Those horses are trained to stand quietly in every sort of situation, like most horses should and listen to their handlers. I think the one laying down was literally waiting for the handler to tell him to get up. The handlers did a great job staying calm and keeping their horses calm.

@morganfitts2479

10 жыл бұрын

I feel like a carriage adds more to a situation because the horse doesn't really have any way to run away when they have a carriage attached to them. So staying calm is definitely a necessity!

And for people complaining about the commentator, it is his JOB to keep it light and happy and keep people from panicking. That's why he sounded so "ridiculous". What did you want him to do, talk about how the horses could be injured or explain what went wrong? He a commentator, he's supposed to sound cheesy.

These horses were calmer than most people in an emergency situation. lmao

What a horrific thing to happen to such a wonderful team, but omgosh, I am literally speechless at how incredibly calm those horses were throughout the whole ordeal! They had complete faith in their handlers and acted as if everything was going to be alright without a problem! Superb training and well done to the staff for their quick actions. :D

Action starts at 3:45. Did the driver just turn too sharply? Also, the commentator deserves a raise for continuing to ramble on in the same tone all the way through the accident for the audience. Pro job!

One of the Budweiser Clydesdale teams is staying at the barn I board at and everything about the horses and the caretakers and staff that travel with them is so incredibly impressive. The horses are family to them and the staff is so proud to show them off. The horses are so carefully trained and this video is probably the greatest example of that. The horses are so calm throughout this whole ordeal- even the one on his knees and the one laying. They just waited and trusted that their people would do exactly what they did.

These horses are amazing! It amazes me how these huge horses didnt panic but for a few seconds! Especially the one that stayed laying down the whole time! That just amazes me! I have never seen so many large and powerful animals working in perfect unison and being so calm in this situation with the noise of the crowd, the speaker, and the snapping of all that wood! This is amazing and I'm glad all of the horses walked away! Especially the one who was pinned for like 5 minutes!

this just shows the amazing relationship these horses have with their crew...anybody that has/knows horses knows what kind of disaster this could have been.

Big horses with calm temperaments. Experienced and compassionate handlers who have bonded with their charges. A public announcer who understood enough about the situation and of human nature (referring to the jittery audience) to handle it, as it turned out, just right. Call it what you will, it is reassuring with its conclusion. Oh, and those of you who had such passionate remarks about our "cruelty" in being entertained by this and other animal shows - what in heaven's name were YOU doing watching this video?

Everything about his video is phenomenal. From the driver who had to cue the horses to stop and then sit there and feel so helpless while he held the wheelers back. The staff that comes out of the woodwork to care for their horses. The horses and their attitudes. The entire thing is spectacular. Thank you for sharing this event.

This is the result of proper training and handling and some very smart, trusting horses. I commend the Budweiser Clydesdale training program.

a horror scenario for a show, but the announcer, trainers and horses did an amazing job to keep it up, haven´t seen something like this before :O

the area is way to small for a full team....

Amazing horses! Didn't struggle didn't panic just stayed still, one was even half way up half way down, and they just waited for people to move them. Never seen an accident like that where the horses didn't freak out. That one horse literally layed down under all that until he was told to get up. Amazing.

This was here in Abilene, Tx where we witnessed this. They come here annually and one of my favorite things to see at the rodeo. They did have a new horse on the team in training and he did a great job. The team just cut a little too sharp on that turn but those trainers did an amazing job with those horses and those horses showed their great training with this mishap. It's definitely worth seeing their full routine if you ever get the chance to.

Very emotional to watch, but amazing how calm the horses remained during the whole ordeal. Thank goodness they are all okay.

@Sacrosancta

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, clydesdales very smart horses!

@cammyday7958

9 жыл бұрын

So are minitures

Wow this was horrifying accident and very emotional for me to watch. I was amazed that the handlers and horses remained so calm! This just goes to show that these horses remained calm because they trusted the handlers and had excellent training. I know that Clydesdale horses have a more calm personality than some horses.

WOW simply amazing....u cant say that these horses experience abuse at the hands of the ranch hands and trainers...the MOMENT someone got to the head and showed calmness the horses stopped panicking...that truly shows TRUST in the humans..and a BOND that nothing could compare to. Great job Budweiser

I kept saying to myself - too tight, too fast, and then wham! I'm so thankful that none of the horses were injured. Not that I'm a carriage driver or expert, but I have had horses, and those horses brought tears to my eyes.

Well handled... and Congrats to the announcer whom kept the crowd calm!

I witnessed a team of Halflingers doing the same maneuver as at the beginning of this video. The wagon turned over and the team stampeded, circling the arena. Men jumped out of the stands and pulled the team to a stop. The demeanor of this team is amazing, waiting patiently for their humans to come to their aid.

What a great announcer. He did such a great job keeping the crowd relaxed and calm. Good job to the trainers too. Amazing how the Clydesdales kept so calm. They must really trust the trainers.

