We're the Wilson sisters. We live and breathe horses. We ride them, train them, show them... and fall off them. Vicki's the oldest. Vicki's crazy. Every year she comes out with something new. I love extreme, a little bit dangerous, something different. Kelly ` she's the girly one, the princess. You don't get a body like this from sitting in my room the whole day. (LAUGHS) And then there's me, Amanda. Amanda's always been the mischief-maker. I lassoed me a man! Me and my sisters are on our wildest ride yet. We've only 90 days to prepare our Kaimanawas for NZ's first ever Stallion Challenge, and the pressure's on. Just stop! You do have to be very careful not to forget that they are wild. We're out to prove how exceptional these horses can be. Copyright Able 2015 Tonight ` camp chaos... No chickening out, no crying. ...as stormwater rises and tempers flare. With pony camp just a week away, it's action stations all around the farm. How many kids are coming to camp with their own horses? 24 and three borrowing. OK, that's cool. I do need all your help to come and pick up hay. ALL: Really? Um, I don't think Kelly should come, cos she'll be useless. I'll be all right. You can get left out. No, I'll come. You sure? Really? I'll try. But you don't work, normally. LAUGHTER I'll be fine. Go, Kelly. I thought she'd be milking it after the 'big bite'. It's just mangled. It's just mangled meat. Amanda's horse Tullock took a massive bite out of my arm. I ended up with 13 stitches and it just missed a major artery, which is pretty lucky cos I would've been bleeding out on Amanda, and then she would've really had something to panic about. It's not supposed to be green, is it? I'm not sure why it's green. (LAUGHS) I reached out to grab his halter, and he just launched forward and ripped straight into my arm. He wasn't intentionally trying to be vicious. He was just trying to get his food and I was in the way. (GASPS) Oh, it smells so bad. Lesson learnt ` don't get between a wild horse and their food. We need some strong guys here. Paula, you need to get a boyfriend, a strong boyfriend. Hard-working boyfriends wanted. You need to get a boyfriend. We could all get boyfriends just at hay time. During hay session. I should put a revealing shirt on, shouldn't I? So you can get a boyfriend? Two. You want two boyfriends? Two boyfriends. That's getting greedy. Getting greedy? Yeah. Wouldn't have to do anything. One for mucking out, one for feeding out. And one for kissing. Well, that's an extra. Ah, so you need three boyfriends. Three boyfriends we need. Oopsy. Are you all right with that, Mum? Yeah, I'm fine with it, but you've just actually have to go out and find one. Vicki's getting old. Kelly's also getting old. Me, on the other hand, when I want a boyfriend, I'll get a boyfriend. We have no hope. All the guys here, they either leave or they annoy us. I've got my horse. That's all I need. That's sad, Paula. You need a T-shirt that says that. Single forever. If you want a stable relationship, get a horse, eh, Paula. (SNEEZES) Horse people are better. Oh man, I'm allergic to your bullshit, Paula. LAUGHTER QUIRKY MUSIC With camp looming and the Stallion Challenge only 90 days away, me and Vicki are grabbing a moment to give our Kaimanawas a workout. Oh, I'm gonna die. I'm also gonna split my pants. They're really tight. Don't buck me off. (LAUGHS) OK, I'm going to try a trot now. (CLICKS TONGUE) Ooh shit. (WHINNIES) (LAUGHS, GRUNTS) JAUNTY ROCK MUSIC What am I supposed to do? He's such psychopath. I just saw my life flash before my eyes. No! Nikau's become a mad-as bucking bronco. Why is he doing that? You've got to go forward and follow. I don't understand what I did wrong! (GRUNTS) Stop it! Oh, I love it! The best place to trot a horse or canter them for the first time is up a hill because the slope's so steep they have less energy to be naughty. I think you need a warrant of fitness. Driver not suitable for driving, needs tyres on. Oh, doesn't go straight, wheels not aligned. And finally he gets it. BLUES ROCK MUSIC Go, Amanda! Come on! That's good! MUSIC CONTINUES Oh, I did it! (LAUGHS) I'm a success! (SIGHS) Like, the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. (LAUGHS) For Amanda to try and sit it out and try and work