Featured Video: Police Horses Do the Running Man Challenge

Horse Illustrated is proud to call Lexington, Kentucky, home. After all, it is the Horse Capital of the World, and not just because of the area’s Thoroughbred farms. We’ve got some of the world’s best sport horses, barns full of amazing show horses, countless wonderful pleasure horses, this guy, and a dedicated mounted police unit.

Obviously, police work is serious business, even when you’re working with horses. Every once in a while, the officers—human and equine—have to cut loose a little. And that’s where the #RunningManChallenge comes in. (Skip to around the 01:15 mark to see the horses, although we’ll warn you that by doing so you will miss the police dogs.)

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Thanks for protecting and serving, Lex PD. And for helping to ensure that 1996’s underrated hit, “My Boo,” will be stuck in our heads for the next six months. Or at least until the next viral dance trend strikes.

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Leslie Potter

Leslie Potter is a graduate of William Woods University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Equestrian Science with a concentration in saddle seat riding and a minor in Journalism/Mass Communications. She is currently a writer and photographer in Lexington, Ky. Potter worked as a barn manager and riding instructor and was a freelance reporter and photographer for the Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar and Saddle Horse Report before moving to Lexington to join Horse Illustrated as Web Editor from 2008 to 2019. Her current equestrian pursuits include being a grown-up lesson kid at an eventing barn and trail riding with her senior Morgan gelding, Snoopy.

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Marion says:

May 24, 2016 at 4:00 am

That was good, fun on the job, nice job boys in blue!
PKL says:

May 24, 2016 at 8:07 am

Great!
Anne says:

May 25, 2016 at 3:59 am

Awesome Gentlemen and ladies of the police dept!
shelly says:

May 25, 2016 at 7:33 pm

cool
Kathy says:

May 31, 2016 at 5:59 am

Sometimes it's all about a little fun in life and fun with the job!
Sandy says:

June 9, 2016 at 5:44 am

Excellent gentlemen and ladies of the Mounted Patrol and the Squad Cars! But loved that dismount at the end!
Marion says:

July 10, 2016 at 5:32 am

Love it! Sometimes in this world of such, a little fun goes a long way to making the job a little less stressful for these fine men and women who protect us! And their fine mounts and K-9 partners!
Carol says:

August 7, 2016 at 5:19 am

Cool video, Go Blue and their great equine partners!
Rob says:

November 13, 2016 at 5:48 am

Awesome, enjoyed it very much, a little fun with a little work! Blue Lives Matter!