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How much do I want to become a professional show jumper? | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
The word is not even in any dictionary in the world. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
I don't think the word is even on earth yet. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
It's that much. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
Go! One, two, go. Good boy! | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
One, two, jump. Go on, lad. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
Kai, you had air time! | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
When I'm riding towards that jump, it's exhilarating. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
-Anything can happen. -Two, three, go, Kai. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
It's the summer holidays and these are my mates. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
Iniko, Josh and Malachi. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
We met back in primary school, but there is one important | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
difference between these guys and me. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
When the summer ends, they'll all go back to school, | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
but I won't because I have been excluded. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
School, for me, wasn't fun. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
You could see he was challenged. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
He would get distracted sometimes in class. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
I was a lot more hyper than everyone else, I was a lot more fidgety, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
I didn't want to be ever sat down, I always wanted to move. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
He would learn by doing things, not by sitting down and listen. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
I have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - or ADHD. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:29 | |
Basically, my brain operates much faster than normal. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
I have loads of energy and my mind gets easily distracted. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
It's a behavioural condition that you are born with | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
and there isn't a cure. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:39 | |
You could see sometimes a teacher would get frustrated | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
and they'd be like, "Ohhh!" | 0:01:42 | 0:01:43 | |
When teachers singled me out, | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
it wasn't nice. I'd get quite annoyed and get quite upset | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
and I'd come home crying. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
I think he's quite a bright, energetic person | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
who, in primary school, was greatly misunderstood. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
Go, go, go! One, two, go! | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
Good boy. Keep that canter nice and forward. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
HORSE WHINNIES | 0:02:05 | 0:02:06 | |
These are my stables that I come to on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
This is Jake, my favourite horse. Hello! | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
He's very nice and calm and he'll mess about at times, when he can! | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
-Good lad. -And these are my riding instructors, Sarah and Connor. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
Most of my time at the stables is actually spent working hard, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
which I really enjoy. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
The yard needs sweeping, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
the horses have to be fed, there's always mucking out to do | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
and I tack up the horses so they are ready to ride. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
If there's a job that wants doing, he wants to do it. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
If Kai had a choice, he wouldn't leave this yard - | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
he'd sleep here if he could. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:42 | |
He's a grafter, which is what we like. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
My favourite job on the yard is spending time with the horses | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
and grooming them. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
He is desperate to learn and that's something you can't teach anybody. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
You use the body brush to get rid of the oil out of the coat, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
so you do that down the whole body. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
Now you will use the dandy-brush. It gets rid of mud. Brush down. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:04 | |
Then mane and tail comb. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
And then you come to the front. Softly do it, | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
because you don't want to do that and hit their face | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
and the horse gets scared, so you just do that. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
I do like looking after the horses and taking that responsibility | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
because I can be treated like an adult. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
I can look after something that's this big. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
I feel like someone can actually put their trust in me, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
so I can actually do that. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
I didn't know that he had ADHD. When he's around the horses, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:34 | |
he's nice and calm and collected. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
Never have thought that he had ADHD. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
What people don't realise is that when they first ever see me, | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
if they don't see me on a horse, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
they don't see how calm I can be. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
I feel calm because I know that nothing is going to judge me | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
and hurt me. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:51 | |
Humans, they always have, like, a reason to judge people. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
In between the world and the stables, there definitely feels like | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
there's a vortex where I pass through it and the worry - | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
everything, all my feelings - just goes. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
We can leave now, we don't need to be here. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
Horses are very giving animals, they give us their trust | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
and their loyalty. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
Horses respond to people and people respond to horses. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
In four weeks' time, I've got my first ever show jumping competition, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
right here at my local stables. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
I'll be riding this horse - Gypsy. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
This is a big deal, so this summer we both need to train hard. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
Give him a good old belly kick and say, "Come on!" | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
There you go. Good. Now, sit up, hands forward. Good. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
Good, good, good. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
Look at your green fence, keep your canter. Go on! Push him on! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
I have no doubt at all that he could become a really good rider. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
Good lad! Now sit up, ride over to B! | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
The progression so far is just unbelievable. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
One, two, three! There we go, much better! Good boy! | 0:04:59 | 0:05:05 | |
Give him a pat. Well done, that was nice! That was very nice. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
