I’ve really become addicted to your videos. My husband and I are older folks that still ride. Sometimes we have a little attitude with our mare. Your videos have made me see the reason why the horse may be giving it. Thank you for the great work that you do helping the horses and more importantly the owners who just need more guidance to get the horse and owner on the same page.

I used to ride the TBs when I was in my late teens and early 20s, and since then, somehow I have ended up working with a LOT of horses who start out being “hot” over the last 30ish years. Once I learned how to what you call: “train the mind,” and not pull on the reins continuously or think switching to a different bit was productive, the work became so much easier. Sometimes I go back to riding in a rope halter and no bit depending on the horse. The act of getting soft (releasing) with good timing is a HUGE key to start developing their self carriage. Having the reins held in a way that one can get good at quickly changing from one handed to two is ideal. Asking for lift in the ribcage and back, while elevating the rein(s) help a rushing horse get lighter on the front end, and starts to encourage them to round up, but simultaneously lower their pole, which keeps them from moving like they are running downhill or hollowed out. Working in one direction at a time (per session or block of time within a session) is super helpful. Sometimes with certain horses, long warmups and then quietly riding them to the point that they start to ask to slow down, but then gently urging them to go just a little bit more, can help the anxious ones get over their anxiety, and is helpful in developing them to seek the whoa and stand. Because we all know that the hot ones can be antsy too much of the time. I find that this takes a good bit of physical condition for the rider if the horse is already pretty fit. I learned during a reining clinic how to do a 5 cone exercise that sets the horse up for turns from the shoulders followed by releases, and I have used a square pattern for a long time that asks the horse to really move the shoulders 90degrees and then travel straight also. Both of these exercises get good results in getting quick horses to want to slow down and balance better on the hind, with the shoulder control. I typically like using cones for my patterns because I think it is good for horses with busy minds ,because the cones give them something to focus on, and a place to direct their feet towards; it doesn’t seem as random and frustrating for them once they figure out the pattern.

This helped so much with my paint!

THANK YOU for teaching how to restart an OTTB. I galloped at track for 9 years many moons ago and the constant pull doesn't work lol. As you know they're taught to brace and lean on hands. Also want to say I appreciate you not going to 1 rein stop with her. Such an over and wrongly used technique by many. Definitely not feasible when going down a trail.

Excellent video. I love your light hands. You was so right that people need to learn to control their horses in walk before moving on to a trot or lope. I have learnt to ride just like you. My horse (an Irish Cob) has always been a very forward, fast horse and I learnt how to ride on him. I always get given the fast horses, the latest one being a Paint/Arab mix because I know how to ride them. I have seen so many people clinging and pulling on the reins. I will certainly recommed watching your videos. Thank you so much. Love from Germany ❤😊

I got an OTTB and I started at a walk and knew not to pull on the reins. I just kept her at a walk until I was used to her mechanics. Then I went to a trot. I was riding a TWH so the dynamics were different. I would trot fifty and come back down to a walk. The horse picked up o this and went to a walk after 50 trots.

Very good video! Thank you!

Your explanations are so easy to understand and the why is so appreciated. I have a, I hate to say it a forward gaited horse. This makes sense. I will have to watch a couple times to sink in.

It's great to see the transformation. You are on point. It's also good the owner wants it instead of allowing. Equals safety and riding enjoyment.

It’s great to see how she is coming along. You are doing great work with her. I’m hoping I get out to see her soon again!

EXACTLY what I needed for restarting my green OTTB. Glad to know my instincts were right!

I absolutely LOVE your training methods ! Commin sense and experience...and you are able to explain it. I have an OTTB. He is great..but I would love to have you work him for 30 days...💝

Great video with great information. Thank you. I have to watch at least one of your videos everyday becuse I learn so much how to help a horse. I've always had older horses that are not super forward. My friend had a foxtrotter & I watched her pull on his mouth to slow down & he just got faster & faster.

Seen many Appaloosa's like this!

Great video. Thanks so much! My Appaloosa TB is just like this. Very zoomy. Will work on this. ❤

Very good advice

We should remember - OTTBs first learned this - if the hooman is on my back my job is to run like the hounds of hades are chasing me. They just need to learn a new set of rules.

I love riding as uou never stop learning. I have now been riding for over 50 years and still love it.

You are SO right ! The more I work on teaching my Arabian to think the better he gets.

Great. I bought a 3 year old OTTB. Trained him to show English. He was very forward. Wish I had your video back then. We would have advanced so much! He ended up being a great horse. Three Bars and Top Deck breeding.

I have a hot Paso Fino mare. If she is just a little hot and going faster than I want, I will use a squeeze release with my hands, really just my fingers. If she is jigging or really wanting to take off, say, because the other horses get ahead of her on the trail, I will bend her into a circle or pivot on the forehand or back up in a spiral or sometimes a combination of all three. In the arenas, I will redirect, as a slowing exercise.

She’s a good mover, might make a nice hunter.

Thank u for sharing ur valuable knowledge and experience with us. My question is i have a horse and i play a sport called tent pegging( in which we gallop a horse at its full speed and then pick up pegs with a javelin). My horse gets veryy nervous on the track where we gallop them and practice that game especially at the starting point where he takes off. Sir can these performer horses be fixed in a way that i can walk him around at the track with loose reins?? Sir in my experience when u just walk or trot or lil bit of canter horses then they are ok when the loose reins but a performer horse like these tent pegger horses who gallops once or two times a week they are hard to fix. Waiting for ur kind suggestion. Lots of respect.

How can i get a really strong on my hands horse to be lighter

You mentioned an exercise to help them maintain their own shoulders called “bend counter bend” - is that the serpentine? Or something else?

In the ring he is great but foxhunting in the field it is very difficult because of the hunt.

Is she a TB or QH?

How do you do this at a canter, I’ve accomplished slowing down her trot and getting good bend, speed and impulsion but she falls in massively and gets really emotional at a canter.

Where is the link to the video for hand positioning that he mentioned. Something about lifting the rein up?

I am far too lazy to own a horse.

HORSEHAX

Start out a video scolding me for something I didn’t do. I’ll find somebody else.

Doo all of your traing videos with him addressing his problems. DO you think he is in the wrong environment being a former racing horse. He won over 200000 dollars.