I was taught to squeeze before kicking . I hate to kick them it's always been a gentle squeeze

They treat the horses as if they're cars! D:

You don't kick the horse you sit back and squeeze god poor horses :(

OMG this is a sh-- show! Ppl falling off leggs going off the horse and in to the air ppl yelling at horses to GET GOING and yelling kids god I'm glad my pony club isn't like this

Girl with the pink jacket (closest to camera) is so rough to the poor pony...

I feel sorry for those horses..

Why am I watching this they all snap at the horses. The girl fell of because she was not focacessing on what position she was in. They also kick the horses like it is a life of dirt! You should gently squeeze for a faster trot, canter ect.

just HOW can they let the little kids ride on their own if they cant even walk without kicking the poor ponies?! Very patient horses, in our riding club, the horses would kick and buck till the rider is down... They should learn how to RIDE, not how to FORCE the horses to do something... No hate but lead the kids till they know how to squeeze and sit on the pones properly.

They are so mean to those horse if you agree give this comments a like

I'm so glad all you commenters have such perfect ponies that never require kicking. I have found that my best horses/ponies for the little ones are the older ones that are a bit "dead" in the side. Of course, when I ride them to "tune them up" they don't have those dead sides, but mysteriously seem to develop them when I put beginners on them. Lesson ponies learn very quickly that a small, inexperienced rider can't make them go fast (well, at least my ponies do - I wish I knew where you found your perfect ponies). I endeavor to teach my students to ride without having to kick the heck out of them, but that takes time and experience before they can make the horses listen without all the kicking or a using riding crop. And give the kids a break, I mean, some of them are such beginners that they have someone leading them! Beautiful, healthy ponies, and kids that are having fun on horseback, makes my heart happy. Don't listen to all the haters out there.

The one on the grey in the purple Can't even ride LOL

Didn't like the girl pulling her pony in the mouth to make it go backward! You don't pull them like that that to make them go backwards! I think someone could have told her to at least stop pulling backwards

Are they kicking hard enough poor horse

I remember I did a version of this on a palomino named lemon and she was a bit of a sensitive horse so when we did rely races ( we were only supposed to trot ) I kicked her to hard and she bolted into a canter. The horse I was up against ( who was being ridden by a new girl that still had to be led ) stood no chance 😂

why do they keeping beating the horses?

you guys are mean to the horses i heard someone say "get going get going" in a mean voice to the horse. this must be a bad camp i am glad i am not there

Poor ponies all that kicking and whipping :(

lol to all the comments below- how good of a rider were YOU when you were this young? Little children are taught to kick to make their horse go, because they don't have the strength yet to squeeze. You expect them to ride like they've been doing it for decades. Remember that this is a riding SCHOOL. They are taking LESSONS so they can LEARN TO RIDE.

I think the thing that annoyed me more than it should was the fact that that girl was still crying LONG after she had fallen. I mean sure, cry if you're hurt or scared but she was obviously fine and was crying for attention really. If I cried for longer than I should, my instructor would kick me out of the lesson. 😂 One kid in my old riding club actually got kicked out of the CLUB for being too much of a sook. 😂😂

onced i fell worse than that i fell straight into the side of an indoor arena and just got straight up and it was my instructor that told me to sit down not myself wanting to