My biggest supporter is my mum, who comes to watch me ride every week. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
I'm really proud of him when I see him. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
He's at his best, he's happy and he's focusing. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
Children with ADHD function better in motion. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:23 | |
I'm quite nervous about the competition coming up. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
It'll be totally new experience for me. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
I've never actually had a lot of people watching me. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
Normally, it's just my mum. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
Never, like, a whole neighbourhood or community. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
It's going to be good to watch. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
How are you, boo-boo? | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
So you're the horse I'll be riding for the competition, eh, Gyps? | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
Start bonding. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
Have you drunk any water recently? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
I've liked horses since I was about two and a half. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
I have horses everywhere around my room. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
My mates, they have said it's quite girly. They do tease me about it | 0:06:01 | 0:06:06 | |
at times. But I don't really let that faze me, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
because I'm not going to stop doing what I love to do | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
just to fit in with them. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:13 | |
I'm going to do what I want. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
These are some of Britain's top show jumpers and I've come to see them | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
in action at this year's British Show Jumping Championships. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
How much do I want to become a professional show jumper? | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
The word is not even in any dictionary in the world. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
I don't think the word is even on earth yet. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
This is definitely the dream I want. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
When people clap you and cheer, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
it's having that feeling of the exhilaration. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
He's clear there - Vic Douglas. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Show jumping is an elimination sport. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
To stand a chance of a rosette, you must first qualify for the finals | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
by getting what is called a clear round. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
If you knock down any poles, if your horse refuses to jump | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
or if you fall off, you could be immediately out. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:07 | |
Once through to the finals, the one with the fastest time | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
and the least mistakes wins. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
And look how high these professional jumps are! They're massive! | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
One of the best and most famous riders here is this man - | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
Tim Stockdale. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
He has represented Britain at world show jumping competitions | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
more than 50 times. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
He is a legend and one of my idols. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
So I'm very excited because Tim Stockdale has agreed to give me a | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
lesson in course walking ahead of my own competition | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
in three weeks' time. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
OK, what we do is we allow four of our strides to be one horse stride, | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
OK? But we also allow half a stride for take-off, | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
half a stride for landing. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
So that's one, two, and that's where he is going to land. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
So, look - one, two, three - one stride. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
One, two, three - two strides. And then one, two. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
Basically, the order and the layout of the jumps are kept a secret from | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
the riders until just a few minutes before the competition starts. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
Then all the riders are given one chance to walk around the course | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
and remember as much as they can. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
You can see number six there, look. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:12 | |
Just keep your eye on it, keep some canter through the corner. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
Three is the triple bar. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
Two. One, two, three. Yeah. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
Last fence coming up. You walk it and tell me how many it is | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
and I'll meet you at the other end. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
(One, two. One, two, three, four. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
(One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
(One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:38 | |
(One, two, three, four.) | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
-That's six! -Good lad, perfect. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
Lovely, six strides to the end. Yeah, perfect. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
One, two, three - five strides - four. Five - the bar. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
Six - the combination. One, sit up. Seven, the water. Eight, long four. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
-Nine, ten, 11. Four strides - 12. Six strides - 13. -Yeah. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:00 | |
That's how you walk a course! | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
-Always being prepared for where you are going. Got it? -Yeah. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
Well done, boy. Well done! | 0:09:06 | 0:09:07 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -There is the under-16 champion of Great Britain. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
It feels like there are a lot of people here. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
If you determine them from me, there would be quite a bit of difference. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:18 | |
When you come to competitions, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
you do see more white people than you do black. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
People sometimes do stare at you and think things, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
but I don't really care what they think. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
I'm here and I'm just going to enjoy myself watching something | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
I want to become. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
Because horses cost so much money, | 0:09:34 | 0:09:35 | |
this is a very difficult world to get into. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
I'm not from a wealthy background at all. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
But I do have lots of determination. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
Tim Stockdale didn't come from a horsey background, | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
I haven't come from a horsey background. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
I'm trying to get into this world, so if he can, I can. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
As long as you put the determination and the passion in, | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
you can make it anywhere. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
I am going to carry on until I get to this sort of level. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
Nothing can stop it. | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
