What actors look to be pretty good riders?

[vacation1]

I know there have been various threads about actors/celebrities who ride or own horses, but I'm curious who everyone thinks is a good rider based just on what you see onscreen. Obviously, it's easier with older actors because of all the westerns. I was watching an episode of Bonanza yesterday (ah, the joys of unemployment) where Charles Bronson was a guest star. I thought he looked good on a horse, which reminded me I was thinking the same thing while watching The Magnificent Seven last month.

[equinelaw]

Ewin McGregor.

[Alexie]

johny depp....be still my beating heart :lol:

[Portia]

Really weird I know, but William Shatner.

[Alexie]

Really weird I know, but William Shatner.

:eek:now that is a pretty picture :yes:

[Trakehner]

Tom Selleck.

I was boarding near Annapolis, MD and one weekday I was skipping work (benefit of working for the gov't) and there was a new guy at the barn. It was Tom Selleck. He was in town filming a Magnum PI episode at the Naval Academy and needed to polish up his riding (a local director kept his horse at the barn and lent it to him to ride). I asked if he'd like to trail ride and off we went. "Do you jump?"...he laughed and said, "Only when they don't know I do" and we were off doing small x-country stuff. He can ride and was a very nice guy. I took a photo to prove to the girls at the barn he was there.

That weekend I told my barnmates of his visit. "No Way!" was the usual response. I showed em' the photo...and then I got, "Damn, why didn't you give me a call!" I was impressed, he was friendly, was very careful with the horse and groomed him after he rode...and the guy could really ride.

[JaneeneSings]

Suh-weet! :yes:

Tom Selleck.

I was boarding near Annapolis, MD and one weekday I was skipping work (benefit of working for the gov't) and there was a new guy at the barn. It was Tom Selleck. He was in town filming a Magnum PI episode at the Naval Academy and needed to polish up his riding (a local director kept his horse at the barn and lent it to him to ride). I asked if he'd like to trail ride and off we went. "Do you jump?"...he laughed and said, "Only when they don't know I do" and we were off doing small x-country stuff. He can ride and was a very nice guy. I took a photo to prove to the girls at the barn he was there.

That weekend I told my barnmates of his visit. "No Way!" was the usual response. I showed em' the photo...and then I got, "Damn, why didn't you give me a call!" I was impressed, he was friendly, was very careful with the horse and groomed him after he rode...and the guy could really ride.

[theblondejumper]

Viggo Mortensen looked GREAT in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

[Alexie]

aww i like Tom Selleck even more now :)

[onetrickpony]

Viggo Mortensen looked GREAT in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Don't forget he was also the lead in Hidalgo!

[asbjockey]

Tom Selleck.

I was boarding near Annapolis, MD and one weekday I was skipping work (benefit of working for the gov't) and there was a new guy at the barn. It was Tom Selleck. He was in town filming a Magnum PI episode at the Naval Academy and needed to polish up his riding (a local director kept his horse at the barn and lent it to him to ride). I asked if he'd like to trail ride and off we went. "Do you jump?"...he laughed and said, "Only when they don't know I do" and we were off doing small x-country stuff. He can ride and was a very nice guy. I took a photo to prove to the girls at the barn he was there.

That weekend I told my barnmates of his visit. "No Way!" was the usual response. I showed em' the photo...and then I got, "Damn, why didn't you give me a call!" I was impressed, he was friendly, was very careful with the horse and groomed him after he rode...and the guy could really ride.

You should share the pics with us, too!

[dalpal]

Harrison Ford
Patrick Swayze

[FatDinah]

Mortenson rides seriously as a hobby. and if I remember right, he brought his Lord of the Rings horse home from New Zealand.

Shatner is a very serious horseman in saddlebreds, he basically created their whole Western pleasure division.

Another actor who rides is Robert Duvall, he is wonderful to watch in Lonesome Dove as is Tommy Lee Jones.

One actor I HATE to watch is Kevin Costner. He has a good seat but he is always hauling some poor horse's head around with the reins until it gags: check out the Untouchables and Silverado.
And Brian Dennehy - a very large Brian Dennehy - in Silverado climbing onto some poor horse is both horrifying and hilarious - the horse looks at him like, "you must be kidding!"

[Horse with No Name]

Snap FatDinah - I watched Silverado again last weekend and was going to say just that about Kevin Costner ... and now you mention it, Brian Dennehy too! :lol:

[BasqueMom]

Wasn't Robert Duvall in a Julia Roberts movie set at a hunter/jumper barn? Can't remember
the name...but he was ajumping jumps, if I remember. Doesn't Julia Roberts ride also--has
horses at her place in Taos.

And the lead actor in the Snowy River Mountain movies...understand he was a horseman first and got the job because of his riding abilities.

[SarahandSam]

I agree on Viggo... he bought both his LOTR horse and Hidalgo, I believe, because he loved 'em so much...

[RHdobes563]

Tom Selleck.

I was boarding near Annapolis, MD and one weekday I was skipping work (benefit of working for the gov't) and there was a new guy at the barn. It was Tom Selleck. He was in town filming a Magnum PI episode at the Naval Academy and needed to polish up his riding (a local director kept his horse at the barn and lent it to him to ride). I asked if he'd like to trail ride and off we went. "Do you jump?"...he laughed and said, "Only when they don't know I do" and we were off doing small x-country stuff. He can ride and was a very nice guy. I took a photo to prove to the girls at the barn he was there.

That weekend I told my barnmates of his visit. "No Way!" was the usual response. I showed em' the photo...and then I got, "Damn, why didn't you give me a call!" I was impressed, he was friendly, was very careful with the horse and groomed him after he rode...and the guy could really ride.

I've been a fan of his "Quigley Down Under" and his Louis L'Amour movies. I THOUGHT that he looked comfortable in the saddle. Those movies suit him well.

[Melelio]

Wasn't Robert Duvall in a Julia Roberts movie set at a hunter/jumper barn? Can't remember
the name...but he was ajumping jumps.

I know personally that Robert Duvall DOES ride over fences. Tom Cruise bought him a jumper the year Days Of Thunder came out....and he already had some nice horses in training at his then farm in VA. He's no Rodney Jenkins, but he's more than ample.

In the movie "Lonesome Dove" there's a scene where Duvall is riding in the desert being stalked by Indians, riding a horse....it's quiet, all of a sudden there are shots fired at him, and the horse lifts OFF the ground in a bucking fit. Duvall rides him really well through it, and off they gallop...

He told us that the scene was NOT supposed to include that horse going off, he just reacted badly to the shots. They left the scene in because Duvall rode through it so well, and it was interesting....

[Seven-up]

I thought Tobey McGuire wasn't too bad in Seabiscuit. Usually I just cover my face and shake my head when there's a horse scene in a movie.



Henry Thomas, who played Elliot in E.T., lives on a ranch in TX in real life and has ridden a long time. He played Matt Damon's buddy in All The Pretty Horses. There's a scene where he gets his stolen horse back, and he kisses it on the nose. So cute! Loved him before, loved him after that for sure.

[Trakehner]

You should share the pics with us, too!

Would you believe my ex-wife tore them up (including all my horse show photos and the ones of my old horses since dead) She even threw away my special mare's tail braid I kept. Nice, eh?

[Ibex]

Tom Selleck.

I was boarding near Annapolis, MD and one weekday I was skipping work (benefit of working for the gov't) and there was a new guy at the barn. It was Tom Selleck. He was in town filming a Magnum PI episode at the Naval Academy and needed to polish up his riding (a local director kept his horse at the barn and lent it to him to ride). I asked if he'd like to trail ride and off we went. "Do you jump?"...he laughed and said, "Only when they don't know I do" and we were off doing small x-country stuff. He can ride and was a very nice guy. I took a photo to prove to the girls at the barn he was there.

That weekend I told my barnmates of his visit. "No Way!" was the usual response. I showed em' the photo...and then I got, "Damn, why didn't you give me a call!" I was impressed, he was friendly, was very careful with the horse and groomed him after he rode...and the guy could really ride.

It must run in the family! His daughter was showing at Spruce last fall and my friend caught him on camera...

[tkhawk]

John Wayne.
I also liked the Lone Ranger-I don't recall who starred in it.
I like watching old Westerns..

[tikidoc]

Can't speak for Tom Selleck's riding ability, but he did impress me as being a very nice guy as well. I worked at an ice cream store on Martha's Vineyard in the summers when I was a kid and sold him a cone. We chatted about college basketball (I was wearing a University of Illinois T-shirt, and they were quite good the season before) and he tipped me more than the cost of the ice cream. Very down to earth. Looked pretty good in a pair of shorts too...

[Tiffani B]

Shatner is an excellent horseman and a very nice guy.

Angelina Jolie looks to be a good rider.

[Ready2Ride]

GEORGE STRAIT!!:D
mmmmm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2z1oEv6ABA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oal-BFQZ9Eg

[Buffyblue]

I don't know if Simon Baker rides, but I can sure picture him on a horse! Yum!

[OkLurchers]

John Wayne hated riding; hated horses. I always thought he looked stiff as a board on horseback. Robert Redford rides...Stephanie Powers played polo, as did/does Tommy Lee Jones. Sly Stallone used to play too; I always wondered how he rode. Portia DiRossi (Ellen DeGeneres' wife) rides--I understand she'sshown at Thermal??
There's a book called "People We Know & the Horses They Love" which is all about famous actors & their horses.
Saw Whoopi Goldberg's farm on "The View" yesterday...she said she rode when her contract let her.

