Outstanding ride! I'm learning so much from your videos and your voiceovers. You're very generous to put this out for eager to learn equestrians!!

This was really fascinating to watch! It's great to see a skilled professional who is prepared to show themselves riding a horse who may have some problems or be reactive sometimes. Such a patient and quiet rider, and yet you can see so many subtle changes in your position in the walk, something to aspire to!

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom; you are doing wonderful things for the equestrian community.

How interesting! I loved the comment where you were commenting on how people ask (and I paraphrase) if "aren't you bored with basic training after eventing, fox hunting, etc etc?". I can't agree more. I grew up starting from hunter-jumper, to show jumping to eventing. One day the classical training of dressage "clicked" inside me and for me, that fundamental work of taking a damaged/unconditioned or unconventional breed and introducing them to classical training and conditioning is the most rewarding and interesting working. I am currently rehabilitating a 22 year old barrel racing horse to maybe race again, but at least be a sound and happy train horse using classical dressage training. Watching his brain and body transform has been incredibly fun and rewarding.

Love Love your training methods, you are a kind and compassionate person and love seeing the changes in the horses you train :)

What a great teacher - such a lovely relaxed approach, and explains the work so plainly. Super.

Very clear, informative and inspirational. Thank you so much Art2Ride.

Thank you for these videos. They are so informative and helpful. You are so generous to share your experience and knowledge like this.

I really love your videos!! I’m a western horse and ottb trainer - your philosophy confirms that what I have been doing with my horses has been right - the longer road but relaxed and supple horses! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Beautiful to watch! Thank you for all this education, it is so helpful!

Good to see YOU in the saddle !!

You are a compassionate and great horse trainer. Great video and you are a wonderful speaker.

Adore your videos. I have a horse almost just like this. he was in an accident and I've been working with a massage therapist and electro acupuncture to rebuild him. (whose name is also Shantel) He runs a lot and cross fires in his canter a lot. i be felt for a while something has been missing in his training when I came across these videos about frame. I'm excited to start working on these with him. I am going to have to build him up lunging as I am going to have to work on my seat. I don't have very good balance fro. having arthritis and bursitis in both my hips. I appreciate theses videos so much. if I could ever afford a lesson with anybody it would be you I choose! you could charge A LOT for this knowledge. but you don't and I am very grateful. thank you so so much!

I so needed to see this video. Thank you thank you. I owe a deep apology to my horse. Starting now.

Thank you so much for sharing! The way you got Feugo is somewhat like I got mine a few months ago (not that bad but I recognize a lot of things). Also what you tell about every little noises sets him up. Since I ride your way (at least I try) my horse starts to relaxe it's so great. This really is inspiring us thank you!

In response to Charlie F: Thank you for your kind words. If you watch the videos on lunging on our site you should have everything you need to know. Also look at the ones about using the chambon as this is often the best way to go fro horses that have been hollow a long time. Good luck and let me know how you make out!

wonderful and informative video. A truly beautiful horse and rider.

These videos are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. I've been struggling with my horse recently. She's been back under saddle for 7/8 months after an extensive 6 month treatment to correct an issue from abuse (with a past owner). From her poll to her dock her vertebrae were twisted, one in her neck almost completely rotated, her lumbar is slightly deformed and she has scar tissue and trauma to her neck and back. I've been told by her sports therapist to ride her gently to stop her muscles from seizing. I always aim for stretch in her back and neck but she seems very "dead" in the stride, watching this horses swing and stride really punctuates that fact for me. I struggle in my own riding, I try (perhaps impulsively) to ask for a higher poll and collection, and often find her incredibly resistant and unable to carry herself without losing rhythm in the movement. She stumbles and is incredibly slow in her stride, there's no energy in her pace. Hopefully with time we can achieve something like what you're doing in this video.

Great ride will! Really helpful!!!!

I am restarting an off-the-track thoroughbred, and although he is very quiet, I was wondering if you had any tips for getting him to seek the contact on the lunge (and eventually when riding). Thank you so much for your videos, I look forward to them, and it is so refreshing to listen to someone who is so professional and experienced and doesn't shortcut and treats their horses with so much knowledge and respect!

nice seat nice ride. good to see someone not thrusting the hips to far forward on the rizing trott.. thumbs up

A wonderful helpful video, thank you

In response to Scarlet Rose: Keep stretching at the walk and trot and when the horse is strong enough you will have no problem stretching the canter.

