Stable Tour at VAN OLST HORSES

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As a totally normal rider I would never want my horse to have a box without even a window. And these people have such a huge property and sooo much money and they let there world Champions stand inside .. 😢

Are they outside every day? It hope they can run on the fields.😢 Matt, why don't you ask thinks like this? You never do. It's so important.

To see ALL of them stabled is quite sad, hopefully, the reason was for the video and they do get turnout time.

Congratulations, they managed to make a barn look like a prison. The horses are all showing signs of stress, but good luck to them and their staff anyway. Maybe they’ll know better one day.

At a certain point i got bothered about the stable. Why can not keeping the horses (not only young ones) on fields -be a standard... During the video i was like, maybe the brought the horses in to show them easyer. But it turned out, they keeping them in most of the time. And my personal best part was when the lady said: "when the doors closed they become naughty" Umm yes madame you would be if you would be kept in a tiny empty room everyday all day... I honestly don't understand these high standard propertys, all the luxury, all the space, gym, inside arenas, "very important" office, but not a freaking fucking pasture... Just why? They try to be so relevant saying that they have a very strong connection with these horses, i highly doubt that with these conditions.

They are beautiful horses. I volunteer at a rescue for horses. When I hear 110 horses being bred, I worry about what happens to the horses that don't make the cut. Am I going to be seeing the ones bred in Australia starving and dejected. It's so sad seeing the ones we can't save going off on trucks to be made into dog meat. I wish these breeders would stop over breeding or at least limit breeding and make sure they don't end up on a doggers' truck ever😢

Very clean and beautyful, but more for humane than for horses. They should be outside together in a herd.

I pass this place regularly and never liked what I saw. Seeing it on the inside now makes me even more sad. Especially because the people (at least in this video) only speak of the horses’ bloodlines, talents and achievements. They don’t speak about what they do to fulfill the true needs of these horses at all (and please, can we all agree being in these stables for that many hours is NOT comfortable for the horses). Of course, it becomes rather obvious these needs are not fully met, just as is the case with a lot of these kinds of places. I seriously wonder why this tour only showed the training facilities and not their pastures (most of them are super small, but they do have them. With a little bit of grass even). I do see them turn out their horses, but only for a few hours a day and usually it looks like the same few horses every time (but admittedly many look alike, so I could be mistaken) (I see four together in a group in a slightly bigger pasture and then a bunch of horses each on their own square. Sometimes I spot a larger group of youngsters together as well and a small pony they put alone in a metal roundpen away from the rest. They also have a shetland/mini that I really wish they would give a buddy…). Seeing how many horses they actually have now gives me the impression some don’t get to roam outside at all or just not for certain days or periods (like, the dude said about the two year olds: “ten days ago they were still in the field”). What I do know is that their freshly weaned (at least, the one ‘batch’ I also pass because they are kept a kilometer away) don’t see the daylight until spring, after which they get a few hours turnout on a rediculously small stroke on which they cannot run because they crowd it. I’m glad to see a lot of people in the comment section worry about the horses’ (stressful) confinement and lack or absence of turnout. I hope it inspires them and others reading through these comments to try to give their own horses better lives and to reconsider supporting businesses like van Olst horses (like, if you are going to buy a baby sportshorse try getting one from a breeder that does a better job at ticking the ‘wellfare’ and ‘wellbeing’ boxes).

GOSH!!! I worked at Van Olst Horses in 2014, I spent 3 months there!!!! Amazing horses, place and owners!! And the doggies :)!!!! When I was there I got the chance to met Valegro, Charlotte, Alan and Carl. Now the place got new super stars: Lottie and Everdale!!!! The place evolved so much!!! Thanks @HorseworldTV :) This video bring me a LOT of memories!!!!

@Milestone-Equestrian this is a perfect example of what you were talking about in your recent video :(

Bestes Wetter draußen und die Pferde stehen alle in ihren Boxen… wie wohl der Werdegang geregelt ist? 😢

Do these horses get turned out?

Looks like a prison.

Beautiful horses...but i hope they get time outside....!! x

Those horses!! They all look like a million bucks! Stunning.

Wow, what a huge operation, it's fabulous.

12:12 the dog with the carrot XD love it. and amazing place with amazing horses <3

Amazing video. The horses were so beautiful.

Thank you for bringing such a diversity of content on this platform. Although I am certain that the star horses have a lot of interaction with human, I was a little bit overwhelmed by the number of horses on the property and all in the stalls, some of them being quite agitated. Nevertheless, thank you for this very interesting episode.