Pressure Release with Linda Parelli

Proper lunging of the three year old with Catherine Haddad

Proper lunging of the three year old with Catherine Haddad

Starting the almost unbroke horse. - Kenny Harlow

They return to the trot on the circle, keeping her forward.  He has her bend the horse slightly to the outside and then inside, relaxing her.  They go to canter, but she shows tension so they go back to the trot and relax before doing the depart.  Florian asks her to ride forward in the canter, k...

Florian joins Carl and Richard in answering questions from the audience, giving great insight into the methods of the Spanish Riding School.  Richard and Carl talk about how they start their horses in the piaffe and passage. Florian explains the order of training he uses for the piaffe and passag...

Willy explains how he uses the lunge whip and his own body position as he lunges. He talks about why it is important to lunge with contact before he introduces him to the birdie and the use of the voice aids. When the horse offers the canter he allows it before calmly asking for the trot.  Willy ...

Willy Arts returns for another lunging demonstration and shows how the horse must be on the aids and forward right from the beginning. He demonstrates spiraling in and out and when he becomes fresh and playful he calmly keeps the contact. Willy emphasizes having the horse moving from the back to ...

Willy demonstrates different ways to put the reins over the saddle and talks about when to use the different positions. He shows what to do if the horse has too much bend with the reins like this. They next have a rider mount the horse and lunge with the rider adding a neck strap for the safety o...

They now take the lunge line off and have the rider on her own Willy stresses that the horse must know to follow the hand before being ridden at liberty They think ahead for what issues may arise and keep the horse forward through any problems that arise They keep the training session short and h...

Willy changes the lunge line around to go in the other direction and we again have the chance to watch a master deal with a fresh youngster. He clearly explains how the horse moves on the lunge line relates to what happens under saddle. They next saddle the horse and Willy talks about how to do t...

Vitor Silva offers an introduction to working your horse in-hand, helping to enhance the movements of the horse and activate the hind end. You can see them work the turn on the forehand, turn on the haunches and half pass. He emphasizes the need to keep suppling the poll while doing this work.

In this video, Vitor begins work on the half steps. He instructs the rider to bend the horse more and allow the horse to travel forward and activate his inside hind leg.

As the horse becomes more workable, they are able to trot in hand and then work on moving the croup to the outside with the inside hind leg crossing over the outside hind leg. Colonel Carde gives an excellent demonstration of how patience is needed with a nervous horse. They work the walk, trot...

The colonel works the horse walking and stopping next to him without hanging on to the reins to check and see if he is paying attention to the rider. He gives a review of the method of using the work in hand in training. The rider then takes over working the horse in hand. The horse shows a great...

Colonel Carde works in hand with this distracted gelding, and begins with creating a peaceful, confident, calm place. He takes contact with both reins, being persistent with asking for calm obedience and giving when he gives. He demonstrates asking for a stretching of the neck.

The rider now works more lateral movement on the circle and the Colonel reminds them to control the poll. They also are successful in asking him to stretch. Colonel Carde points out that the most common problem with working in hand is to overwork the inside rein and forget the outside rein.

Alfredo Hernandez introduces this horse to his work in hand on a small circle with a side rein on the outside of the circle.  He does along the wall as the horse begins to understand the use of the whip. The horse breaks free as he is loosening the side rein, and we get to see what the cowboys ca...

Alfredo Hernandez introduces this horse to his work in hand on a small circle with a side rein on the outside of the circle.  He does along the wall as the horse begins to understand the use of the whip. The horse breaks free as he is loosening the side rein, and we get to see what the cowboys ca...

Alfredo Hernandez introduces this horse to his work in hand on a small circle with a side rein on the outside of the circle.  He does along the wall as the horse begins to understand the use of the whip. The horse breaks free as he is loosening the side rein, and we get to see what the cowboys ca...

They begin this lesson with work in hand, first without sidereins and then adding them. Alfredo helps them with the horse stationary against the wall.  We get to see a horse in their first session of this work, and can see how this work in hand will lead to piaffe and passage.  With frequent brea...

In this new video from Catherine Haddad we get to hear of her season with Hotmail and his response to the ribbon ceremonies in Europe which are more exuberant than in the States.  With her background in Response Training, Catherine works with Hotmail on creating a relaxation response to tense cir...

Basic Training in Lunging with Lammert Haanstra

Basic Training in Lunging with Lammert Haanstra