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  • @trustyourhorse
    @trustyourhorse7 күн бұрын

    ... sooooooo wonderful ... 🐎😢🙏❤️🍀🌟

  • @NLKEquestrian
    @NLKEquestrian14 күн бұрын

    Very informative, thank you!

  • @christinedebessehoch
    @christinedebessehochАй бұрын

    One thing I have to mention is to never push a horse to tell you that they’re at their limit. We as riders needs to keep them at a comfortable level for their capabilities so they A. do not injure themselves physically and B. do not injure themselves mentally/confidence-wise. So many wonderful horses are ruined that way. I think a good rule of thumb is to always keep a horse slightly below their max comfort level. It can be frustrating as a rider but it’s so, so important long term.

  • @ekaterini001
    @ekaterini001Ай бұрын

    💕🔥

  • @Noodlemonkey7
    @Noodlemonkey72 ай бұрын

    4:25 thank you for this ❣️

  • @maryburns405
    @maryburns4052 ай бұрын

    Your comment about making a horse great - what makes you think they aren't great already? That just getting up in the morning doesn't make them great? That they aren't only great when they finally submit to extreme unnatural physical feats under your rule?

  • @trustyourhorse
    @trustyourhorse3 ай бұрын

    bridleless ist so wonderful ... thank YOU ... 🐎🙏❤️🍀🌟

  • @DixiesChance-RERR
    @DixiesChance-RERR4 ай бұрын

    That horse looked so happy and relaxed while doing it. I don’t know why more people don’t ride like this.

  • @sharp282828
    @sharp2828284 ай бұрын

    Which metering mode do you use?

  • @shermoore1693
    @shermoore16934 ай бұрын

    This video is great. I love your ability to listen to your horse, to give him time to feel ready before demanding the impossible. Patience, open mind and open heart are all so important with horses.

  • @patriciaadler5743
    @patriciaadler57434 ай бұрын

    He's a beauty 💥

  • @cindyrissal3628
    @cindyrissal36285 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised she can get away w/ going bridleless in competition. There's usually some stupid rule against it...

  • @cindyrissal3628
    @cindyrissal36285 ай бұрын

    At least her parents helped her. Mine were too greedy & selfish...😠

  • @debtompkins5363
    @debtompkins53635 ай бұрын

    BRAVO we need more people to give up bits... I used to ride my mare bareback and bridleless .... miss that connection

  • @chrisunderwood2524
    @chrisunderwood25245 ай бұрын

    Congratulations for you and your best friend Vlad...I have been such an advocate of bridel and bitless..jumping and dressage..for years those judges need to come into the future about this method...free style means free of bits and bridles..and it can be done , Lynn Palm ON RUGGED LARK DID IT back in the 80's ..he was all body language trained..he won AQHA super horse 2x ...he was magnificent.....I hope all the best for you Melanie and beautiful boy Vlad...

  • @amberblyledge7859
    @amberblyledge78595 ай бұрын

    And a lost stirrup!

  • @barbeshoes3715
    @barbeshoes37155 ай бұрын

    Wonderful story, just goes to show ppl that all bits belong in the TRASH, you don't need them if you can ride and train like she can

  • @barbarabrown9269
    @barbarabrown92695 ай бұрын

    Why is she flinging and flailing all over the place unbalanced??? Nice horse to tolerate that.

  • @volancydogs
    @volancydogs4 ай бұрын

    Seemed to be related to her needing to change the position of the neckstrap a lot. She isn't doing anything like that riding him bareback without worrying about distance to jumps.

  • @barbarabrown9269
    @barbarabrown92695 ай бұрын

    I’m not sure what the point of riding bridleless is. Just that the rider has bad hands? So they rely on hanging on with a strap around their necks? So they don’t hang onto the mouth or get left behind at jumps? I had a cheap non descriptive grade mare when I was about 15 years old. She loved jumping so much she would easily do this over courses, inside and out. This was long before everyone in the world had cameras and go-pros. This little mare would jump over 5 1/2 feet fences with no wings or ground poles. No bridle or tack of any kind. She was ordinary looking. Would never win a conformation class. This was in the late 1960s. No one oohed and ahhhed like I was doing something unprecedented or miraculous. Nowadays if it’s on film you are glorified and celebrated. This was standard riding in my day. Just to have fun.