Oh my gosh I am in utter amazement how calm those horses stayed through that whole ordeal. Thank God all of them were OK.

Those horses had such good spirits for staying calm and not panicking I'm glad none of them were seriously injured

These horses are so well trained, they each have a unique name and come when called. Great team and great Clydesdales.

That is awesome how well they are al calm and ok. Normally if a horse falls and thinks it might be or or in danger it will freak its way up to run but they know the people are good, they are trained well and are ok. Even with the loud noise and lights, rolling horses and people they are collected and dont stray off their focus. Good people make good horses and good horses help people. Love this connection.

I'm just thankful those horses stayed calm and waited to be freed from their harnesses. Good job by the handlers and that announcer kept the audience calm enuf that no one was yelling and thereby possibly scaring the horses to move before they should. Great job everyone.

i've never seen a problem w/ them. but I can tell you other horses wouldn't have been so calm. this truly was a miracle. yes the training & beeding helps soooo much !! I was expecting a horrible scene. but noooo. beautiful...

@debraknight5300

9 жыл бұрын

my brother raises shires nicest horses on planet so calm all the time

Well done everyone! However sure you are about the horse's temperament and training, it takes a lot of bottle to climb over a ton of downed horse and pull off the splintered pole and cutting in harness. Very impressive horsemanship.

Yes, very emotional. I've never imagined any horses could be so calm. Spine tingling.

Accidents happen everyday guys, these horses are super well cared for and if anyone of them sustained injuries I am 100% sure they took care of them. Beautiful horses and how amazing that they were so still, trustful trainers.

what a fantastic MC - he was so calming and reassuring to the crowd. And those horses clearly trust their handlers.

I think it's the turn that was far too tight for the inner horse in the middle to make. Oh well, shit happens. So long as people learned from it, and I read that the horses were fine, so I'm not complaining about that.

This just goes to show everyone just how intelligent horses are.

Great job on the commenters part! Keeping the spectators calm and more informed on what the staff is doing than anything!

They would never fake an accident they could lose millions of dollars if they did.Those horses live in luxury. Such pretty creatures. Thank you budweiser.

The announcer did an amazing job keeping the crowd calm. I'm glad the horses were okay. I'm glad the team as a whole was okay. I read about this accident.

very well trained, and very very good trainers! one jumped off right away. The horses kept calm, people around stayed calm. Just perfect :) Accidents happen.

The announcer did an amazing job keeping the audience engaged and explaining what was going on. Don't know who he is but great job!

oh God Bless those horses for staying so calm when it's their nature to flee!

What amazing animals, they are such gentle giants. Great training!!! The two that were half way down were really amazing, they could have went nuts and tried to stand up, but basically "knelled" till they were freed...the poor baby that tripped is never gonna hear the end of it from the rest of the guys!!!

Very well trained horses. I don't think the arena is too small. One horse simply slipped and fell and knocked everyone down. My mare did that while running in the pasture the other day. Scared the daylights out of me. She just laid there for a minute, than sat up like a dog for a moment, and slowly got up to her feet. I think she was checking to make sure she wasn't injured before jumping back up. There are other horses that are bred to be "hot" and they would hurt themselves in such a situation.

Geez what a pile up, its amazing how calm they horses were.

I cried all the way through this but tears of Pure JOY!

Oh WOW, i'm so glad that no one was hurt. I love seeing these horses they are so beautiful. Thanks for posting

The first thing you teach a horse is whoa. When in doubt, whoa. When you have an inexperienced rider with conflicting signals, whoa. When something startles you, plant your feet and whoa. It saves lives when they can trust their trainer and do their part by staying still until you can release them or do whatever is necessary. It goes without saying that Bud horses have some of the best trainers in the world and literally the "pick of the litter" to choose from.

THEY ARE JUST BIG SWEET BABIES. I JUST DO AND HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE CLYDESDALE HORSES. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE VIDEO. MUCH LOVE

those horse are some beautiful animals

Truely magnificent creatures.

Horsepower - the ability horses have to inspire us.

Wow the calmness of all concerned is amazing.

Praise HIM indeed. There was so many chances for injury yet all of them seem ok, and you know those horses get the finest vet care.

Impressive. I can not believe how calm they were. Amazing !!

This should be a training video for all those in the wagon pulling sport and those who wish to commentate

That accident and recovery was the most interesting thing about that performance. It just seemed like that fall could have been prevented had that last turn not been so sharp or extreme.

I heard him mention Colorado. Was this at the National Western Stock Show? Oh man I cried a little when they fell! When these horses are working animals, these accidents must happen regularly. Horses were and are vehicles of transportation.

Awwww poor babies they are so good for being so quiet and behaving very well those were sharp turns for them to not stumble and fall.

I'm glad the horses are ok, I was worried for the one still laying down

Announcer was fantastic. Kept crowd calm and informed. Impressive.

