Hi Amelia, thank you for using the video of Millie and I. I had only had Millie for 2 weeks ( arrived to me 10/16 from Los Alamitos track) only my 4th ride on her in your video and my first time to Canter her. We did work on both the Right & Left lead, (her left lead is more difficult but it really is a Right side problem of lack of suppleness). Millie bobbing her head is product of racing and poll tension, which I have a Chiropractor working with Millie and doing lots of Poll release to relieve tension. Millie is on high alert since she raced 52 times and won $71k at 6 years of age. You had me use more weight on my inside seat bone depending on the direction of going to teach Millie to move off my inside leg to the outside rein and to start engaging Millie's inside hind. Thank you so much. I look forward to our next clinic in March of 2022.

@debla7370

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing her story, your a brave lady ❤️

@jeng5234

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Kimberlee. You looked great! That second canter transition was so smooth. And such a lovely-looking TB! How long have you been riding, and how many horses do you have/train with? Also, I'm assuming that you and Amelia discussed many of the details before the video began? She sounds like an extremely calm and supportive coach. Those are the best kind to have. Such a great combination - you, Millie, and Amelia. Keep up the great work!

@wntrwhte

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your new horse!

@dawnaustin4556

2 жыл бұрын

Impressive record for such a youngster. Have a retired AQHA racer myself. He refused run at a point after winning a significant amount. Best horse ever. Maybe its a grey thing. She's a beauty.

Omg your constant reassurance is MUSIC to my ears. Nice coaching and reassurance.

@dawnaustin4556

2 жыл бұрын

I find it very irritating. A little is good but every single step?

@wntrwhte

2 жыл бұрын

@@dawnaustin4556 really depends on the rider and the horse. Some riders really need to be reminded to reward for the small things and they don't necessarily know when they're up there juggling a million things on a green horse. What's instinctive for someone who has been riding/training a long time may not be for someone else and the reassurance that the ground person thinks this is all fine and good can help build a rider's confidence.

So impressed that rider started the canter work on the right lead and that the mare really managed it so well as race horses train going left around the track and can find it uncomfortable/challenging cantering right! Great job on both their parts.

Awesome job. It's a great achievement. They had my thoroughbred, Penny, so screwed up she couldn't even be saddled, let alone run. One of the things my mentor told me was not to really think about canter but think trotting faster to the point where they roll into a canter. Kinda like making my idea her idea. Great video! Great job to the rider. These horses are the best. They just need a second chance.

@luciemarinov129

2 жыл бұрын

Glad u had success with ur thoroughbred !!

Loved this. I've worked with several OTTB and as screwed up as some were, they had really good hearts. My own OTTB was the love of my life. From racehorse, to hunter, to polo pony (what?!) which is where I found him. With patience, he became a good dressage horse (all faults mine not his) and he loved our cross country rides. A big boned, nice moving, intelligent boy, he protected me always. Still miss him.

@Name-sv5qh

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry for your loss❤️

Thank you for showing us such a green horse!! I also have an OTT and we struggle a lot cantering on one side more then the other. I’d love to see more videos on uneducated horses.

Lovely horse. She’s an exceptional mover for an ottb, quite round an uphill!

I'm 57 and have my 3rd OTTB, but she's the first I've restarted completely on my own. She's only 3, so we're taking it nice and slow while she finishes growing up. Tried our first canter a couple of weeks ago, after 4 months of a little ring work but mostly trail riding to build up her muscles and confidence and help her learn to relax. When I asked for the canter, she seemed very uncertain about what I wanted, but she tries hard and definitely wants to please, so I'm staying patient and praising every little effort she makes. Got some good pointers from your video to help our next attempt!

Ha! My horse's racing career was in harness, as he's a Standardbred, and for him the introduction to canter was a LOT more complicated!

@carolynstewart8465

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine the work that took!

@anne-mariecass7085

2 жыл бұрын

@@carolynstewart8465 some! It was all about having him reliably go forward from the leg, which, like all absolute basics, takes a bit longer in a horse you start with aged 11 than a three year old. Then, because he was NEVER going to just fall into canter from a trot - he could trot faster than most horses canter - I taught him to strike off from the walk. The fact that any attempt to use the whip on him produced an athletic rear/buck combo didn't make life easier. It was just one of those little quirks, scars I guess, that his racing career left him with. The only way forward with this horse was reward, reward and reward.

