PRE STALLION AND FRIESIAN STALLION RACE ON A HACK

Hi guys, I've got such an exciting video for you guys this week. I cannot wait for you guys to see it. A big thank you to today's sponsor, Squarespace, but we'll get into them a little bit later. I'm jumping in here really quick, don't get mad at me. I want to explain very quickly, I already know what's going to be filtered in the comments. Matt, why are you in a double bridle? Matt, why are you in a double bridle? Matt, why are you not letting your horse stretch out on the frame? Let me explain it to you guys really simply. Two stallions is a lot of horse, that counts for like 10 horses and because we were going to be in such close proximity I needed to keep my horse a little bit there with me because if he turns around and starts sniffing him things can escalate really quickly so I needed to have a little bit of A little bit of extra control. And I've been riding him in a double because we've been training in it at home because of the tests I'm going to be, my dressage tests I have to do in a double. I didn't want to change up the routine when I was going to be introducing him into a new environment. And especially when I didn't know how he was going to react with the horse that was there and all the other horses he was going to have to face. So I stayed in the double. You'll be able to see that as I go on in the ride, I relax, I give him his rein, I'm holding him by the buckle. But I first need to ensure for my safety and the safety of the people around me and more rein who's standing right next That he's going to be okay. As soon as I found this out, I let go of the reins and we were able to relax. So to anybody out there, just always keep in mind safety first for your horse, for yourself, for people around you. And then after that, you can try and reach whatever goal you're trying to reach. And for me, it was just to have a fun, relaxing trail ride. So back to it now. Back to it. Hi guys. So that sound you're hearing is my horse because I just put him in the truck. And we're going to be doing something really exciting today. That's him, saying bye to all his friends. We're going to be doing something really exciting because I recently met someone called Maureen. She's got this incredibly beautiful Friesian stallion. She's a really nice girl. Uh, and. And she started working where... I have my stallions at that stable. She was only coming in for a couple of weeks, but since then I stayed in contact with her and I saw this incredible place she went for a hack on and she told me it's just next to her stable. So we're going to be driving over to her and we're going to be doing an amazing trail ride with this stallion and her beautiful Friesian stallion. Yes, Emporio. And I'm really excited about it because there's this beautiful area where you have to cross the water and the horses can swim as well. Well, uh... Emporio doesn't like water, so I'm quite curious to see how that goes. Hopefully, it just follows the other horse. And Maureen is super sweet, so it'll be nice to have a fun day out. And I thought I'd bring you guys along. I've got a GoPro I'm going to be putting on my helmet. We're going to be filming everything. I've never looked more ridiculous, but it's going to be worth it for the video. So, let's go. Right, we're here. It's windy. I have to say, I've never been at a stable that is this big. She told me already, Moraine, that there's over 300 horses here. I can't even comprehend what that's like compared to the five I have at home. But let me show you guys even just like how many horses are out in the field. I've got Emporio just on the truck. He can chill for a second because I want you guys to come meet Moraine and her horse. Look what in the world is going on. This is only a tiny side. of everything so we're gonna go and say hello to her she's just waiting with a horse and i can't wait for you guys to meet him okay we're here hi Moraine hi how are you i'm fine this is wim right let me let me spin this around so we can we can meet him a bit better oh my god He's so beautiful. So tell us a little bit about him because I know everybody's gonna love to see him and I'm sure everybody's curious about him. Well he's a six-year-old stallion. How are you? He's mine now for two years almost. Medium level now with training and we had a little injury so. Of course horses. Of course. So we're now back in training and he's like the sweetest stallion you can have. So yeah I can do anything with him. so we know each other already a little bit and i know him because you were staying at our stable yes um and how long were we there for like four weeks three four weeks five weeks maybe longer five i think five yeah and he's the sweetest stallion like we rode a few times like when we were um around each other and even in the stable and when i passed by he's so sweet and so easy going um so i already knew that if we do this trail it should go okay yeah they are both like Macho boys though a little bit like they like to scream a lot of noise and let everybody know I'm the man Yeah, but they are very very sweet. So I think it's gonna be quite good I actually saw because sometimes with the with Frisians They are a little bit like on the lighter side and they don't have like a lot of body like the I don't know if You would say that's like the new type of Frisian, but when they get more modern. Yeah sporty type Yeah, like the more modern types are just a little bit different And with him, I love it, because he's almost like a Baroque pure, like, he's so big, there's so much neck, and there's so much body. He wants to cuddle. Here he comes. I know, here he is. And so how tall is he? Because I think he looks roughly the same height as Emporio. I think he's the same. Last time when I measured him, he was like 167. 