FRUSTRATION BUILDS FOR KAREN WITH HER HORSE BRUCE

[@joycee5493]

That tip about getting off immediately after a good stop is a good one for any discipline. It has worked for me with my hot but broke chestnut quarter horse mare and for an OTTB MARE THAT HAD NO BRAKES. It’s instant reward for them. I do it all the time.When I sit back a little and say whoa, if they stop in their tracks I get right off. If they don’t stop in their tracks and take a few steps I trot them off and ask again.....then get off if it’s good.

[@mattmillsreining1]

😎💯🤙🏾

[@corinalee2009]

Great teamwork. Good boy Bruce.

[@mattmillsreining1]

😎😎

[@rescueingnshowing974]

My trainer would send me home if I walked away like that 😂

[@christyb7590]

I have sent kids home from the show for less than that. Adults are just supposed to act properly and with respect at all times. They talked it out finally but she should have approached him properly to begin with, not walkaway with blatant disrespect. Just saying but shows are high stress and everybody should get that the intensity rises big time.

[@christyb7590]

@@bellboots I think a partner in the roll of being coached should not show disrespect. Its just manners people!!

[@jackieotab-brickey6503]

Agreed with being sent home, and doesn’t matter what the relationship is! If someone’s giving their time to you and trying to help you, the least you can do is listen and/or say give me a sec and let me process what I just did. I know my husband doesn’t take that lightly, a slap in his face is what he calls it.

[@christyb7590]

@@jackieotab-brickey6503 agreed

[@dexter4eva1]

Rescueing n’ Showing same lol I would never my horse would be sent home

[@keequine5816]

Bruce is NICE!! holy smokes

[@sarahnau6354]

Hahahaha, it's soooo nice to see that's it's just same for everyone to coach your partner. I actually think the two of you are holding up pretty well 😅

[@mattmillsreining1]

No doubt

[@gretasimmons8987]

Matt is a good teacher!

[@mattmillsreining1]

Thank you!

[@KatJ3st]

That blonde gal is a lovely rider. Natural seat

[@neemtreebark]

Yes, I thought she had a lot of control, poise on that horse.

[@ramirogarcia424]

Marybeth’s horse😍😍😍

[@ramirogarcia424]

Name??

[@CC-xk6cp]

Hi again MATT Practice and more practice especially the way you're doing it before the event. Clean up those rough edges. A bit surprised at Bruce! He's handier in the spins then I thought he'd be but all in all his laziness means slower probably in everything unless you keep on him! That's going to be his biggest challenge. Passed that think he'll be amazing!!! Small but mighty. Tough spot for you Matt coaching your wife. Sometimes couples can work that out others not. But you are so amazing I'm thinking Karen will listen. She did end up realizing what you said worked. Yay you got dinner lol!!! You're soo deserving because you're really really good so yes go for it get it done!!! Love Tulsa so enjoyed showing there. Surely will be cheering for you from afar... Thx as always for sharing.

[@mattmillsreining1]

She ended up reserve champion in the prime time division

[@theomgsee8217]

Love the form of that palomino

[@mattmillsreining1]

Pretty cool dude

[@ThePinkwelderwife]

Hope they let folks watch next week. I will make the 2.5 hr drive just to watch.

[@mattmillsreining1]

🤞🏾😎

[@cjennings1971]

❤️❤️❤️❤️good job with all the horses. I hope you win at NRBC. I think Bruce is a cool horse. Good luck to Karen!!!!

[@mattmillsreining1]

Thanks! She ended up doing awesome. Finishing Reserve Champion in the Primetime Division.

[@coachstephsell]

What a great video! I love the friendship/coaching you have with your clients! And I can always find cool things to learn in your videos! Thanks for sharing.

[@christyb7590]

It's gonna happen... just a matter of time. Awesome quote!

[@CatDog612]

Fuck yeah! Karen's second run was WAY better than the first. Love it when you can actually see the progress in a single session!! *Bruce definitely understands "woah"* @ 9:58 great stop.

[@mattmillsreining1]

Wait til you see her 1st real ride!

[@CatDog612]

Matt Mills I cant wait! I bet it was FIRE. They look good together

[@3Sanibel33]

You make it look so darn natural. It was very fun to watch everyone and we will be hoping for some news on big wins! Love Karen's little bay horse Bruce. My 1st horse was a small bay gelding. Cheers! ❣️🍀

[@mattmillsreining1]

Thanks! 🤞🏾🤞🏾

[@jeanfish7]

@@mattmillsreining1 i like Bruce 's carriage, he doesnt hold his head so DOWN. Big potential!:)

[@abbeyb4237]

Love Bruce! And Karen is a really good and soft rider! I love how well they work together.

[@mattmillsreining1]

She loves that horse

[@aprilcottrell8880]

As always, enjoy your videos. Karen did very well with her new horse, not many could do that in such a short amount of time! Good coaching as well! She reminds me of... ME! LOL!!!