[asbjockey]

Would you believe my ex-wife tore them up (including all my horse show photos and the ones of my old horses since dead) She even threw away my special mare's tail braid I kept. Nice, eh?


Oh, I believe you. I have an ex that I refer to as "the psycho."

[Unfforgettable]

Patrick Swayze can ride really well, too.

[Dr. Doolittle]

I was actually impressed with Arnold Schwartzenegger's riding in "True Lies"--where he commandeers the police horse and rides it through the streets of Washington D.C., including through a hotel (and up an elevator :))

He looked like a natural (though there was clearly a stunt rider in a few scenes), leading me to believe that he must have done some riding earlier in his life (in Austria...)

[BasqueMom]

Speaking of old timers, Jimmy Stewart--remember seeing an article about him and his favorite horse (named Pie) from the movies which he gave home to for life.

[bascher]

I agree on Viggo... he bought both his LOTR horse and Hidalgo, I believe, because he loved 'em so much...

The moment I saw the title of this thread I thought of Viggo :)

[Lilykoi]

Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. in Rio Grande, and old John Wayne movie.
My dad and brothers loved John Wayne and westerns. I grew up watching these old black and whites. Never will forget the Roman riding scene as long as I live. These boys could ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnWrf2fUd38

[FancyFree]

I don't know if Simon Baker rides, but I can sure picture him on a horse! Yum!

Love Simon Baker. I don't know if he rides but I do know he surfs. I used to watch some show of his, that has since been canceled, just to see the opening scene where he is surfing.

Where does Viggo board? Just in case I ever move to L.A. ;)

[fizzyfuzzybuzzy]

Richard Gere has a farm in Westchester county, NY. I worked at the clinic he used, we patched up his appy that stepped on a nail. Never met the man, but he looked like a fairly good rider in First Knight.

Heath Ledger also looked like he could ride in a Knight's Tale.

I second (or third) Viggo, EXCELLENT rider, not only bought his horse Urais from LOTR, but bought the stallion that played Asfolath (Liv Tyler's characters horse) and gave it to the stunt rider who rode him. Orlando Bloom also got pretty good on a horse because of the movie. He was dating Kate Bosworth who is a very accomplished rider/horseperson.

[Portia]

Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. in Rio Grande, an old John Wayne movie.
Never will forget the Roman riding scene as long as I live. These boys could ride.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnWrf2fUd38
They both started out as stuntmen, didn't they? Doing riding stunts? IIRC, Wilfred Brimley is another ex-stuntman/rider. (Yep, looked it up on wikipedia -- both Johnson and Brimley were cowboys turned stuntmen turned actors.)

Absolutely agree on Robert Duvall --he can sit a horse.

Tom Selleck came and sat in the seats right in front of us at the World Cup finals in Vegas a few years ago. He and his friends watched politely and seemed truly interested.

Kate Capshaw (Mrs. Steven Spielberg and the star of the second Indiana Jones movie) also rides seriously.

[LegalEagle]

I thought Hugh Jackman rode pretty well in "Australia" and Nicole Kidman didn't look too bad either, although we've all seen the paparazzi shots of her dressed a little "confusedly" :lol:

[Lilykoi]

They both started out as stuntmen, didn't they? Doing riding stunts?

IIRC, Wilfred Brimley was another western star who could ride too.


I think you are right about being stunt men. It was fun to watch those old movies.

[OnThinIce]

Simon Baker was in Ride With the Devil along with Tobey McGuire and Jon Rhys Meyers. Some really awesome riding scenes in it.

[Irish Ei's]

Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson, Sam Elliot, Tom Cruise.

Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck.
Chuck Norris, Steven Segal

[HoofHeartSoul]

Wasn't Robert Duvall in a Julia Roberts movie set at a hunter/jumper barn? Can't remember
the name...but he was ajumping jumps, if I remember. Doesn't Julia Roberts ride also--has
horses at her place in Taos.

And the lead actor in the Snowy River Mountain movies...understand he was a horseman first and got the job because of his riding abilities.


yep the name of the movie Robert Duvall and Julia Roberts is in is called "Something to talk about" i LOVE it. and it is the frist movie i thought of when seeing this post.

[ReSomething]

. . .Arnold Schwartzenegger's riding . . .

He looked like a natural (though there was clearly a stunt rider in a few scenes), leading me to believe that he must have done some riding earlier in his life (in Austria...)

Check out his riding in Red Sonja and then see if you feel like saying that again.

Tom Selleck for sure. We have Quigley and Monte Walsh. Horses are a pivotal plot point in Monte Walsh and it is either an excellent editing job or he is really good.

[TikiSoo]

James Cagney was a big horseman, had his own farm for many years, although you rarely see him ride in movies. Gangsters & horses don't mix I guess.
Walt Disney was a big horseman too.

[FlightCheck]

TikiSoo-

My late Father-in-law was once a groom at James Cagneys farm...for his carriage horses, IIRC...

[Susan P]

That is so cool, I love Tom Selleck. Also he did some nice riding in the movie Quincy from Australia, anyone see it. It was a box office bomb but I've seen worse movies.

Recently Mira Sorvino was in The Last Templar and if that was her long legs on that horse she was an awesome rider. Perhaps she used a stand in. But her sister does ride for sure, Amanda Sorvino also has a horse rescue in PA. Her Dad Paul Sorvino has been very supportive. This is truly a horsey family. I think Amanda drug her Dad into it, but he's hooked now, not riding perhaps but supportive and involved. He's a real animal lover.




Tom Selleck.

I was boarding near Annapolis, MD and one weekday I was skipping work (benefit of working for the gov't) and there was a new guy at the barn. It was Tom Selleck. He was in town filming a Magnum PI episode at the Naval Academy and needed to polish up his riding (a local director kept his horse at the barn and lent it to him to ride). I asked if he'd like to trail ride and off we went. "Do you jump?"...he laughed and said, "Only when they don't know I do" and we were off doing small x-country stuff. He can ride and was a very nice guy. I took a photo to prove to the girls at the barn he was there.

That weekend I told my barnmates of his visit. "No Way!" was the usual response. I showed em' the photo...and then I got, "Damn, why didn't you give me a call!" I was impressed, he was friendly, was very careful with the horse and groomed him after he rode...and the guy could really ride.

[Susan P]

I'm thinking of the movie Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, who also seems to be a good rider, he looks very athletic. At the end of the movie he rode by watching her ride cross country.



yep the name of the movie Robert Duvall and Julia Roberts is in is called "Something to talk about" i LOVE it. and it is the frist movie i thought of when seeing this post.

[CrzyCorgi]

yep the name of the movie Robert Duvall and Julia Roberts is in is called "Something to talk about" i LOVE it. and it is the frist movie i thought of when seeing this post.


One of my all time favs as well!! Funny, funny movie!!

[KnKShowmom]

Didn't Linda Blair show hunters or EQ when she was a junior?? Seemed to me she did pretty well, but I might be thinking of someone else.

[HydroPHILE]

Yummy Hugh Jackman....especially in "Australia."

Kat Hepburn (see "The Philadelphia Story")

[lcw579]

The moment I saw the title of this thread I thought of Viggo :)

Me too! I don't usually get goofy over stars but he makes me swoon. :lol:

Didn't Linda Blair show hunters or EQ when she was a junior?? Seemed to me she did pretty well, but I might be thinking of someone else.

Yes, she did. There was much excitement at the barn when her mare came to be bred to Abundance. All of us kids were hoping to get a glimpse of her, but alas she never came to visit!

[HydroPHILE]

I thought Hugh Jackman rode pretty well in "Australia" and Nicole Kidman didn't look too bad either, although we've all seen the paparazzi shots of her dressed a little "confusedly" :lol:

Kidman also rode in "Far and Away."

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Wasn't Robert Duvall in a Julia Roberts movie set at a hunter/jumper barn?

"Something to Talk About" with Dennis Quaid as well. Duvall was riding a jumper in that movie. He (Duvall) also rides in Lonesome Dove and Open Range.

Side note about "Something to Talk About" is that one of the scenes show them driving down a Live Oak-lined "driveway" to the farm. Part of that scene is the Live Oak-lined driveway to Wormsloe Plantation in Savannah, Georgia (also the same drive seen in "The Generals Daughter.")

[kewpalace]

Russell Crowe in Gladiator - riding bareback on one of the Centurion's horses in the stadium. He's got a huge ranch in Austraila.

[prudence]

Ronald Reagan was an ok rider:

http://www.wiwfarm.com/reagan.html

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=8ec8f8b63ad3f074_landing


I have a prettier picture but can't find it...

[zagafi]

Christian Kane! And he looks yummy, too.

He played the young version of Robert Duvall's character in "Secondhand Lions" and rode in that, he was in "Into the West" (with Tom Selleck) and rode in an episode of "Leverage".

[webmistress32]

Russell Crowe in Gladiator - riding bareback on one of the Centurion's horses in the stadium.


mmm, oooh!

I think I salivated on myself a little, just then....

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Oh, I'd forgotten about Ronald Reagan - I love those pictures of him riding with the Queen. :yes: I think I remember reading he was a cavalryman in one of the last active US cavalry units. :sigh: I don't suppose we'll have a President again who looks that elegant on a horse. Bill C. and George the First certainly didn't.:lol: And the Shrub openly admitted to hating them. I wonder how Mr. Obama feels about horses?

Tommy Lee Jones I think is the best rider acting today. After him, I guess I'd say Robert Duvall and then Viggo.

The worst? John Wayne, absolutely. I can't even watch his movies, the way he crashes down on the poor beast's back and yanks its head around with the reins.

