Product Details

• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• DVD Release Date: June 30, 2002
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0967797616
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #412,922 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Young children will love seeing what happens at a horse show.

Find out how the horses are prepped, the equipment they need, the care required to make it to the show, and how the courses are designed.

Hear from some big names in the business, as well as some just starting out. Talk to a judge, veterinarian, farrier (blacksmith), trainer, top rider. Lt. Col. Marsh, judge and steward, explains the scoring system of the Jumpers. Mark Leone, top Show Jumping rider, talks about competing and his experiences. Frank Chapot, trainer and former Olympian, discusses what it takes to be a winner. Bob Allen, course designer and show manager, shows how courses are designed.

See some thrilling rounds in the Grand Prix Show Jumping ring! Watch some of the Jack Russell Terrier dog races, frequently found where horse people gather.

Aimed at young children who don't have horses.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ok for pre-teen horse and dog fans..., October 29, 2004

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S. Wussow (WI, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spectator - Behind the Scenes of a Horse Show (DVD)

...but not much good info here.

Poorly-written narration, off-the-cuff interviews by dorky announcer, single-camera footage (and very poor lighting). Poor editing. No introduction, and the DVD menu is faulty and incomplete ("blank" points where you can click and start it up, but nothing shows up in the menu until the next frame).

FAR too much footage on dogs!!! Repetitive!!! Far too LITTLE footage on the show rounds at the end - the part that would have been most interesting! Does not even show all eight finalists.

The vet was intelligent and provided some useful info. Far too little info given on show scoring and description of events (they don't explain anything about the dressage movements) - but too much on the "style" of jumps. I mean the actual wood jumps - "Here we have a jump shaped like a giraffe, here we have a wavy jump..."

Just not well-balanced at all. Probably good for a 7-12 year-old horse fanatic, but little here for an adult.

And *really* bad filmwork...

3.0 out of 5 stars Learn more about horses, November 14, 2007

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S. Marie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spectator - Behind the Scenes of a Horse Show (DVD)

If you want to learn more about horses, horse competitions, and behind the scene preparation of all who are involved, then you must see this documentary.

Grant you the inexperience of the interviewer might distract you, but try to go beyond that, and listen to the experience and dedication of all the professional people who were interviewed. This information alone is worth the investment.

This is a rare opportunity for children and adults to gain equestrian insight.