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"Steering Your Horse," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the Young Horse Training Series:
"If you get too much of a slingshot action with the horse's head, where you pull it back and they give but immediately throw it forward, then you need to move your hands a little slower. Hold on longer, move slower to give back. Make them hold a little longer, until they really soften up, then slowly give it back and change direction.
Why Am I Doing This Again? Practical Uses
Your horse "powers himself" from the hindquarters. Being able to "disengage" your horse's hips will allow you to unplug that power or use it to your advantage. You can move the hips to discourage your horse from bucking or rearing. Want to teach your horse to direct rein? This exercise gives you a terrific way to initially teach direct reining or to reinforce your direct rein when your horse misses a turn: Pick up the rein and say "Uh, no, we're going THAT way."
Keeping The Following In Mind Will Help You
A horse always has one good side and one bad side. The problem with that is that it keeps changing. The left side might be the good side now, and the right side is the bad side. You'll work on that for fifteen minutes – and all of a sudden the right side is the good side and the left side is the bad side. It'll keep going back and forth. Smile, it's just part of training.
Common Mistake:
Doing a U-Turn instead of insisting that the tail pivot around the shoulders like the hands of a clock. Watch that inside shoulder until it stops – that's when you're moving the hips correctly. Remember to time your release in order to let the horse know that that's what you've been looking for.
Don’t:
Ride in a straight line: You shouldn't spend more than one or two steps max going straight, then you should be turning. You don't want to be going straight. Getting your horse to travel straight is a perfection of going left and right. If I can't get my horse to travel straight, it's because he's either going left or right. If he's going left when I'm asking him to go straight, that means he's not responding to my right cue. (That is "turn right.") So what you want to work on is going left and right. The more you work on left and right, the easier "straight" is.
Do:
Make sure you sit up. Don't get too hunched over. If your nose gets beyond that saddle horn your body will get out of position. If he stops hard or does something, your body will have a tendency to fall forward. If you're kicking and that horse isn't moving, you keep bumping and pick up that rein. If you bump and he's not moving…"
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A sample from Day 2:
"To teach the horse to come on command, send him out on a circle, lets say to the left. Sidestep one step to the left as the horse comes around, suggesting that he make an inside turn. In effect you're cutting him off, sort of standing in front of him. His momentum will carry him in toward you. Should he veer off, turning back to his left or right, step in such a way as to ask for an immediate inside turn, back toward you. At first he may just take a step or two in to you – but repeat this several times and you'll find him coming in closer each time. Just as with our earlier work, don't be afraid to send him around the pen a few rotations if you think he's not "in the game." If that's the case, wake him up and start again. Each time he comes to a halt, walk up and pet him, make him feel like a million bucks – convince him that life is good when he approaches you. (By the same token, be adamant when you ask him to leave – when you shoo him away, he'd better shoo. Ignoring our shoo is a sign of disrespect.)" - Print out from home
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"How to Prepare For a Horse Show"
By Edna X Wilson
When you’re getting ready for a horse show, it’s always best to have a list of things you need to take with you. Invariably everyone forgets something, so it’s best if you have your own list of tings to bring and your trainer has his or hers. Don’t depend on someone else to organize you or remember to your tack or show clothes. Clothes and tack change with the type of show you’re riding in or the discipline – western riders don’t have to braid their horse’s manes; whereas most hunter classes require horses be braided. Various disciplines have different requirements, but you’ll still need to have the basics covered.
The Paperwork
You’ll need a copy of your Coggins test, which needs to be updates each year. Horse shows won’t take last years’ Coggins test. If you’re traveling out of state, you must have an interstate health certificate which includes a negative coggins and a veterinary exam. Also, make sure all your vacccinations are up to date. When you travel with your horse and are at a horse show, there are many opportunies for diseases to be picked up from other horses. Class choices, paperwork and stall fees can be mailed in a few weeks ahead of your show date. This gives the show staff a rough count of how many horses and riders to expect. .
Tack
Make sure your tack – saddle and bridle -- is clean and polished and take extra soap, oil and a cloth in case you need to do a last minute clean up. Take an extra bridle if you have one and a couple clean saddle pads. If you need a martingale for jumping classes, take yours just in case. If your trainer is taking a group of riders to a show, there will probably be extras of everything, but that doesn’t mean it will fit you or your horse. Check to make sure your horse will be braided if needed. Most barns have a braider lined up to do all the horses.
Clothes
The discipline you’re showing in requires you to dress a certain way and have a certain look. Hunter shows tend to be more formal as do some western pleasure classes. Saddlebred and dressage shows are also formal in their horse/rider turnout. Riders are required to have safety helmets for hunter/jumpers, endurance riding, and eventing. Britches, coats, shirts, and boots are also required for dressage and hunter shows. Endurance riding, some western classes, jumpers, and some phases of eventing have more relaxed requirements. All riders and horses need to be presentable and clean in their appearance.
Transportation
You or your trainer will need to make sure your horse gets to the show. Usually your trainer will organize shipping for you. Make sure you have clean wraps ready for shipping and have someone wrap your horse if you don’t do it. You’ll also need to reserve a stall for your horse.
It doesn’t matter what level you show at or what discipline you’re in, showing your horse is expensive. The more prepared you are for a show, the more relaxed you’ll be and hopefully the more fun you’ll have. And chances are, you’ll bring home some well deserved ribbons for all your effort!
About the Author: Edna X Wilson is a writer for www.HorseClicks.com, popular classifieds of horses for sale, used trailers and ranches for sale.
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Horse Owning: Showing Your Horse, advice for the horse owner provided by John Lyons Certified Trainer Keith Hosman
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