  • @susanaufiero5071
    @susanaufiero50715 ай бұрын

    Beautiful story - you should be very proud of yourself and this wonderful horse - you have done a great thing!!

  • @vistrode9604
    @vistrode96045 ай бұрын

    If didn’t notice that part the horse nearly ran into the wall you should go back and see it!! If you don’t think that you put you and horse and everyone else at risk you need to get professional help!!!! Riding Without a bridle needs to be done in an enclosed area away from others !!! Never where there are other horses, children, adults and pets and property!!!!!

  • @Fubar2024
    @Fubar20245 ай бұрын

    Just yesterday I posted my thoughts that they should hold a bitless competition for true horsewomen and men. And here you'v gone so much further!! Awesome!!! So beautiful knowing that your horse is happy!

  • @Managable_Mayhem
    @Managable_Mayhem5 ай бұрын

    Time is key, which is why people who trat their horse as sport tools will not even bother with this. Sad as it is. If someone can make an unruly/stubborn and know-it-better horse jump and gallop in pattern effortlessly, the 'big people' out there have no excuse to hold onto their idiotic bits with the excuse of having no control. I actually find it much better and advanced in any way when it is the horse who needs to calculate the strides and make things work together with their rider. (That would make the horse more valuable too, since it does not only have maschine-like obedience going for it they can pass onto foals.) That's what riding should be all about; teamwork to accomplish something, be that clearing an obstacle or prancing around in a pretty manner. Not just the horse being a live tool. It's much more interesting to watch these two than any of the filth we so often see with FEI. Hopefully this'll become more common and find it's way into other sports. Given bits hinder the horse's breathing at a certain pace, I think many sports would profit from this or at least using bitless bridles. If time wasn't such an important factor, I'm sure this method of riding would be more popular. Such a shame.

  • @natalya402
    @natalya4025 ай бұрын

    I'd rather my horse refuse a jump due to poor striding, than be so dull as to throw himself into a jump anyway just because he's been drilled to jump whatever is put in front of him. Losing a competition is always preferable to injury or death. Mistakes happen, and he knows when its not right.

  • @sidilicious11
    @sidilicious115 ай бұрын

    I’m so thrilled that they let her compete without a bridle! I think she and Vlad did really well. I have been strongly wishing for several years that there were bitless, bridleless, shoeless, and bareback, divisions at horse shows and equestrian competitions. I hope this is the way things are headed. I can’t watch high level dressage anymore. To see a horse’s head and neck tucked up so tight, 2 bits in a mouth strapped shut, saliva foam pouring down, just isn’t pretty.

  • @jewelweed6880
    @jewelweed68805 ай бұрын

    What would make dressage interesting to the general public...would be brideless. It looks like magic, but it is impossible without putting in the time.

  • @Lauren-vd4qe
    @Lauren-vd4qe5 ай бұрын

    She clearly has minimal control of the horse with no bit/bridle. she constantly, while jumping, have to fling the rein repeatedly up to the throatlatch area to gain ANY control of the horse at all. any horses neck muscles are way stronger than any riders arms, and if a horse gets too hot/excited or spooks n bolts, this could b a disaster, could knock her off in a ring or on a trail ride, bolt into traffic and cause an accident/injury/death to herself, the horse and other drivers/pedestrians, etc. not effective, not smart and downright dangerous.

  • @natalya402
    @natalya4025 ай бұрын

    maybe you've never had such a close bond with a horse before, but some people know their horse well enough, and have desensitized them enough, that they can trust them without needing total control

  • @Lauren-vd4qe
    @Lauren-vd4qe5 ай бұрын

    oh ive had plenty of horses; and trust only goes so far when it coming to riding a 1200 lb PREY animal, they have a prey brain dont forget, they are genetically programmed to become suddenly afraid of things, and bolt! so trust becomes a very thin layer of protection when it comes to fear and stubbornness in a lg animal that suddenly realizes it can do whatever it wants. @@natalya402

