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Training from the Start - foals, green horses, starting and 1st rides

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Episodes

Helping a Young Horse at the Mounting Block

32:40

Creating leading softness and flow in a dull, young horse. Techniques for getting softness. Also adding a belly rope from a higher position.

Calm Catching

5 videos in series.

Going down sides wild pony

34:27

Helping a nervous Brumby (wild) pony: getting him confident with having me down his sides (at liberty)

First leading

12:40

Teaching a horse to understand the halter

Teaching to lead (part 1)

48:05

Helping a young mare to lead

Teaching to lead (part 2):

20:55

Teaching the boundaries + following feel whilst settling into long reins and halter

Accepting people above

24:22

Teaching a nervous arab to accept people above him

Following a young Stock Horse Start at a clinic

4 videos in series.

Watch the progress made to help this young horse be ready and comfortable with a rider

Starting Duchess: a tougher mare

12 videos in series.

Moving comfortably

14:11

Getting a young wary horse to move comfortably around you

Young Horse First Rides: Guiding you through step by step

11 videos in series.

2nd ride at a clinic

21:01

A young horse's second ride at a clinic

Understand energy (3rd ride)

06:18

Teaching a green horse: how to understand energy

Problem Bridling

10:51

Helping this horse to take a bridle

Virtual feedback: Helping a nervous horse be ready to be ridden

20:40

Limiting the worry

Leading a starter off a horse for the 1st time

19:27

Teaching a young horse being started how to be lead from another horse for the 1st time

Unlocking Coco in the lead 3

42:39

Unlocking Coco in the lead and starting with rope on her feet

The One Rein Start

19:06

Helping a young horse to find steering and movement

Angry towards legs + adding flow (2)

37:44

Helping a mare to feel more comfortable with legs and acceleration

Turning on a frightened side

21:18

Helping a young anxious mare get confidence

Distracting a hard thought: sensitive barrel

03:17

Helping distract a hard thought: this is a mare with a very sensitive barrel

Belly rope

32:50

Following the feel of a belly rope on a fidgety unstarted arab

Getting a horse to search

34:47

Working a young horse and introducing effective legs

Tipping out Worry (Part 1)

08:07

Tipping out the worry (1): softening and helping with fidgety saddling (ground work)

How to

12:22

Video review: How to move forward with a horse that won't let you near their sides to ride

Belly rope

54:23

Leading with the belly rope

Unstarted Waler Part 1

23:47

Unstarted Waler Part 1: Helping her become more confident moving around + away (great prep for long reining)

Unstarted Waler Part 2

12:46

Unstarted Waler Part 2: Travel & soften to feel with stimulation, creating basic energy cue

Helping cold backed horse

17:50

Helping an anxious cold backed quarter horse to loosen up with mounting & riding

Helping a brood mare

14:06

Helping a green brood mare to connect, understand guidance and feel: video review

Introducing ponying

20:41

Introducing a horse to ponying (leading another horse)

Starting / Re-Educating tips

01:13:20

Seminar

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