An 18-year-old in New Zealand has trained her cow to jump after being denied her own riding horse as a girl.
Hannah Simpson shared video of her 7-year-old Brown Swiss cow Lilac leaping over a large tree root on her family's farm.
"Here's a video, not the best but it'll do," she wrote.
Simpson's bond with Lilac began when she was 11 years old and her brother suggested she ride the six-month-old calf after her parents would not give her a horse, she told the New Zealand Herald.
"I've always loved adventure and stuff like that. I wanted a horse and I couldn't have one," Simpson said. "We just jumped on and away we went, there was no training. And she's got better the more I ride her."
Simpson attempted to ride other cows but all except for Lilac and one other cow bucked her off their backs.
Now Lilac can jump over obstacles about four feet high, including fallen trees, but only when she's in the mood, according to the Guardian.
"She is a cow and I can't expect her to ride like a horse. Without a bit of prodding she wouldn't really do anything, she has a very chilled-out nature," Simpson said.
Lilac refuses to wear a saddle, but Simpson is content with riding the special cow bareback around her farm rather than taking her unique abilities to show-jumping competitions.
"I don't think she would behave if we took her anywhere but home. And I don't need to compete. She is more special than a horse, more rare," she said.
That is so cruel! Putting a human on your back is just wrong! Humans have rights too!
How would you like it if i put you on my back?.......MOO!
You'll probably catch something from the human like Anthrax and Hepatitis and VD and Herpies and Aids and Black Death and Zombie Virus and Hoof and Mouth Disease or Cancer and syphilis and Lice and Ticks and Fleas and Rabies and a Cold and Flu and i could go on for days and weeks!
The moral of this story is ....."humans have disease and should be kept away from!"
The cows just jumpy because of all the earthquakes! Good news is if you get stranded with your cow after an earthquake....................they taste much better than horse! -_-
Moo!
What you need to do is wave a cowboy hat above your head with one hand yelling...........YEEE HAARRR!
Have you tried standing on cow?...."cow surfing"?
This is so refreshing!
Usually its young men with sheep videos coming out of New Zealand!....and most of them are rated XXXX!
Finally something coming out of New Zealand which doesn't show people screaming running around trying not to fall into huge crevasses caused by earthquakes!
Do you really think you can outrun an earthquake on a cow?
I actually think this is very beautiful!...i just cant stop laughing at all my stupid comments!....i think i had to much tea!
Cow girl you are amazing! 8)
Adds new meaning to the term 'Cowgirl'. I want to see this cow in a remake of 'The 13Th Warrior' [Link]