Im from the UK. I've had my ottb for a couple of months. He's 4 just bringing him into work after giving him a bit of time to relax. Starting with longreining and lunging. Loving your series

Really well done! Can't believe she has only had the horse for 4 weeks! Already a great connection between them. Thank you to the rider for sharing her first canter on this beautiful mare! Thank you, Amelia, for sharing all of your knowledge with us.

This was extremely interesting for me as I look forward to cantering for the first time on my very green mare. She is green (although 9 years old and just broke) and I have been away from riding now for about four years. My confidence is minimal so this was good to watch. Thank you Amelia.

This was so good and perfect timing! Tiny, "my" Totally Trustworthy Throughbred and Quarter Horse are just starting cantering! We go from trot to canter but today walk to canter. We don't go that long yet, just maybe 6 steps so any ideas to keep the canter going!! Great job to the horse and rider on a long, beautiful canter! 💜🐴🏇

This is exactly where I am with my OTTB. He's even grey! She moves like mine, a little tight in shoulders, occasional head tilt, but willing.I'm checking him for ulcers and he's getting saddle fit

Hi Amelia (and Kimberlee / Millie), first I want to say what a lovely horse! I love greys but she is really a nice mover. Thank you for sharing this lesson, it was really great to watch you coaching and seeing the corrects in real time. I like these type of videos a lot and can really connect to them in the ever learning sport. Thank you all again and keep it up :)

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! So glad you like them!

Super! Thanks for doing this video with an OTTB. The team did a great job.

Great video; like how you always encourage the rider and how the horse relaxes!!

I loved watching this! Thanks to the rider who demonstrated.

Great video! Beautiful willing mare, she is blessed to have this horse. Both the rider and the horse did great their first time cantering.

Great riding! ❤ thank you to the rider for sharing too! It's so fun to watch as the horse and rider start to communicate! The mare is just lovely and her rider did a great job just being patient! I love how your coaching stays so calm too... it so helps when as a rider you're up there panicking! ❤🦄

I have an OTTB that we are just beginning to canter under saddle. It's good to see that many of the instructions you're giving are what I've been working on with my guy.

Beautiful mare! ❤️ What a great example. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you Amelia This was very helpful as I have a block when it comes to the canter. My first QH had pain issues and we would get into the canter and he would buck buck buck. Broke my sacrum and my confidence. I have had my current QH gelding and love doing dressage with him. It is not easy for him. We do a lot of cow work and also work with Buck and other clinicians like Buck. Canter is a big deal and I don't know why.. it is just another gait!! Thanks again!

This mare is gorgeous! Lovely work!

Happy NEW Year Amelia & everyone!

A great video, thank you, they did brilliantly! Just what I needed to see today as I am having my first lesson on my new Hanoverian mare, she has been trained in dressage but really not sure how much she has done, she was a brood mare in her past! Wish me luck! 💕

Lovely. Nothing helps to build confidence more than seeing someone succeed so well with the same sort of moves I want to achieve.

What a beautiful horse. Thoroughbreds are very smart horses. Modern day warm blood breeding is a result of them to give them brains and refinement. They are fabulous horses!

@dawnaustin4556

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! They are amazing. A good TB is hard to beat.

These lesson videos are awesome. Need some more 😃

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thanks for sharing this video of Kimberlee with her new thoroughbred! She was brave and ur coaching was so encouraging and nice and calm. The horse is beautiful too.

Thanks! I am looking forward to cantering my OTTB for the first time.

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Really nice video! The horse and rider look lovely.

Awesome ride! Really reminds me of my OTTB ❤️

Thanks Amelia,I really appreciate the best guidelines

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, and thanks for watching!

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

2 жыл бұрын

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Great job!

Nice ! Great partnership ! Wish some day I could have the lucky 🍀 of listen your comments and tips 🥰

Wow... 😍 What a great equine!

I have a ottb and struggle a little with the canter with him. He has a nice trot.

