Notes about Horses | Full Documentary

NOTES ABOUT HORSES — Full documentary on Europe’s last wild horses
Filmed in freedom in the Sierra de Gredos, Spain, this documentary explores the natural, emotional, and social behavior of wild horses — the last truly wild herds in Europe.
Discover how they live without hierarchy or dominance, guided instead by affection, cooperation, and trust.

🐴 A unique study in wild horse ethology, featuring scientific consultancy by renowned ethologist Lucy Rees

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00:00 – 02:38 The power of affection in the wild — How love and social bonds shape the lives of free-roaming horses.
02:39 – 04:14 The first bond — Birth, first contact, sensory recognition, and early attempts to nurse.
04:15 – 07:28 Learning to live — The first days: coordination, exploration, maternal protection, and first warnings.
07:29 – 08:12 Siblings at play — The importance of sibling bonds and the wisdom of an experienced mother.
08:13 – 11:46 Respectful fatherhood — The stallion protects without imposing; a story of boundaries and learning.
11:47 – 14:25 First social steps — Discovering the environment, self-learning, and early interactions.
14:26 – 15:46 Imitating the father — Play, instinct, mistakes, and learning. The filly begins to understand the world.
15:47 – 18:25 Confusion and family — The importance of recognition, scent, memory, and protection.
18:26 – 20:26 Shared responsibility — The mother’s changing role and the growing independence of the foal.
20:27 – 21:12 First friendships — Fillies play in synchrony; colts spar. Bonds diversify.
21:13 – 22:13 Adolescence — As they reach sexual maturity, young horses leave their natal band. No inbreeding.
22:14 – 25:11 Bachelors on the move — Young males wander, learn, and play as they prepare for stallionhood.
25:12 – 29:37 Mutual choice — Mares choose the stallion. Affection, trust, and new beginnings.
29:38 – 32:11 First year as a stallion — The colt’s education as the father’s duty. Tense encounters between bands.
32:12 – 34:36 Mare with foal, roaming — Solitude, overload, and risks for mares without a band. The stallion meets his limits.
34:37 – 36:11 Chronic conflict — The ongoing tension between two stallions pushes everyone’s patience to the edge.
36:12 – 38:30 Screams and respect — Stallions acknowledge each other, mark territory, and teach their watching sons.
38:31 – 42:03 The young mare in heat — Hormonal impulses, confusion, premature courtship, and social interference.
42:04 – 44:22 Adolescent love — Between jealousy, failed courtship, and desire, stallions must read the signs well.
44:23 – 47:51 Conflict and play — Encounters between stallions, adult play, and gestures of family affection.
47:52 – 50:18 Rest and bonds — During rest, affection is expressed: heads leaning, synchrony, and trust.
50:19 – 51:36 Paternal cooperation — Two stallions who once competed now join forces to protect their band.
51:58 – 52:22 Voluntary return — Ispi and Bitxi return to Zoro after a trial period in another band.

Love, in all its forms — between parents, offspring, friends, or partners — is not only human
Wild horses depend on affection for survival: it keeps the herd united and safe. When isolated, they suffer anxiety — just like us.

Traditional science, focused on aggression and control, has long misunderstood their behavior.
Notes About Horses reveals a different truth: wild horses are organized by empathy and emotional intelligence, not by dominance.

Through the eyes of Lucy Rees ethologist and lifelong horse researcher, we enter a world where freedom and cooperation define survival.

We have much to learn from horses.

🎥 Scientific consultancy and narration: Lucy Rees — www.lucyrees.com
Cinematography & Editing: Alla Ish Shadrova — www.allashadrova.com

Funded by contributors on Goteo.org
With support from Friends of Thoreau Research Group (Instituto Franklin, University of Alcalá), Fundación General (FGUA), LifeWatch ERIC “eHorse Project”, and EU Innovation & Science Funds for Andalusia.

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