Stop being so afraid of doing your job.

Those horses are treated better than most people. The guards always make sure they protect the horses with every person that goes near them. You can hear them over and over telling people not to touch the horse, don't feed them, don't touch the reins. For the people who can't read the sign. God bless everyone and the guards who not only protect the Royal family but their horses also.

At 10:10 a civilian with a beard and pushing a lady in a wheelchair approaches and points to the side of his own jaw while talking with the mounted guard. While the tourist is speaking, one of the armed police officers walks up, assesses the situation, then backs the crowd away so horse and rider can leave the area. It may have been in response to the comments by the tourist, or it may have simply been time for them to exit for the end of shift inspection. Regardless, it was "immediate" in context with the tourist, and this is when it all happened. I'm a minimally experienced equestrian, so I'm not certain, but it appeared from the horse's body language that there was a problem with the fitment of the bit...or the horse might have needed more training. Either way, the bit/bridle was definitely bothering the horse to the point of making it agitated. This "tourist" seemed to be trying to communicate the same idea to the mounted guard. It is easy to miss because the "tourist" is being somewhat low-key and keeping his distance in an apparent attempt to show respect for the location and situation.

@@NT5RA_Still_Learning Thank you so much for your explanation 👍

@@NT5RA_Still_Learning I noticed that the chain that goes up to the bit was behind the leather breast collar, unlike that of the other horse's tack. It might have made it feel odd for the horse. In the inspection the officer talked to that Guard more than the other Guard. The officer might have noticed it too.

Or its just a horse playing with the bit like many do when standing still tacked up

The horse isn’t out 24/7, why on earth would you think that?

​@shirleyanneyoung955 how would you know are you there 24 /7. No you are not this horse is clearly stressed about something.

@@user-ld4xq9nh3s Bless your heart sweetie, it’s so cute that you think I’d need to be there 24/7 to know that each horse isn’t out there 24/7. 🤣🤣🤣 Fact - the horses are changed every hour in front of anyone and everyone who happens to be watching at the time. Fact - no horses are out all night, so no 24/7 duty. I think the last horse comes in at either 4 or 5 pm. It’ll all be documented on google somewhere, you could have found it out for yourself since you were so concerned for this fictional horse who was on duty 24/7. And you thought I’d need to be there 24/7 to know what goes on, oh dear. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

They are on duty one hour per day......and I don't know if it's daily.

I agree with you.

Welll this lady Trooper is having an "off" day then; because shes making some rookie mistakes. Ill fitting tack is the issue. The bit is way to large for this horses mouth. 8:46, 9:10, 9:17 time stamps show how big the bit is. Its causing the horse discomfort. He keeps chomping at the bit and moving around because he's trying to get it positioned better in his mouth, in the center of his mouth. The bit keeps moving side to side. A smaller sized bit will not allow side to side movement like that. And then you can hear metal clanging together. Thats from this large bit clanging against the snaffle bit behind it. With this being a double bridle, it's crucial that proper fit and proper sized bits are being used. If not, this can cause sores and blisters inside the horses mouth and around the lip area. And then the next thing is that her swords sheath was getting in the way of her left spur. She was trying to back him back into the guard house and he wasn't reponding to her leg cues on the left side. When she does get him back inside, you will see her look down at her left boot a couple of times, baffled why he wasn't responding to her cue. These are all basic things that even least experienced riders should know. When those people mentioned the reins, what was happening was that the bit slid all the way to the riders right side, causing the ornate metal cheekpiece on the left to go into the horses mouth. Thats the whole reason why the horse was being fussy and agitated.

Something IsWrong with the tack .... the martingale strap connecting to the headstall is NOT connected properly , it should be connected to the same ring the silver chain is. Someone goofed and the horse suffered. I suspect that someone will be read the riot act 😢

Didn't look like the inspection caught the problem either..... not good....

Looked ok to me. He was chomping at the bit and ready to get off duty. Known the feeling.

Some were saying nothing wrong

He might have something minor wrong, yes.. However they have the Kings best animal Vets on duty and are taken in at any minor sign of discomfort... All these "experts" who actually know *nothing annoy me as a British person. The assumption and negativity shows the state of their own minds!!

@@emmsue1053 so agree.

I call them rocking horses 😅 beautiful 😍

Those bits are rediculous

The ring on one side of the bridle was in the horse's mouth, rather than along side it's face. Poor thing!

Why I prefer bit-less ..

This may well indicate the bridle is too loose and needs to be cinched up a notch on the strap going down the check. Also checking that the bit is in the mouth properly in between the teeth.

The buildings are not painted .

That's not a rein its the breastplate that is attached to the saddle to stop it slipping , the chain is a tether chain used to attach the horses to a line in campaign days so they could be fed and watered safely together . It will cause no problems .

​@@kathellison8084exactly its a tie down and is not causing any concern

I think it's not necessary, the horse knows the routine when the rider will dismount, sometimes it's a whack and three quarters.

Part of the routine, "Hey, horse, I'm getting off now.."(loud whack on hotse's neck)🤚. Horse : " Yes, yes, I know ! And stop whacking so hard, please ! Struth, that was a boring hour in that smelly box.. Trojan's peed in there again....." See you back at the stable, get this metal thing out of my mouth ..😠. how would you like it?" Are the oats ready ? I want berry granola..." 🇬🇧🐎🌹🐎💙😢🐎🇬🇧

Thanks 👍

To let the horse know the weight is shifting (I'm assuming you're referring to the dismount?) Cheers 😊

Tonight

They are only there for one hour xx

Nothing, as per usual!

The reins are not caught up on his chest, thats a tie down that goes from the throat latch on the bridle to the breast collar

Would you rather they plow with them? 🤣

& Women

To let the horse know that the weight is going to be different

@@raeleneastell1059 thank you that makes a lot of sense. They are such beautiful and well trained horses

You are more than welcome , yes they are beautiful horses. Big gentle giants , even the guards look like major teddy bears,

@@raeleneastell1059 Are you saying that the horse cannot tell when the guardsmen dismounts that there is no human on its back? I highly doubt that the animal is that oblivious to a 160 to 180 lb human is weighing down its back.

Of course the horse knows the weight is different. But for some reason it's the way they are trained, my horses always had a gentle pat on the neck after a ride .