Good Video and riding. I have not cantered my OTTB yet and it is my confidence. He went into restart training Dec 2020 and I got him back Nov 1, 2021. He does not want to go forward and he bucked me off at the trot on my first ride in the arena , at his new home , a week ago, to which I am still recovering. I just signed up for the ground work webinar. I spent a lot of money for his dressage training and was only able to ride at the walk and trot in a round pen on the lunge line with the trainer , only 3 x 's during my horse' s 11 month training session. Bummer . I work long hours and could not meet with the trainer because our schedules didn't match up and she was involved with training for the Equestrian Para- Olympics. Her team Won gold for USA in driving. Her evaluation was that my horse was not the right fit for me and that it would take such a long time for him to become a dressage horse. So , I want him to be a recreational horse for me in both western and dressage "pleasure". I am so glad you are offering the ground work course and I will sign up for the mini course on confidence. My question for you is should I wait to try the canter in saddle , until he is smooth and quiet on the lunge line for me? He has an issue with cross countering on his hind end and needs to build up his rear-end strength. He is the opposite to my willing quarter horse mare. Thank you for your lessons and I want to give some time with my OTTB to see if we could work out a good relationship.

@kimberleenadwocki4393

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I totally understand your pain. I have another current OTTB is 5 yr old gelding. We were headed to the RRP in 2020 but it was canceled due to COVid-19. My gelding than started to Rear and have right end issues. Well another year later I had SI, Hock injections, back, Stifle. Come to find out this June he was diagnosed with EPM. So in the meantime the Canter has been a issue not to mention I had to start my Rehabilitation all by myself. I just kept seeking more and more information. You can do this with your OTTB but it may or will take years. That's the commitment you have to make to yourself and your OTTB. Thank you for sharing.

TBs are so clever and willing.

What a gorgeous grey girl, with a lovely canter!

I struggle with the canter a lot. Once on a group lesson I made a canter and bounced so much!

Hi Amelia, this is exactly what I'm working on now. I was ok at the canter, then in the last year I have fallen three times and have developed fear which keeps me from solidly getting into the canter! Can you explain what you mean about flexion to the inside? Thank you!!

Woohoo! Well done! :)

This is really great. I'm still kinda afraid of my kicking, biting horse... Lol... BUT I spend at least 2 hours a day with him,,, I ride, (when he wants to move his feet) We have a ton to work on... I know I'm not stern enough, learning every day.. Thanks for time !!!

Please sign me up for the five day free mini course on confidence. I can’t find a link. Thank you!

I have an ottb when i got her she worked up even to stand in crossties

Any advice on a young very green dominate pushy horse with learning to pick up the canter that refuses just trots faster lol

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

Жыл бұрын

Going back to the groundwork is a great place to start!

I was riding an OTTB for a while, and I recognise that left lead stiffness. Many OTTBs find the left lead canter more difficult as well. Thoroughbreds have an amazing canter, though. Btw, have you seen the trot that a well ridden OT standardbred has?

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a great example of how proper training from the training scale can enhance the gaits of the horse.

Great stuff, good job all. My comment is OT though. Perhaps a separate video on how to use the spurs without sacrificing seat and leg position? I could not keep my eyes of her heels coming up when she wanted to apply the spurs. It's not criticism - I bet 97% of us do that. From start she has a nice deep seat that would allow her all sorts of clear leg aids, but then she thinks she needs to apply spurs and that deep seat is lost when the heals come up so that the spur can find the horse.

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

9 ай бұрын

I have a great video on the auxiliary aids that might help you: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXZ7r617es64Xbw.html

Hi Amelia I’m gonna be getting OTTB horse

@AmeliaNewcombDressage

Жыл бұрын

That's exciting!

What do you recommend for a tbred that uh just wants to go go go ,,,, and I have to hold him back so I don't get ejected from the saddle ,,,,

@pimblinky

2 жыл бұрын

Omg, similar thing happened to me too, like I have to hold the rein super tight the whole time 😅

What does it mean keep the horse off the inside leg in the comment? Do I press at the girt or press at outside leg behind the girt?

beautiful work! the only thing that bothers me is she keeps propping her head up. I had two thoroughbreds. Usually something bothers them when they keep popping their heads up. Beautiful caner

I have an OTTB - she’s easier to canter than my QH - slower

Beautiful shoulder and neck! Lots of tail wringing but seems willing ...needs balancing.