[LJStarkey]

Kiefer Sutherland is a long-time team roper and has been featured in a quite a few cowboy magazines.

[Irish Ei's]

Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds, Christie Brinkley,too

I do believe Arnold rode in the Conan series.

[acking01]

I think Nicollette Sheridan (sp?) rides hunters or did when she was younger. I saw an over fences picture of her in a magazine (or maybe on ET, dont remember) and she looked pretty good. Nice solid leg and decent crest release.

[wateryglen]

The blonde actress on The Young & The Restless TV Soap who plays Logan is a h/j rider I think. I've seen photos and videos.

And haven't we forgotten the blonde actress who starred in "10"?

I'm having problems remembering the names of blonde actresses for some reason today!
Robert Duvall used to foxhunt with a local hunt btw. So did Jackie Onassis of course and Marilyn Quayle used to board not too far from me.

John Wayne is quoted as saying..."Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway"......

[JSwan]

William Shatner!!!

[SarahandSam]

Kiefer Sutherland is a long-time team roper and has been featured in a quite a few cowboy magazines.

Ooh, I forgot about Kiefer... mmm. Jack Bauer on a horse.

[WendellsGirl]

Kiefer Sutherland is a long-time team roper and has been featured in a quite a few cowboy magazines.

I was just going to say, we're obviously saving the best for last - Kiefer!! I do think Tom Selleck is quite handsome, too...and on a horse?? Wow!

I love the old photos of Reagan. He really did love horses.

[Curiously]

I thought Tobey McGuire wasn't too bad in Seabiscuit. Usually I just cover my face and shake my head when there's a horse scene in a movie.



Body double. :rolleyes: For the close-ups, they put McGuire on a mechanical horse to make it look like he was riding while they took shots of his face.

:cool:

[Rebe]

Ahh, for classic, watch Clint Eastwood in any of the spaghetti westerns - he has an absolutely perfect seat and upper body.

Oops, I guess that could be interpreted both on and off the horse!:D

[sisu27]

James Cagney was a big horseman, had his own farm for many years, although you rarely see him ride in movies. Gangsters & horses don't mix I guess.
Walt Disney was a big horseman too.

My first pony was named James Cagney. Hackney/Welsh and it suited him...little gangster!

I can't even comment on Ewan MacGregor in a fashion that would be appropriate on this board...horses, motorcycles...whew...nevermind

Not an actor (at least not a good one!) but Giselle Bundchen rides and has some horses.

Has anyone mentioned Bo Derek yet?

[Tif_Ann]

If I remember right Matthew McConaughey is a pretty decent rider. In "The Wedding Planner" with Jennifer Lopez he rode, and in an interview he talked about how out of his element he was in the dancing scene, which Jennifer was amazing in, but how tables were turned in the horseback riding scene. I'm pretty sure they used a stuntman for most of the riding, but he did say he had experience riding.

[HydroPHILE]

Kiefer Sutherland is a long-time team roper and has been featured in a quite a few cowboy magazines.

...and cowboy movies, too.

[tpup]

Brad Pitt - I cannot for the life of me remember the title of this movie and I just watched it!! The one filmed in Montana.....where he is kind of the "wild" son...they go off to war. Older movie - at least few years, and LONG. He rode beautifully in that!

[sneederstb]

Matthew Mchonoghayhaeowjg however you spell his last name....but it was probably a stunt double riding haha

[sneederstb]

If I remember right Matthew McConaughey.

What Tif_Ann said

should have read more pages before I posted haha

I have another...Dennis Quaid from the Parent Trap

[lesyl]

Legends of the Fall - I believe it was filmed in Canada.

[seeuatx]

Thanks to David Letterman, I know that both Selma Hayek (sp?) and Morgan Freeman have horses and ride

[JanM]

Don't forget Madonna, Martha Stewart, Bo Derek was already mentioned, Wayne Newton at least owned lots of arabs at one time but I don't know if he rode them or just owned them. James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry. Ben Johnson was said to be the best rider ever for a stunt man turned actor. Elizabeth Taylor road until her back deteriorated too much from injuries. Gigi Durante (Jimmy's daughter) rode. Christie Brinkley and Tanya Tucker ride cutting horses.

Reba McEntire was a great barrel racer.

[eclipse]

Legends of the Fall - I believe it was filmed in Canada.


Yep, and it was filmed around Calgary (Airdrie area I believe).....although, try as I might, I didn't score a date with Brad!! LOL

[SBrentnall]

Glenn Close used to ride dressage with Lendon Gray. Don't know if she still does.

[GrayTbred]

Larry David

In a rerun of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Larry visits Arizona. In a quick shot from a montage sequence, he's riding toward the camera and comes to a decent kind-of sliding stop. He even appears to keep centered as the horse fidgets to one side. Not too bad, Larry!

[tpup]

Legends of the Fall - I believe it was filmed in Canada.

That's it! Beautiful scenery.

[Portia]

Wayne Newton still owns and breeds Arabians at his ranch in Las Vegas.

I agree about Clint Eastwood -- that goes all the way back to his "Rawhide" days. (And Ward Bond could ride too.)

[zagafi]

Doesn't LeeAnn Rimes ride/own cutting horses?

[VAHorseGurl]

Viggo Mortensen looked GREAT in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

He also did a very nice job in Hildogo. I have to say, I can sit and watch that movie over and over. LOLOL

[MHM]

I'm thinking of the movie Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, who also seems to be a good rider, he looks very athletic. At the end of the movie he rode by watching her ride cross country.

The part where she really cantered and jumped a decent sized jump was a riding double- a trainer who worked at Lionshare at that time. That's where those scenes were filmed.

I thought Tim McGraw looked pretty comfortable on a horse a few years ago in Flicka.

[SarahandSam]

Doesn't LeeAnn Rimes ride/own cutting horses?

Yeah, she was on that special they did on Animal Planet a few years ago on musicians and horses... Linda Eder was on there too, and I think Joe Perry from Aerosmith, who has Freisians. (:

[Erin Pittman]

I thought immediately of Viggo, too! That is one fine man....

Colin Firth looked pretty decent in Pride and Prejudice (BBC version - though he said in an interview, he didn't think he did), but I was sure that as soon as Crispin Bonham-Carter (played Mr. Bingley) rode out of one scene, he must have toppled off - looked very out of place on a horse.

Didn't William Shatner ride one of his Saddlebreds in one of the Star Trek movies?

[Arizona DQ]

Ronald Reagan was an ok rider:
I have a prettier picture but can't find it...

There is a great book about Reagan and his horses written by an ex Secret Service agent. This agent was assigned to guard President Reagan because he (the agent) was an accomplished rider and was one of the few who could keep up with him. It gives a really good insight into Reagan's love of his horses. (can't remember the name of the book). ;)

[Mtn trails]

I thought immediately of Viggo, too! That is one fine man....

Colin Firth looked pretty decent in Pride and Prejudice (BBC version - though he said in an interview, he didn't think he did), but I was sure that as soon as Crispin Bonham-Carter (played Mr. Bingley) rode out of one scene, he must have toppled off - looked very out of place on a horse.

Didn't William Shatner ride one of his Saddlebreds in one of the Star Trek movies?

mmmmm Colin Firth <swoon>, Yes, William Shatner and Jean Luc Picard both were riding his horses in the movie where Shatner dies. Can't remember the name for the life of me. He looked totally relaxed on his ASB, but then I used to see him show at the Garden on Kentucky Dreamer.

[standing ovation]

kaley cuoco who was in that John riter comedy rides jumpers, so does That girl from 7th heaven, also Shannen Doherty rode with Susie Hutchinson, not sure if she still does. Oh and my cousin used to ride with Alison Eastwood (Clint's daughter) in Carmel Valley, when she was growing up.

[LKF]

Mickey Rooney and Davy Jones from The Monkees was an amateur steeplechase jockey in England.

[twinkle]

I watched Boston Legal last night. Shatner rode a horse in one scene.

[SarahandSam]

mmmmm Colin Firth <swoon>,

Ditto that... he looked pretty darn good on the black horse at the beginning of P&P...

William Shatner also rode a horse in to his roast on Comedy Central. (:

[Kementari]

LOFF Viggo! He don't use no stinkin' body double, either! :winkgrin:

Patrick Stewart doesn't look bad on a horse - he rode a few during his Star Trek tenure, and in the Rose Bowl parade at least once. I think he owns/owned horses of his own, too, though I couldn't swear to it.

[Sandy M]

I understand Jeremy Irons hunts - so I would assume he probably knows what he's doing on a horse.

Going back a looooong way, there was once an article in TV Guide about all the "TV Cowboys" and the horse wranglers gave their opinion on their abilities. At that time, they
felt the best riders were Dale Robertson (a QH breeder and a real rider) and Glenn Ford were the best riders.

They said James Garner was pretty good, "but he learned English and he posts."

They said James Arness wasn't bad, but his enormous size made it difficult for him to be a really good rider.

They liked Dennis Weaver and felt he was a good rider.

Didn't Linda Blair (Exorcist) show hunters/jumpers.
Julie Kavner rode/rides dressage.

Yeah, Viggo seems to buy every horse he rides in a movie, plus others. He bought the stunt rider that doubled Liv Tyler the Andalusian that she rode in LOTR and just gave it to her. Nice guy!

[Seven-up]

Body double. :rolleyes: For the close-ups, they put McGuire on a mechanical horse to make it look like he was riding while they took shots of his face.

:cool:

I meant the shots where you can actually tell it's him. On a live horse. There aren't that many scenes where it's really him, and they're mostly just trotting or a little cantering, but he wasn't embarassing. I did think the use of the equisizer (or whatever they call it) was pretty lame :winkgrin: so obvious they're sitting on a plastic horse covered in carpet.