This was so incredibly helpful! There is so much misinformation out there it can be really difficult to sift through it all and figure out what should look and feel correct!Thank you! I do want to ask do you have any suggestions or videos for how to initially bring your horses head down?

Very good info!

Very nice...the horse is so lucky that he has you. :)

well done!

great!

How do you get the horse to stretch down initially?

I have an extremely excited horse that takes off and paces sometimes in the arena? How can I lunge her and make sure she trots and keeps a steady pace. I'm so used to slow horses and fat plods that I am useless when it comes to the more faster ones. her back leg also brushes her coronary band when in the arena. Any advice with that? Thanks.

my horse doesn't stretch out at the canter? any tips or exercises that help

How do you keep the horse from getting heavy in the forehand? I had my horse stretching down nicely but sometimes it felt like he's all on his forehand and just gets faster and faster

@ArttoRide

7 жыл бұрын

Answered by Art2Ride Associate Trainers: Anne: "If he is running he might not be strong enough to trot yet when mounted. I would stick to the walk, which you can do a lot of to strenghten and build up your horse without the increased impact from the trot, and then try the trot once a week to see if it has improved. You can keep working the trot on the lunge line, that is if he does that in a good way? The thing you can do as a rider to help your horse is to really stretch up and keep your own balance and make sure you are not falling forward and loading the forehand yourself. That can get the horse out of balance and make it run faster. And make sure you have a light contact so that the horse is not leaning on the reins" Katherine: I agree with Anne - stick to walk under saddle and trot on the lunge line until he no longer rushes (in other words Will would say "the horse looks like a nice ride"). Then you can try the trot under saddle off and on and see if the rushing is still occurring - any change in tempo = lack of development. Katherine:It is possible you may be more aware of how imbalanced your horse is when you are not holding them up by the bit. All horses are on the forehand until they build the muscle over their back to be in self-carriage whether they're head is up or down. The rushing will ease as he builds muscle and self-carriage. Be sure you are not accentuating his imbalance by leaning forward in the stretch - your reins need to be long enough that you can maintain connection and stretch up tall or even lean back while supporting your seat with your thighs. I think this is simply a matter of patience - waiting for the physical development to occur which requires faith in the process that your horse will get into self-carriage, and it can take a couple years for that to occur consistently. Yvon: When horses are on the forehand, they have not learned to use their back correctly. Or the back muscles aren't strong enough yet. A nice stretch allows the horse to bring the back up, but the horse should also be engaged. So the hind legs can reach under the horse. As long as the horse is on the forehand I should let him work in the walk under saddle. And of course lunging. When the horse is strong enough he won't fall on his forehand, will not speed up and will not lean on your hands. Elisabeth: the reason why he goes heavy is that he is probably not yet capable of self-carriage, not strong enough to hold his poll up and his neck in a nice curve, he is probably flattening his neck forward and down. in order to progress in your work you need to work some more in the stretch and get the horse through the back: when you'll feel that your horse's back is round, wide, bouncy, comfortable and rolling forward underneath you he'll be through his back then you can start lifting the poll up to check if you keep that same feeling in the back. If he runs faster and faster stick to the walk and work at the trot on the lunge until he becomes stronger and can carry you in the trot without precipitating Thomas: I find it difficult to answer that question. That the rhythm increases, i.e. the horse goes faster and faster, is clear enough. But “getting heavy in the forehand” is rather vague and I would need a more concrete explanation of what is going on. But let’s assume it means that the horse leans on the bridle and becomes rigid… I would say the two are linked. A problem with the forehand necessarily comes from the back, and so does the increase in speed. In this case the horse probably is not working quite correctly over its back. The increase in speed is an attempt by the horse to relieve itself and not keep its back up. When a horse works over its back, the upper joints, i.e. the shoulders and the haunches are the ones that are mobilized,, and that automatically forces the rhythm down. And leaning excessively on the bridle and being rigid also reflects a rigid back. So as for what to do… the horse probably is not quite strong enough yet in the back, and I would therefore do more lunging, work in hand, having the horse step over a lot, and when riding the horse, stick to the walk, go for a deep stretch, leg yields, until it becomes stronger, and then start the trot. When riding, it is important not to let oneself get carried away and just follow the horse’s rhythm. You can to a large extent impose your own rhythm on the horse and slow it down in that way. Make sure you remain upright… Allison: If I could give only a short reply, I would have to agree with Thomas's correction on this one -- the one where he says it is important not to let the horse establish the speed (I say speed where he says rhythm). I have only one horse to use as my reference: If Contigo gets "fast" on me, whether it's on the lunge or in-hand exercises, or under saddle, then he's creating this speed on his own or I'm overasking the amount of hind leg activity. When I slow him down a tad and let him settle into that slightly slower speed, then praise him, then and only then encourage a little extra hind leg if he gets a little too slow, then I am controlling his speed, allowing him to regain a better balance in the stretch, and not running him onto the forehand. I can make this correction in the trot without having to go back to the walk. I've been told by a cranio sacral therapist that horses like Contigo who have become leg movers and not whole body movers will have a tendency to use extra leg and speed up rather than use their core and glute muscles. Contigo's glutes need strength, she says and I'm assuming his lack of muscling in the glutes (and core) is why he still runs on the forehand at times. I asked my cranio sacral therapist what I should do to develop his glutes (and core) and she said that when a horse is in self carriage and is using his hind leg thrust to lift up off the ground, he is building his glute muscles (and core). So now, when I feel Contigo start to go on the forehand, I slow him down a tad until he settles, then I let him get deeper in the stretch, then I ask for a few longer strides (thrust), then I bring him back. He feels really really good after this. I do see Will really praise the moment when thrust develops in a horse and to me this means the horse is coming off the ground, not running on the forehand (which would be the complete opposite, right?) So I do like exploring how to get there. If this is correct, which is what I'll be showing more of in my next video submission, possibly talking about it in my own video critique for the associate trainer program, then I will most definitely be doing more of this. I will say that what corrections I make at the trot, I make at the walk, so if Contigo is running on the forehand at the walk, I simply do the same with him at the walk that I do for him when he runs onto the forehand in the trot. With that said, there are a slew of other things that might need to be addressed such as sitting straight and rein connection and suppling, etc. Amber: I think it has to do with stretching up and back and controlling the rhythm. Sometimes horses need to go faster to engage but sometimes they need to slow a little if they are running. The horse needs to have enough strength to not run and not get heavy on the forehand. So lunging until there is enough muscle to carry weight and hold a steady rhythm.

