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Online horse training resource from renowned trainer Jason Webb to give knowledge, skills, and confidence at your fingertips.
Your Horsemanship from Jason Webb
Jason Webb is a UK-based Australian horse trainer who is trusted by Olympic medalists, world class studs and top equine industry professionals. Having started over 2000 young horses so far in his career, and provided solutions to a huge range of behavioural, handling and ridden issues, Jason’s deep understanding of horses and his practical, no fuss ways of training are passed on through his horse and rider training services and his comprehensive online program, Your Horsemanship.
Get Jason’s horse training expertise at your fingertips! Members benefit from a video library of over 250 linked lessons, regular online demo’s, Q&A’s, webinars and challenges to test your progress; what’s not to love?
Online Courses
Jason specializes in giving young horses the best start to their ridden careers, and re-educating horses with behavioural and ridden issues. He also conducts a full calendar of lessons, clinics and camps “On the Yard”.
Our Services
Jason is in great demand for “real life”, educational demonstrations, and is available for horse assessments, lessons, loading and clinics “On the Road”.
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Click here to Get In & Get On from just £4/month today!My Your Horsemanship Mission, from Jason Webb
“My goal is to give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to develop a secure, positive partnership with your horse, and the training tools to overcome any problems along the way.
Your Horsemanship Online is designed to empower riders of all levels and aspirations, whether you simply want a safe hack that is a pleasure to handle, or whether you’re a competition rider looking to excel in your chosen discipline.
I have developed a comprehensive online training resource that is easy to navigate, understand, and learn from. The video library holds over 250 training videos on the foundations of training horses, together with a growing re-education section related to common problems such as loading, rearing, napping and spooking.
As a Your Horsemanship member, you will never be alone on your journey. There are opportunities to ask questions and chat with myself, and fellow members, via the Training Chat forum, monthly webinars, live demonstrations and Q&A Chats. Clinics and Camps provide a great way to meet up with fellow members and work through areas of the program under my guidance.
NEW! Monthly live demonstrations and Q&A chats as part of your membership! Check out these snippets from the monthly live demonstrations and Q&A Chats, that are now an amazing addition to all our memberships, including the new Live Online Membership, new for 2020!"
How It Works
Your Horsemanship's online training is split into four courses covering different stages on your horsemanship journey:
- Pre-Training Knowledge e-Book
- Foundation Training: Video lessons covering Jason Webb's groundwork and ridden program
- Re-Education: A growing library of video lessons to overcome common behavioural and ridden issues
- Challenges to test your progress
These courses are supported by monthly live-streamed “real life” demonstrations and Q&A chats, monthly webinars, bi-monthly Challenge Cups and access to the Training Chat Forum.
What's Inside?
Read on to see what's inside the Your Horsemanship Online experience: Courses, Downloads, Competitions, Community
The Courses
1: Pre-training Knowledge
Before getting into the video lessons in Foundation Training, this course gives you some bite-sized background reading in the fundamentals. Gain an understanding of the nature of the horse, how they learn and how to be an effective horseman. We advise that all students familiarise themselves with these simple principles before commencing any training with a horse. Topics include:
- Body language
- Equipment
- Sensitising and Desensitising
- Timing and Feel
Also include is a free eBook to accompany the course. "I have had people that have been in horses all their lives and have still gained some knowledge from this short but extremely important book" - Jason Webb
Sample Pre-Training Lesson: Respect and Trust
Respect and Trust
I like to think about trust and respect in the context of horse training in the following ways:
- Respect = Gained by being the leader and able to initiate movement
- Trust = Gained by being non threatening and accepted as part of the social group
It is important to consider both trust and respect when working with horses. It is a fine balance between the two. Think back to the horse’s social dynamics in a herd. Although it is said that there are no equals, in a herd there are certainly horses that choose to be with other specific horses despite this hierarchical structure. Try and become the one your horse would ‘choose’ to be with. You want to maintain their respect by ensuring you can move them with a gesture, then a ‘tell’ should you need to, yet you want them to have trust and confidence in you.
It is a fine line, and it is sometimes helpful to draw it as such it in your imagination. On one side of the line you have trust and on the other you have respect. If you have to ‘tell’ your horse something with a wave of a rope or a flick of a stick then you may have moved that line into the respect zone but away from the trust zone. You have to redress this balance by releasing and rewarding when the horse answers correctly thus reaffirming to them that you a fair and consistent leader.
Spending time ‘familiarising’ yourself with your horse is essential in gaining trust but to do this until they are so familiar they feel they can invade your space and push you around means you have gone deep into the trust zone but away from respect. Think about the following diagram to help you with where you need to be in order to be a good leader for your horse.
Join now as a Standard or Premium Member to access the other lessons in the Pre-Training Knowledge Course by clicking the green button below, or read on for more detail about what you can find inside Your Horsemanship Online:
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This is a comprehensive video library of 120 lessons following Jason’s starting program. It has everything from how to approach your horse, to essential ridden controls. Follow the Foundation Training program through from start to finish and learn how to work with a horse from first principles to starting, hacking out confidently to correct schooling under saddle; or you can just dip in to the topics you need most, and go back to them at any time if you need another look.