One, two, three, four - leg up. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
One, two - up. Good lad. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
To help me become a professional show jumper, | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
my riding lessons, that my mum struggles to afford, | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
are paid for by a charitable foundation | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
and I am very, very grateful. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
Now, push. Push. One, two, go. Go! | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
Oh, that was beautiful. Do it again. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
The charity is like an island. It's like I've got | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
a puncture in my boat and the water just keeps filling and I'm sinking, | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
but there is an island underneath me that's keeping me afloat | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
and keeping me arisen. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
If that island did disappear, it wouldn't be good. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
And this guy is my island. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
He's international Olympic dressage rider Emile Faurie. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
Today, I'm at his yard for the very first time. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
-And I hear you want to be a show jumper? -Yeah. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
I think I might have to convert you into being a dressage rider. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
He is the world's top dressage rider, so... | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
it's not even on a percentage scale just meeting him. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
It was just awesome. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
This is at the moment my top horse. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
Come on, don't be scared. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
She's one of those horses I totally fell in love with | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
when I very first met her. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Very sleek. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:17 | |
I've never been this close to a top quality horse, | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
so it's a very special moment. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
So why do you help kids like me? | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
Horse riding, for me as a child, was my saviour | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
and was the one thing that I felt that I could do and not be judged. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
I sort of thought, well, maybe if I can give just even one person | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
the opportunity to have the same experience, then why not? | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
So I really ask him to start powering a little bit in his trot. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
You can even hear in his breathing, you know it's hard work. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
And that's when he throws his legs out a little bit higher and then | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
he should be able to come back quite quickly to a more collected trot. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:05 | |
I think I may have changed my mind now about dressage. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:12:10 | 0:12:11 | |
That's what I like to hear! | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
Have a little walk around. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
-And there you're sitting on £385,000. -Wow! | 0:12:26 | 0:12:31 | |
Why don't you try and do a few sideways steps now? | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
Put your right leg back and keep the left rein. That's it. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
That's it. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:38 | |
Good, well done. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:41 | |
Spot on! | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
I thought, well, I don't really want to do dressage | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
cos it's a very slow sport, it's a lot of concentration. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
But now, seeing this, thinking about it more, | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
if I've got that concentration... | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
if I want to do something else when I'm older, | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
I've already had that concentration, so it should be a lot easier to do, | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
especially with ADHD. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:06 | |
Do you think you need a lot of money to get to the top? | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
It is a sport where horses do cost a lot of money, | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
but my parents couldn't even afford to send me for riding lessons - | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
we had no money. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
Everything that you can't control, flush it down the loo, | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
don't give it the time of day. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:23 | |
Focus on becoming as good a rider as you possibly can | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
and focus on the positive things towards your career. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
With this sport, what I've learnt to do is just to go for it. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
Even if you don't get there, at least you tried | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
and you didn't give up and you're going to go for it. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
It's two weeks until my competition. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
Today, I'm jumping Gypsy out in the big field | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
and out here it is really, really fun. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
Then have a canter back! Put your leg on! | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
Light seat, hover! Go! Leg on! | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
When you are on the back of that horse - walking, trotting, | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
galloping, cantering round - that feeling is really, really good. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:02 | |
It's exhilarating. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
Think about your line, Kai, little telegraph pole. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
When I'm riding towards that jump, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
the adrenaline does start pumping and you think anything can happen. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
Go, Kai! | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
You OK? Yeah? | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
Yeah. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
Now, all that happened there is Gypsy went to go on a long one. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
You was a little too much here. OK? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
I've seen him tumbling for nearly 14 years, | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
so it's kind of... | 0:14:33 | 0:14:34 | |
it's just Kai. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
Absolutely, he'll be all right. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
He just knocked himself a little bit. That looks fine. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
Come on, let's get back on. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
What did I say, not too quick? Cross-country for you. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
That's actually a very graceful dismount, Kai, I must admit. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
Thankfully, we're both OK and now you can see why riders wear | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
body protection and riding hats. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
OK, it looks terrifying because of all the bushes | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
and the forest around it, but it's not actually that scary. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
Yeah, over you go. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
Don't take your eye off this fence - look. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
Look. Check your line out, sit up. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
Two, three. Good lad! | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
