英伦广角 2012-03-31 皇家骑兵队为英女王登基60周年 钻石庆 备战（在线收听） |
It’s a rigorous routine, and if you thought it was a one-off for a Household Cavalry’s Mounted Regiment in a Jubilee year, think again, from marking out to passing out, the turnout has to be immaculate, 365 days a year. In June 170 houses will escort the Queen’s carriage during the Diamond Jubilee weekend, but behind this polished product, a sleek operation maintained by Hard Grant.
We hand make a lot of shoes to straight piece of metal, some measurements taken and then it’s hand forged to fit each individual horse.
These horses complete their training in a passing out parade tomorrow after 4 years of faking, breaking and schooling. Also in training, Digger, the drum horse, the tallest horse he knew.
He’s a massive 19 hands and 2 inches, he is still growing and apparently a little underweight, he needs to put on about 60 kg or so, but he has got a very healthy appetite.
And then there’s sausage, filmed by one of the stable hands, sweeping his own yard, but for the Household Cavalry, it’s not just about ceremonial duties.
For the soldiers you see behind me are all fully trained operational soldiers, they serve a 2 year posting here to do ceremonial duties, but a lot of these soldiers behind me will be serving in Afghanistan by this time next year,
But by this time tomorrow, for the 350 of all rings and 200 horses, it will be back to the same old routine.
Paul Harrison, Sky News with the Household Cavalry. |
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