Hi Will, at 20:30ish you speak of allowing the horse to maintain self carriage through the canter and not hold his mouth. My boy is an OTTB and feels the most confident at the canter if he can lean down on my hands. At first, I allowed him to do this, to build trust with him in a new place, person, experiences, etc but now I find if I ask him to carry himself with very light contact, he gets very flustered and throws his head a lot and can't seem to settle down. Additionally, he was previously made to get "in frame" AND hounded to get correct leads. Should I go back to the long and low stretchy trot for a while or work on trot-canter transitions? Just not sure how to build his confidence and carry himself in that gait. It's a pleasure watching you ride!!

@christen7085

8 жыл бұрын

+Christen Call also, I have not been making a big deal of him getting the wrong lead. I just ask him to come back and once he's relaxed, I ask him to go again.

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Christen Call You are right on both accounts, go back to the trot work to build strength before doing more canter and if he cross canters or counter canters, you simply bring the horse back to a trot and re establish contact and relaxation. Remember, all you get from more canter work on hollow horses is a sore back!

Hi Will, thank you so much for these videos, I'm learning so much from them! After watching a number of your lunging videos I noticed that whenever you're lunging you walk in a circle. Am I correct to say that this is so that the lunge line doesn't become too taut and starts pulling the horse's head in? I have always been taught to stand still in the middle and lunge the horse on a circle around me so was wondering why you work the way do. Thank you!

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie I do that in order to have the circle big enough for the horse to work on and stay in rhythm and for me to be close enough to the horse to touch him with the whip if I need to. In other words, if the horse needs to be on a thirty meter circle due to it’s size or level of development, I can still school the horse with the whip if necessary.

