An eventer who "is bad about contact" (or "the importance of a complete release").

A short clip from our most recent series on Reve, a Chronically rearing Eventing horse, Warwick talks about the importance of a complete release of pressure. Warwick has hundreds of full length training videos filmed with REAL horses, REAL people, REAL problems in REAL time.
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[@louisecassidy5991]

Great Warwick, takes me a few weeks back to this PTSD mare. About my 3rd ride, she chucked her head right up and ran on through. I let her head go, she stopped in total confusion and I heard her say "What? You don't want a fight?" Takes two to fight.

[@Galemor1]

Yeah I worked with a horse doing almost the same. Whenever you started to collect the rains, her head went up and she started to stress. Changed the bit and did pressure and release work. I didn't really feel the difference until we were out riding with this other horse, the other horse spooks and is running off back home. So my mare wants to do the same, so she is galloping on the spot, and I am just holding her with two fingers, no pressure on the bit, not trying to run through or anything. And I am just thinking, fuck why isn't anyone seeing(or filming so I could show it off later)this... I was so proud of her for letting me control her, even though she could easily just run right through.

[@louisecassidy5991]

Anne Nielsen ...Thank you, and thanks Warwick. You know, a horse can't pull if you give him nothing to pull on. Sure, touch them, but when they respond, release. After a while it gets down to the lightest signal system between two like minds which become one. I don't think you can teach it if there is fear involved. And I would love a dollar for every great moment nobody saw. This mare here belongs to my boss landlady, I'm a caretaker tenant on an old family farm, they have several holdings and live down the road, this was her parent's place. Minimal rent, and I do what I can, which lately has been riding her horse, which does stuff, but hasn't enough dirt in her to tell either of us to "get off". The mare was purchased 2 years ago so her own saddle mare could be bred. I saw issues immediately but have only lately been on her. She played green, passive resistance. I put a Baucher with roller on her, as her own bridle has a tom thumb and its too wide, was hurting her. I left the rings off, rings make them pull. (running martingale, hate them) She was hard to catch, now she waits for me at the gate. A strange man breezed up to her when she was tied, she pulled and pulled until the clip broke, yet she trusts me. Now I tie her to bailing twine. And she cross fires. Deliberately, to disconcert. She was a Western Pleasure show horse (I can feel the show horse, but not the Western), and has proved superb, but only happy with a fence around her. I first worked her on the oat stubble, in and about the round bales, as I thought she might bolt, but she felt like a barrel racer. Then she pops the front leads unless she's on a circle or curve, sometimes with a proppy action designed to disconcert the rider. Either side, she just does it. I can tell when its coming now, feel her thinking about it. Of course I come down and send her off again, and almost fixed it to "simple changes on the straight", like when cantering alongside the road. Quiet road. Then I found a scar around the tendon on the off fore midway to the knee, which tells me a story. I imagine that broke someone's heart, and she was sold. I'd say at least twice. She jacks up, and quietly backs away, and I can't let her turn to go home, so we can take half an hour to coax past an issue, two steps forward for 5 back. I think she's afraid of the big wide world, arena bound, but she's wanted for cattle work, clambering in the bush in and out of gullies. They are trucked between the properties. No round yard. No arena or horse facilities. I do what I can. Hacking about in the round bales was great, but they've ploughed it up for the next crop. Boss said "Be ready for the Royal, will you?" Sydney, Australia's biggest horse show. Been over 55 yrs since I showed, never got to the Royal anyway. But praise from the gods. I'm 71, and prefer my horses made in the bush and along the roads. Mare is a great traveller, with glimpses of the 5th gait, but she always seems to crack up whenever anything starts to feel good. I'm on Facebook, don't use it. Photo is of my saddle, 1976 RM Williams Campdrafter, still in show condition, anyone wants to talk horses. I'll go in and make it public. Thankyou, Anne.

[@randomvielleuse527]

This video is amazing. I so love seeing how you see things, Warwick, and how you break things down so that we can see them, too. Wow. SO cool.

[@ChipSpencer123]

The value of knowledge and observation

[@kevinwalls1114]

Hi Warwick Kevin hear from Ireland love your channel just a question . I have a 3/4 year old mare very like the one in this video and I can not get near her if I walk up to her she just runs of I have other horses and the only way I can get her is to take them all together I would love to b able to handle her I have watched hundreds of video on horse training but I have never come across a video were someone have a horse that they can't get near and show step by step how to have her walk round after you most training starts with the horse all ready walking round the pen with the head tied up I would to c u do a video on that but keep up the good work love your video's 👍👌

[@majellabrereton777]

Hi Kevin look up Warwick video starting a warmblood stallion part 1. There's a part 2 aswell. It show him getting de stallion to hook on as he calls it . If u sign up to his site there's lots of hooking on videos in more detail that might help wit ur problem of catching her. He usually says problems like being caught etc starts wit that and desensitizing

[@MattyDemello]

It takes time, don't rush it. Next time you go out in the field where she's at, walk around her a bit and if she usually don't let you get to close, act like you are trying to find keys on the ground. You'd be shocked at how close the horse will let you get when you ACT like you are NOT trying to get her. When you get close just stop and do nothing. Look the other way. If the horse stays there and doesn't move, get out of the field and leave. The next day do the same thing and this time your mare might walk up to you when you stand still looking the total other way and she might smell you. IF she smells you, leave the field. little steps like this might help. Once you can get a halter on and off her, then you can move on to desensitizing with bags, whips and so on. but just take it slow. When people rush, is when it goes wrong. So if for 3 days in a row she stayed there and just smelled you and you left the field, all it takes is 1 time of you reaching and grabbing and putting pressure on her to lose all your work. if that does happen, start over.