Some of the Australian’s horses did in fact appear in the 2016 Hollywood remake of Ben Hur.
“When I am on the ground, I have to take a deep breath and remind myself I have done it before,” he added, a little nervously. “Even if you see one eventing horse gallop past you or a host of race horses it’s pretty impressive, so when a team of horses gallop past you it can be a little bit overpowering,” Exell said. There is a reason why the chariot-racing scene in the 1959 movie Ben Hur remains one of cinema’s most spectacular sequences of all-time. Eventually, all the chariots would be level, hurtling down the track together. As these chariots emerged and drew level with the ones in front the ropes holding them in fell and so on. At the sound of a trumpet an imperious eagle would rise at the point of the prow as a dolphin fell, this movement would precipitate the rising of the ropes holding in the back markers at either side. The mechanism was the shape of a ship’s prow, facing down the track. With the driver perched on a wooden-wheeled, open-backed chariot, which rested on its own back axle, teams would funnel into an ingenious starting gate in Olympia’s specially-constructed Hippodrome. The four-horse chariot race was the most popular, prestigious and long-lasting event on the equestrian programme at the Ancient Games. “One horse is as strong as 10 men, when you multiply that by four you get that power and strength into one motion, the acceleration and g-force is unbelievable.” “You can’t quite comprehend the power of four horses when they hit stride together,” said Boyd Exell, the four-time four-in-hand International Equestrian Federation (FEI) world champion – just about the closest thing we have to a modern day charioteer. Present at the Ancient Olympic Games from 680BC, it continues to capture our attention and fuel our imagination more than two-and-a-half thousand years later.
Thrills, spills and crashes guaranteed at the ancient chariot racesĬhariot racing is one of the most thrilling, visceral and danger-filled sports ever invented by man.
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