@MCDLSG10

8 жыл бұрын

+ArttoRide oh okay thank you that makes a lot of sense!

thank you so much for making your videos and sharing your training techniques. I wish this had been around when I was a teenager! I'm wondering how you can accomplish this same reaching for contact with a hackamore? My mare can't have a bit in her mouth (since always), so I've been riding in a hackamore, I am currently using a floatation hackamore and so far she is responding much better to it than to the mechanical hackamore or the bitless bridles we've tried. However when I try to get her reaching into and maintaining contact, the result is that she becomes a lot less responsive to all aids then I find myself trying to steer with my hands etc. She is green broke (though 11) very smart and sensitive, I am an intermediate but out of shape rider, hunter jumper history. thank you very much :)

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+zzChickiezz You can do this work in any kind of bitless bridle or even in a halter, see some of my videos of young horses where I work them in only a lunging halter. However, correct contact, as with a bit when correctly trained, will give you a much closer feel of the horse and allow you communicate more closely with the horse. Remember, a bit less bridle can be just a damaging to the horse as a bit in the wrong hands, as you can break the bones in the horses face by severely using a hackamore or any other kind of bit less bridle.

@CdnEqChick

8 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

When asking my young stallion to go into a stretch, he will occasionally lose his focus wanting to smell manure or smells in the arena from other horses. Do you have any tips do I can keep his focus and keep him in the stretch without reprimanding him? I don't want to confuse him for doing the right thing, stretching!

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Bethea Phelan Simply put him back to work, it’s the same scenario if a horse wants to spook. Keep riding forward and return to the stretch if they have abandoned it. The more they understand the aids and begin to respond then it gets easier to keep them focused and their mind on their work. It is important that this be a consistent response on your part and you divert their attention back to the task at hand.

Hello!! I love your videos and methods. I have a horse with chronic issues in the SI and his back. I am now learning how incorrectly I have been riding him and he really needs to develop more top line and properly lift his back. My question is, how do you teach them to stretch like this? I have been using the Pessoa Training System and he will stretch and round his back. However, under saddle he wants to have his nose in the air or suck his neck in and get behind the bridle, like the horse in the video's previous behavior. How can I encourage him to stretch down and round his back under saddle? Thanks so much for any help.

@ArttoRide

7 жыл бұрын

Answered by Art2Ride Associate Trainers: Amber Matusek I think it is better to just use long side reins and or chambon when lunging. Then u have to develop your horse over time so he can carry you. So if he can consistently hold the stretch at the Trot on the lunge line, then u can get on and ride. You have to make sure you are not giving any backwards tension from the reins to encourage the horse to stretch forward and down. Then you can use lateral work such as leg yeilds and shoulder in to help and encourage the inside hind leg to engage under the body. You have to keep giving the reins. And make sure he is soft in the jaw and poll. It would probably be helpful to send in a video. Good luck. Damian Pichardo Agree with Amber. I would make the mentioned tack adjustments and A2R has a KZread video on correct fit of side reins and the chambon I recommend to watch. Getting them to stretch is getting them to seek the contact of the hand. So as Amber said soften his jaw with your hand when he gives you give with the rein and he should then seek your contact again in doing this he stretches further down. It takes time for the horse to build up his top line to be able to carry you, he will tell you when he is ready. Sending video would be very helpful. Happy training

@STAR4369

7 жыл бұрын

ArttoRide Thanks so much!! I will try to make these adjustments and send a video ASAP

How do you get the horse to want to stretch down and look for contact with the bit?

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Katelyn Whitfield That depends on the horse; most young horses will start to stretch within a few minutes of lunging, as you can see in some of our videos on starting young horses, but if they have been ridden hollow or forced against the hand for years it is usually best to start with the Chambon as it helps the horse to re-discover it’s own body and correct movement and use of it’s muscles.

Just to learn a bit more: why are side reins better to lunge with than a chambon (except for extremely hollow horses)?

@ArttoRide

9 жыл бұрын

lisettegeul It is not better, just not necessary if the horse will stretch forward and down into the contact with the side reins.

Can you do a video on schooling a senior horse?

