Young Warmblood First Ride!

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

I mistakenly said Holstein rather than **Holsteiner.

[@benitascott3533]

Loved what I saw, thankyou Jack! I love the notion of truly working with you horse, thoughtfully, mindfully, in the spirit of partnership & geared towards minimising the stress of the situation. This is truly setting your horse up for success! Lovely considerate work! And you provide helpful rationale for each step in your process. No domination, no chasing the horse & no scaring the horse into submission. You're a wonderful trainer & teacher. Keep sharing please! And what a beautiful spirit he has! ♥️🐎🙏

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Thank you so much for leaving such a thorough and thoughtful comment! See you in the next one!

[@miobrien172]

This was amazing. Thank you so much. The way you keep his attention while staying so calm, they way you make him go through different stages of excitement, it’s so inspiring. His connection to you after just several min to his connection to you at the end. Beautiful. Thank you.

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

You are so kind! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@JohnAmidon-c6r]

Low key, low stress work in hand. Well done, saved. 😊

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Appreciate you watching, and commenting!

[@CactusCreekBarn]

LOVE IT!! I've watched it 3 times so far! I worked with starting one of our horses using your idea of getting the life up and then down and it seemed to really settle her and give her confidence. Thanks so much!!

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Excellent! Yes, the life up life down Lesson is probably one of the most misunderstood and avoided Lessons people have with horses. Let us know how your progress goes. Thanks for being here!

[@TroyReinholdt-fz2ds]

Great way to start video demonstrating how to properly lead a horse. More times than not the first impression the horse gets is how you catch him up and how you show him to manage his feet and his space. Good job! Riding and Driving Coach for Connections Boarding Stables Salinas CA

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Spot on! That’s why in my training program I catch, groom, prepare and ride, cool down and turn out the horses on my own. That way I can sort of mesh and sink together with the horse and they don’t have to decipher two different humans. Appreciate you watching!

[@kristysmith8185]

Nicely done Jack!

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Thank you! Cheers! Good to hear from you!

[@Alex-horsman]

Sepur method!!! The very new things I could find for myself! Thank you!!!

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

You're so welcome!

[@PONYHEAVEN]

What a zen like approach to evrrything.

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

We really appreciate you and your comments!😊

[@PONYHEAVEN]

Understandable explanation. To the point.

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

That’s what we like to hear! Glad it made sense!

[@debtompkins5363]

A lot of us aren't that flexible, at 70 I'm sure not, so I make sure besides good turns, forward and back and over, that I have a real good stand and 'assume the position' in which the horse assumes the mounting position along anything I happen to be standing on and stays there till told otherwise regardless of what is touching his body or where,

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

Thanks for watching!

[@ruthviebrock4361]

I really liked your slow work with the gelding. When you started sending him faster with the flag - doesn't he see that as a punishment? At one point he looked spaced out after some faster laps.

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

With horses, there will be many situations, cantering, jumping riding in large groups on the trail, working cattle, spooking etc. where the horses life (energy) will come up. After we bring their life up, we always let them have time to relax come to us and settle again. As much as we bring the energy up we also allow it time to come back down (balance). We have to work with their energy in this manner because if we don’t life circumstances will and then someday the horse/human won’t be prepared. Thanks for watching!

[@debtompkins5363]

You do nice work,,, but,,, I've found that most horses didn't like that cattle curry, the blades are too sharp and coarse. I'd only use it to demud a winter shaggy horse and even then only on the meatiest parts of the horse.

[@ArtOfTheHorseman]

I can understand your point. I find that at first certain horses aren’t sure about the metal curry comb but after a short time they don’t mind it at all, even thin skin thoroughbreds. I feel that it can really help a sensitive horse if used with good feel and timing. Really appreciate your comments and watching!