Much better. Give him a pat, let him have a breather. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
I'm going to give you a shower later. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
I'm going to give you a good old little bath. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
Being a good show jumper isn't just about riding well. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
It's also about how you and your horse trust in each other. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
I want to learn to think like a horse, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
so I'm spending the afternoon with my friend Paddy Gracey. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
OK, I'm going to bring her back to a trot. And trot. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
He's a special kind of horse trainer who helps difficult horses | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
like Phoebe to learn to work with humans, not against them. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
OK, I'm going to ask her to come and meet me. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
So wherever I go, she comes with me. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
With no lines attached. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
So that's pure trust. This way. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
And if I stop... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:33 | |
..she will stop. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:35 | |
I'm not going to hurt her in any way. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
Most people, when a horse has a behaviour problem, yeah, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
-they resort to the whip. -Yeah. -They say, you will do it. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
You will go into the horsebox, if you don't, I'll whip you. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
And yet today, I've not even seen a whip today. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
I would rather get the horse to want to do that through trust, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:55 | |
rather than through violence. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
-A little kiss and a little... -HE MAKES KISSING NOISE | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
..is a good tool to... That's it. ..to make them go forward. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
Well done, lad. I think you've done this before. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
And let's see can you get her just with the softest of your hands, | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
a little, mwah, mwah, and a nice trot. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
This horse is on a level with me. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
When I was in school, the teachers, they tried to control my behaviour. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
They tried to fight me, which didn't work. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
I fought back. Cos if they were calm and relaxed, I would have been | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
calm and relaxed instead of always being on the edge. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
Little wiggle. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:29 | |
Paddy is not using fire with fire | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
and try and be angrier than the horse, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
he's cooling it down with water, with calmness and kindness | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
and relaxation. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
No, look at that. Can you see that? | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
And that was by being really soft. This is what this mare needs, yeah? | 0:17:41 | 0:17:46 | |
Then she realises human beings ain't so bad after all. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
Well done. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
Being told that I couldn't go back to school was devastating. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
But, again, instead of always holding yourself back | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
and being upset, you may as well just start doing things and | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
pushing forward instead of holding yourself back. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Don't condemn kids with ADHD. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:09 | |
That's all I got to say. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
Just because they are different to everyone else | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
doesn't mean that they can't do things like everyone else. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
So for instance, I want to become a show jumper. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
People have said to me before, that's not going to happen. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
You've got ADHD, that's not going to happen - you're going to be | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
too hyper. No! When I'm around horses, I'm completely calm. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
That's what calms me down and let's my spirit run | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
and not be scared. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
My name is Kai, this is my video diary | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
and that's my explanation about ADHD. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
It's nearing the end of the summer and there are just a few days left | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
to prepare for my competition. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
One, two, three. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
One, two, go! Good lad, yes! | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
Push! Push! | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
Go! Go! | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
One, two, jump! Good lad! | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
Kai, you had airtime! Everything was off the floor, you were in the air. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:06 | |
You flew for about two seconds of your life then on a horse. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
Yeah, I'll be very, very happy, very, very pleased | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
and very proud to see Kai in all of his show jumping gear, | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
with his show jacket and his white shirt and his tie. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
See you in a minute. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:20 | |
-Do you need a hairnet? -Really? | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
Well, so far I think he looks amazing. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
Mum, I always look amazing! | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
Yeah, I know, to YOU! | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
-Don't take my... Mum! -Come on, Kai! -Mum, it's a very delicate process. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:39 | |
The anticipation is killing me here. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
I'm making sure it's perfect. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
It's very smooth. Ready. Ready to go. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
With this competition coming up, I am quite nervous, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
because it's my first ever one and it will be at my local stables. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
It's going to be really, really difficult because I'll have | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
so many butterflies in my stomach, but most of all, | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
I'm going to look awesomely good! | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
When I woke up on the competition morning, I was scared, | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
I was happy - so many feelings were going through my body. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
You're the best. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
Everything - all the training I put into it - that's the day when | 0:20:23 | 0:20:27 | |
all the work was released from that cannon | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
and it went to work, basically. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
This is the day you've all been waiting for, guys - | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
my first ever competition. My friends and family are here | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
to support and I'm ready to go. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