He wasn't amazing, but at least he could post with his knees up his nose (not sure I could) and he didn't have the chicken wing elbow flap.



Edit: And also in Legends of the Fall, Henry Thomas (who I posted about earlier) played the youngest brother who gets killed at the beginning of the movie. Don't remember if he had any riding scenes in that one.

[Seven-up]

William Shatner also rode a horse in to his roast on Comedy Central. (:

Am I the only one who saw that and wondered how they kept the horse from pooping in the aisle of the theatre? I mean, that's usually the first thing they do! :lol:

[prudence]

William Shatner used to endurance ride in the early 1970s. I remember seeing him lead his small Arab horse out of a canyon and into a rest stop on a 50 mile endurance ride in the Malibu Mountains. Slightly different build then...

[prudence]

Clint Ritchie ("Clint" on One Life to Live) lived on a horse ranch and finished the Tevis Cup Ride one year. He died just a few weeks ago - very nice, warm man.

[linquest]

Recently Mira Sorvino was in The Last Templar and if that was her long legs on that horse she was an awesome rider. Perhaps she used a stand in.
She used to showjump, but wasn't allowed to ride in that scene because of insurance reasons.

Body double. :rolleyes: For the close-ups, they put McGuire on a mechanical horse to make it look like he was riding while they took shots of his face.
Most of the jockeys had to be put on mechanical horses for dialogue/close-up shots because of filming technicalities. You can read about the use of the Equicizer here (http://www.equicizer.com/images/equicizer.com/default1.aspx?contentName=News&news=1&newsId=65).
Gary Stevens on Maguire's riding-The veteran jockey gives Maguire top marks for his riding and disputes media reports that the actor rode only a mechanical horse in the film to earn his reported $12 million salary. "Tobey worked a horse here at three-eighths of a mile in 34 seconds -- 34 seconds! We gave each other a lot of confidence in what we were doing," he says.
Maguire did ride in the "Til he stops" scene, which is my favorite part of the movie :D

[LegalEagle]

Doesn't LeeAnn Rimes ride/own cutting horses?


I think she does. I saw some show on CMT about her a few years ago in which she showed off one of her horse's moves, IIRC. I was super jealous of her nice horses!

[Nancy]

Michael Keaton rides. He was on talk show and said he lives out west, has a ranch and was working with some of the cowboys and they asked what he did for a living. They didn't know he was an actor.

[Ray]

Yeah, she was on that special they did on Animal Planet a few years ago on musicians and horses... Linda Eder was on there too, and I think Joe Perry from Aerosmith, who has Freisians. (:

Sheryl Crow was also featured in that show..... She rode just fine :)

[Liberty]

Russell Crowe in Gladiator - riding bareback on one of the Centurion's horses in the stadium. He's got a huge ranch in Austraila.

Speaking of Russell Crowe riding bareback, here's a little something from YouTube where the horses AND Crowe are "bareback" (warning: PG-13/R rating... ;) ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrFAKad4v4

Clip is from the movie "Hammers Over The Anvil", which I have never heard of, but it's now on my list of "must see" movies. :D

[2event4]

What about the actor Tab Hunter. He took his stage name because of his love of showing.

Arizona DQ talks about the Secret Service agent who rode with Reagan. I don't know the book, but her name is Barbara Riggs and the Chronicle had a nice article about her time with Reagan, maybe a couple of years ago.

[Elghund2]

It was Barbara Riggs with Regan. She also whipped for LHW. She said one time that Regan primarily road English and liked to jump. The pictures of Regan in the Western saddle were for PR as it was viewed as more manly.

Another friend who used to be involved in republican politics has a signed picture of RR and in it he is in an English saddle.

[thatmoody]

Speaking of Russell Crowe riding bareback, here's a little something from YouTube where the horses AND Crowe are "bareback" (warning: PG-13/R rating... ;) ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrFAKad4v4

Clip is from the movie "Hammers Over The Anvil", which I have never heard of, but it's now on my list of "must see" movies. :D

Wow. All I can say is...wowsa.

[Jetiki]

Whoopie Goldberg has horses she takes in retired NYPD horses. She also has some drafts and minis.

Scroll to bottom for link to the video
http://www.writersreviews.com/2009/02/whoopi-goldbergs-ranch-in-vermont-view.html


Karen

[Amwrider]

Speaking of Russell Crowe riding bareback, here's a little something from YouTube where the horses AND Crowe are "bareback" (warning: PG-13/R rating... ;) ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrFAKad4v4

Clip is from the movie "Hammers Over The Anvil", which I have never heard of, but it's now on my list of "must see" movies. :D


Crap, I just drooled on my keyboard.

[lcw579]

Wow. All I can say is...wowsa.

:yes::yes: Ditto that! Think they have it at Blockbuster?

[Portia]

We're forgetting someone who was an avid rider, sad though it turned out: Christopher Reeve.

[vacation1]

Clint Ritchie ("Clint" on One Life to Live) lived on a horse ranch and finished the Tevis Cup Ride one year. He died just a few weeks ago - very nice, warm man.

His one-time OLTL co-star and former western actor Phil Carey died recently too. Also daytime - Kelly Ripa's daughter Lola rides.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

We're forgetting someone who was an avid rider, sad though it turned out: Christopher Reeve.

:sadsmile: You're right.

[izzy]

I've met him in person, and yes he did all of his own riding in movies.

Anyone that can roman ride can also walk on water as far as I'm concerned

[Regal Grace]

Speaking of Russell Crowe riding bareback, here's a little something from YouTube where the horses AND Crowe are "bareback" (warning: PG-13/R rating... ;) ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrFAKad4v4

Clip is from the movie "Hammers Over The Anvil", which I have never heard of, but it's now on my list of "must see" movies. :D


I am still cooling off....HOT FLASH!

[eclipse]

We're forgetting someone who was an avid rider, sad though it turned out: Christopher Reeve.

Yes, how sad! When he was in Calgary filming, he used to come out to the barn I ride at & borrow one of our leaser's horses to take out on trail rides with a few of the barn ladies!! Sigh.........I was too novice at the time, but he always stuck his head into our lessons & watched for a while. He was very quiet & if you didn't know it was him, he'd go un-noticed! :)

[Hunter Mom]

Really weird I know, but William Shatner.

Not wierd - he's had national caliber Arabs for years & years.

[IronwoodFarm]

The great British actor Jeremy Irons rides very well and fox hunts. I have a theory that Jeremy has been in this slew of cheesy dragon movies lately, not simply for the paycheck, but because he gets to ride a lot. It definitely wasn't for the scripts. :lol:

[Hunter Mom]

Speaking of Russell Crowe riding bareback, here's a little something from YouTube where the horses AND Crowe are "bareback" (warning: PG-13/R rating... ;) ):
:D

Thank you so much for that little lift in my lunchtime! YUM!

[greygirls]

The Lone Ranger (on TV) that I recall was played by Clayton Moore (and Jay Silverheels was Tonto).

Ditto on John Wayne--apparently he had an accident early on and "hated" riding and horses ever after. (I still wince (and mutter) when I see horses getting jerked around in the mouth.)

Robert Mitchum was another one of the good old cowboys of the screen. He also owned a farm on the Eastern Shore of MD where he raised Quarter Horses.

I loved all of Clint Eastwood's movie horses, especially that dapple grey that he rode in a few flicks (maybe the spaghetti westerns?).

[Bayou Roux]

Paul Gross & Teri Polo from a scene from Due South:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPw_Poc603Q

I've seen them both, in other things, ride better, but this episode was fun...

Edited to add: mmmmm....Paul Gross.....

[LJStarkey]

Oh, I forgot about Tab Hunter. He is or was a George Morris protegee, and the photos of him jumping in his autobiography show a lovely form.

[Nipntuck]

Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden in LOTR obviously knew what he was doing. He was a joy to watch ride. Heck, most of the riding scenes, except for Liv Taylors' (Arwen) which were too overengineered,were fun to watch.

[JanM]

Billy Crystal bought the horse he rode in 'City Slickers'-in fact the horse died a few weeks ago at a rather advanced age (late 20's as I recall).

[Irish Ei's]

Carson Kressly......

[horsekpr]

When Robert Duvall was making Day's of Thunder he rode a few times at my barn outside of Charlotte,N.C. We didn't have school horses ,but when his publisist called and asked about him riding,I though," I bet several borders would offer up their horse" and i was right. He rode very well,and was a nice person. I made him come out in the field and catch the horse and help tack it up. He chatted away with me about the movie,and what a pain the director was. he did tell me that Tom Cruise gave him a jumper ,and I was like,"wow,what did you give him?" he said ,"a watch".I didn't ask,but I doubt it was a timex.:lol:

[Renae]

Not wierd - he's had national caliber Arabs for years & years.

Not Arabs, Saddlebreds. He still shows on the Saddlebred circuit (in driving these days). I hope I am still showing horses at the National level when I am 78 years old!

I have heard that Oprah has Tennessee Walking Horses. Zsa Zsa Gabor had Walking Horses as well.

[Seven-up]

Not Arabs, Saddlebreds. He still shows on the Saddlebred circuit (in driving these days). I hope I am still showing horses at the National level when I am 78 years old!

I have heard that Oprah has Tennessee Walking Horses. Zsa Zsa Gabor had Walking Horses as well.


He did arabs too. I believe the horse he rode in on during his roast was an arab. I guess if you have one or the other you tend to have both, since the 2 breeds tend to get lumped together at shows.

