Some people can’t help but move when they hear a song that they love. That’s also true of this very special horse.
A car was driving along California’s Half Moon Bay one morning. It started passing a group of people riding horses.
The driver slowed down a little to look at the animals. That’s when something amazing happened.
The horse at the back of the group started moving to the music that was blaring from the driver’s car.
To be fair to the horse, it was a very catchy song, namely This Must Be The Place by Sure Sure (originally by Talking Heads.)
The driver couldn’t believe his eyes. He pulled up next to the grooving horse.
“Yo, what, is this allowed?” said the driver.
The horse kept on moving his front hoofs back and forth to the beat. He sure did have rhythm!
Then he really got into it and started moving with all four legs. His tail started swishing up and down.
“Yeah, get it, boy!” encouraged the driver. But the horse needed no encouragement. He knew how good he was.
Then the horse started moving his head back and forth. He had really put his heart and soul into the music!
Luckily, the driver was filming the horse’s dance.
The footage then appeared on YouTube, where many have commented its praises:
It would be nice to believe that the horse was dancing of his own volition. But let’s face it, he was trained to do that.
Yes, it’s absolutely possible to train a horse to dance.
That of course means that this isn’t the only horse dancing video on the internet. In fact, it’s basically a whole genre of YouTube video.
One of the most popular horse dancing videos in existence has a whopping 14 million views.
The horse in that video is called Jay, and his owner is called Marenlene.
Admittedly, Jay isn’t dancing to a specific song like in the first video.
Instead, the video shows off a range of moves while a track plays above the footage. But the horse still does seem to be enjoying moving.
First, Marenlene and Jay bow to the camera. Then they strike a few poses.
After that, the horse spins and moves back and forth. Admittedly, Jay could do with practicing his footwork a little more!
Another popular video shows off two young girls and their horse dancing together.
All three of the dancers move really well (although, you could have turned up the music, just saying.)
Despite the barely audible music, the girls and the horse have managed to gain 3.8 million views.
In another popular video, a performer named Sylvia Zerbini dances with three horses at the Del Mar National horse show.
The crowd in that video is astounded as Zerbini and the first horse run across the rodeo and perform a variety of slow moves.
Then she points to the edge of the rodeo, and the second horse runs on.
This horse runs circles around Zerbini and the first horse. Eventually, he comes to pose next to the other horse.
Finally, the third horse joins Zerbini and the other two. The horses all run around the rodeo and perform for the audience.
This performance has gained over 1.9 million views.
So now you know that horses can and will dance!
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