Molly2471 he probably has lots of energy XD

They need to exaggerate the horse's behaviour to some extent, because it's easier for a real horse to look alive. Just like an actor need to speak loud enough for the audience to hear, even in the scenes where a character is thinking or whispering.

depends on what breed he is as some are high strung!

With all this attention, he had no time to be bored:-)

Yeah, you are correct. Not when they are on stage with some guy that is gesturing broadly with his hands. They are trained to act like a real horse. I know my horse, who is well trained, would be nervous on stage with daddy warbucks.

What are you talking about lmao it's cartoonish

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Yes, because it looks like a bloody horse coming from hell

@@kmart3453 does it still scare you

@@lula9907 a little. The movement is unsettling

Lady Sforza old comment, but you can see the person in the back gripping a handle with their right hand :>

Yes, a rider gets on top, there is an aluminum frame that supports the rider and the frame comes down the puppeteers' backs and attaches to a belt like harness they wear around their waist and that takes the weight- shared by both, so if a 130# rider is up there, each puppeteer is holding about 65# plus half the weight of Joey which is around 120#, so they are carrying about 125# each with a rider on top, not a whole lot if you are in shape, but trotting around with that weight added to you can get tiring fast.

At least a million. Adding on to what Isatu Bangura said, its handmade, which means the production takes a longer time than if it's made by machine, and people want money for handmade things, so I wouldn't be surprised if Joey costs more than a million

Meggie Khantsis million is abit much considering how much full classic car restorations cost and the man hours. Maybe a few thousand depending on labour costs.

@@tobyrutter3776 When I saw the play in London, it was possible to buy a copy of the little goose that appears in the 'farmyard' scenes. He was a life-size goose with wing and (I think) beak movement, and he was £5000.

He was made uniquely for the stage show, you would not be able to buy him.

@Alexis Robacker The leg movement is completely wrong in trot. In canter it's accurate. The puppet is 8 stone.

@Alexis Robacker Also if they did the trot right, the pupet would be moving easier forwards on its own.

Richard, when I saw the play I wasn't aware of the horse's breathing. I did think, though, that his movements, reactions etc were EXACTLY as I would have expected, as someone who has been around horses my entire life (nearly 70 years now). The responses when the two horses meet each other for the first time - neck arching, snorting, pawing, wheeling around and kicking - are perfect. At one stage the horse Joey is being broken to harness and is throwing a tantrum because he doesn't like it. I was in the front row and was quite concerned that I was in a prime location for being kicked - he was as convincing as that! All I can say is go and see it - it is a phenomenal piece of theatre and the operators have obviously studied horse behaviour extensively.