I know for sure that I saw Patrick Swazye ride at a local arab show, but I have vague memories of Shatner either riding in a class or doing a demo ride too. I was pretty young, so I could be mistaken.

[Renae]

He did arabs too. I believe the horse he rode in on during his roast was an arab. I guess if you have one or the other you tend to have both, since the 2 breeds tend to get lumped together at shows.


He did have Quarter Horses (cutting horses) at one point, but according to Arabian Horse Association Data Source William Shatner has only ever owned 1 Arabian (and he got it from Wayne Newton) :) I think Mr. Shatner also still has Standardbred Roadsters (he has in the past had some very nice ones).

[EventFan]

Shania Twain rides. I read an article once that she loved to ride after a concert to wind down.

[Sithly]

William Moseley rode nicely in the Chronicles of Narnia. He looked very natural and comfortable on a horse.

Paul Gross & Teri Polo from a scene from Due South:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPw_Poc603Q

I've seen them both, in other things, ride better, but this episode was fun...

Edited to add: mmmmm....Paul Gross.....

That is probably my all time favorite TV show! Love that scene; it's so cute.

[Seriously_Hunter]

I just watched Hidalgo last night, my bf brought it over (he was cute, said it was horsey so he thought I'd enjoy it!!) ;)

I agreee with everyone who's said Viggo! He has a great seat and looked super comfortable in the saddle... not to mention he isn't hard on the eyes :D

[hijumpin1]

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=ece3ebff2f00b87a_landing
http://pro.corbis.com/images/U2084711.jpg?size=67&uid={3c17a592-adb6-455a-bb99-ebca74120713}

Ronald Reagan actor/President was a horselover.

[Party Rose]

Clint Ritchie ("Clint" on One Life to Live) lived on a horse ranch and finished the Tevis Cup Ride one year. He died just a few weeks ago - very nice, warm man.
By Dennis McLellan | Tribune Newspapers February 11, 2009 Philip Carey, the ruggedly handsome veteran actor who co-starred in the 1960s TV Western "Laredo" and more recently played the long-running role of a bigger-than-life Texas (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/texas-PLGEO100104600000000.topic) tycoon on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live," has died. He was 83.
Philip Carey, 1925-2009: Played Asa Buchanan on 'One Life to Live'

[Party Rose]

There's lots of Soap people that ride fairly well.

Steve Bond (Jimmy Lee) from past General Hospital can sure ride a jumper. Leslie Charleson (Monica Quatermaine) also GH, has ridden in the Rose Parade for MANY years. She owns Andalusians.

Melissa Rivers is another that comes to mind.

[copper1]

Wm shatner has reining horses and is big promoter of that sport. A lot of stars and singers are into cutting and reining. Christie Brinkly and Tanya Tucker and Kix Brooks wife come to mind.

[prudence]

Sadly, BOTH Asa and Clint recently died.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/arts/television/13ritchie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[Party Rose]

Sadly, BOTH Asa and Clint recently died.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/arts/television/13ritchie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ahhhhhhhh, He was the best Clint.

[MHM]

There's lots of Soap people that ride fairly well.

Steve Bond (Jimmy Lee) from past General Hospital can sure ride a jumper.

I haven't seen him ride, but I saw him at Harrisburg years ago when his daughter was still showing ponies. I think she was champion in the smalls or mediums, and he was at the ingate, giving somebody the play-by-play account on his cell phone. He was obviously very proud. It was cute.

[JanM]

The last time Shania Twain went on a limited tour she took her horse with her, and rode in every city she appeared in. (no I don't know how he went along but he did). Charlie Daniels the singer has a bunch of horses and rides regularly.

[pondpony]

Amen on Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. Silverheels also raced trotters.

Leo Carrillo and Duncan Reynaldo were great riders, too.

[Kementari]

I was just watching Glory, and, though he didn't have to do anything fancy, Matthew Broderick looked pretty comfy on his horse.

[dalpal]

Ooh, I forgot about Kiefer... mmm. Jack Bauer on a horse.


LOL.....someone used to have a signature line on this site

"You can lead a horse to water and Jack Bauer and make him drink" :lol:

[dalpal]

His one-time OLTL co-star and former western actor Phil Carey died recently too. Also daytime - Kelly Ripa's daughter Lola rides.


Phil Carey died?????????? When did Phil die? I know they killed his character off the show, but I hadn't heard that the actor had passed away.

I did hear about Clint Ritchie...very sad. :(

[dalpal]

By Dennis McLellan | Tribune Newspapers February 11, 2009 Philip Carey, the ruggedly handsome veteran actor who co-starred in the 1960s TV Western "Laredo" and more recently played the long-running role of a bigger-than-life Texas (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/texas-PLGEO100104600000000.topic) tycoon on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live," has died. He was 83.
Philip Carey, 1925-2009: Played Asa Buchanan on 'One Life to Live'

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::(:(: (:(:(:(:(

I had not heard about Phil Carey.

They did report on Soap Central last week that Clint Ritchie had died.

[willowmeadow]

Clint Eastwood. The movie "Pale Rider" was on tv last night. The dapple gray he rode was stunning!

[2LeftHooves]

One of the Olsen twins (don't remember which) is a rider. They both ride in It Takes Two and of course in the last few episodes of Full House. Candace Cameron rode on Full House as well and looked very comfortable/confident.

[ddashaq]

Thank you to whomever posted the yummy video of Russell Crowe! (Speaking of which and slightly off topic, did anyone else see him in that movie with Leonardo DiCaprio last year? He does not even look like the same guy!)

The blonde porn star (Kimber) from Nip/Tuck is a h/j, I think. I think she was mentioned on a thread similar to this one as being quite good.

[twinkle]

"You can lead a horse to water and Jack Bauer can make him drink"

I like that ;-D

[Chall]

Robert Mitchum was another one


"Night of the hunter" Very old film, good, scary.
At one scene he mounts bareback from the ground. Amazing move and he rode off bareback, good posture completely at ease.

[kewpalace]

Matthew Broderick looked pretty comfy on his horse.This reminded me of Lady Hawke - with Rutger Hauer riding that Fresian - especially at the end in the church. :)

[Drvmb1ggl3]

Jeremy Irons is jt-Master of the West Carbery hunt (https://www.hai.ie/hunts.php?huntid=38).

[Romany]

Sean Bean in the Sharpe series rides a lot; sometimes he's better at it than others :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmBfY96mbLs

Jewel rides quite well; actually, most of the young cast in Ride with the Devil ride pretty well.

Most adorable: Gerard Butler in Beowulf & Grendel, kissing his little horse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJaS6M9lmLU

Antonio Banderas is pretty slick in the saddle: remember Zorro?

[Punkie]

I believe Dakota Fanning rides as well.

[Sebastian]

Most adorable: Gerard Butler in Beowulf & Grendel, kissing his little horse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJaS6M9lmLU



AH, you beat me to it! I loved watching all those big guys gallop around on those Icelandics!! Those are some sturdy little ponies... :yes:

And, Christian Bale looks good on a horse too. 3:10 to Yuma had both him and Russell Crowe on horseback! :eek: :cool:

Seb :)

[Little Indian]

Nicolette does ride, as does Teri Hatcher and her daughter. Alyssa Milano has Paso Finos and Holly Marie Combs has three Quarter Horses and a Mini. Gabby Salick (Sandstone Horse Sales) is married to one of the Doctors on House.

I think Nicollette Sheridan (sp?) rides hunters or did when she was younger. I saw an over fences picture of her in a magazine (or maybe on ET, dont remember) and she looked pretty good. Nice solid leg and decent crest release.

[JUMPERROUND]

when I was a kid on Long Island, we used to see Linda Blair (remember The Exorcist) at all the big shows.

[Sandy M]

Ditto on John Wayne--apparently he had an accident early on and "hated" riding and horses ever after. (I still wince (and mutter) when I see horses getting jerked around in the mouth.)

I loved all of Clint Eastwood's movie horses, especially that dapple grey that he rode in a few flicks (maybe the spaghetti westerns?).


Yeah, they had to have several horses that looked alike (usually blaze-faced chestnuts) for Wayne, because each one would gradually get difficult to handle because of his roughness with them.

According to "Hollywood Hoofbeats" that's a couple of different greys for Eastwood, not the same horse in each movie.

[Dirty Little Secret]

Andie McDowell rides western and has a pretty nice pleasure horse. Her daughter also rides. They board at my old barn.

[pinkdiamondracing]

I thought Tobey McGuire wasn't too bad in Seabiscuit.



Sorry to rain on your parade, but Tobey did not do very much of his own riding in Seabiscuit. That is jockey Ricky Frazier doing all the work-- Tobey rode the mechanical horse for all his close-ups.

I worked on the movie Dreamer (which was wrangled by the same man Rusty Hendrickson) as Seabiscuit and we used the same method there. All race riding was done by professional jockeys with a mechanical horse used for any and all close-ups of Freddy Rodriguez. Incidentally, the guy who was Freddy's stunt double was seriously injured one morning while exercising a racehorse at The Thoroughbred Center where he worked before and after the movie and is now in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

Also, Dakota Fanning rides as does Luis Guzman (Balon) he has Arabians, Kurt Russell (who was really nice to me on the set) also has horses, in fact he bought Dakota a Palomino after the movie and she named it Goldie.

Why oh Why is everyone forgetting the mostest handsomest singing cowboy of all??

Gorgeous George Strait is one he!! of a roper and holds one of the premier roping competitions on the circuit the George Strait Classic in Texas every year.

