Horse Training - First Ride, First Mount

Horses first ride, saddling, mounting, and riding. Watch as our Blake takes Valentine through the steps of setting him up for a successful first ride. Valentine is an 5-6 year old quarterhorse that has never been ridden and was brought to The Farm for some horse training.
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[@ellieeventing3347]

Its so hilarious to me that people are giving them tips on how to ride. You think they don’t know! And yes, crazy, but saddle pads slip!!!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks for understanding!!! It’s crazy how many unkind comments we have got about this!

[@ellieeventing3347]

@@TheFarmonRoute66 im sorry about that! The equestrian community is so toxic!

[@XTQ_Xena_princess]

You are training him right I mean u get up and down and hop before getting on so all good in my opinion you also have a snaffle I appreciate that, I agree not the safest place but you do you , but other than that awesome job just my opinion i wouldn't walk on his first ride just because I like to slowly slip it in but all their own :) he is a beautiful horse also not to be rude but just saying you might find your balance if your heals are down more,

[@ellieeventing3347]

@@XTQ_Xena_princess hes BREAKING a horse! This isnt his first lesson! If he does fall, so what? Get back up again!

[@CodyandSteveDownUnder]

good one

[@randomchannel4886]

Next project move that saddle pad forward lol

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

👍👍👍

[@heatherkouba7807]

I agree

[@breannaciborowski3429]

@@TheFarmonRoute66 you should fix the saddle pad

[@educatededucated196]

Not ideal corral either. That shed could be a wreck if he blew up.

[@user-ki4ti5fy2u]

KZbin horseman

[@erynd2524]

That was amazing!!! Valentine was such a good boy for his first ride. Nice work you two!!!

[@jeannepetrillo9452]

Wonderful start. I appreciate your calm gentle way with everyone (animals & people). God bless you and your family & farm.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much!!

[@stevenhenry4227]

Hello Jeanne how’s the weather over there

[@1lesa242]

I was scared the horses was going to blow up in the pen.. but wow again .. I’m blown away. I really like how dad has continued the line of horsemanship with Blake.. teaching a child a skill like this amazing.. nice work..

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thank you they love working together

[@CodyandSteveDownUnder]

nice

[@covfefedeusexmachina4426]

This is how you do it baby boom chakalakalaks boom chakalakalaka BOOM! Great work! Blake has so much wisdom for his years. So happy to see the talent in this young person.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much!!

[@wolfguardian8312]

Blake did so well with Valentine....they really read each other well during this first encounter......it seems that Valentine is a really sweet boy and Blake knows this.....they got along so well.....That's probably one of the best first mounts i've ever seen......Kudos to you Blake.....Val really liked you....I would have too...

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

tHANKS SO MUCH!

[@lesliedoney1]

Expected another "make em buck and ride it out" but this was pleasantly surprising! Very knowledgeable and that horse clearly was started correct. I'm excited to start my colt soon hahah

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Good luck and thx

[@CodyandSteveDownUnder]

yeah, some have that idea

[@adventureswithrobinc3262]

So fun to watch Blake as he works the horses. Love the commentary! Please continue to share the training of horses.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks!!!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

sounds good. what else would you enjoy seeing?

[@stevenhenry4227]

Hello Robin how’s the weather over there

[@stephaniepearcy4386]

Just beautiful, what a great job. That horse is beautiful!! I love that your teaching Blake how to be kind to animals and patient with them. Also welding, what a great trade to learn!!

[@stevenhenry4227]

Hello Stephanie how’s the weather over there

[@graceisaksen7392]

Thank you. we love watching. we enjoyed watching Valentine, GOD BLESS

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thank you 🤗

[@claudiadickerman4218]

Valentine is a natural, if indeed this is the first time anyone has rode her. Beautiful horse.

[@saralomonte5425]

I actually rode one of my horses yesterday without my Aunt leading him, it was my first time so I just walked around in circles, his name was Blaze he just started getting trained, I never rode him before I just rode another horse who was already trained, glad to see other Begginers you also did great for your first ride ever!

[@homesteadhorsemanship]

I like the colour and tell Blake good job!

