My very own handsome Banquo is back home and has just started work again π₯° They need to learn how to be tied up as well as everything else.
I always leave them tied up after a session. Unless they practice they usually won't get good at it. He did really well after his 2nd groundwork today back home and there were no other horses in π
Phoenix learning how to jump and doing great! ππ€©
Your horse doesn't know what is expected of them unless you teach them. Dapples is showing what you could expect from your horse at the mounting block! π
....and our first canter today π
Phoenix doing her first trotting ridden! π₯°
Dapples happily cantering now π₯°
Dapples practicing being ground tied π₯°
Lovely Dapples has come over for a bit to start his ridden cob life π₯° That was him a few days ago learning how to line up for me and I was also making sure he is not worried about me laying on his back! Lexy did a good job videoing all of this π
...and this is how well he did this evening already.
It is so useful for your horse to know how to flex and know how to separate their head and neck from their feet.
Your one rein stop (emergency stop) starts from the ground. That's Rascal's third session flexing on the ground and he is almost as light as I'd like them to be before we start riding.
It's one of my favorite exercises to make sure the horse is ready to ride! Saba is definitely ready for ridden work now βΊοΈ
Saba was very reactive in our first session but now just a few days later she is like a different horse! βΊοΈ
Thcieff happily ridden away now and doesn't even mind the bad weather. What a good boy he is π₯°
Been working with this lovely mare for about two weeks now! She is an ex racehorse/4 yo TB mare. She had started bucking when ridden so I took her right back to basics and started with the groundwork. This was her today after getting very solid with her one rein stops.
All it takes now is just to sit back and she will stop!
She has never even thought about bucking since I started riding her as I made sure we did enough groundwork for her to be ready to be ridden.
I never want my horse to buck or show any bad behaviour once I get on their back. Always set your horse up for success not failure! Well done G!
Yesterday Tia was back for a follow up session! This time we worked on her groundwork and didn't have the horsebox involved at all. Just loaded her in the end at the yard. Loading itself was never her problem. If you work on your groundwork most of your problems you're having with your horse will just "magically" disappear!
Well done Tia and Helena πβΊοΈ Hope to see you two again for some groundwork lessons.
Another loading session today. Got to work with lovely Tia even tho she did not agree with everything I asked from her first, she eventually realised that it's actually quite nice to be in the horsebox. I see it often when loading itself is not the problem. It's only a symptom and once you fix the root cause of it they are happy to load. Remember we want respect without fear and that's what we needed to get from Tia today βΊοΈ
Today I got to work with little Rosie who apparently would not load. It didn't take long for her to want to go in the lorry by herself π
Ginetta 2nd time cantering! Bitless, happy and she stops perfectly! You don't need a bit to stop your horse. Teach them to respond to your seat and you will never struggle.
Apollo once again proves that he wants to be an event horse! Someone is going to be so lucky to have him when he is ready to find his perfect home. It was probably his 5th time jumping and he did super well again ππ₯°βΊοΈ #retrainingofracehorses
Ginetta learning how to position herself for the rider to get on. She did a great job! She is now definitely ready for the first ride βΊοΈ