Take the Reins for Two Rides You’ll Never Forget! Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts and Horse and Rider

Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts, who shares a passion for horses with the Mongolian people, accepts an invitation to spend several weeks with a nomadic family, and learns first hand about the wild horses that have been such an important part of their lies from millennia. Despite no shared language, able to communicate only with smiles and universal gestures, Ms. Roberts lives exactly as her host family lives - in a one room transportable “ger”, with no bathroom, no running water, and no heat - and is absorbed into the daily routine of nomadic life. She helps with the deconstruction and relocation of her own house when the family moves, learns some lessons about herding from the family patriarch, cheers on the family children participating in a race, and demonstrates her own riding skills. When she bids her hosts goodbye, it is evident that she is acquired a greater respect and affection for people and a way of life that few outside of Mongolia know or understand. It is clear that they will miss her, too.

Horse and Rider
Saddle up and settle in: this program takes viewers on a high stepping, hard-charging ride into the fascinating relationship between horse and rider. The two twist and turn, charge and break to keep the determined cow from returning to its herd in a rodeo competition. A rider silently directs her horse through a series of graceful dance-like maneuvers at a dressage exhibition. And horse and rider chase and race after an elusive little ball during a polo match, a kind of soccer on horseback. With the help of leading trainers and competitors, the program shows how a carefully developed understanding, trust, and communication been horse and human make such amazing feats possible. Their gentle partnership represents one of the most advanced examples of human-animal cooperation - one that will provide encouragement to first-time riders and excitement and insight to all.

Added to Collection: 02/22/2009
Run time: 112 mins
Studio: Equestrian Vision

Genres: Documentaries