending on how they end up organizing what obstacles and how to run a class.
Looks like a souped-up in-hand trail class to me. Fun!
Hey, at my age and physical body, horse pet tricks sound great. I looked through the site, will peruse more later. I’m rather anti-social myself, enjoy my own company a great bit, this might be a nice outlet.
While I’m thinking about it, wasn’t there something on FB a while back, you video’d your ride, sent it to them, it was judged and placed? That was free.
[QUOTE=Drive NJ;7751468]
I’ve always liked this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqVLY8YfbEo[/QUOTE]
That was very good, for dog agility with horses.
The handler has to watch her body language, she almost pulled him off coming out of the tunnel and in one other place, would have if there were more obstacles out there, like a pinwheel of jumps.
With dogs, you have to control every inch you move with your body so as not to give the wrong directions.
Same with horses, for what we can see.
They need a few classes mixing riding and free work, to make it more interesting.
Would be fun to be a judge there, once they get this wrapped up enough to have more than the odd show.
[QUOTE=Drive NJ;7751468]
I’ve always liked this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqVLY8YfbEo[/QUOTE]
That was pretty cool, but he’s going to NQ for popping out of the weaves!
And his “not quite a blind cross” coming out of the tunnel scared the boogies out of me. It’s tough enough trying to beat a 20# corgi out of a tunnel without getting crashed into as they rocket out - no way I’m going to try that with my pony!
Scary as it was to watch, that tunnel is kind of nifty…
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