Teaching Pressure & Release To Your Colts

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I hope you are not getting on her back. that horse is way too young to have 100-plus pounds on her back. Sorry, I am a firm believer in not putting a human on the back until at least a young 4 yo. Saddling is fine, But no adult should be on a young horse's back. I did not see you get on her I am just hoping you don't. That just leads to problems down the line spine issues and more. Again, I think all the basics if fine to train at this age but no riding or weight on the back. Not until the horse is more developed they are developing until 6 but at 4-5 is when riding should start in my opinion. Light riding and training at 4 and then full-on training and riding at 5. I think this protects the horse from all types of issues during the horse's career as a riding horse. I see two and three-year-old horses all the time with overweight trainers on the back, it just pisses me off. even if you are not overweight the 15-20% rule is there for a reason but that rule should not even start until the horse is at least 4 and has 75-80% of its growth and bone structure completed. Any early is a problem in my book. Am I alone in this way of thinking, probably? these animals are not dogs, they have a lifetime that will last the riding career of most equestrians no need to rush it at the cost of the horse. Again I am probably alone in this way of thinking but that does not make me wrong, in fact, common sense is hard to come by today, it probably makes me right if most do not agree with me.