Little update on Ward! Wish I it would let me attach a video but it won’t let me. Ward’s owner extended him through this month. Ward has really done well in his time with me. Rides off pretty well now with little to no ground work. He’s still pretty stiff to one direction, but loosening up. I’ve had the barn intern up on him now and he’s just really calming down. Pretty pleased with this big 3 year old. Going to be a sad day when he goes home!

I have a question about the communication.

I have a horse here, which has a lot of go and is very attached to everything outside the roundpen. And shes pretty tall 🙄

I made a test today with this horse and put her into the roundpen. I was just standing in he middle and Couraged her to move forward when she wanted to stop for lokking outside or searching something on the ground. One Single cluck is enough for her to get her forward. I ignored her the rest of the time and was only standing there.  45 minutes the horse run around the roundpen. Without any signs of stopping- she would have run way longer if i wouldnt have stopped her.

There is no chance to apply any preasure, even with the lightest cue she will start like a rocket. So i have no Chance to get her to communicate with me. 

I mean: i can force her to do so, with changing directions every half of a round and with a lot of pressure - thats no problem and i know how to do it. 

But honestly, i dont want to do this anymore in this extreme way. 

So what can i do? And where can i send you a Video, @Richard?

Any of yall ever been to Road to the Horse?  What was your experience?  What are your thoughts?

This is another 3year old from me. I started with the ES20 with him and he is doing pretty well. 

I found out that i really enjoy working the horses with the long reins from the ground. Im driving them everywhere and it is a lot of fun 🥰

This is Ward. He’s a 3 year old I took in on training. His owner has never ridden him and owned him for about 2 weeks before sending him in. He bought him off a video he saw- and to the credit he was riding pretty nicely. When I got him in he was very jumpy-hard to catch- and liked to buck on the lunge line. I started treating it like a restart and have been following the Es-20 series with Luna and yesterday he had his first ride under me. Worked him on the ground a bit and he did great when I stepped on him! Little stiff to the right but we’ll work on that! 

Hello from Poland!

Im following Richard more than 1 year on social media, but last night it was enough... i wanted to dive in deeper. And here i am now.

I own actually 6 horses, waiting for a foal in may and train sometimes horses for the public. Normally i breed horses and sell them later trained.

In the picture my 3yo APH stud, who im actually starting under saddle. 

I have one question for the beginning: how big is your roundpen, Richard?

Thanks a lot and have all a nice day!

Hey guys,  I'll be in The Houston, TX area on April 11-12 to do a clinic.  This one will be horsemanship and Ranch Trail.  Come out if you can.  Here's a link to sign up: https://www.georgeranch.org/things-to-do/specialtytours/

Alright dumb question. How are my stirrups here? I got a different saddle and I’m riding in oxbows- used to ride in bells. And for the life of me I just can’t get them where I want them. A notch down feels too long but I feel more balanced in my seat. Here feels almost too short and I feel off balance in my hips. I’ve attached both pictures. 

How do you help a horse learn to pick up the left lead ?  

Is it worth spending a few sessions working on side passing and backing before riding?  Got a couple more days tell I start getting on my mare. Also any tricks for helping a bit shy horse? It’s about a 5 minute ordeal to get it on. She will lower her head just fine but as soon as it touches her lips she turns her head like it’s a game.