@Friendly9593

8 жыл бұрын

+Charlotte H yes please. I would also like to see an older horse

Hello, my youngster (WB x Appaloosa) was sent away for breaking last year (3 years) for 12 weeks and ended the training due to her resisting in the canter transition. Nothing naughty just wouldn't go into canter whilst on the back but would on the lunge. This year i will be bringing her back into work from the beginning again, with a different trainer. Do you have any suggestions if this happens again. The trainer put it down to the mare needed a rest as she was very young. TIA

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+alika Lancaster All you need to do is to go back to the lunge work to be sure that is going correctly, don’t try to canter under saddle until the horse will stretch in the canter on the lunge. Then only try it once a week or so until the horse becomes strong enough to carry you, which is most likely the cause of the problem to start with. If you read the Spanish Riding School book, The Complete Training of the Horse and Rider, they talk about not even trying to canter a horse for the first year of it’s training!

Very helpful video! When I ask my horse for the canter he starts slow but gets faster and faster until he's in a gallop. This is also how he is at the trot. What should I do? thank you

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Equestrian Time As soon as the horse starts to speed up go back to the previous gait. That is if you are cantering, go back to trot, if you are trotting, go back to walk until the horse is completely relaxed again. Do only very short periods of canter and come back to the trot before the horse starts to run.

@equestriantime1118

8 жыл бұрын

+ArttoRide thank you so much

How do you encourage the horse to stretch down in the trot on the lounge? I have one horse that will do it naturally in spells but for the most part my horses will just go around with their neck straight out.

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

I would suggest that you try the Chambon, see our video on how to use it correctly.

@MysticWoods

7 жыл бұрын

I learned how to do it with just my body language from Karen Rohlf of Dressage Naturally. Horses will tend to copy your body language, so as your horse is going around on the circle, you point to the ground with the hand holding the lunge, while leaning your own upper body in that direction. As soon as the horse drops it's head even a little, stop and praise them, then do it again. They can learn this very fast, though the first time can take a bit of time until they understand what you are doing, and you can get quite dizzy at first bending over like that. I know this is not a good explanation, but if you want to do it with out all the hardware, then see if you can find a video of Karen doing Long and Low.

Hi, I think this questoin was alredy posted once but I can't find it. How do you know when a horse is stretching or just having a loose head? I just started lunging him with a chambon and while he does stretch, alot of times his head is basicaly on the ground and I always worry that he'll kick himself in the face.

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Mirjam Kuster Hi, don’t worry, he’s not going to kick himself in the head! It sounds to me like you may just need to get him moving a little faster. Study the horses in our videos to get an idea about what it should look like. Send a video through our critique service and I can give you a more specific answer. When horses hang their heads very low, it means they have very weak backs and what you are doing is the only way to improve that.

@mirjamkuster

8 жыл бұрын

You've got a point there while his walk was swinging it was not very active, thank you so much for your help.

I like how will warms his horse up rather then pulling them into a frame that owners thinks looks good when does will come to the uk

How do you encourage the horses head to drop low in the first place on the end of the lunge? I can imagine my boy just pootling round with his neck straight out in front of him the whole time! How would I get him to want to lower his head? (besides leaving a trail of pony nuts on the ground :p ) Is it just sending them forward enough? Great videos by the way - really inspiring!

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+Jennifer Hall It depends on how long the horse has been going hollow. Almost every baby that I have ever worked would start trying to stretch themselves within a very short period of time but horses that have been ridden hollow for years have simply forgotten how to move correctly or have been beaten for trying to do so, these horses can be very difficult to stretch. I would suggest trying the chambon as it’s usually the best way to go with that type of horse.

@jenniferhall2318

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the quick response! He's not exactly a youngster (16 years old), I've had him for four years and he's always been soft and accepting of the bit, but he assumes this 'rounded' position with the lightest contact, which suggests (to me) that it could be false. It's hard to know without someone on the ground... He has next to no top line (another tell-tale) so I just want to build him up a bit. I'll give the chambon a go! Thanks for your help :)

How do you learn the horse to stretch his neck when he is lounged (as you show at start of video)?

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+JJBulsom That depends on the horse; most young horses will start to stretch within a few minutes of lunging, as you can see in some of our videos on starting young horses, but if they have been ridden hollow or forced against the hand for years it is usually best to start with the Chambon as it helps the horse to re-discover it’s own body and correct movement and use of it’s muscles.

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+JJBulsom That depends on the horse; most young horses will start to stretch within a few minutes of lunging, as you can see in some of our videos on starting young horses, but if they have been ridden hollow or forced against the hand for years it is usually best to start with the Chambon as it helps the horse to re-discover it’s own body and correct movement and use of it’s muscles.

