It looked like Willow was thinking: "Finally, I'm going to be ridden!" She looked like she was in her element ~ built just for riding. She went from looking like a horse ready for retirement to one that was ready to conquer the world.
lol Willow likes doing circles! She's pretty and she knows some stuff. She'll need a little tweaking with mounting, but she was definitely worth rescuing and I bet she'll have a pretty foal. 🐴❤
My sister had a palomino that wouldn't stand still to mount. When I rode him, I got a friend to hold him so I could get on. After a few times, he started standing still a little better, as long as I mounted quickly, anyway! 😄
She kinda reminds me of a trained endurance horse. Calm on the ground / Ready to move out under saddle. Probably not but she definitely could be with that ground eating trot.
She did so well!! It looked like she’s been conditioned to react that way to riding, in my opinion. In the past, I’d assume that whoever owned her would go immediately into work with her after putting the saddle on and didn’t give her time to just enjoy being ridden or go at an easy, relaxed pace. Even just her mounting issue is indicative of that, like someone had zero patience and just hopped on while she was moving off and then went straight to “go.” 😅 I’ve been around plenty of horses in the past that simply didn’t have enough basic training and were nervous that acted similarly, or for instance had kids that would hop on and immediately run their horse and then hop off, causing them to react similarly (even if completely comfortable) they just became conditioned to it. She didn’t seem too nervous, so that’s good! But she definitely wasn’t comfortable, either. Probably had some negative experiences in the past. Then again, being pregnant can significantly change a horse’s demeanor, so it’s possible that it’s mellowed her out. 🤷🏼♀️ No matter what the case is with her training and experience, she’s beautiful and seems to have a fantastic and stable mind on her! 🩷
That looked like me getting on my Morgan/Saddlebred mare when I was in high school. She refused to stand still when I mounted. If I could get her near something I could use as a mounting block, she was fine. 🙄 I didn't know enough about horses to know I could train her to stand still. She was an awesome first horse, tho! 💜 Willow is beautiful and looks like she'd be fun to ride. 😊
She was all "What are you waiting for? What do you mean you're not in the saddle yet? There's got to be a trail around here somewhere let's goooo!" 🤣🤣 Something else I noticed is that she is holding her head really really high when you're trying to reign her in. So you may find have a bit of a firecracker on your hands when start working with her more LOL 😊 She also seemed to be mouthing the bit the entire time. Even when you were doing your outro. I'm wondering if maybe she's used to being bitless?
This is the first horse I've ever seen move like Chipper, my rented horse. Nice ground manners but when he was ready to go, he went fast. We'd joke he couldn't connect the word whoa with the seat action because it sounded so much like "go". All you had to do to get a canter was lean over his neck a little and quietly say "let's go" and he instantly cantered. It didn't help that visually I looked a lot like his previous owner's wife. She told me she was afraid of him. It took him more than a year to get the idea we weren't temperamentally the same person and I wasn't going to put up with his "scary" stunts.. He learned that we'd just keep doing the same thing over and over and over until he quit the behavior I didn't want. If he wanted to run away, fine: I'd point him to a tree or the wall of the arena. Funny how he'd suddenly stop before crashing into those things. After that, we were fine. He even greeted me with whinnies when I'd enter the barn.
Im surprised how good she looks now! And how well she made under saddle. I thought their would be a more flowers😊 Glad she's so good baby and it's going better ❤
Don't let her get away with that circling and walking off while you're mounting, okay? Make her stay still. Do some flexing exercises to keep her occupied the first few times. As she gets better, make it part of the routine. Get on, flex, pat, adjust your tack, whatever it is, so long as it doesn't involve walking off. Before you know it, she'll be acting like a perfect lady and standing nicely while you're mounting. She's clearly had riders in the past who inadvertently trained her to be fractious and to go, go go!, each and every time they rode her. They probably cursed her for what they trained her to do, too. Doing this does work. I did this with all of mine, and they all stand quietly while being mounted. It's so much more pleasurable than hopping on one foot!
Use a fm bit it is a snaffle bit with long prongs on the side and it is very good to help them turn and try to see if she neck reins and put a running head check on her to keep her head down because she was looking like she not getting on the bit properly
I think she’s smart. She’s pretty she knows how to do what you ask her. What more do you want from a horse? She evidently is Smart and knows how to move, and she’s a wonderful horse and you get two for one with her. She’s pregnant with the baby.😘
Well, I'm no horsewoman---but she seems happy, eager, and willing to move out! Looks like a fairly smooth ride too. But, that thing of not standing for her mounting, hmmm....where did she pick up that idea?
I don't know about a kid's horse because she seems really forward unless the kid is experienced and confident. She needs training in standing still while being mounted. Other than that she's a sweet girl ❤
Please don’t use a bit on willow, you can tell she has had no real training but to go. Many at liberty sessions would benefit her & her self esteem. Whatever she was used for the person/s riding her did everything with the bit. It’s so sad, she doesn’t need a bigger bit, she needs some education. Trained a lot of very naughty equines in my time but she’s not naughty just dying to get out there and have some fun. Now she’s a mummy now she is going to need to be around someone with her foal just so she can learn to trust
He mare does not look early in her pregnancy. She looks past the stage where any cinch is not going o be comfortable petiod. Her belly is full. Try tying a belt around a 6 months pregnant woman's belly, you would be socked where it hurts.What a shame!
