Horses on the Beach: The British Household Cavalry exercising their horses on Holkham Beach, Norfolk

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Holkham Beach in Norfolk, England is the location of the Blues and Royals mounted Regiment exercising their horses during their break from their typical duties. The Regiments of The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals make up the Household Cavalry and are normally based in London.

They have a summer training barracks in Norfolk and periodically exercise their horses on the beach - as per this occasion.

It was very windy on the beach at the time of recording, which I have reduced as much as possible, - hence the audio is not as good as I would have liked.

Please do not go to Holkham expecting to see this spectacle on any random day. It is very infrequent - but a matter of great excitement to witness first hand.

Further to some of the comments, I have remixed this video with different audio, which you can find here:    • Horses on the Beach - V2 (less music)...  

Edited with Capcut: bit.ly/4btwU4K

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All Comments (21)
  • I love watching this but please stop that monotonous music over and over just like to here the people and horses enjoying. 🦓🐴🐴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
  • Lovely to see the horses having a great time rolling in the sand❤👍
  • @jennybrown3848
    I'm completely addicted to watching the blues & royals (& life guards) at Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall. To see them enjoying their self's on the sand n sea is just WONDERFUL! ❤ bless them all!
  • @anitapike4592
    Beautiful, beautiful horses having time out! They deserve every minute 🙏
  • That's what I like to see, a load of happy healthy horses rolling around all carefree and having fun on the beach. This is so cute! 🥰🐎🐎🐎🖤😁👍⛱️🏖️🐚🦀
  • @lLynne.Garner
    Never realised the horses loved sand so much, they are just like children., loving every minute. Love the guards and their mounts so much.❤❤❤
  • @willothewispl
    Thats the cutest thing I have seen today. They really care about these beautiful horses. God Bless.
  • I love watching them having a great time in the sand!!!!💗💗💗
  • @SuzieLady
    My joy reaches my eyes watching these beautiful horses having fun with their troopers! Wow! How amazing ❤
  • What a truly amazing sight I've never seen anything like this, Happy horses 🥰
  • Awwwwwww just a wonderful sight to see, the joy on the horses and guards faces is just fantastic having some time out on the beach, It’s just brilliant.x
  • @bonnietorix5818
    They are so beautiful, dirty, but beautiful and having a great time. Thank you for bringing this to us, I loved it. The horses and their riders deserve this time to de-stress from all the tourists that drive them bonkers. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
  • @Erika-my5kz
    Thank you for being so thoughtful by bringing your horses to the beach to roll in the sand
  • @sued616
    Love watching these stunning horses relax
  • It's so good to see these regal and hard working animals plainly enjoying themselves after the disciplines of Horseguards and formal parades. They can come and roll around on my beach anytime they choose!
  • @rosiesmith4128
    Awww this is the life. They look happy relaxed. Nice way for the horses to unwind,on the sand.
  • @GMN360
    The beautiful, magnificent horses are having a frolicking good time. This is what they think about when they are on duty at Royal Horseguard!
  • They’re just like big kids - some of them can’t stop rolling and it’s so glorious to see their fellow troopers letting them get as messy as they want compared to their usual glamorous appearance. It’s so funny when some of the human troopers are getting pulled around on the reins while they roll….. it’s reminiscent of big dogs who take their owners for a walk…. 😂 Made me chuckle. There’s no working horses in this country, better loved and better taken care of than the HCav horses. Yes, they work and get pampered as part of that - but they have more days off than days working and their life behind the scenes is one of fun, frolicking and just being horses. Which is why you get such a wonderful mix of horsey characters at HCav too - they’re all being allowed to retain their personalities because they’re not trying to be turned into something they’re not. HCav is full of a mix of cheeky, gentle, naughty, cautious, playful, quiet, boisterous, thoughtful, silly, patient, moody, eager, lazy, calm and dramatic horses and it’s all their characters that make the regiment so unique. The human troopers don’t try to change the horses personalities and allow them to be individual while all being given the same training for when they’re on duty. It also shows at times like when some dumb tourist gets nipped or pushed - it’s always the tourists fault and never the horses. The horses aren’t reprimanded for being horses. And that’s what stands out the most and why I and I’m sure many others, have a lot of respect for this regiment. I hope the humans had as much fun as the horses on their seaside holiday. ❤