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* The charge of the Rohirrim at Helm's Deep in ''[[Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]]'' is down a slope so steep most people would hesitate to ''walk'' down it, let alone have 2,000 horses charge down it in a tightly packed formation.

** Equestrians everywhere probably yelled back at the screen "Give him his head!" during Arwen's desperate ride with Frodo in ''[[Lord of the Rings|Fellowship of the Ring]]''. When you're being chased by Ringwraiths you let your horse stretch out his neck and run like holy hell.

* ''A lot of horse handling'' in ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''. Especially when Spirit first comes to the Army fort and they attempt to break him. The way they tied him down to brand him was inaccurate and hazardous. Also, even in the old West, people were wise enough to ''not'' mount a completely wild horse with full tack, in a large, rectangular arena. It's practically suicide. The way Spirit juggled them, most of the riders should have broken bones, if not necks and skulls. And of course, the first thing an actual regiment would have done to a mount prospect: ''[[Groin Attack|geld]]'' him. The Native American version of breaking him to ride [[Shown Their Work|was a lot more like methods of Western-style breaking in use today]], although nothing like the way Plains Native Americans trained horses, so the creators clearly had ''some'' idea what was correct and probably did it the other way make the soldiers look like [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~|jerks or idiots]].

* ''A lot of horse handling'' in ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''. Especially when Spirit first comes to the Army fort and they attempt to break him. The way they tied him down to brand him was inaccurate and hazardous. Also, even in the old West, people were wise enough to ''not'' mount a completely wild horse with full tack, in a large, rectangular arena. It's practically suicide. The way Spirit juggled them, most of the riders should have broken bones, if not necks and skulls. And of course, the first thing an actual regiment would have done to a mount prospect: ''[[Groin Attack|geld]]'' him. The Native American version of breaking him to ride [[Shown Their Work|was a lot more like methods of Western-style breaking in use today]], although nothing like the way Plains Native Americans trained horses, so the creators clearly had ''some'' idea what was correct and probably did it the other way make the soldiers look like [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|jerks or idiots]].