through that buck and those issues is pretty amazing. Very very impressed. He's gonna be a very cool horse. He's got great attitude. I did it, and I even impressed my sister. Two miracles in one day. MUSIC FADES To prepare for camps we just have to clean up everything, get the yards sorted, clean out water troughs. And the tree house. Pretty cool to sleep in a tree. Like, I think I'm about 4m or 5m off the ground. Got three bunks, flush toilet, couch. It's pretty fancy. GUITAR MUSIC We have up to 40 kids and horses that come to our camps. It's a really busy week, so to fit in 30 or 40 extra horses on top of our own, it's huge. It's chaos. Scratch the nose. (GIGGLES) Camps definitely help fund our feed bill, uh, competition expenses and` and help run our farm. UPBEAT MUSIC Hoff is still crazy as and we have heaps of kids running around, and he kind of, like, comes up to the edge of the fence with his ears forward, and you think, 'Oh, what a lovely sweet pony,' and you put your hand out and it's that last metre when he attacks you, so we've got this sign. If they get bitten, it's because they didn't read the sign. Hey, Amanda. 'Keep out ` the Hoff.' Have you seen my phone? Kelly, why are you talking to me while I'm in an interview? You've ruined the moment. You gotta zip it, woman. BLUES MUSIC Big trots. Come out of the corner very very straight. Sit up tall. Shoulders. We all have different roles at camp. My main role is teaching the horses and riders. I want you to make your reins a little bit shorter. Horses can be ruined very easily, uh, particularly by inexperienced riders or riders with bad habits. There's always something going on, and it's eliminating what is wrong and then trying to work out how do we fix it. And it's not just the rider; it could be the horse. Come on. (CLICKS TONGUE) Come on. 'It's trying to solve that puzzle and make it work for the rider.' Good boy. And come again straight away. So what we've got to do it teach them how to find it and how to work out the problem. We have to break the problem down for him and make it so he understands it. He thinks it's hard, so he quits. Good. And again once more. When you get it right and the kids learn and the horses are progressing, I love that part of teaching. (SIGHS) OK, so the whole point of bush-bashing, girls, is that you actually have to be kids for once. OK, you've got to go out there and get muddy and dirty. No chickening out, no crying. OK, let's go. ROCK MUSIC For camps, I'm sort of the entertainer. I do all the fun stuff, so I do the bush-bashing and the Burma trails, and I also give half the lessons. Dig your toes in, girls. I think it's really important that kids have that taste of that old-fashioned fun and it puts them outside a lot of their comfort zones. (SQUEALS) This way, guys! Don't chase the cows! They have to get dirty, and they have to go through swamps, and it's also a lot of fun for me. GIRLS SQUEAL, SHOUT All the kids that have done it before look like this. LAUGHTER GENTLE MUSIC He looks so innocent. I know! Looks can be deceiving, girls. Hoff's got me running scared again. Oh shit! I'm not gonna make it! Stop! He d` He doesn't like the gloves. Hold on. Just like that. Once he's fully sedated, Warwick the dentist is straight in there pulling out a lot of rotten teeth. Periodontal disease, it's horrible. It affects their whole body. It's when the grass and food gets stuck between their teeth and it rots, and the bacteria really destroys their` their whole system. So this is pretty bad, then? Yeah, it will be affecting his blood and everything. It's chronic enough to be affecting all his bodily systems by now. This is really nasty. Sometimes it will take you four hours to get a tooth out if it's diseased. These are so diseased, you could just about pull them out with your fingers. This is Hoff's third tooth that's come out. It's no wonder he's depressed. He can't chew his food with his rotten teeth, and his top teeth have got so sharp, they're eating away into his diseased gums. Argh, they're sharp. You feel that piece hanging down? It goes back and forward. I can feel it. So how long until all his pain in his mouth has gone before he`? < It's memory too now, though. It's memory. Psychologically damaged. I have a psychologically