Best of 2018 Video Countdown #1: Could You Manage this Massive Grid?

Each day between now and the New Year we’re counting down the top 10 most popular videos shared on EN in 2018. The #1 spot goes to “Could You Manage this Massive Grid?,” which garnered 14,880 views when it was originally posted on Oct. 29, 2018.

Photo via Lisanne Kriescher on Facebook.

The Guinness Book of Records cites just a couple of records relating to horses jumping. There’s an official record for puissance (8 ft 1.25 in), for highest jump by a Miniature Horse (42.5 in), and for longest jump over a liverpool (27 ft 6 in), but there doesn’t appear to be a record for longest grid or course. Should someone ever strive to set that record, we herby nominate the folks at Harbarnsen Riding Club in Germany who have brought insanity in the middle to their schooling session by setting up a monstrous grid guaranteed to work that equine booty and then some.

Behold: the “mega row,” posted to Facebook by Lisanne Kriescher, that consists of 8 ground poles, 6 raised cavaletti, 18 crossrail bounces, 4 one stride verticals, finishing with two strides to an oxer. Phew.

Here’s a drive-by view of the whole thing:

Posted by Lisanne Kriescher on Saturday, October 27, 2018

Now let’s see how it’s done!

Posted by Lisanne Kriescher on Saturday, October 27, 2018

Go Eventing!