+TheBayBear you need to rethink wat you said the one horse slipped which caused the rest to fall the wagon is designed a certain way to make it possible for them to do it it was just a little slipped proud of the people for immediately coming to help

It is good that the horses are trained to stand calmly, but for this to have happened, either the ones in front ran off or the ones in the back weren't cantering like they were supposed to. That's okay, things happen-no horse is perfect. Hats off to the trainers and safety crew. :)

Wonderful job by the trainers and handlers - this could have had a very bad outcome were it not for the amazing training of these horses and staff's handling of them in this accident - GREAT JOB

Great horsemanship, love the guy on the box that immediately jumped down. New horses in a team tend to be in the middle the vets are in the lead and wheel positions. Looks like one of the third pair tripped and took his partner down with him, horses aren't always as graceful as they look in the movies.

Praise good training and breeding. No supernatural bs required.

@DorianMattar

8 жыл бұрын

chane kawaihae How about PROVING your "supernatural" bullshit? Without the THEORIES of electromagnetism and Quantum, you wouldn't be typing on that machine. Get a clue.

What do u fucking expect, making 8 large Clydesdales turn on a tight circle pulling a heavy machine, or course they would fall.

Sincerely hope that the horses were ok from this accident. Does not seem appropriate arena (the width at least) for the horses to be in, although what matters is that the horses seemed to NOT be harmed. Such a glorious team.

Exceptional training.

omg i was so worried that the horse in the middle was crudhed and hurt. Were all of them ok?

such amazing calm horses wow!

They asked too much of a cut for that space. The horse the originally fell just didn't have the room for proper movement.

The turn was too tight. 2nd horse on the right side,slipped and went down. It looked scary. Wow,they are some amazing animals. :)

This is the Result of an improper negotiated turn. This team was turned too sharp. That was horrific.

Were they all OK?

@Sacrosancta

10 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Well trained horses and staff. That music though... ugh.

Whose dumb idea to cram the entire team and wagon in to such a small arena?? There is literally no room.

Thank goodness they were uninjured

What great horses.

Even before I saw what happened, I could see the...restlessness? uneasiness? excitedness? in the horse 2nd row, on the right at 1:04. Then after watching the tumble carefully, I could see it was the same horse that threw his head again and fell first at 4:08. Just an observation. With a stunt like this every step, every animal has to be in tune. Maybe that horse should have called in sick.

I got to meet these guys a few years back.

I live in Colorado and have been to Fort Collins to the Budweiser facility to meet these horses; they are beautiful, huge, calm and trained with the utmost care. However, I wish the announcer could have had a more soothing voice; what he was saying was inane.

I am almost thinking they were trained for things like this.

that arena is a little small for all them pulling that wagon!

They are trained in that situation to stay down till they say to get up :)

@Taylor Rhode &@Fantastic Ffion: No Shit... Of course you don't "Need" that many horses... it's a show... Accidents can happen in everything in life.

I believe that the area was very small for that type of event.....poor horses.....That was terrible..

hope you learned NOT TO FILM VERTICALLY.

The calmness of these animals during the situation is astonishing. You can tell there is major trust and care in the relationship between the Clydesdale and there handlers. I do question however why they where using so many of them to pull that size or a carriage in such a small area. That was a mistake that could have had major consequences for those horses and even the people on the carriage....

Way to small circle

GOD IS GOOD

Just thankful none of the horses got h

Just too tight turn on a cement bottomed arena

Thanks great miracle!

Take a smaler indoor end let theme go back one there back legs end there are 8 horsies one the grond. Burth good job trainers... Poor animals, its the trainers job to look at the indoor before you do something like this. It was all to small.

those horses were SOOOO calm. very impressive. the things us humans put animals through...

WOW hat's off to the ud team!

If they hadn't been turning in such a tight circle it probably wouldn't have happened...

if you put subtitles on they are so wrong lol

fleur halligan. ever heard of trust?

Amazing horses. But a really bad decision to go such a narrow circle... and the commentator talks and talks... unbelievable...

@ashleyjones8058

8 жыл бұрын

+Stefanie Gattinger He was talking to keep the audience calm and quiet. He mostly explained what was happening and making a good, educational moment out of a bad accident.

@stefanieg2750

8 жыл бұрын

Ashley Jones No. He was talking bullshit the whole time. It was not helpful! Typically American, with their hats on... talking like everything is okay. Even though he didn't know at that moment. Like at rodeos when animals get injured or killed and they keep talking like nothing happened... or explaining how those horses "like" to perform.... It was not an accident, it was avoidable! Such a long team should never go in an arena, at least not that fast and not without people walking next to each horse.

Clydesdales are naturally calm horses anyway. Hence the nickname 'Gentle Giants'. The fact that the arena was too small for an 8 Clydesdale team, the last turn was far too sharp. The Swing Team is the smallest in the middle. No wonder they tripped. I hope that the Clydesdale in the Swing Team, that was slightly limping off, is ok! I know the announcer was trying to keep the crowd calm but he was annoying as hell. Did he actually know what was going on via a radio or something?