[Kareen]

Absolutely second Clint Eastwood. What an elegant rider... Also J.Irons in 'The House Of The Spirits'. And whoever digged out that Russel-Crowe-youtube clip: Holladieenten, no wonder that movie never made it here, wayyy to sexy footage for oldfashioned li'l Europe *LOL*.
I always thought Andie McDowall had Frisians?

[doccer]

Richard Gere ...

He was in First Knight, and did some riding in the outtakes of pretty woman i think :D

[MaresNest]

Ewin McGregor.

Really? He rides? Video, please. :)

I think Viggo Mortensen is pretty good. And, if my memory serves me, Heath Ledger was decent. Maybe don't hold me to that, though... It's been a while since I've seen The Patriot or A Knight's Tale.

[Amwrider]

MMMM..Rutger Haur in Ladyhawke, my favorite movie!

Martha Stewart, I don't think anyone has mentioned her yet. I still crack up over the time Conan O'Brien went out riding with her and he put it on his show.

I am eagerly awaiting my mail....I found the Russel Crowe movie on Amazon.com and ordered it.

[MaresNest]

Brad Pitt - I cannot for the life of me remember the title of this movie and I just watched it!! The one filmed in Montana.....where he is kind of the "wild" son...they go off to war. Older movie - at least few years, and LONG. He rode beautifully in that!

OH yeah! Legends of the Fall. Good call. I liked that movie.

I'm thinking of the movie Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, who also seems to be a good rider, he looks very athletic. At the end of the movie he rode by watching her ride cross country.

I haven't seen Conspiracy Theory, but I remember thinking that Mel's riding in Braveheart and The Patriot left a lot to be desired. Maybe I was being too hard on him, though.

johny depp....be still my beating heart :lol:

I haven't seen Johnny Depp ride! But I sure would like to! What do I need to rent? Same goes for Ewan McGregor.

Also, the kid who plays Seamus (http://www.mugglenet.com/devonfeature.shtml) in the Harry Potter movies is apparently pretty big into show jumping.

[BAC]

Brad Pitt - I cannot for the life of me remember the title of this movie and I just watched it!! The one filmed in Montana.....where he is kind of the "wild" son...they go off to war. Older movie - at least few years, and LONG. He rode beautifully in that!

Legends of the Fall, I loved that movie.

[kewpalace]

I am eagerly awaiting my mail....I found the Russel Crowe movie on Amazon.com and ordered it.So when's the COTH screening? :D I'll bring the popcorn!

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

I haven't seen Johnny Depp ride! But I sure would like to! What do I need to rent?

He spends a lot of time in a western saddle on a paint horse in Dead Man - but don't rent it for that night when you have the house all to yourself.;)

In Sleepy Hollow he does a lot of clowning around and pretending he can't ride - remember how Jackie Gleason used to do on roller-skates? Sleepy Hollow has beautiful horses in it.

Anybody know of any more?

[doccer]

COLIN FARRELL... in American Outlaws...

Actually even better is the cousin who RIDES in REAL LIFE (The same guy from varsity blues -- TWEETER. He's an actual horseman.... mmmm lol)

[fooler]

Ditto Ben Johnson - I love to watch him in all of the old movies & I watched the old TV series the Monroes. He played a one armed character who rode rings around everyone else.
Watch an old Roy Rogers movie or TV show - he could really ride! He even reaches down to pet Trigger during galloping scenes.

Agree with prior observations, now to watch the Russell Crowe video :)

[ShowMeTheGlory]

Didn't William Shatner ride one of his Saddlebreds in one of the Star Trek movies?


yes :yes:

[Lori T]

John Denver rode and his favorite horse was at his funeral.

[Minerva Louise]

My vote is for Viggo - my dad has met him - Dad had a role in the filming of Appaloosa and at the end of it all, Mr. Mortensen shared chocolates with everyone. My father says he is a very nice man. Helen Miren came by during filming, also purported to be nice (though I don't know if she has anything to do with horses...) I wish I had been able to go with my dad for the filming of Appaloosa; I didn't find out Viggo was in it until after it was all over - I'd have loved to have gotten to meet him. I would have, of course, talked his ears off about horses... :lol:

Dad also had the same role in the filming of 3:10 to Yuma - it was nasty cold and they had to spread dirt over the snow to keep continuity in the filming, so that there wasn't snow in some scenes and not in others filmed at other times. The stars were wisked from shooting scenes, into SUVs, and back to their trailers because it was so cold, so he didn't get to meet anyone much in that one. Of course Mr. Crowe and Mr. Bale are not reputed to be particularly nice, either.... so maybe he didn't miss out on anything.

[Jealoushe]

Tommy Lee plays polo, he's in People magazine this month.

and..myself:cool:

[Party Rose]

TLJ another "Soaper" from One Life To Live in the 1970's is/was a polo player (too?)

[KonaPony]

Roy Rogers! :D

[pfqh]

Many years ago I was on the rail watching a hunter class at the Cape Cod Horse Show when a young woman in a riding outfit stood next to me. I glanced at her and it was Linda Blair. I was very shy at the time and didn't say anything.

For those who like Tom Selleck's movie "Crossfire Trail" watch Brad Johnson (the bad guy) - he was a Pro Rodeo rider and worked as a farrier.

[sisu27]

I haven't seen Conspiracy Theory, but I remember thinking that Mel's riding in Braveheart and The Patriot left a lot to be desired. Maybe I was being too hard on him, though.

I haven't seen Johnny Depp ride! But I sure would like to! What do I need to rent? Same goes for Ewan McGregor.

Yes, I would be very hard on Braveheart vintage Mel...same goes for Ewan MacGregor of any vintage...:winkgrin: I don't get the Johnny Depp thing...he looks like he smells. Although I love Johnny Knoxville who rides a donkey terribly and also looks like he smells. I think Ewan rides in "Long Way Round" but I'm not sure which movies. I believe he rode as a child.

[trafalgar]

I can't believe more notice has not been paid to Roy Rogers who was a FABULOUS rider....a real pleasure to watch.... and that Trigger!

[barnchick]

William Devane (Yanks and Knots Landing) acted to pay for his Polo habit. Michael Keaton: cutting, Bernie Taupin (of Elton John/Taupin tunes)...cutting as well. Brooks and Dunn are big in the mega money end of the cutting world.

[Alagirl]

I can't believe more notice has not been paid to Roy Rogers who was a FABULOUS rider....a real pleasure to watch.... and that Trigger!

So you were the bored one to resurrect this....:lol:

Roy Rogers, what's the other dude with the Palomino....those old timey stars looked pretty good on the horse. As I recall Liz Taylor did as well, and Tatum O'Neal for that matter.

But I ahve not seen those movies in a while.

[Flashy Gray VA]

On tonight's episode of "No Reservations" in Argentina, Anthony Bourdain was galloping across the Patagon with a couple of ridiculously awesome gauchos, and he looked ... not too uncomfortable! :cool:

Heels down, reasonable quiet seat, nice loose rein, horse looked happy. Reason #5,962 why AB is one baaaaaaaaad mofo.

Mid-gallop however the camera did cut out, and I can't figure out if he fell off - he said he did something of a flying dismount, but it was unclear to me.

Later scenes showed no sign of obvious injury as he sat around getting drunk and eating tons of succulent perfectly cooked meat.

[Alagirl]

I think Antonio Banderas looked ok in the saddle...

[MHM]

Later scenes showed no sign of obvious injury as he sat around getting drunk and eating tons of succulent perfectly cooked meat.

I think he's done so many variations of that same scene so many times he could do it Weekend at Bernie's style and noone would know.

[Sannois]

mmm, oooh!

I think I salivated on myself a little, just then....
him in Robinhood, He is wonderful!!!
Looks at home on a horse! :D

[Liberty]

Well, this was a fun thread resurrection. :yes:

For those who missed the video I posted early in this thread (video which is now gone from YouTube), here's another that contains a brief (very brief) clip of the Russell Crowe "bareback" (okay, bare everything) scene from Hammers Over the Anvil. It also has lots of other horse scenes from that movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBe0c0m63_w

I also found an interesting, abeit short, clip about the actors and their horses in 3:10 to Yuma (my note to Mr. Fonda - the horses probably didn't like you either, but "that's acting"...LOL):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D526ApOkd_U

[Trakehner]

Billy Crystal rode in the City Slickers movies. He even bought the pinto/paint horse he road.

[LexInVA]

I just have to point out that Dances With Wolves has been re-released in it's Extended Cut for it's 20th anniversary, on DVD and Blu-Ray, today for those of you who like that film.

[MunchkinsMom]

yep the name of the movie Robert Duvall and Julia Roberts is in is called "Something to talk about" i LOVE it. and it is the frist movie i thought of when seeing this post.

One of my all time favorite movies!

Didn't both Julia Roberts and Richard Gere ride in "The Runaway Bride"?

[purplnurpl]

I agree on Viggo... he bought both his LOTR horse and Hidalgo, I believe, because he loved 'em so much...

which Hidalgo. there were 20+. lol.
(just being a smart as-)

[purplnurpl]

He had a palomino that he rode.
ooooohhhh.
I have 10 VHS tapes that have all the episodes. I taped them off the TV when I was a kid.

Love me some Wild Bill.

http://www.doncollier.com/Images/yrjimmy.jpg
He had long hair during some of the seasons.

Steven Baldwin too...
yum yum.

http://home.online.no/~kcnyhus/gc-ike-cody-buck-b.jpg (http://home.online.no/%7Ekcnyhus/gc-ike-cody-buck-b.jpg)

[LexInVA]

All three seasons are on Netflix. Interesting show. It's a shame nobody will do Westerns anymore.