167, yeah. I think he grew a little bit. Yeah, I think Emporio is also 168, 167 as well. Yeah. Oh my god, look at him. And the shine, he looks so good. He's definitely ready to go. He's a little bit chunky at this moment, still like... Yeah. How do you say it, like, with the rest, everything that he had with the injury, he got a lot of kilos. I get it, because I'm having the same thing with Sereno, so I totally get it. Yeah. But I remember what you told me. You were like, don't bring anything nice, because it's going to get dirty on the hack. Well, you will get wet, so. And why does he look so good then? I didn't even bother washing my horse, because I was like, we're going to go in the water. And then there's him, just looking like a... Like a statue. What do you recommend? Because I brought like all my regular tack and I think I'm just gonna do like jumping boots. Yeah. And bell boots. Yes, the bell boots, jumping boots is okay. But it's something that doesn't get loose quickly because with the water. Yes, and I'm not getting off to get it. No, you need to go back. If anything falls off today, it's being sacrificed. It's the price we pay. Well, this is a stallion vibes going on behind me. I don't know. Is this one also a stallion or no? He's quite big though and very pretty. Pretty easy, right? 80. Oh my God, like Chase. He's a big boy. And what is it like for you being at a stable that is this big? Oh my God. So what is it like for you being at a stable that's this big because I mean 300 people I can't even really get my head around that like how many stables so there's 300 stables almost I think about 300 I never counted, and yeah, well, I mean, it's a lot to count and then they build every year Here they're getting new stables. And how many arenas do you have I already saw three Three. four indoor arenas four or five outdoor indoor five outdoor yeah and how many lunge areas because i also saw a lot of lunge area seven yeah oh my god it's just numbers that you can't even think of walkers and is it possible to ride alone like is that something that is that something that you can do or are you always riding with someone is it always busy no it's actually not well busy i can't tell yeah i can't say it's busy but If you ride the train, it's busy, but it's not that busy. Because everybody, some people come in the morning, some in the afternoon, some in the evening, so it's quiet. And I have to say, like right now, it feels pretty chill. Like even though we're in the heart of it, it feels pretty easy going. Yeah, but with that much arenas, it's like easy. Yeah, that's true. It distributes everybody. Yeah. And is everybody here mostly like in the dressage or show jumping or? We have everything. We have, because this arena is especially for the western. There's Western as well? Yeah, it's a special round. Oh, oh my god, there's like reining. Oh my god, I love that. Yeah, and we have also Icelandic horses, which is a special course also for Icelandic horses. Really? Yeah. Oh my god. And we have jumpers, eventing riders, dressage, and a lot of people that just have for recreational head, like for just only go to the forest. How fun though, there's a bit of everything here. I feel like you can just do... You can do it all. You can just like change disciplines in one day. I'm going to do what the Icelandics do. I'm going to do reining. You can do it all. All right. Well, maybe we should try and get the horses tacked up and get them to meet first a little bit properly and see because Emporio is very excited. I can hear him already. And I think it's going to take a second for him to calm down, especially until we're in the forest because we have to walk past all the fields. That's going to be interesting, but we'll see. We shall see. Yeah, but I'm going to get him tacked up then. Yeah, me too. And then... I will pick you up. Yeah, and then if you pick me up on the way, then we can go. We can go safely. All right, I'll see you in a sec then. Yes. It's good, we do the round that I have in mind, and then we go... We go, uh... Let me check, then we go under the bridge again, and then we go left, and there you have the water, and then we can walk back to the stable. And how deep did you say the water was? Okay, so it gets a bit deep, yeah. Yeah. Okay, that'll be fine. I think he will like it. I was actually expecting there to be more horses out because there's so many people there. But you also get people from other stables that keep coming here? Yeah. Oh, okay. We have quite a lot of stables around the forest though. Yeah. Like four or five, maybe six even. Whoa, so there's like thousands of horses then. and what is the biggest stable in the Netherlands do you know like when it comes to like pension stables i think we're very one we are one of the biggest oh another bridge emporio look it's just that good boy don't fall on the water Let's go in front of the bridge. yes and you let me know when it's good to canter because i'm not too sure what is coming up ahead Go ahead. Well we can trot this and we get another bridge and go left and after that we go left we have a like the big part we had here but that like twice more wide and it's like the real, how do you say, the real, we always go like. Oh the one you can go go. Go go. I practice my extension here. Oh Riebe is like oh I want to go. You've got such a pretty extension. It's too stable. Just because of that. It's crazy. Oh! Oh my goodness. Well, I don't know what to- oh. Well, they're scared. Like that gets me so mad. Because not only is it bad for the horses, but that poor dog can get kicked. And the dog