Colt Starting - The First Ride
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2014
- A solid foundation of groundwork will translate into a successful first ride in the saddle. Charles shows how exercises like yielding the nose and moving the hips to begin forward motion make for a smooth, uneventful first ride.
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beautiful gorgeous horse ...
Good work!!!
Nice work! Your colt was well prepared and thinking. He is beautiful!
And in the mean time my trained mare and I had a serious argument.
Tis spring. She's been trying to court my gelding for several days now.
im really impressed by the headset, was this truly your first ride or did you train and break horse down a little bit?
Gorgeous colored buckskin.
i like the way your saddle is soooo loose! it works!!!
My brother
I'm working a small QH mare for a friend of mine, and she seems to walk through the bit. Ground work she's phenomenal. Responsive and gives wonderfully both sides when I ask her to yield with halter and lead. No wolf teeth that I've seen. First ride was wonderful. Really quiet and willing at a walk. Any advice to get her to not walk through when I ask her to turn? I want her to respond at a walk before I ask for more speed. Only backed her a hand full of times so far.
Alycin Thomas, try opening your hand outward and ask for forwardness when you ask, i usually walk them toward a fence then open my arm out kind of like making an opening for that side of the mouth. My mare was disgusting to try n steer from her previous owners who rode her so harshly ... It worked with her just pressure and release at the correct times
Wear spurs. Teach her to flex her head with you on her back. While your walking flex her head if she dont turn lightly give her a cue with the spur on the direction your turning if your turning left use only the left spur. use small clover rowels. If she still dont turn apply more pressure with bit and inside spur. If that dont work make her ass run not lope i mean spur the shit outa her make her run about 10 laps. Hit the breake and ask again. People need to cowboy horses more.
Devin Hyden i would never wear spurs on a new horse. She needs to learn to bend from leg hand and seat aids before going that far. She needs to learn aids not that her sides are dull and needs a pick up. Dont wanna piss off a mare in your first while getting her trained down. Avoid sour mares.
Hi um I have put 5 rides on my gelding his a green horses does amazing on ground work. first five rides were amazing. sixth ride not I got bucked off because I wasn't prepared for it and landed on a rock. well my back did. it's been a week but Iam slowly getting better. Now my question is is this normal was he testing me or was it something else? I think he got spooked by something. but I looked around after getting off the ground after laying there for 5 or so mins. and didn't find anything not even a nail or cactus or anything that could harm his hoofs or legs. so I looked for wild game didn't find tracks or anything? any ideas. I'm going back to ground work this weekend to see if his spooked with anything. put a saddle back on him next weekend and do more ground work and then put a redo sixth ride on him the next next weekend. hopefully everything goes well.
Ashley Demuth . You need to get on him, with a snaffle bit. Ride him if he buck dig into your swells and ride through it. Teach him you aint goin no where. If he throws you again get right back on and teach him he cant break you. At ride 10 start using roping spurs and push him through anything. And if the saddle pad aint soaked with sweat it didnt count as a ride. If you dont agree with my methods. Just try it anyway you will love the results.
Ashley Demuth go back through your groundwork. Sounds like there a hole in the training. Best of luck to you!
How much would he do this for
how long are your sessions with a colt? like how much time do you spend with them on a good day?
SourisValleyQuarterHorses short and sweet!
What colour is this colt, is he a silver buckskin? I have a gelding that has the silver in his mane and tail, but lighter body, more of a dapple cream
Buckskin, but they can have silver in their manes- its called 'frosting' you sometimes see it in duns too!
What age do you start colt? I just absolutely love your wags
+Rusted Daises Depending on the size and bone structure of the horse, depends on when we start. If appropriate, I like to start them at age 2, doing light walk, trot, canter work, and then increase the intensity as they become more physically mature. Normally the physical problems come when a horse is pushed at a young age to do more difficult and physically demanding manuevers. I like to start with ground work and sacking out at a younger age, then when it comes time to back them, its not usuallly a problem and goes quite well.
I'm starting my QH at 2 Years he is only 13 hands but I am only 11
Day one went just like this, but day two was a different story, was spooked about the whole thing, :/ Is that normal?
Yes, that is normal.
Charles Wilhelm I was wondering if that was the case, Thanks for that.
I've started my horse in the saddle, and she spooks everytime I go to get off of her. I don't know what's causing that, but I stay calm and wait until she relaxes and then I get off of her.
flex her head towards you before you step off. She gets spooked because of the motion you make when you bring your leg over. So by flexing her head towards the side you where you get off, you eliminate her seeing that swinging motion and let her see what you are doing on one side and she will slowly start adjusting to you getting off. Horses use there sight for alot, but you have to remember that they uses there feel and touch senses even more.
i want to know how old should be horse to start riding him?