[purplnurpl]

here is Tom's best part of Man from Snowy River.

I can watch the chase over an over.
Love that horse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBXLYJwgt4

[pinkdiamondracing]

Body double. :rolleyes: For the close-ups, they put McGuire on a mechanical horse to make it look like he was riding while they took shots of his face.

:cool:

None of the racing scenes are actually Toby-- they are real-life jockey Ricky Frazier-- who actually looks a lot like Toby!!!

also-- Freddy Rodriguez in Dreamer is not him either-- his stunt rider was an exercise rider named Manny Martinez who was later badly injured one morning at The Thoroughbred Center here in Ky and is now confined to a wheel chair.

[MXL]

Gwenneth Paltrow in _Hush_ has a terrible seat/legs (check out the scene where she's talking to the guy who is killing the turkey). I always laugh at the scene when Paltrow comes in the house, having apparently been out riding by herself (no self-respecting farm-owner would let her go ride by herself!), and at the scene when Jessica Lange is prancing around inside her million dollar house in her riding boots.

[Jynx]

Does anyone else remember Mickey Rourke in "Diner?" It was painful to watch (and probably to ride) unless it was intentional.

[danceronice]

Did anyone up thread mention Sam Elliot? He is one of the few actor (not reenactor) riders in Gettysburg who doesn't make me cringe (I'm amazed Stephen Lang-as-Pickett's horse didn't flip on him in one scene.)

[eventer_mi]

OK - I wasn't a huge Russel Crowe fan before (but always DID admire his seat on a horse) but now I'm a believer.

Thanks for posting that clip!

[Alagirl]

Does anyone else remember Mickey Rourke in "Diner?" It was painful to watch (and probably to ride) unless it was intentional.


Mentioning him...
He was in a movie with Don Jonson, I will have to look it up...Don Jonson looked ok on the hose I think...

And Arnold looked good in the saddle in 'True Lies'

[WhiteCamry]

(my note to Mr. Fonda - the horses probably didn't like you either, but "that's acting"...LOL):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D526ApOkd_U


Interesting. All those westerns notwithstanding, his father wasn't keen on horses, either.

[FatDinah]

Speaking of Young Riders series, there was one episode where they had a horse ridden by two people in a chase sequence! The guest actress and one of the Young Riders, it was a chestnut with a flaxen mare so very distinquishable if you are a horsie person.

The guest actress hopped on to make a getaway and then one of the boys jumped on the chestnut to chase her!

I figured she was the most trustworthy horse so they must have been the worst riders.

If you want to howl with laughter, find a copy of "Tiny Town," a western they shot with the actors who played the Munchkins in Wizard of Oz. It's all ponies!

[KateKat]

On tonight's episode of "No Reservations" in Argentina, Anthony Bourdain was galloping across the Patagon with a couple of ridiculously awesome gauchos, and he looked ... not too uncomfortable! :cool:

Heels down, reasonable quiet seat, nice loose rein, horse looked happy. Reason #5,962 why AB is one baaaaaaaaad mofo.

Mid-gallop however the camera did cut out, and I can't figure out if he fell off - he said he did something of a flying dismount, but it was unclear to me.

Later scenes showed no sign of obvious injury as he sat around getting drunk and eating tons of succulent perfectly cooked meat.


Just had to LOL at this one...because it reminded me of the episode where he tried to take the ATV up a sand dune where it proceeded to stall and ROLL OVER on him. And he just bounced back up like nobody's business. I swear, that guy has at least 9 lives.

[MHM]

Just had to LOL at this one...because it reminded me of the episode where he tried to take the ATV up a sand dune where it proceeded to stall and ROLL OVER on him. And he just bounced back up like nobody's business. I swear, that guy has at least 9 lives.

Have you read his books? He must have about 20 lives, because it sounds like he's used up at least 15 so far.

Fun to watch, though.

[EquineImagined]

Russell Crowe in Gladiator - riding bareback on one of the Centurion's horses in the stadium. He's got a huge ranch in Austraila.

The first movie I ever saw Russlle Crowe in was "The Silver Stallion" and he spent 80% of his screen time on horses or working horses. I was in LOOOOOVE!

Pretty much all the Sarmatian Knights in King Arthur lookd pretty darn good in the saddle. In an interview Clive Owen said he had no idea why he took the role once he realized how much time he was going to be spending on a horse :)

Viggo is amazing. He not only bought the main 'Hidalgo' horse and HIS mount from the LoTR series, but bought the horse who played Shadowfax for the trainer, who loved him but had no hopes of affording what the studio wanted for him.

I think we all need to make movies with him and be in love with a horse :) Granted their bond was uber special.

[Flashy Gray VA]

MHM and Katekat - based on his writings I think that Mr. Bourdain used up his first 9 nine lives circa 1982 or so!

I still assert that he looked very competent in the saddle, but now thinking a bit more about it, maybe he'd had a few drinks before riding?

Or was wickedly hung over and had thusly reached that state of relaxed nirvana on a horse that so many trainers would kill to see in their sober students? :lol:

[MHM]

MHM and Katekat - based on his writings I think that Mr. Bourdain used up his first 9 nine lives circa 1982 or so!

I still assert that he looked very competent in the saddle, but now thinking a bit more about it, maybe he'd had a few drinks before riding?

Or was wickedly hung over and had thusly reached that state of relaxed nirvana on a horse that so many trainers would kill to see in their sober students? :lol:

Maybe he figures if he's lived through all the other stuff he's done, why worry about a pony ride? :lol:

[purplnurpl]

The first movie I ever saw Russlle Crowe in was "The Silver Stallion" and he spent 80% of his screen time on horses or working horses. I was in LOOOOOVE!



that was RC???!!! Now I have to go back and watch it again.

[Plumcreek]

Lyle Lovett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQLq4DzflRI&feature=related

[threedogpack]

here is Tom's best part of Man from Snowy River.

I can watch the chase over an over.
Love that horse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBXLYJwgt4

the heck with the guy....LOOK at the horse.....talk about courage!!

[Nvr2old]

Harrison Ford, John Wayne, William Shatner (he also drives, gotta love it). John Wayne is still my fave, gotta admire a man of his age with salt enough to take a horse over a 3 rail fence in a WESTERN saddle (true grit). didn't get left, either. One of my favorite horse film moments.

[EquineImagined]

that was RC???!!! Now I have to go back and watch it again.

Yep. He was "The Man."
hehe we started singing "Monday is washing day is every doggie happy" every time we bathed our aussie mix becuase of him in that movie.

[crosscreeksh]

Clint Eastwood...don't you remember that gorgeous dappled gray he rode in several movies??? Good seat and quiet hands!!

[Alagirl]

Clint Eastwood...don't you remember that gorgeous dappled gray he rode in several movies??? Good seat and quiet hands!!

In Pale Rider...:)

Or the awesome liver chestnut in Outlaw Josey Wales...

[CobJockey]

This seems like an appropriate thread for this comment from one of the (female) professors of equine studies at my alma mater during Equine Nutrition:

"I don't want you spending class looking at naked pictures of Russell Crow, although I wouldnt really mind seeing naked pictures of Russell Crow. I'm old, not dead!"

[Alagirl]

This seems like an appropriate thread for this comment from one of the (female) professors of equine studies at my alma mater during Equine Nutrition:

"I don't want you spending class looking at naked pictures of Russell Crow, although I wouldnt really mind seeing naked pictures of Russell Crow. I'm old, not dead!"

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[headsupheelsdown]

Jumps over 4 feet... here she is on the Ellen show...

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/?autoplay=true&mediaKey=db38eda9-b4db-4a91-80b0-b4d8c8eb6344

[headsupheelsdown]

Has anyone mentioned Brooke Shields? Didn't Calvin Klein buy her a grey jumper when she was doing the jean ads she kept at the Leones?

[fivehorses]

can anyone post the link of russell crowe? When I click on it, it says utube subsciber is terminated
thanks

[Showjumper28]

Wasn't Robert Duvall in a Julia Roberts movie set at a hunter/jumper barn? Can't remember
the name...but he was ajumping jumps, if I remember. Doesn't Julia Roberts ride also--has
horses at her place in Taos.

And the lead actor in the Snowy River Mountain movies...understand he was a horseman first and got the job because of his riding abilities.

Yes... Something to Talk About. I love that movie and Duvall does ride in it. Julia Roberts also rides in the end of Conspiracy Theory... ;)

[Liberty]

can anyone post the link of russell crowe? When I click on it, it says utube subsciber is terminated
thanks

Here's the one I posted a couple days ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBe0c0m63_w

[MsM]

It is hard to know about the riding abilities of some of the actors that have only been seen riding on screen. There is so much that can be done to make them look good for a film! Also find myself thinking about the difference between being able to sit halfway decently and being able to ride (or being a horseman!)

Also interesting how this mostly female board is especially interested in the male actors. Me too!

I do hate when the actors rip on the horses' mouths to make their dramatic points. And I chuckle at some of the westerns when a group come jogging into town and most of the actors are bouncing and doing their best not to grimace. Bet they wish they could have used the little WP "jog" - but then the movie would be too long!

[LeisaA]

Loved Clint Eastwood on a horse (and off too)! Always loved his horses too.

[drmgncolor]

Kaley Cuoco: Jumps over 4 feet... here she is on the Ellen show...

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/?autoplay=true&mediaKey=db38eda9-b4db-4a91-80b0-b4d8c8eb6344

I love her. Love her. And I love The Big Bang Theory. Sooo funny.