damaged horse. < (LAUGHS) Even if the pain's gone, it can become a habit for a horse to associate being handled or ridden with that pain, so we're hoping in his case, he gets over it. It's a wonder he survived even till now, but he'll fight it. Thank you so much, Warwick. This really is one of the best moments of the journey for me. Hoff's been in terrible pain, and we've finally been able to help him. Hello, girls. BOTH: Hey, Kelly. I usually do the photo shoots and team challenges with the kids. Got mares or geldings? Mares. OK, mares are going... this way because all our stallions are over here. With only one arm, I'm a little bit limited in what I will be able to do and little bit nervous. In here. I've got to suck it up, though, because some special guests have arrived to meet Anzac. Anzac is sponsored by the Newsom family,... This is him! ...and they're really excited to meet him and maybe even ride him for the first time. Yep, that's his happy spot. Hello, mister. He doesn't really like it if you touch his nose. Hello. Mouse! No pressure. You're probably the youngest person ever to ride a stallion five weeks out of the wild. I am a little nervous, but both girls are really really good riders, and I have a lot of faith in Anzac. He looks very easy to handle. How many times have you ridden him in the saddle? Twice,... but he was pretty good, so... so don't be too worried about that. He's been ridden bareback a few times as well. He's never bucked or anything. Yep. Oh, cute, Mouse. Do you want to do the tricks with him? Yeah? OK. One more step. Good boy. And ask him to stop. Yep. And ask him to stop again. I bet Vicki I'd have a kid riding Anzac by camp, and we've rocked it. OK, do you want to kneel on the saddle? < Put your hands out. Good. And sit back down. It's fantastic for Anzac that he's so good around the kids. Like, everything that I've done on Anzac, Mouse has just done, and he's only been ridden in the saddle twice. (LAUGHS) REFLECTIVE MUSIC OK, guys, in your teams. Two bareback, two saddle, three in hand. While Vicki's stepping it up with the kids, I'm finally hoping to bond with my bad boy Hoff. Over the jump. Oh, oi. Stop. Good boy. The only time I've touched Hoff is when he's been sedated or is on the opposite side of the fence. Today he's not sedated. OK, Rebecca, off you go. Head down really low and bossy. Look at you go! Good girl, Harriet. Go, go, go! look at these riders getting competitive. Good girl! Good boy. And he actually tries really hard sometimes to be a good boy. Good boy. What I've kind of discovered with the horses is that it's not so much a breakthrough with them as it is a breakthrough with me. In the beginning, I was terrified of them. Um, I didn't trust them. I didn't really like them, and everything they did was something that produced a whole lot of fear in me, so I feel I've had as much breakthroughs as they've had, so it's... it's definite` I think I've probably grown quite a lot from it, especially with my bravery and my ability to handle a difficult horse. Oi, you mongrel! I was just sounding great. JAUNTY MUSIC Look at her go. Walk on, Bingo. Bingo. (SQUEAKS) Walk up. After all the kids' hard work, Vicki's treating them to a preview of her new tricks for the Stallion Challenge. Argo's amazing. We don't practice. We don't train. I just told the ponies this is their job, and they're coping. This one's a little slow. Argo is incredible. Whoo-hoo! Come on, Bingo. Argo, keep going. Vicki's crazy. Every year Vicki comes out with something new. At least I'm not falling off today. One year she jumped a car bareback. OK, now we turn right. Trot on. One year she cantered around, and while she cantered around with a saddle and bridle, she removed all her gear. And this year she's decided she wants to do Lorenzo. I can do it! Lorenzo is a French man who is famous throughout the world for doing this. Yeah-ha! (SHOUTS) Ha, not that! LAUGHTER And now she's going for the solo. JAUNTY MUSIC Now turn harder. Keep turning. Oop! That was close. It was a try. Bonus points for me. OK. (CLICKS TONGUE) Walk on. I don't even know how Argo does that. He's only six weeks out of the wild. Oh, did you see that? Oh my goodness, I'm good! Oh my goodness! Go! Whoo-hoo! Don't fall off! Don't