doesn't know any better. We had some injuries last year with the dog that got the horses in the chest. That's why most of the time I have Klaas with me. Oh yeah, he keeps them away. Yeah, he keeps them away. Because he's like, okay this is mine, my pack. He keeps them away. I have appeared again. And I've appeared this time to ask you a very important question. Are you all looking to build your own website? Are you looking to update your website, create a new website if you already have one existing but it needs to freshen up? Are you looking to find a way to do it that is easy, that is affordable, that you can do yourself? Well, let me tell you, I have just what you need. Squarespace is a website building platform that allows you, without any coding knowledge, To go in and create your very own dream website. You have the ability to navigate through hundreds of templates and completely customize every single one to make sure you get the look and feel you want for your website. I've now been with Squarespace for over three years, and I've been so extremely happy with the service. I'm able to make quick changes on my phone when I'm traveling, whether I'm making changes to the stock list on my shops page, or if I need to add a photo or change different things, it's so easy to go in and make changes even on your phone. Now, for any of you who are listening, do use my link, it's www.squarespace.com slash Matt Harnicky and by doing so you'll be receiving 10% off your domain or website. Thank you again Squarespace for sponsoring this video And now back to the trail ride. But you're also very pretty if you look on the left here, like a big field. It's so big. Looks like you're not a country like this. Yeah, it almost doesn't even look like the Netherlands All the doggies. My girls would stay. If I'm on a horse and I'm on a walk, I don't know, maybe, I don't know. You can try if you go to the beach one time. Don't tell me though, I don't know. Because if they run and I'm on a horse, I can't do anything. Would they run? I don't know, I'm not sure. But I don't know if I'd risk it. The class is like really into you. Yeah. So that makes it easier. Viburn already knows, he's like, okay. He knows what's coming. Yeah. I wonder who would be faster out of the two. I'm not sure. I don't know. I think maybe him. Wait, I'll put my other hand. 10. You're like, oh, we're going to race, then, huh? But I'm already going to put it on. But that's the annoying thing that's important, always does when I gallop, he's constantly does flying changes. I'm sorry. Okay. So then the back's down, the front's down. Thanks. You're welcome. Well, here you go. All right, guys. This is it for today. Okay, Thank you for watching and I'll see you next time. Bye. Bye. Bye. ready? Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Yeah. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Okay, he's definitely faster than Emporio, I think. Yeah, I hold him in when I can't get you on the screen. Always. But this is nice. You can go for a full gallop and then straight to long rein and they don't care. I like that. Oh. Yeah, guys. Hi, Ike. He's quick, too. Yeah. You were like, go, go. I was like, I think there's a bit more left in him. But as soon as I went in front of you, he's like, no, I want to wait. But I think we have the same thing with them, like he's your baby and he's really my baby, and they could never do anything wrong. No. Like they're only the best and they're always incredible and yeah. Well I talked with a friend of mine last week and she's like, when will you sell him? Because there's a lot of interest in him. Yeah. And for me I'm like, I have a lot of horses and I trained a lot and I rode a lot of horses, but he's in my heart. He's like, he's like, he has a special place and it's the first time I had it with a horse. Yeah. And I always thought that I will get it with a jumper, because my heart is more with jumping and eventing, but I just got him and he was like, in three months he was like, no, no, I can't do him away, I can't sell him. And he's so awesome, like he's such a... I can do anything, everything with him, everything. And that's what's fun. Then, okay, maybe you get another horse that is doing some things, but then if you've got all the other ----, it's not worth it. And if you've got that connection... It's really hard to find. Well, I have friends, you know, with amazing horses, like amazing dressage horses. But like, no, I can't go outside. He's this and that. I can't go this. I can't do that. And I can't do that. That's annoying. I wouldn't have fun. But like, I'm not a pro. I'm still an amateur. I just want to have fun with my horse. Yeah. No, I get that. For me, that's the most important thing. So what am I boys will be boys. will be a fun song fun song of the boys boys boys boys boys good boy Oh. okay story of my life oh i'm for you another bridge the bridge another drama Hey, Roepenwacht! very bad oh in a boat so be be aware of good boy he does it good like a pro good boy is it funny you can trot out of his pants It's really important, you can do a really collective... Horse. It's fun here in the summer. Then you can go here, put the horses in the pen and do a picnic. Really? Yeah, it's here. You can put them in there. Yeah. Good boy. Yeah. So we're almost back. We're moving around. I get where we are. Good boy. Like the movement is quicker. Yeah. He is like a little bit more... flowy flowing yeah no no i totally agree so that was the first thing i need to get used to the walk is also super different when i got back on chase i was like whoa the walk is so long yeah but his walk gets better huh yeah when he's relaxed and when he can stretch out yeah because