Cliff-hanger Excitement In Cavalry School
Cliff-hanger Excitement In Cavalry School
Cliff-hanger excitement marks proficiency tests at Spain s cavalry schools. Here the riders take their mounts down a 100-foot embankment. A grueling grind in the test horse and horseman. Students in the Cavalry School put their skill and control of their horse to the test. MS - The hill is very steep as the riders take their horse's down. MLS - Not too many make it down, about half way down they fall off their horses. MS - Cabalry officers and parents watch their children take on the task of getting down the hill. MS - One horse has his front legs stretched out and the horse is sitting on his rear end and begins to slide down the hill, The horse picks up speed and his body twist and the horse and rider go down. No one is getting hurt. MS - The last rider and his horse has complete control and are doing a great job getting down the hill,.