Just a few topics from this huge course:
- Meeting: First Approach
- Catching: The Catching Process
- Desensitisation: Dealing with Flight
- Tying Up: Testing the Tie
- Mounting: Saddle and Move
- Introducing Movement: Basic Transitions
- Out and About: Gates
Each video also includes links to other relevant lessons and the topic in the Chat Forum, and is accompanied by a printable PDF summary of the key points of the lesson for ease of reference.
Full Lesson Preview: Mounting
Mounting
Goal: To prepare and mount your horse while keeping them relaxed
Forum Topic Link: Available to Members
Recommended Prior Learning (available to Members):
- Mounting: Checking for Tension
- Mounting: Lunging / Long Reining Pattern
- Mounting: Saddle and Move
Purpose: This process will help minimise the stress the transition from the ground to the saddle can present for both horse and rider
Equipment Needed: Snaffle bridle, saddle and pad
Method:
- Make sure your horse is standing in a balanced way by rocking on their saddle and encouraging them to position themselves so they can brace
- Make sure the girth is snug but not over tight
- Shorten the reins, with the inside rein a little shorter than the outside so your horse’s nose is tipped to the inside a little
- Hold your reins in a bridge, crossing them so that your thumb is behind and forefingers are in front. Position your hand to the inside of the neck so if your horse does something silly you can rotate your wrist and lift up. The horse will then be in an inside flexion position and their best option is to disengage their hind end
- To mount, stand near your horse’s shoulder and stay close so they can feel you
- If at any point they start to worry, simply rotate and lift your rein hand and you are in a good position to disengage them
Tips:
- Don’t over tighten your horse’s girth as they may feel ‘trapped’ by it and want to run or explode away from it when they go to move off
- A good indication that your girth is tight enough is if you can rock your saddle back and forth and it doesn’t shift position
Free PDF Download of lesson details (available for every lesson to Members):
Join now as a Standard or Premium Member to access the many other lessons in the Foundation Training Course by clicking the green button below, or read on for more detail about what else is included in Your Horsemanship Online membership:
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Understand why things go wrong and the common problems horses and riders face. Presented as a library of problems and solutions, each lesson is linked to the relevant learning in the Foundation Training Course. Some of the issues covered:
- Loading
- Nipping
- Grooming
- Hosing
- Barging
- New Environments
Re-Education Lesson Preview: Napping / Rearing
The following is a preview of parts of a 45 minute Re-Education lesson on napping, rearing, and bucking. This preview is around 20 minutes long and will give you an idea of what to expect from the longer lessons on Your Horsemanship Online. Note the large number of recommended lessons; the lessons always point Members to the foundation learning you need to be successful. Be sure to watch to the end, when Jason demonstrates how he approaches the situation when the horse he is working with, Cheese, exhibits the rearing behaviour Jason's client has asked him to work on. Your Horsemanship On The Yard offers a range of horse and rider training - be sure to check out our other services.
Napping / Rearing
Goal: To use basic training to teach a horse prone to rearing and nappy behaviour to move forwards calmly.
Forum Topic Link: Available to Members
Recommended Prior Learning (available to Members):
- Catching: The Catching Process
- Introducing Movement: Establishing Forwards
- Introducing Movement: One Rein Stop
- Introducing Movement: One Rein Turn
- Long Reining for Riding: Backwards From Bridle
- Long Reining Preparation: Desensitising to Ropes
- Long Reining Preparation: Flex and Move with Bridle
- Lunging for Control: Hind End Control
Are you having trouble with your horse? Join now as a Standard or Premium Member to access the many other lessons in the Re-Education Course by clicking the green button below, or read on for more detail about what else is included in Your Horsemanship Online membership:
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Beyond the Learning
Feel part of this positive, supportive community via our Chat Forum, Members’ Only Facebook Group, webinars and Q&A chats.
Your Horsemanship Online Community
Chat Forum
As well as our private Facebook Group, which is open to all Members, the Training Chat Forum represents a chance to discuss the lessons, ask questions and share stories. Jason Webb is active in the forum and often answers members' queries about their horsemanship journey.
Webinars
Jason holds monthly live webinars for Members, talking about current events and issues in the equestrian world, before focusing on a particular topic or issue that has been put forward by a member, or interviewing another equestrian professional. Webinars are live broadcasts and members are encouraged to ask questions and comment throughout. Here is a snippet from the recent webinar on Spooking:
Competition: Challenge Cups
Members are also able to test their progress by doing the ground and ridden “Challenges” on the website. You can even enter our regular bi-monthly Challenge Cup competition! Members can post their attempts at the challenges online before Jason chooses the Best Performance and Most Improved for both the ground and ridden challenge, and posts out prizes.
To read about a recent Challenge Cup and watch the videos, click here (opens a new tab):
Pricing and Premium Member Benefits
Live Online
- £48 a year
- Monthly Live Demonstration
- Monthly Q&A Chat
- Monthly Webinar
- Bi-Monthly Challenge
- Accessed via Members' Online Facebook Group
Standard Membership
- £118 a year
- Jason's training program from start to finish
- Over 250 video lessons
- Pre-Training, Foundation, and Re-Education Courses
- Monthly live demonstrations, Q&As and webinars
- Accessed to Training Chat Forum
Premium Membership
- £238 a year
- AMAZING discounts on horse training, lessons, clinics, and camps
- Jason's training program from start to finish
- Over 250 video lessons
- Pre-Training, Foundation, and Re-Education Courses
- Monthly live demonstrations, Q&As and webinars
- Accessed to Training Chat Forum
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