It's perfectly safe in early stages of pregnancy. She was vet checked, and I'm sure that Grace asked the vet about it first. We raised many foals, and they were able to be ridden. You just shouldn't do any hard riding or fast running.
@lindalape8493 Oh so a vet says it's safe, that's alright then. Not How would you like to be forced to carry several stone in weight when you're pregnant. I personally do not agree with that practice
It is VERY dangerous that you allow your mare to walk off while you are mounting. People at my barn have gotten hurt doing that. Train her to stand still. Have an experienced trainer help you learn how to do this.
@@rhfarmstables Do NOT call me "honey" - and you should have immediately corrected her and NOT let her get away with it, right from your first ride, as she learns what she can get away with when you ride her.
Ha!!! I think Willow gave you an evaluation 😂 She is such a fun girl she just needs some tuning up.
I agree she really looked like she was enjoying the ride. Like she wants to be doing something with a human.
It looked like Willow was thinking: "Finally, I'm going to be ridden!" She looked like she was in her element ~ built just for riding. She went from looking like a horse ready for retirement to one that was ready to conquer the world.
lol Willow likes doing circles! She's pretty and she knows some stuff. She'll need a little tweaking with mounting, but she was definitely worth rescuing and I bet she'll have a pretty foal. 🐴❤
She's a Bonnie lass. I bet its a beautiful foal (aren't they all) ❤❤❤❤❤
The "circular mounting process" was hilarious. Good thing you're flexible and agile.
Def not a beginner horse - very forward = I love that
She said "Let's GO!"
She's a good girl.
My sister had a palomino that wouldn't stand still to mount. When I rode him, I got a friend to hold him so I could get on. After a few times, he started standing still a little better, as long as I mounted quickly, anyway! 😄
what a sweetheart, seems fully broke. now that she showed you i hope she can be unridden while very pg
What a beautiful place. Willow is also beautiful ❤
We agree!
Wow what a nice moving mare! She looks really smooth! Nice horse!
She kinda reminds me of a trained endurance horse. Calm on the ground / Ready to move out under saddle. Probably not but she definitely could be with that ground eating trot.
She did so well!! It looked like she’s been conditioned to react that way to riding, in my opinion. In the past, I’d assume that whoever owned her would go immediately into work with her after putting the saddle on and didn’t give her time to just enjoy being ridden or go at an easy, relaxed pace. Even just her mounting issue is indicative of that, like someone had zero patience and just hopped on while she was moving off and then went straight to “go.” 😅 I’ve been around plenty of horses in the past that simply didn’t have enough basic training and were nervous that acted similarly, or for instance had kids that would hop on and immediately run their horse and then hop off, causing them to react similarly (even if completely comfortable) they just became conditioned to it. She didn’t seem too nervous, so that’s good! But she definitely wasn’t comfortable, either. Probably had some negative experiences in the past. Then again, being pregnant can significantly change a horse’s demeanor, so it’s possible that it’s mellowed her out. 🤷🏼♀️ No matter what the case is with her training and experience, she’s beautiful and seems to have a fantastic and stable mind on her! 🩷
She's lovely. Glad she's better...
I love her, she looks like a fantastic backcountry buddy for a trail rider!❤
I read her boredom in the field as "Mountains, please!"
willow looks great and I think she’s very sweet.
That looked like me getting on my Morgan/Saddlebred mare when I was in high school. She refused to stand still when I mounted. If I could get her near something I could use as a mounting block, she was fine. 🙄 I didn't know enough about horses to know I could train her to stand still.
She was an awesome first horse, tho! 💜
Willow is beautiful and looks like she'd be fun to ride. 😊
She was all "What are you waiting for? What do you mean you're not in the saddle yet? There's got to be a trail around here somewhere let's goooo!" 🤣🤣 Something else I noticed is that she is holding her head really really high when you're trying to reign her in. So you may find have a bit of a firecracker on your hands when start working with her more LOL 😊
She also seemed to be mouthing the bit the entire time. Even when you were doing your outro. I'm wondering if maybe she's used to being bitless?
We tried bitless first! Then a snaffle, then the short shank. At the end she is just finishing the snack we gave her.
I'm so glad she's with you 😊
Looks like she has a beautiful ride and with her jogging looks extremely comfortable.I'd like to see her lope
She is very comfy!
Love watching their transformation.
This is the first horse I've ever seen move like Chipper, my rented horse. Nice ground manners but when he was ready to go, he went fast. We'd joke he couldn't connect the word whoa with the seat action because it sounded so much like "go". All you had to do to get a canter was lean over his neck a little and quietly say "let's go" and he instantly cantered. It didn't help that visually I looked a lot like his previous owner's wife. She told me she was afraid of him. It took him more than a year to get the idea we weren't temperamentally the same person and I wasn't going to put up with his "scary" stunts.. He learned that we'd just keep doing the same thing over and over and over until he quit the behavior I didn't want. If he wanted to run away, fine: I'd point him to a tree or the wall of the arena. Funny how he'd suddenly stop before crashing into those things. After that, we were fine. He even greeted me with whinnies when I'd enter the barn.
