Managing emotions before you ride This is from the foundation program and describes how it is helpful to check that you can calm your horse after they have had an adrenalin rushThe key Exercise to help control flight The Key Exercise is a great way to control flight, settle your horse and regain his horse' focusBolting Working with a young horse that has developed a bolting issueControlling flight by using a One Rein Stop Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; Part 1 This is the first part of the journey of retraining a 6-year-old showjumping-bred gelding with a deep fear of riders on his back. Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; part 2 Following this young show jumpers retraining for a fear-based bolting and bucking issueRetraining a young bolting, bucking horse; part 3 This young showjumper has been through an extended retraining program to get to this point in his ridden workFresh horse or bringing a horse back into work This video goes through some steps to riding a fresh horse, or having a first ride on a horse that has been on a breakTeaching mental restraint with an excitable international event horse In this demo, I explain what I mean by mental restraint and how I came up with the concept. We then have a short clip of a recent demonstration where I was working with 5* Eventer, Lauren Innes, and her 5* horse, Flipper. Flipper struggles with the dressage phase in the high octane atmospheres at Badminton and Burghley.'Explosive' Horse - Part 1 (Groundwork) 'Explosive' Horse - Part 2 (Groundwork) 'Explosive' Horse - Part 3 (Ridden) Understanding and solving bucking Working with a horse that bucks Controlling Bucking Key ground exercises and ridden turns To view examples of key groundwork exercises on the ground and riddenRiding a fresh, tense horse In this video, I am riding a young horse that is feeling a bit 'tight' and tense when I first get on. She is a naturally high energy horse that can be distracted by her environment. I go through some processes to help relax her in her mind and body before I start to think about teaching her anything. If you have a situation like this and feel your horse's tension start to escalate, then you can always revert to some groundwork and lunging to release excess energy. Assessment session with nervous, bolting horse These clips were taken by the owner (hence the portrait view!) of a nervous, bolting pony that I was doing a one-off ridden assessment session with. I was aiming to find moments of relaxation and acceptance through repetitive use of the Key Exercise to develop Mental Restraint. It got a little difficult at times, but progress was made and the owner was able to go home with ideas of how to manage him. They are now developing confidence in each other, with plenty of hacking, before they revisit riding in the arena.

Managing emotions before you ride This is from the foundation program and describes how it is helpful to check that you can calm your horse after they have had an adrenalin rushThe key Exercise to help control flight The Key Exercise is a great way to control flight, settle your horse and regain his horse' focusBolting Working with a young horse that has developed a bolting issueControlling flight by using a One Rein Stop Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; Part 1 This is the first part of the journey of retraining a 6-year-old showjumping-bred gelding with a deep fear of riders on his back. Retraining a young bolting, bucking horse; part 2 Following this young show jumpers retraining for a fear-based bolting and bucking issueRetraining a young bolting, bucking horse; part 3 This young showjumper has been through an extended retraining program to get to this point in his ridden workFresh horse or bringing a horse back into work This video goes through some steps to riding a fresh horse, or having a first ride on a horse that has been on a breakTeaching mental restraint with an excitable international event horse In this demo, I explain what I mean by mental restraint and how I came up with the concept. We then have a short clip of a recent demonstration where I was working with 5* Eventer, Lauren Innes, and her 5* horse, Flipper. Flipper struggles with the dressage phase in the high octane atmospheres at Badminton and Burghley.'Explosive' Horse - Part 1 (Groundwork) 'Explosive' Horse - Part 2 (Groundwork) 'Explosive' Horse - Part 3 (Ridden) Understanding and solving bucking Working with a horse that bucks Controlling Bucking Key ground exercises and ridden turns To view examples of key groundwork exercises on the ground and riddenRiding a fresh, tense horse In this video, I am riding a young horse that is feeling a bit 'tight' and tense when I first get on. She is a naturally high energy horse that can be distracted by her environment. I go through some processes to help relax her in her mind and body before I start to think about teaching her anything. If you have a situation like this and feel your horse's tension start to escalate, then you can always revert to some groundwork and lunging to release excess energy. Assessment session with nervous, bolting horse These clips were taken by the owner (hence the portrait view!) of a nervous, bolting pony that I was doing a one-off ridden assessment session with. I was aiming to find moments of relaxation and acceptance through repetitive use of the Key Exercise to develop Mental Restraint. It got a little difficult at times, but progress was made and the owner was able to go home with ideas of how to manage him. They are now developing confidence in each other, with plenty of hacking, before they revisit riding in the arena.

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