  • @Managable_Mayhem
    @Managable_Mayhem5 ай бұрын

    ​@@Lauren-vd4qe You DO know tho that yanking on a bit will not necessarily give you control, right? What kinda dumb arguement is that even? XD Have you SEEN all the compilations of idiotic riders thinking holding onto the horse's mouth will do them any good? Besides, if the horse spooks, it's preferably they do not have long reins they can get tangled up in and fall badly. Ultimately it's up to YOU as the rider to prevent disasters. Not putting them into dangerous situations when they are not perfectly desensitized and trained is one of those responsibilities you have. A well trained horse will rarely if ever bolt and not every spooked horse will run away, that's also just the untrained/barely trained ones. I find it rather telling you focus on the 'no control without a bit' aspect in a video that's supposed to show that bits are unnecessary. Kinda smells like all the other people who are against progress and focus on this same topic with the same excuses as to why using bits is good/important. And tbh: I find it hard to believe you've had a trusting bond with a horse before given all the things you said so far. Either that or your idea of 'trust' is not really what everybody else understands as such.

  • @Lauren-vd4qe
    @Lauren-vd4qe5 ай бұрын

    enjoy your equine crash coming soon@@Managable_Mayhem

  • @juliadove1006
    @juliadove10065 ай бұрын

    I’m sorry to hit on you in particular. It’s not personal, but you have susinctly put over the oldest argument for control, over a bonded partnership. Your main argument for the “control” of the bit fails by just how many accidents, involving horses bolting through fear and flight from pain are the result of ignorance and ignorant bitting. To ride under stress (and is what completions are for) with some success and without a bridle, displays a degree of horsemanship, tact, patience, and empathy that is beyond most riders . And I include myself in that. We need to understand the riding as we know it, has evolved directly from the use of the horse in warfare. A situation where the horse, although valuable, is disposable, an “asset” that must be broken and or trained and “desensitised “ ( how I hate the use of that word.) within the minimum time and for the use of troops with a minimum training, in situations that are in total disregard of all their natural instincts. This historical and cultural dogma has resulted in ever greater cruelty in the design and unthinking use of modern bitting, especially for competition. To ride effectively without bridle and or saddle requires balance and a strength of two way communication and trust from both horse and rider that we should all aspire to. Sure, she’s not perfect, but as she says she is relying on ( lots of) natural talent and no proper training. As yet, this new concept of horsemanship has not been properly explored, analysed and understood for it to have become a school of riding. I hope that day will come soon. The closest that we have thus far are some of the indigenous American styles of riding, as well as, strange as it may seem some of the great Classical riding trainers from Portugal and Spain. Unfortunately they also produce many very bad ones too!

  • @albisfi8972
    @albisfi89726 ай бұрын

    Pathetic rider in 1,10 h , imagine in 1,60...jajaja

  • @Managable_Mayhem
    @Managable_Mayhem5 ай бұрын

    What does her level of jumps have to do with anything, you sad little clown? Stop trying to make fun of others if all you want is badmouth someone for not being a higher level yet. THAT is pathetic, not her riding. Do better.

  • @jewelweed6880
    @jewelweed68805 ай бұрын

    She did more without a bit than most people can, and more than many people can who are using a bit . Doesn't matter that the jumps weren't higher.

  • @Managable_Mayhem
    @Managable_Mayhem5 ай бұрын

    @@jewelweed6880 Well said.

  • @volancydogs
    @volancydogs4 ай бұрын

    Who cares about jumping higher and higher and higher? Bridle or no, that's a stupid philosophy. I'd rather they capped the height at something reasonable.

  • @hollywill2226
    @hollywill22266 ай бұрын

    That’s my kind of show jumping!!! Kudos to her!!!

  • @jekimjo
    @jekimjo6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for reiterating that TIME is crucial in achieving this form of riding. Time spent with your horse to achieve this level of training, trust and everything in between. Great educational content. Hopefully more and more people will have this attitude, outlook as well as encourage people to have the same outlook in all that’s in this video. Cheers🐴👍🐴

  • @jaclynlove4495
    @jaclynlove44959 ай бұрын

    What lens do you use for horses? If you photograph the head/neck vs whole body do you use the same lens?

  • @user-tx6yw9xp5x
    @user-tx6yw9xp5x10 ай бұрын

    I’m struggling with the gradient tool. It won’t fade down past the rectangular box of black. It’s only staying within the box. What am I doing wrong?

  • @katelist8367
    @katelist8367 Жыл бұрын

    This just goes to show what horse can be like with have their body posture and head set deducted by their own body instead by constraints and bits. When we stop knowingly and unknowingly cruelly brutalizing their mouths, feet, mind and bodies will be a great day for horses. They really want to like you and make you happy!

