At 5’8″, I will never be a jockey. But, thanks to video recording technology, I can see the view from the back of a Thoroughbred race horse. Check out this video from CBS News and the Washington Post.
Want to know what the view is like from the back of the greatest Thoroughbred race horse alive today (in this blogger’s humble opinion)? Here’s an amazing video of the undefeated Zenyatta.
If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out this rider’s-eye view from the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, courtesy of rider Peter Atkins.
I think the helmet cam is a fabulous development. Of course, if I wore one, the video would be a really boring tour of the paths and trails around my boarding farm with occasional blurry moments when Snoopy spooks at scary landscaping rocks or solar electric fence chargers and tries to bolt. But I hope more top riders try this technology out so people like me can be armchair jockeys. Maybe someone competing in an extreme cowboy race should give it a go.
What kind of sights would your hypothetical helmet cam pick up? What rides would you love to see recorded on helmet cameras?
Back to The Near Side
Cool video- would love to see scenic trail rides and riding on the beach.
Awesome!!!!
That was so cool!!!!! I’ve always wanted to see what galloping on a Thoroughbred is like!!:D Thumbs up for you:)
I loved it so much!!!! it was beauty in the making! two thumbs up i would go more but i don’t have anymore! <3 it!
Excellent! I want to see more!
That’s awesome. Way to go, Zenyatta! 🙂
That is the coolest video! How exciting.
Talk about on top of the world!
That looks exhilarating but just a tad too fast for me. Oh dear. God bless those jockeys…braver than I’ll ever be.
(Also…probably would have been even more awesom if my computer had speakers…oh well)
EXCITING!
Wow!! I’ve always loved the idea of racing, although I doubt I ever will because I’m tall and ride western pleasure… But it was so cool to see the racetrack from the jockey’s point of view!
WOW that was great. But to have to be hand walked and then with a out rider to get going and that out rider horse was really calm with Zanetta biting his neck! Both are beautiful horses!
Awesome!
That was something else! But that poor sorrel pony horse getting it’s neck chewed on like that, poor thing. But Zanyetta can fly!