now he has a open track yeah then it gets much better but that's the thing it's with the periods because it's so on you want to make the walk like flat you want to make it as As basic as possible because then they go big. But you're like, you're done now with two or you want another one? Wait, what do you mean with two? Do you want another pure stallion? Oh, um, oh, I saw it. Oh, there we go. No, it's not a pure though, but, um, Dominique. Yeah. Ah, yeah. And she showed me this three-year-old they're selling at the auction and it's so nice. Wait, let me show you. So you're gonna cheat. It's really big. You're gonna cheat on the Spanish. No, I don't have plans on getting a KWN but you know if a nice one stumbles itself into my lap. Yeah. It's really big though. Yeah but you can have it so. Yeah but I think it's already 175 and it's three. No. Yeah. Oh my god, it's massive. Yeah. Wow. It's really big. But Chase is big also right? Chase is 180 yeah. Come on, different angle, I know, come. Right up his bum, come on. Go on his butt. Good boy, look at him. or was it always like a plan to go to europe or just well it was always on the cards because of my modeling i was always like my agencies were always asking me to come but what i did is i kind of lived for the last year of my full-time modeling i lived out of my suitcase so i just kind of went job to job and i lived in L.A. for four months and i was in New York and then i was doing the show circuit which is like all over Europe yeah so i was like it would make my life life so much easier if I was in Europe because every time traveling from Australia it's 24 hours yeah too far clients are not willing to pay for your flight from Australia to do a quick job so you only go for the big stuff and it's just a bit of a shame to miss out on the other things but do you miss it the work or no i made a conscious choice because Well, you have a beautiful job now, so... Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. And the best thing was that it was really my choice because I started to realise, OK, I'm travelling, I think I was doing like 10 months out of Australia a year, and I had a horse. So I was like, OK, I'm not riding my horse, it's in full-time training. I said, I have never really had time to have a proper relationship because I'm travelling. All my friends are doing their own things and I'm always alone. And I said, is this the lifestyle I want? Even though modelling is cool and there's all these good people. Of course, you get to know a lot of people and you get a nice, beautiful places. And it's good money. You see the world. A lot of people can't do that, so. I just talked to you as like, but I'm alone. But I'm really lonely. Yeah, I understand. Then I said to myself, I need to figure out a way where I can combine this, but I can live a normal life. And I can start to build something for myself, because I'm very... I get scared otherwise. I wasn't like, what's going to be in 10 years time? I'm curious what he's going to do, because he really can't... Yeah, he can go backwards, but... Much better. We will see how we get him in. I think he will. I think with some convincing... There's a little bit of mud, Emporio. Hope he won't like that. Good boy! Good boy! It's like hell now. Come on, bro. Go park into Wibren. Good boy. Here we go. Into the thick of it. Go boy. Yeah. Boy. With my seahorse here. But I do it like this with a vertical. So cute. Oh my god. And my horse is like running around. Aquahorse. Yeah, it's just cute. So cute. Right, we're back from our ride. I love how we were like, we're only going to do like an hour, an hour and a half, two and a half hours later. Two and a half hours later. Yeah, but thank you so much for the trail. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. And I think Emporio liked it. I mean, he clearly has some energy still. Yeah. This is what he always does when he wants to go home. So we're going to, we're going to head. Yeah. But he was good buddies with mine, so. Yeah, it went really good. And I'm glad, I love when it's snow, but more rain so I get the ****. Four truck. Yeah, no, it was really good and he was fine with the bridges in the end, going in the water, everything. So I think we should just do it more often and then it'll all become much easier. And I think next time Jester should come as well because I think that'll be fun. We need to go with a group. Yeah, we need to go with a group. With Koen and with everyone. Koen. Yeah. Yes sir, at least. It's a good idea. I think you both want to go to bed. Yeah, I take him home then and then yeah I see you soon. Great. And that concludes the video. I drove home and Poirier was pretty tired by the time he got back. I gave him the day off the next day and the day after he was so happy. He was so happy to go back into the dressage arena. He was just feeling great. And that just goes to show that switching it up, doing something different just is so beneficial for your horses. Try and get out of your daily routine and do something that is challenging their minds in a different way, in a way that gets them excited, that gets them playful, that gets them to open up. And yeah, it gets them out of their bubble. That's what's so important. You know, life as a horse can be kind of boring. You go to the same field, you go to the same stable, you go to the same arena, switch it up a little bit. Your horses will thank you for it. Thank you all so much for joining me on this incredible trail ride. It was so much fun. If you guys want to see more videos like this, do let me know because there's plenty of more incredible locations we can go to. too. But for now, that's it. I'll catch you guys on the next one. Bye-bye.