[@kaylacrone4099]

OMG I love Karen so much! She’s awesome! Bruce is looking really good

[@mattmillsreining1]

Great team

[@magdielperez2219]

Good luck Matt

[@Rebelgirl-kv6bd]

I love Karen, she cracks me up!! 🤣

[@neemtreebark]

I thought Karen's choice of horse brought a lot of color to their world.

[@equinediy8084]

Gimme that bay horse. I would have soooo much fun. I love the ones you have to push!

[@mattmillsreining1]

All day. Everyday!

[@Dimes4DaDevil]

Rock on Karen and Bruce 🤘🏻👍🏻😎

[@mattmillsreining1]

They did awesome in their 1st show together!

[@neemtreebark]

Karen needs to goof around with Bruce, take him drinking, (lol) meet him at his level and then win him over 😍 That horse has character!

[@JesusGarcia-gx4gi]

Hey Matt love the videos. Maybe you can make one on your bit collection?

[@mattmillsreining1]

Good idea

[@DJ-sy8ht]

Love how Karen just walks off. Just like my wife or kids did when they ask for help. Bruce is very nice

[@normagaunce9630]

Go get em Matt!

[@mattmillsreining1]

😎👊🏾💯〽️

[@jackieotab-brickey6503]

Get the recorder out and record Bruce’s run! That always helped before going in for a class. Really helped knowing what I was missing and the horse. But Bruce has a lot of potential and he’s so athletic!! Great for learning on and a challenge. Always liked being with the young horses for that reason.

[@madelaineking7936]

Sometimes I have to remember it’s me making the mistakes! Not the horse!

[@neemtreebark]

That's what Fallon Taylor says, to improve delivery. So the horse reads you right.

[@wiskerbiscuit1578]

When my husband and I were building our home, we sounded just like the two of you.

[@mattmillsreining1]

Oh boy!

[@stacymartinanimalartist]

These are small fixes. Don't get frustrated Karen. He is a nice horse. Takes time to grow into being true partners!

[@mattmillsreining1]

True words!

[@woohoonelli]

LMAO "oh that's right, i read your mind. I forgot." We've all been there, I think!

[@elizabethbaxter7417]

Forward fixes everything!

[@charlotte-xq7sl]

At first when I saw Karen waking into the arena I thought one of Bruce's back legs was limping a bit

[@charlotte-xq7sl]

@@jessie9384 At least I'm not the only one

[@neemtreebark]

Good catch. Your mentioning it may save him injury up the road😍

[@tinataylor5026]

Karen needs to listen more

[@mattmillsreining1]

Hahahahaha

[@esausu5315]

Where can I get horses like these

[@pattawa1]

My gawd batman this Superman on a horse!!!😍😍😍👌

[@mattmillsreining1]

😎😎

[@robynmcleroy216]

Good luck in z Tulsa!!

[@ivy_caine5302]

Your form is beautiful. The women should listen. Karen looks like she’s going to go flying, head first.

[@mattmillsreining1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CatDog612]

Bruce bucks her on their second fast right circle, I think Karen brings up a good point about him not being ready for both legs applied together. Right at 4:02 he drops his inside shoulder and bucks her when she asks for more. He is clearly lazy, and seemingly impatient. I'd make him lope a tight ass circle every time he pinned an ear or bucked her like that. It may start as a bunny hop right now but if he finds he can get away with that eventually it will be a full buck when he's asked to go faster than he wants. I hope they can figure it out before the show!

[@mattmillsreining1]

We dang sure did 😜😜

[@calin7017]

Those spins and stops are the reason I believe in Matt. As for Bruce and Karen ... hmm, every kick in the butt is a step ahead. Jocking ... kinda ...

[@yahamagirl160]

"I'm trying to be more intense, like do it right now" me thinking about how all my dressage lessons are twice as intense and demanding then Bruce's lessons in this video

[@magdielperez2219]

Watch your tone Matt , oh boy 😷🌡

[@mattmillsreining1]

Ouch 🤭🤭

[@carolchristiansen8844]

It’s not the horse with the issues.

[@KatJ3st]

yep...

[@CatDog612]

Sometimes it is.

[@matttaimuty5397]

I haven't been around reiners for several decades. One thing that is very different is the western pleasure peanut roller frame. To my eye, old as it is, it looks very unnatural. Can you explain the purpose of this frame? I'd like to understand it rather than feel a need to complain. Thx

[@mattmillsreining1]

I appreciate your question and the neutral tone that you asked it. I get this question often! Please watch this video, I address this very topic in the 1st few minutes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2i0nJulf9SXZrs

[@matttaimuty5397]

@@mattmillsreining1 I have to disagree with your reasoning. When horses canter and gallop they carry their heads above their withers do they can see where they are going. Higher head, longer field of view, better chance of seeing what's in front of them, and, in an escape situation, a better view of where the predator is that's chasing them. The level topline and head down grazing postures are rest postures. If you were correct hunters, jumpers and eventers would approach a jump head low. The don't they carry their heads up so the can see where they are going. Dressage horses are another example. If a low head carriage was optimal that is where their heads would be. If the head is higher they can more easily shift weight to their hindquarters where the power is. A low head carriage put a horse on the forehand. This is common knowledge in almost every other discipline, including working cow horses, the root of reining, bridle horses and working ranch horses. They keep their heads up so they can see the cow they are tracking. This is why, back in my day, reining horses had an eyes above the withers carriage. Bottom line is that horses are more biomechanical efficient if their heads are higher.

