At 82, I don't ride anymore. But I still remember English lessons in the 1950s when my instructor taught me that contact with the horse's mouth should be "like a butterfly on the end of a string". That phrase rings in my head 60 years later! And that lesson served me well, whether riding Western, English or gaited horses.

So helpful! Love that you’ve used a young horse and not an older accomplished horse!

I wish I remembered who said it, but one of the quotes that I heard early in my riding career but it didn't click until much later was that "you must release your horse into contact". Depending on the horse's stage of training, this could mean completely letting go, or simply switching from a "guiding" hand to a "following" hand, but the horse always goes rounder and with more connection with the "release".

I love how you explain things

Love this video - thank you!!!

Well done!

Thank you for sharing! ❤

Thank you for this! Love the rehearse!

Very good explanation, thanks!

Havent seen this explained better❤❤❤❤

Thank you for sharing! Love how you explain and show these things🙌

Good teaching method🎉

Omg, thank you! I've been struggling with getting a longer connection with my horse. I will def try it this way!

Thank you for sharing. It works 🙂 Greetings from Germany ...

Yes👏👏

Thank you! Very useful for my young horse.

Fantastic approach!!

Very helpful thankyou 😊

love seeing the give and take and letting him figure it out, most people just force and hold. Let the horse share the work. Good demo.

After riding for most of my life, I firmly believe the first step to get a horse on the bit is to teach them to give to your hand, especially on the outside rein. This is why so many people struggle to get their horse on the bit. Going fowards means nothing if when you ask with your hand/rlbow, the nose mouth doesn't give. Sit on their back, stand still, explain to them ! Use carrots as a reward, make a fuss when they 'give' to your fingers/hand/ elbow. It has to be an auto matic reaction for them. Then add in using your inside leg on the circle to your 'asking' outside rein, and use your inside rein to adjust where the nose sits after it has dropped. Got that? Practice starting trot steps out of your on-the-bit walk on the circle. Bit, by bit, by bit. Each step has to be explained to your horse, then addbits together. Happy riding. ❤

Thankyou ❤

Finally, a video that may help me! 🙏. I always warm up with a long rein, working abit long and low also to stretch his back, but also to start with self carriage so he doesn't think i'm there to hold him, as before i started loaning him he was very heavy in your hands!, and thankfully now he has learnt to hold himself just from starting off on a long rein. Anyway, that's been achieved as well as many other things on the training scale, but it's actually getting him on the bit and staying there. I was looking for a video just like this, so i am absolutely giving this a try!! Many thanks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Love it! I was a little concerned when I read the headline. So happy to see your methods are soft and correct :)

This was the exact right time to see this. I’m going to try this tomorrow and I’ll let you know how it worked!

Engagement of the hind (and through it the back) is key!

Thank you! I’ve literally been struggling with this problem. This came at the perfect time! Is it just me or is it easier to frame a horse bareback? Seems like I can use my leg easier without a saddle… But anyways, I subbed! Thank you.

such a lovely horse ❤

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Fun ideas. I think you need to first define "round" because its not just pole flexion. And then, what are you doing to get the horse "round"?

I ride English but I use western training for my horses always. I really think that the training style is easier on the horse. I have a fat little cob who is basically a farm hack who does everything on the buckle. I alway laugh when someone gets on him and is surprised by how soft he is when they pick him up and ask him to come round 😂. Well of course he’s soft he’s never been taught to ride through the hand like so many dressage trainers seem to use 😅

Main problem horse doesnt want go round )))i try to band him-he stops or go side) he resist to banding

where did you get your mirrors?

At 3:00 you say make him round. What exactly did you do?

But getting round does it mean engaging top line or just accepting the bit/being on the bit?

is this Amelia Newcomb’s brother or husband? I love the way both of them ride and teach!!

Hi i am a novice rider. Can u explain why alot of horses look down when they are round? is there a way to make them round but looking forward? I love to see horses looking up and proud instead of downwards :)

What about a horse who is behind the bit?

I think a lot of people don't understand how to get a horse round. Because just picking up the reins doesn't necessarily do it.

I can't get my horse on the bit because I can't make him round ! What to do in that case ?

Dear Joseph, in another video you work the horse completly different in order to establish contact. Taking the contact, then adding energy. Here you do it the other way round - first riding forward on a loose rein, then taking the contact. At least it seems so to me. Could you explain it a little bit further - when to apply which riding. This would be very helpful. Thanks, Chris The video I am talking about is this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ-gipidmNbUgKc.html

I would sell this horse to a home that only wants to use him low key maybe 3 to 4x a week but not serious competitions he has a crooked right front and wobbly right hind which can lead to hock issues later on.

Round in the neck is not correct riding. Riding from back to front, thru half halts, and transitions will "get them round " and thru the back.

Stop the clicking...use vocal encouragement by all means, horses learn words very quickly. Who the heck knows what click click means?