Nemanja Ajkovic at least 3. Arabians should be at least 6.
We start all horses the day after their born. They start getting saddle pads as yearlings. Start getting kids saddles at 2 light weight saddle and rider at 3 full ranch work by 4. And sale barn at 5. Our 4 year olds are some great horses if you take the long and slow process you get great horses that are a pleasure to work off of and they usually dont buck the first ride . Thats how you make a horse start halter breaking and ground work before they are weined start serious desensitizing at yearling and start riding at three.
Just curious, Is there a reason the saddle on him is so loose?
everytime I go near my horses saddle to try and get on him he spooks and moves away, what can I do to help work on this so that he won't move and I can put a little but of my weight on him?
+Chelsey Johnson Does he move away when you are trying to saddle him too? or just when you go to mount?
+Charles Wilhelm he is okay when I go to put the saddle on him but as soon as I reach for the girth he goes to move or he tries to kick me.
+Chelsey Johnson u have to simulate the girth with the halter by just throwing the rope over his back and squeezing and leting go squeezing and letting go and pet it under its entire body
Have a look at Clinton Anderson's Videos
Alycia Hamilton Costello yes that would save me a lot of typing Chelsey Johnson listen to her
I would like to know what bread that isy brother in law has one but I don't know what kind it is and I'm looking to get a nother horse
its a quarter horse i think
Thanks for the info. I want to train a colt. I'm only 10
Gaming209 AIden spend as much time and money on education as you can. Colt starting is so rewarding, but there’s definitely a lot to learn first. Best of luck to you!
Your 12 now right did you train the colt and did it go well? I’m currently 11 and getting a colt soon
Is there a reason your saddle is so loose on him?
What kind of bit are you using
This is a D ring smooth mouth snaffle, 3/8" diameter
how do you stop from head shaking
vince skeen have you have the teeth done by a vet?
Girth needs to be a lot tighter.
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Is it true or do you think it would work , to stake out on all four legs and simply massage , rub pet a horse until he totally relaxed , saddle and get on , in his wild mind he would then accept you as the herd boss. Probably just Indian lore ?
Jeffery Schirm my opinion he is relaxed and i got on
Ur saddle girth needs to be tightened btw
That's the back girth. They're not meant to be done up tightly. The only time they come into play is when the saddle begins to tip forward, like it might do if you're roping or your horse bucks.
Nope, the front girth is too loose or saddle would not be moving that much.
KJ SQUADD yes.
Yes on the "is that normal"?
The saddle is not meant to be held without movement by the cinches. The horse like all other vertebrates breath through the expansion of the thorax via the contraction of the costal muscles. The cinch is placed over the costals and if tightened extremely can hinder his ability to perfuse his tissue. A snug fit of the cinches will keep the saddle in place on a horse with adequate whithers beneath and a competant rider above. Even while roping a grown bull. If you find yourself bailing your horse up with his cinches you should probably seek professional help to increase your horsemanship skills.
I really get the impression these horse trainers always select the calmest horses on the planet for their videos. There is nothing realistic about most of these ‘first ride’ videos. A horse that has never had a human on their back, simply allowing a big grown man to sit on them, after just once putting weight in the stirrups? From what planet is this horse? I think it’s not fair to the people who deal with ‘real’ horses, that act normal: they spook! It’s the most frightening thing in the world for a horse to have a man suddenly climb on their back. Just read some of the comments. I believe these RUclips horse trainers should be more honest and pick horses that are not so surrealistically okay with everything the trainer does.
David Sorensen every horses first ride should be a calm and positive experience. If your horse is spooking it probably didn’t have enough groundwork preparation beforehand.
I disagree. With proper ground work, the majority start quietly just like this video. I've started many, both my own and outside horses. All but 5 of the horses were running bred TBs or QHs with plenty of energy. I've only had 3 "jump" (crop hop and/or buck) during a first ride and the incidents were minor; 1 was a TB, 1 QH, and 1 paint. 2 of the 3 were rescues, oddly enough.
The key is prep work. If you prep well, you step on the majority of the time without incident. 🤷♂️
Oh, and raw horses are SO much easier! I would rather an untouched horse vs. a horse that was previously handled incorrectly any day! Without fail, the "tough" horses are the ones that have been mishandled previously (either beat on or spoiled, and IMO the spoiled ones are the nastiest to deal with).
Just my opinion from my personal experience...
If you are riding cheap horses, you aren't going to have as good a mind as this baby. Educate yourself.