Comments on: “She Chipped”: Five Problems With Horses on Screen https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:06:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Karen https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-418690 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:06:12 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-418690 I like Heartland but I cringe every time they are supposed to be cantering a show jumping course and it is obvious they are trotting and the jump is 2 ft. Also bugs me that they never wear helmets when riding Western and often get on a horse and gallop away. No such thing as warming up.

]]> By: LaDona https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-418594 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 01:08:23 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-418594 In reply to Sandy.

I agree! This irritates the heck out of me!

]]> By: Eileen Watkins https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-418591 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 23:50:22 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-418591 In reply to Phyllis.

They went for a thoroughbred who’d been an actual steeplechaser, but today they probably would use dye or CGI to make either a black or a white horse into a piebald. And Velvet Brown also was a skinny, homely blond who wore braces! They were both underdogs who “didn’t belong” in such a tough race. I’d love to see a faithful adaptation of that book sometime.

]]> By: Jess https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-418563 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 02:18:11 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-418563 I love when horse movies (and books) try to have us believe that you can ride a horse at a dead gallop for hours on end. Or when they forget to give the rider even a basic lesson in proper riding position (heels DOWN!). Or when they use horses that are not accurate for the time period or setting (a Friesian in the desert in Prince of Persia? Are you kidding me?).

But that said, I do keep a collection of cheesy horse movies because I love a good laugh. When I have my own lesson barn, my plan is to assign homework to young riders where they have to bring me a list of all the bad riding habits they can find in these cheesy movies. It’ll help reinforce what NOT to do, and it’ll be fun to boot.

]]> By: Pammer https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-418562 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:31:30 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-418562 The old saddle blanket covering a saddle so it looks like they are riding bare back, NOT

]]> By: Sarah https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-418561 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:24:30 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-418561 Wouldn’t it be grand if we really COULD go from greenest beginners to expert riders in the space of a single montage?

]]> By: Jodie https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-417351 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 04:10:30 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-417351 Agreed on all of these, but my favourite is Game of Thrones… I’ve been playing ‘spot the actor-safe pony’ all the way through and have noticed the same dark bay with a little star and ratty forelock travelling across continents in the show for actors to sit on. He must be a great horse, but it cracks me up endlessly that such an obvious little horse is used alongside the PREs and Friesians with their slightly more elegant manes and gaits.

]]> By: Phyllis https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-417294 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 08:46:30 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-417294 This article is so true. I still watch horse movies, but I have learned not to voice my opinion. Though it still bugs me that Liz Taylor did not ride a Piebald in National Velvet. The horse was named “The Pie” for a reason.

]]> By: pKL https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-415467 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:55:45 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-415467 I should not judge, because I do not always do things right.

]]> By: Melissa https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen/#comment-415423 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:42:19 +0000 /horse-fun/she-chipped-five-problems-with-horses-on-screen.aspx#comment-415423 All spot on. It drives me nuts to see actors walking the horse on the wrong side and other handling problems, like putting on a saddle with the stirrups down.

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