It's cool to hear her tell the story and I am glad she's ok! :yes:

http://www.rtvchannel.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Kaley-Cuoco.jpg

[sisu27]

Colin Farrell on learning to ride bareback:

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/farrell-finds-horse.riding-hurts

I can't think of a way to comment that would be PG

[jengersnap]

Mark Harmon (Agent Gibbs) rides. NCIS episode "South by Southwest" was eyecandy :) :yes:

http://www.tv.com/mark-harmon/person/7198/viewer.html?flag=1&i=92&gri=7198&grti=104

[Cashela]

Does Sally Field ride? There was a scene of her riding in Murphy's Romance with James Garner. Great movie.

I hated what they did to "Clancy" from the Man From Snowy River in the movie Australia. I found it depressing.

[texang73]

Lyle Lovett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQLq4DzflRI&feature=related

And he owns alot of NICE QHs too, his co-owned Smart and Shiny competed in reining at WEG.

[allintexas]

Viggo Mortensen, loved him in the LOTR, Hidalgo, Appaloosa. He is a true horsemen.

Russell Crowe, maybe a bit of a bad boy, but a great actor. Loved him in 3:10 to Yuma and loved the horses' part in the movie.

[Shine]

And he owns alot of NICE QHs too, his co-owned Smart and Shiny competed in reining at WEG.

DH had one question on this video..."Did Lyle have to have a custom made hat for his hair?":lol:

[LuvMyTB]

I read somewhere that Elizabeth Taylor did all her own riding for National Velvet, and that they gave her the horse that played The Pie when filming was completed.

[cyndi]

William Devane (Yanks and Knots Landing) acted to pay for his Polo habit. Michael Keaton: cutting, Bernie Taupin (of Elton John/Taupin tunes)...cutting as well. Brooks and Dunn are big in the mega money end of the cutting world.

William Devane also has (or had) a card to judge in the Arabian division. I saw him judging at a show in Katy, TX once.

[trafalgar]

I agree about poor Pickett's horse in Getttysburg...you could tell that most of those guys could not ride including the re-enactors which surprised me. Tom Beringer looked like he might know how to ride. There was a magical scene during that movie during Pickett's charge when Chamberlain looks up from where he is lying on the ground and sees General Hancock through a smokey mist who is riding a beautiful big dark horse he has refused to dismount from. The horse is sort of slowly prancing and it is really lovely as well as mesmorizing to watch.

[wehrlegirl]

oohh..my very favorite

Wes Studi!!!

Just saw him in "an only good Indian" and he rides very well...
He was also in Dances with Wolves.

[chancy deal]

William Shatner! He owns & shows his own.

[MaresNest]

Pretty much all the Sarmatian Knights in King Arthur lookd pretty darn good in the saddle. In an interview Clive Owen said he had no idea why he took the role once he realized how much time he was going to be spending on a horse :)

Viggo is amazing. He not only bought the main 'Hidalgo' horse and HIS mount from the LoTR series, but bought the horse who played Shadowfax for the trainer, who loved him but had no hopes of affording what the studio wanted for him.

I think we all need to make movies with him and be in love with a horse :) Granted their bond was uber special.

Long ago, when I was young and prone to doing this sort of thing, I devised a "Scale of Hot" with a friend. Sarmatian knights were the very top. The pinnacle of hotness.

Also, the world is better for having Viggo Mortensen in it.

[cordial]

John Wayne in the original version of True Grit!

[HappyHorselover]

Wasn't Robert Duvall in a Julia Roberts movie set at a hunter/jumper barn? Can't remember
the name...but he was ajumping jumps, if I remember.

Yes, Something to Talk About - good movie!!

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

John Wayne in the original version of True Grit!

Really? I'm always amazed at the number of horse people who admire John Wayne.

Do you honest to God want to ride like that?

[Pat9]

Tom Burlinson in "The Man from Snowy River" was not a good rider before the movie, per this interview:
http://www.lovicks.com.au/about/man-from-snowy-river/

This jives with an article I had for a long time that said the man didn't ride much before doing the movie, but he was such a natural athlete that he picked it up with ease.

Rent "The Shadow Riders," and you can see Ben Johnson, Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and more, all riding in their inimitable style.

Ben Johnson roped competitively on Steel, the blaze-faced chestnut you saw him riding in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and so many other movies. He tried but was unable to buy the valued horse.

John Huston was a master of an Irish foxhunt, and rode very well. Actor, Director, Oscar Winner.

In the book, "Silent Hoofbeats," William Boyd, who played Hopalong Cassidy, is described as one of those who was very uncomfortable with horses. He only trusted one horse, Topper, and his scenes were carefully crafted to mask his lack of general skills. He did ride in the Rose Parade for many years until Topper died, and never made another mounted appearance after that.

Roy Rogers was a very good rider, and Trigger was a family horse as well as a movie star. In one of my books, not sure if it is "Silent Hoofbeats" or one of the Rogers biographies, one of the Rogers' daughters recalled riding him bareback all over the place and feeding him mayonnaise sandwiches.

I don't think I've seen anyone mention Robert Redford in this thread - I think he does a good job, and even made his own rope catch in "The Horse Whisperer," though it was one of those "beginner's luck" things. His late compadre Paul Newman was also comfortable ahorseback, and one of the Newman children, Clea, rode competitively.

"The Hollywood Posse" is another fantastic book about growing up in the Hollywood environs and working in the biz. The author's father was a stunt man who had some hair-raising tales about scoundrel directors (Cecil B. DeMille, please take a bow) who would arrange the action so that the gags occurred as true accidents, just to avoid paying the riders for their falls. There is a fantastic tale of the performers attempting to take revenge by running him over, courtesy of a cold-jawed studio horse, but DeMille missed being pounded underfoot. I can't wait for this book to come out on kindle!

[Alagirl]

Michael Landon looked good on his pinto. He, too had never ridden before Bonanza but overall gifted in the athletic department...

[GreyGelding]

One of these guys - Carson Kressley - is an avid Saddleseat rider/competitor. I saw a special where he was talking about mane and tail care for his horses...the longer the better! ;)

[JGHIRETIRE]

Not sure about all the riding but they did give her the horse.

I read somewhere that Elizabeth Taylor did all her own riding for National Velvet, and that they gave her the horse that played The Pie when filming was completed.

[Alagirl]

Not sure about all the riding but they did give her the horse.

Somewhere I heard that she hurt her back falling of the horse during filming...(didn't Monty double her? :lol:)

[Pat9]

Monte Roberts made the dubious claim of being her stunt double for that movie (as a child), but it's not confirmed in any film histories or by other actors.

Originally Posted by LuvMyTB View Post
I read somewhere that Elizabeth Taylor did all her own riding for National Velvet, and that they gave her the horse that played The Pie when filming was completed.

There was a picture of young Liz with her new horse in "Life Magazine" at the time. While she might have loved doing her own stunts, no studio would have risked her valuable neck so casually. It's always been fashionable for publicists to claim that their clients did all their own work.

By the way, "The Hollywood Posse" can be read online on www.amazon.com (use the look inside this book feature), giving you a view of selected parts and search results. Search De Mille (with a space) for some fun stuff.

[Beverley]

Michael Landon looked good on his pinto. He, too had never ridden before Bonanza but overall gifted in the athletic department...

That pinto was One Nasty Horse. Got to see them in their stalls at the Houston Livestock Show way back when and he was just a perpetual state of grumpiness. One kid did get bit (I was told at the time finger bitten off, but no way of knowing for sure as there was no press coverage or anything). There were 'do not approach or try to pet' signs plastered all over the stall door.

[Alagirl]

That pinto was One Nasty Horse. Got to see them in their stalls at the Houston Livestock Show way back when and he was just a perpetual state of grumpiness. One kid did get bit (I was told at the time finger bitten off, but no way of knowing for sure as there was no press coverage or anything). There were 'do not approach or try to pet' signs plastered all over the stall door.

I heard they lost one to 'vandalism' :(

Well, he wasn't supposed to be a pony ride, he was a TV star! ;)

[copper1]

I read a John Wayne biography and it said he hated horses and only saw them as transportation.

[Alex1825]

I'm thinking of the movie Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, who also seems to be a good rider, he looks very athletic. At the end of the movie he rode by watching her ride cross country.


Not sure about Julia, as that scene in Conspiracy Theory was filmed at Lionshare in Greenwich, CT and I believe Francesca Mazella was the stunt double.

[myalter1]

Really weird I know, but William Shatner.

AS a kid I watched William Shatner ride saddle seat at the Garden..

[Alagirl]

Did anybody mention Billie Crystal?

I just saw City Slickers2 again... he does look pretty good on that horse.

[rustbreeches]

Tom Berenger did alot of riding in Last of the Dogmen. Luke Perry played Lane Frost and learned to ride bulls for 8 Seconds. I didn't care for Robert Duvall's riding in Something to Talk About

[Alagirl]

OOHHH Tom Berenger...

He was in one of the funniest movies a la Roy Rogers and Trigger....yes, he had the fluffy Palomino, too, and the bad guy was Patrick Wayne!
beat me with a leek, I can't remember the name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0k5js-0amI

[Foxtrot's]

Robert Redford - he looks pretty good on (and off) a horse....is my age is showing?

Martha Stewart!!!! You are kidding. I can't see her as a horsewoman, but I bet she can clean a stable particularly well...and even teach it!

The clip from the Man from Snowly River is an all time fave. Even better in a movie house. Along with the Chariot Race in Ben Hur, and the hunt scent from Tom Jones.