fall off! Don't fall off! Yes! LAUGHTER Success. It's such an amazing feeling. It's actually possible. I didn't think it was possible with one horse. I didn't think it was possible ` you can't stand on him. He is so amazing, aren't you? 1 HORSES SNORT It's been raining non-stop every day, every night. All the paddocks are under. The river's come up. We've got 30 people in the house. We've got, I think, 50 horses on the property, and we've had to find paddocks to put the horses in. We've got to get all the feed bins out of the paddocks and yards. The river's come right up, so we need to get everything sorted, get this driveway cleared, any horses away from the low ground, because all these yards at the back will go under. TENSE MUSIC We're desperate to get the horses to safe ground. We've got big groups up on the hill and in the stables behind us. Every yard that yesterday went under horses are now off just in case it gets back over tonight. We've still got another 12 hours of rain ahead of us and the river's already breaching the banks, so this is likely to go under by this evening. DRAMATIC MUSIC The rain's not stopping, and neither's camp. CHILD: Ice blocks! Ice blocks! Ice blocks! Inside we're all doing our bit to reduce cabin fever. CHILDREN CHATTER (SIGHS) On dominant mares or stallions, you get tushes, which are kind of like big fighting teeth, and that's what grabbed Kelly. LAUGHTER Outside for the mad kids that still want lessons, we're determined to deliver. BLUES MUSIC I had to teach some of the kids and ponies today on the arena, and the ponies are like, 'Oh, just let me go back to bed,' and I was thinking the same thing. For Vicki, it's particularly hard because she's got 20-odd horses in work that she has to look after, and we're feeding 40-odd horses three times a day. It's exhausting, and we're all worn out. Kelly, your horse will be fine outside. Vicki, it is not safe. Back at the house, things aren't much better. We have no electricity, no phone service and no internet. No Facebook three days, but I lived. I'm a survivor. Whoa, we're moving! You have no idea, Vicki. Yes, Heather. We've got a tree up on the cliff which Vicky is attempting to pull down. I don't know how on earth she's going to do that. QUAD ENGINE WHIRRS Ohhh! DOG BARKS Slow down. You won't be able` It won't move. It won't go anywhere, honey, I can tell you right now. Now that the weather's cleared, we have lots of cleaning up to do. There's lots of water left, so I've got a great plan for it. UPLIFTING MUSIC I took Argo out, and he thought it was fantastic. He quite enjoyed the water. MUSIC CONTINUES I don't know why she's trying to stand up. Anything for a different spin on life. (LAUGHS) She likes to push limits, and I think with years you get a bit of self-preservation as you get older. She hasn't found hers yet. (LAUGHS) Hopefully in time she might. Go, Lorenzo! (LAUGHS) LAUGHTER LAUGHTER RAUCOUS LAUGHTER GENTLE MUSIC BIRDS CHIRP It's been the worst flood in seven years, but the sun is shining on our last day of camp. After the week we've had, we deserved a little celebration. Hip, hip,... ALL: ...hooray! Hip, hip,... ALL: ...hooray! Hip, hip,... ALL: ...hooray! OK, two presents, Kelly, and I couldn't find any 'happy birthday' wrapping paper, so you got 'merry Christmas'. Thanks. That's even more special... because it says your name on it. Ooh, it's so cool. LAUGHTER It's quite small. Turn it around! It's quite small. LAUGHTER So why doesn't it have my name? < It does have your name. LAUGHTER It doesn't say 'Kelly' because I didn't realise that there was a thing you had to fill in, so where it said 'your name', I was supposed to put 'Kelly'. It's really pretty from the front. And then I got Vicki's present. Two weeks too late, Vicki and Sarah surprised me with a birthday present, and they got me a puppy. I didn't want a puppy, but if I ever wanted a dog, it would have been exactly this guy. So, um, they gave me 24 hours to fall for it, and I did. There were two puppies left, and one was a ginger and this guy. And Vicki's argument was, 'It had to be this one because it matches Kelly's furniture in her bedroom suite.' Yeah. The ginger one would have been easy to return, but this guy is definitely` definitely the right colour.