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When people talk about teaching their horses to do tricks, they usually mean their horse can bow, or “count” by pawing the ground, or maybe do some liberty work. We’ve even seen horses play soccer. But this might be the first horse who can reliably catch on command.

Horse Illustrated Facebook community member Beth Codling shared this video of her talented horse, Betsy, showing off her catching skills, and it is super cute.

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Marion says:

May 23, 2015 at 5:47 am

Very good. Clicker training, I hear her clicker for the release command.
Kathy says:

May 25, 2015 at 8:05 am

Very cute!
Annie says:

June 3, 2015 at 5:50 am

Cute! Have you seen the one of Wilson or Winston, that actually runs and catches a fresby! Now that's really cool!
Sandy says:

October 21, 2015 at 6:06 am

AWH how talented! Should be playing sports for sure!
Bonnie says:

January 16, 2018 at 3:50 am

Oh how cute, good catcher too!

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