[@mattmillsreining1]

@@matttaimuty5397 I hear everything you’re saying and I appreciate your opinion and enjoy the debate. The proof is in the performance for me. Common knowledge is a myth. These horses and trainers are improving each and every year. You’re absolutely right. Head down is a rest posture for sure which is absolutely what I’m after every day. Can’t force that. They have to be comfortable with the training or they Will go in Prey mode. Have a great day!

[@tonym109]

Mind your tone Coach......or Matt Mills🤣🤣 Role playing😉 Y'all gonna need a tap out word or phrase ✌🏾

[@mattmillsreining1]

😎😎〽️

[@sofiaspanou3357]

I'm new to your channel and I want to ask, Why the horses tails are covered? 😃

[@annikavanderbroek2069]

Hi! I'm no Matt Mills but I put my horses tails up like George does. It's called a tail bag. The tail is washed and braided and then put into the bag which is tied into the top of the braid. It keeps the tail clean, healthy, and stops it from getting damaged. If you have a white tail it also stops it from getting stained between washes. You should redo it every week though. Hope this helps!

[@sofiaspanou3357]

@@annikavanderbroek2069 Hey there! Yes I am familiar with the tail bag. But I have the impression that you do that only when horses are in the stable and after a a bath.. Horses have their tail because its very useful for them. How are they supposed to keep away the flies if they can't use their tail? 🙂

[@annikavanderbroek2069]

@@sofiaspanou3357 The tail bag is long enough to swish flies with

[@mobility63]

They can still use their tail to swish away flies even when it's in a bag. When their in their stall at home, there's an automatic fly spray system installed in each stall, so flys aren't much of a problem. Another thing is some horses tails are long, so when your working them, stopping, backing up, they could step on it and pull hair out, hence braid n' bag.

[@mobility63]

Don't let Karen be a 'Karen' ! Be tough!

[@KatJ3st]

lol

[@mattmillsreining1]

🤣🤣

[@myronschabe]

Yeah, I don't think so....what makes a good trainer is knowing how to treat each situation uniquely and not necessarily applying a one size fits all approach. Have FUN!

[@neemtreebark]

@@myronschabe That's what I tried to say in my comment. You said it perfectly, Myron.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

Holy Moly how rude !!! She walked away like that she'd be gone the 1st convenient time

[@horsegirl07]

😂😂 me watching not hearing a difference in tone from the first time to the last 🤣

[@mattmillsreining1]

Right????😂😂😂😂

[@ddunning6207]

Ugh. The argumentative students of mine always do the worst. They need to learn to shut up and listen and dam sure don't walk away. If you walkaway, keep walking to your truck and go! Now, that being said... It's a crapshoot working with my husband! Lol.

[@tamaraschmidt7231]

That is why I don't play golf with my husband. Anyone else can give me instructions just not him.

[@mattmillsreining1]

No kidding. It’s tough

[@Ajb5591]

there's no way I would be able to get my horse to gallop at a wall 😅 both of us are too chicken

[@stephenrider1]

i would never walk off on my coach like that never and i would never speak to her like that

[@neemtreebark]

They have a bond that cannot be broken, love for each other, love for horses. That's what drew Karen to that horse. She wanted to step outside the box - make her own trail. Cool 😍

[@adanpalomino656]

She's a Karen after all😂

[@mattmillsreining1]

Bahahaha

[@tyler2141]

Karen walked away while he was giving instruction, if she wants to better herself and horse she doesn’t need to walk away like she did if she is not ready to handle constructive criticism she is not ready to handle a horse

[@3Sanibel33]

It's called being married....common among us gals, polite? No, but that is their private deal.

[@mattmillsreining1]

She just hates it when I'm right!!! LOL

[@tyler2141]

@@mattmillsreining1 I can Relate 🤣🤣

[@KatJ3st]

She needs to get that horse out in a field and GO!!! Get his butt into gear...and her's ;-)

[@gloom0259]

She do be moody tho

[@mattmillsreining1]

Lol. Fo sho! 😎

[@carolchristiansen8844]

Karen is the problem.

[@mattmillsreining1]

Really?? I’m gonna tell her you said that!

[@thebeachroc]

Karen's behavior was typical for a Karen.

[@mattmillsreining1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ShaneFontenot-u6o]

When she walk away thats disrespectful