Overview

The Musical Ride consists of 28 horses and 36 soldiers. Captain Edward Olver of The Life Guards commands the Ride Major Dickie Waygood The Life Guards, the Riding Master, is responsible for the equitation training of the Regiment and he consequently trains and choreographs the Ride. Corporal of the Horse Lee Amos is responsible for the day to day running of the Ride and its administration. The Musical Ride is viewed by the forces to be the pinnacle of military equitation. The Ride demonstrates its skills by a performing a series of routines during the display.

Members of the ride receive 4 weeks training prior to their first show of the season and this training is continued throughout the year. The majority of the soldiers have been in the army for less than 2 years and have all reached the level of excellence required by the Riding Master to perform on the Ride. The full ride on display is made up of the Musical Ride Officer, the Drum Horse, four trumpeters, four rough riders and sixteen outriders. It is possible to make a smaller ride in order to tailor for different requirements. Other such requirements might be to announce the start of a polo match or to present prizes after a show jumping competition. The Ride can be accompanied by a band or it may perform to music played over loud speakers. The Ride will perform equally well to military music or depending on the environment it may perform to more modern music.