  • @natalya402
    @natalya4025 ай бұрын

    I agree! The horse knows his body better than we ever will, and when they arent restrained or forced into what we think is "correct" head position, less accidents happen.

  • @nicolemarkmannnelson8930
    @nicolemarkmannnelson8930 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • @rebekkaortega47
    @rebekkaortega47 Жыл бұрын

    Love this thank you

  • @pinkbutterflys5886
    @pinkbutterflys5886 Жыл бұрын

    amazing tutorial but I have one question how do you edit a horses eye if the eyelashes cover where the reflection is. rn it just looks super creepy and all i have done is farken the dark and lighten the lights.

  • @Brio565
    @Brio565 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate you sharing for others to learn. If I may ask, how are your images so detailed and crisp. I often am not able to get the horse hair that detailed, when I zoom in on my images they are often soft.

  • @annilionz
    @annilionz Жыл бұрын

    I’ve ridden my horse completely tackless but this has inspired me to try bridless jumping with Calypso 😊

  • @oldharpydisguised709
    @oldharpydisguised709 Жыл бұрын

    To all those armchair experts, who are criticising this rider please post a video of you doing it right, before you speak!

  • @sidilicious11
    @sidilicious11 Жыл бұрын

    I am more impressed by her and what she has accomplished with Vlad than I am with someone using a bridle on a horse. Going bridles shows the truth in the horse/rider relationship for sure! Not everyone can get to this stage, it’s a high level talent to ride with only a neck rope especially with a difficult horse like Vlad. Kudos to you, Melanie!!

  • @sidilicious11
    @sidilicious115 ай бұрын

    Well said! I agree!! The less tack the more the true horse’s talents and the true rider’s talents show through. It’s very exciting and beautiful to watch.

  • @NikolaWawrzyniak-qy1zv
    @NikolaWawrzyniak-qy1zv Жыл бұрын

    Love it!! Thank you xx

  • @georgiahozey5218
    @georgiahozey52182 жыл бұрын

    Im about to lose my mind with part of this. LOL I am not on a Mac so perhaps this is the issue? When I use the rectangular tool to make the black box, I cannot get the gradient tool to work to smooth the transition lines. I cant figure out whats happening.... Im using windows.

  • @jessicam3143
    @jessicam3143 Жыл бұрын

    I'm having the same issue

  • @dogsenseforu301
    @dogsenseforu3012 жыл бұрын

    So impressed with you and your awesome attitude.... which helps us all with animals and humans alike.

  • @daslunaproductions3020
    @daslunaproductions30202 жыл бұрын

    Im having trouble with the gradient it keeps turning gray ?

  • @kevywilliams3304
    @kevywilliams33042 жыл бұрын

    Usually. Stables have windows in the stalls .the end photos look dark and sad

  • @georgiahozey5218
    @georgiahozey52182 жыл бұрын

    Its not necessarily supposed to be taken in a a stall/stables corridor. It is simply a glamour shot of the animal... same as if a person was in a studio setting.

  • @erynchester2276
    @erynchester22762 жыл бұрын

    If you take sales photos of horses, would love to see a tutorial on that!

  • @hestervandijk1869
    @hestervandijk18692 жыл бұрын

    hii, quick question, im really struggling with the settings of the camera. Can I ask which u used?

  • @abbymurer
    @abbymurer2 жыл бұрын

    Interested to know why you didn’t try a bitless/hackmore? Sometimes it looks like having a little control in where he looks you wouldn’t have as many stops or naughty moments, but genuinely curious.

  • @cl1584
    @cl158411 ай бұрын

    For me it is because I'd like to have a relationship based less on control and more on understanding.

  • @sidilicious11
    @sidilicious115 ай бұрын

    @@cl1584it’s whole different ballgame, and one so much more interesting to me.

  • @Cameraine
    @Cameraine2 жыл бұрын

    Very cool! Thank you so much

  • @nhs2352
    @nhs23522 жыл бұрын

    i’m watching all your videos now. they are SO helpful for a photographer starting out!

  • @danielleharrison5765
    @danielleharrison57652 жыл бұрын

    He is a very pretty horse! Is he like a very dark brown horse or is he black?