Im surprised how good she looks now! And how well she made under saddle. I thought their would be a more flowers😊
Glad she's so good baby and it's going better ❤
Her strides make me think she was a buggy horse. She is so pretty.
She is cute for sure!
Don't let her get away with that circling and walking off while you're mounting, okay? Make her stay still. Do some flexing exercises to keep her occupied the first few times. As she gets better, make it part of the routine. Get on, flex, pat, adjust your tack, whatever it is, so long as it doesn't involve walking off. Before you know it, she'll be acting like a perfect lady and standing nicely while you're mounting. She's clearly had riders in the past who inadvertently trained her to be fractious and to go, go go!, each and every time they rode her. They probably cursed her for what they trained her to do, too.
Doing this does work. I did this with all of mine, and they all stand quietly while being mounted. It's so much more pleasurable than hopping on one foot!
Could she be slightly gaited? As in a crossbreed with a gaited horse? She looks nearly as smooth as Trigs!
She doesn't pace or do another gait so unlikely crossbred. Super comfy though
Willow’s a pretty horse ❤
I kept looking for the curb strap. I never used a bit without one adjusted with two fingers slack.
She was ridden with a curb at auction and really tossed her face so we tried without. Several other bit options were tried as wwll
Willow!!!
Use a fm bit it is a snaffle bit with long prongs on the side and it is very good to help them turn and try to see if she neck reins and put a running head check on her to keep her head down because she was looking like she not getting on the bit properly
I think she’s smart. She’s pretty she knows how to do what you ask her. What more do you want from a horse?
She evidently is Smart and knows how to move, and she’s a wonderful horse and you get two for one with her. She’s pregnant with the baby.😘
That avoiding you mounting is when it's handy to just be riding bareback and then you just overshoot a little and land on them.
Well, I'm no horsewoman---but she seems happy, eager, and willing to move out! Looks like a fairly smooth ride too. But, that thing of not standing for her mounting, hmmm....where did she pick up that idea?
She probably wasn't corrected when anticipating riding off so its all just her wanting to get going
I think whoever owned just jumped on and went
She was ranch horse but doesn't neck-rein?
Maybe she was a endurance horse
try a hackamore??? Wow!
Willow says, Let's don't and say we did.
I also think she has a ranching history. The way she behaved under saddle looks very conditioned to me.
I don't know about a kid's horse because she seems really forward unless the kid is experienced and confident. She needs training in standing still while being mounted. Other than that she's a sweet girl ❤
With retraining she'll be great!
@@rhfarmstables agree ☺️
@@rhfarmstables I can't wait to see her baby ❤️
Future polo pony😂
Please don’t use a bit on willow, you can tell she has had no real training but to go. Many at liberty sessions would benefit her & her self esteem. Whatever she was used for the person/s riding her did everything with the bit. It’s so sad, she doesn’t need a bigger bit, she needs some education. Trained a lot of very naughty equines in my time but she’s not naughty just dying to get out there and have some fun. Now she’s a mummy now she is going to need to be around someone with her foal just so she can learn to trust
Okay. Not a farm person, have to ask. Why did you cover Willow's face? I see from newer videos she gave birth wearing it, too. To what purpose?
To keep flies away
It's a fly mask to keep flies out of her eyes. They make ones with ear covers, too.
She’s a nice horse but not a child’s horse🥰
Not yet!
AND DO NOT RIDE A PREGNANT HORSE! CRAZY 🤪 I CAN'T EVEN STAND TO WATCH YOU ON HER! UNBELIEVABLE!
She is in pain when you riding on her, look at the back legs
Vet says she's all good 👍
Definitely an Arabian 😅
She does look very Arabian so not only is she quick but she can go at that pace all day :)
Qh all day here!
Hmm. Definitely not a lead trail horse. She would wipe out the rest of the herd with that pace!
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He mare does not look early in her pregnancy. She looks past the stage where any cinch is not going o be comfortable petiod. Her belly is full. Try tying a belt around a 6 months pregnant woman's belly, you would be socked where it hurts.What a shame!
We had an ultrasound performed
Riding a pregnant horse, I don't think so.
It's perfectly safe in early stages of pregnancy. She was vet checked, and I'm sure that Grace asked the vet about it first. We raised many foals, and they were able to be ridden. You just shouldn't do any hard riding or fast running.
@lindalape8493 Oh so a vet says it's safe, that's alright then. Not How would you like to be forced to carry several stone in weight when you're pregnant. I personally do not agree with that practice
It is VERY dangerous that you allow your mare to walk off while you are mounting. People at my barn have gotten hurt doing that. Train her to stand still. Have an experienced trainer help you learn how to do this.
Honey, this is an evaluation. We see where the horse's baseline is and train from there
@@rhfarmstables Do NOT call me "honey" - and you should have immediately corrected her and NOT let her get away with it, right from your first ride, as she learns what she can get away with when you ride her.
GET OFF THAT HORSE 🐎 ALREADY!!!!!!!