The first of my two competitions today is a general clear round. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
All those riders who go clear automatically get a rosette. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
Remember the rules of a clear round, guys - | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
I mustn't knock down any poles, Gypsy mustn't refuse to jump | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
and I can't fall off. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
Before I went into that ring, I could see people was looking at me | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
and you think to yourself, "Oh, no, I'm really scared | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
"and something bad is going to happen." | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:21:22 | 0:21:23 | |
OK, Kai! Off you go, when you're ready. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
I just went straight into it, I just wanted to get it over with. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
When I got over that first jump, it wasn't that big, | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
but to me it felt like it was six feet tall. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
Everything was on high alert. I felt the horse breathing, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
I felt its paces, I felt its movement | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
and I just went with those movements. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
When I was coming to that final jump, I thought, | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
"I really hope the horse doesn't stop now!" | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
Oh. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
-Oh, my days! -Not bad, eh?! | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
Well done, mate. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
When I got that ribbon saying clear round, I thought to myself, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
"I can do it, I don't have to have the nerves any more." | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
High-five me. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
Yeah! | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
I didn't breathe the whole way round, so... | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
next time I shall know to breathe, I'll be fine. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
Ding, ding, ding! | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
I felt very proud of me and Gypsy. We worked together as a team. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
The day is not over yet. The jumps are going up | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
and the course made harder. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:01 | |
It's now the elimination rounds. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
Rosettes are now awarded to the fastest six riders | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
during the final jump-off. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:08 | |
However, to get to the final I need to first go clear once again. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
No clear round and I'm out of the competition. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
I've got butterflies for him. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
SHE EXHALES SHARPLY | 0:23:20 | 0:23:21 | |
Before I went in, I said to myself, "All right, | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
"it's like the first round, just with more jumps | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
"and it's slightly more difficult. Breathe, you can do it." | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
When Gypsy refused, I thought to myself, | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
"I can't believe this is happening." | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
MUSIC: Are You With Me by Lost Frequencies | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
It wasn't the horse's fault, it was mine, because I wasn't kicking on. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
But I'm not going to give up and I'm going to at least finish | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
the competition, even if I am eliminated for what just happened. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
# I wanna dance by water 'neath the Mexican sky | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
# Drink some Margaritas by a string of blue lights | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
# Listen to the Mariachi play at midnight | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
# Are you with me? Are you with me? # | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
Kai, Kai, Kai - head up, head up. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
It's all right, Mum. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
Well done. Well done, mate. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
Thanks, Mum. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
You did brill. OK? | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
You did brill. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
Even when he had a challenge with it, he kept going. He didn't just | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
say, "I can't do this," and give up, he kept going and he finished it. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
So, yeah. I'm really, really pleased with him. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
COCKEREL CROWS | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Since the competition day, I've suffered a little knock | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
to my confidence. So I'm speaking to Emile Faurie for advice | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
on how to pick myself up and move forward. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
As I said, learn to focus on the positive things. You went in - | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
your first ever competition, your first round ever - | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
-and you jumped a clear. -Mm. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
I know some famous show jumpers that fell off in their first round ever. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
It's just my second round, I kind of went in too early. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
I rushed on the horse and didn't get through. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
I was quite upset cos, as anyone would think, it's your first thing, | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
you want to do proud and you want to do it well. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Make sure that you don't beat yourself up about that, | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
because disappointments happen in sport | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
and what makes the difference between a good sportsmen | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
and a brilliant sportsmen is to learn from what | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
you didn't do so well. And the fact that you already | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
-realise this yourself, you know, that's great. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
Yeah, I definitely understand what you're saying there. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
No talk of failure, OK? | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
Failure is when you give up! | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
Nice talking to him again, definitely. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
He's right, I can never fail. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:34 | |
I can only make mistakes and I can learn from them | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
and change them. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:38 | |
So instead of crying over losing, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:45 | |
get on with life and get on to my next competition | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
and just show people that even though I've lost, | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
I'm not going to fall and just crumble, | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
I'm going to get back up again | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
and I'm going to try again and keep trying. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
MUSIC: Stay With Me by Sam Smith | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
Oh, I love you, boo-boo. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Subtitles by Ericsson | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
# Oh, won't you stay with me | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
# Cos you're all I need | 0:27:27 | 0:27:33 | |
# This ain't love, it's clear to see | 0:27:33 | 0:27:38 | |
# But darling stay with me. # | 0:27:38 | 0:27:43 |