This Is really good!! Can I ask how do you achieve this stretch and how do you get the horse to work on the bit so willingly and effectively?? Are you just bending to the inside which puts the horse on the outside rein and riding the horse forward into It?? Thank you

@ArttoRide

9 жыл бұрын

GreyThoroughbred I started correcting this one as I do all horses, on the lunge. Once I have established the correct contact and acceptance of the bit on the lunge, it is pretty easy to translate that to riding. The horse works willingly because I am allowing it to move in a frame, stretched, that doesn’t interfere with it’s own gaits relative to it’s current level of development. In other words, I’m allowing the head and neck to be in the most comfortable position for the horse at this level, thus, I don’t get any resistance from the horse because I’m not asking it to do things that it can’t do! Which is the reason and the origins of most problems people have with their horses.

this is amazing! very helpful! my just turned 4 year old has been getting ridden for about 6 months now and was lunged for about 10 months before hand about 3-4 times a week and shes very excitable which is very typical for a young horse she gets lunged for 15 mins before her ride then she gets ridden 15 minutes afterwards. shes very excitable and just wants to go, she gets lunged with long and low side reigns to encourage her to come down and relax, but as soon as she knows shes getting lunged her tail comes up and shes cantering loops around me tail up head up in a springy short choppy canter trying to show off to other horses. ive tried keeping her in a walk but shes tense because she wants to run and as you relax and let her walk she gets back up into a trot or canter xx sometimes shes not that bad and listens but she never manages to relax and drop her head and stretch over back do u have any tips ? xx

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+LibbieGrace I would suggest using the chambon and then every time she starts to canter, bring her onto a smaller circle until she breaks back to the trot; then let her back out onto the larger circle. Be sure that she hasn’t gotten too fit, in which case you would want to let the horse have some time off until she looses the hyper fitness. One of the biggest mistakes people make with young horses is to get them too fit so that they just can’t relax with a hour or more of work. If you send a video I can give you a more specific answer.

In response to Beauty Is Me: Watch our videos on lunging so that you will have a better idea of what you should be doing. We must be careful with hot horses that we don’t over lunge and get them to fit to fast.

hi! what a beautiful horse! what is a roach in the back?

@ArttoRide

9 жыл бұрын

Elisabeth Spetschinsky It is where the back at the loin, the part between the last rib and the hips, is raised abnormally as if the spine has a bump in it.

@elisabeth2313

9 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@KKIcons

8 жыл бұрын

+ArttoRide That almost sounds like a hunter bump like my mare has. Will these exercises improve that as well? What causes it? She is 14, and I have ridden her on a loose rein for 8 years. I am just starting to want to ride her with some contact.

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+KK Icons A “hunters bump” can indicate a problem of the sacroiliac joint most often caused by a hollow back either by a poor fitting saddle or incorrect riding. Riding on a loose rein does not encourage the topline muscle to used although is much better than forcing a horse’s head into a frame that they aren’t ready for. Getting your mare to connect and engage her back can certainly improve her hunters bump in most cases (we aren’t vets so we can’t say this with absolute certainty so) if it isn’t a permanent issue then this is the best way of going you can do for her.

@KKIcons

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, turned out it really was a roach back I was talking about. So I am trying to fix the saddle problem, and get her to work correctly and improve her topline. I might need to keep beginners off her until I get her working properly and get her in shape?

How old is he ? I have two years old foal, and she is really kind and calm horse. She is not spooky or something. How can I start schooling her when she will be 3 years old ?

@ArttoRide

8 жыл бұрын

+equii becks I would start now with long walks in hand if you can manage that and yes you may begin training at three but lightly. A lot depends on how mature the horse is at that age and they must each be considered individually before beginning a training program.

@roseyry9248

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Why side reins on this one instead of the chambon?

@ArttoRide

9 жыл бұрын

Kayla Kirsch I only use Chambon on extremely hollow horses and usually lunge this horse with nothing at all as I do in the video called, Get your horse in the zone.

@kaylakirsch8925

9 жыл бұрын

ArttoRide Did Feugo start in the chambon?

@ArttoRide

9 жыл бұрын

Kayla Kirsch No, he did not need it and I usually stretch him without anything on at all as it is better for his damaged neck.