Warhorses: How did a medieval knight and his horse work as a team on the battlefield?

*In an alternate universe* Warlord: This is how to use your human turret effectively

As someone's who has ridden horses a good bit, may I just point out that those maneuvers he was making are not at all trivial. It takes a lot of hard work, patience and trust to be able to move your horse like that.

This is outstanding horsemanship and clearly the results of hundreds of hours of repetitive work. What is being shown are a whole series of acts, moves and stillness totally unnatural for a horse. That means the animal has been treated well and implicitly trusts his rider. Simply outstanding.

If the zombie apocalypse happens, I’m sticking with this guy.

Jason honestly underplays how incredibly well trained Warlord is Horses are extremely skittish animals by nature (something as simple as your jacket flapping in the wind or a bird swooping past can make a horse spook) So to have Warlord stand so calmly as he’s moving the spear around his head and even tapping his neck is so amazing You’ve an incredible bond with your animals and would love so much to see how you trained them to be so desensitised

I was not aware that I was interested in how to train a medieval battle horse until tonight. Thank you for your superb videos.

As an Infantryman, I smile every time Jason refers to "the Foot." It seems almost a term of endearment. I can also imagine medieval infantry training to fight against "the Horse." Certainly as a category of soldier, but also as an enormous weapon in itself, able to not only offend the men on the ground but also disrupt the whole formation. Potentially more dangerous than the man on top swinging a pointy around.

The part about the relationship between a knight and his warhorse is completely true. Leon Gautier wrote a lot about it in his book "On Chivalry", there was even an occurrence of a knight completely ignoring the most beautiful maiden on the realm, because of how infatuated he was with his horse.

This show is incredible. I started watching what I thought was a simple piece about medieval food and now I am completely engrossed in this series. I don't want to stop watching, it's too interesting :)

Basically, in a nutshell, horses are awesome.

A true bond between horse & rider. Its a real pleasure to watch.

These videos have given me much more thought and appreciation to when I read things like how Alexander the Great tamed Bucephalus at a young age. A horse that Philip considered broken... and how brave and what spirit Bucephalus must have had to have carried Alexander through all of those battles... to why Alexander threatened to massacre an entire group of people if they did not return his horse after they stole Bucephalus... and finally, why he was devastated by his dear horse dying and naming a city after him... the only other creature who received similar treatment was his dog, Peritas. Poor humans around Alexander had zero cities named after them... although Hephaestion did receive the most expensive funeral in recorded history x.X

I am blown away by your horsemanship using a simple snaffle and no saddle. Your horse doesn't seem bothered by the weapons. This takes a lot of training and patience.

In India we have a temple dedicated to a war horse named Chetak who was horse of Maharana Pratap , the legendary king of chitore who single handedly fought Mughals. The horse himself became legend for his service to Pratap and he sacrified his life in Haldighati battle field while saving senseless Rana Partap on his back from impossible battle situation.

That horse is regal as hell. He knows he's fabulous.

can we please elevate Jason to a KBE ? he really needs to be officially recognized as a Knight

Sir, I applaud your horsemanship and devotion to history. Your videos are superbly done and I have hungrily devoured the education you are providing. As a horseman, horse enthusiast, and eternal student of history, I humbly thank you for this excellent series you have put together.

The horsemanship displayed here is incredibly admirable.

Takes a lot of skill to train a horse to that level. Extreme talent and hard work.

Your horse trusts you so much! He’s so calm just knowing he’s with you! You have an amazing life!