Quote Originally Posted by CBR
With 200 dead horses and the use of trip wires I wouldnt say the stunts were ahead of their time


CBR
I was about to comment on the sick practice of wires fro felling the horses.
That is why the falls are so spectacular, it is actual horses going at the full gallop being dropped on their faces, with possible broken legs.

Nasty stuff that.

Of course you can't beat that for visuals until Braveheart, and it even had to hide the fact that there weren't enough trained horses (how many knights do you ever see at once?).