[@bonbigboy4412]

Just another great video. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thank you!!!!

[@gwendarrah9068]

What a sweet horse. ❤. And a great young man! I think they clicked!! 🐎

[@prestige2000rider]

Blake works so good with them.! Nice handling.

[@donnastokes8808]

What a beauty 👏👏👏👏👏

[@sheridaribordy4310]

Beautiful Horse and great job training him. Love your show.

[@donnabarg3315]

Blake is a great kid. ❤Super job.

[@RuthJones-iz1ve]

Awesome job Blake. Valentine has an excellent trainer. Super video 👍👍👍👍

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thank you 🤗

[@lindalape8493]

Great job, as usual, Blake! Patient and steady!

[@conniemaniaci3612]

Loved this video. Horses are so intelligent and sweet if treated with respect. Thanks.

[@haleybrown5758]

Beautiful horse

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thank u

[@CindyKinney]

Hi Palmer family. True story: When I watch KZbin videos, I watch them at #2 speed or I wouldn't have time to watch all I am subscribed to. The minute I click on The Farm on Route 66 videos, the first thing I do is go back to normal speed because I want to learn, because your content is so great and enjoyable, and I can't get enough of watching Blake and his horse riding/training. Gosh, that baby mule/donkey is so cute. Blake's comment about liking to stop too when he poops cracked me up! You're awesome, Blake! Valentine is a beautiful horse.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

You’re awesome Cindy!!! 😂

[@CindyKinney]

Thanks for pinning my comment. I have no idea what it means, but I think it's probably special so thanks again. Love you all.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Cindy Kinney pinning a comment means we really liked it and wanted others to see it so pinning it places it at the top of all the comments ❤️

[@CindyKinney]

I'm honored. Thank you.

[@darlaleight718]

He had good ride phone number

[@SB-ll1tt]

Oh this was just wonderful. So gentle. Loved it. Thank you!!!!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jerrymoore838]

A life of joy and purpose. Well done 👏

[@alanpalmer2802]

Great job Blake on Valentines first day of training and first ride!!!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

We think so

[@edwinschlee8374]

Way to go Blake! Got another one doing what you want it todo.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

he sure loves it!

[@kenmoreSF]

Blake is an amazing horseman for being so young. I'm a huge fan of your videos and best of luck to Blake on his future endeavors.

[@shannondenton5176]

Love this taste of good ol’America ❤

[@sarahfierro8637]

That’s a really great ride. Blake is so good with horses. Love to watch him.

[@stevenhenry4227]

Hello Sarah how’s the weather over there

[@sarahfierro8637]

@@stevenhenry4227 the weather here is in the 70’s today and sunny.

[@stevenhenry4227]

@@sarahfierro8637 Oh that’s nice of you the weather over there is okay s ok where are you from? I’m from Dallas Taxes

[@sarahfierro8637]

@@stevenhenry4227 I live in Katy, TX.

[@djwarson6795]

Have you ever heard off approach and retreat? When you put weight in the saddle while the horse is moving his feet as soon as the horse stand's get down and rub your horse most importantly talk to your horse. Majority of the training like backing, turning and getting the horse to give to pressure starts with groundwork. Wish you well!

[@emilyhutchinson3753]

Thank you for showing me! This is what my rancher was trying explain to me but couldnt show me!

[@sheilamcinerney4291]

Lovely colt,great work lads.

[@immortalfae13]

He's a beauty! Love the coloring & one sock.

[@lindawiedemann5014]

I'm loving your videos, even tho we don't have horses anymore:( brings back fond memories:) thank you! Love your values!

[@grandmasprinkles475]

Wow that’s awesome. Loved the commentary as well.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thx

[@Ellie_bloy]

I loved this video. New watching here. I love your gentle nature with working your horses.

[@S-GBarrelRacingOfficial]

You guys do amazing at what you do

[@johnmccaughan4195]

Valentine is just the right age. It is good to handle them, rope them and their feet early, teach them to stand and hobble and work their feet. I think 2 is a little young to ride. However I understand the need to get them ready for sale instead of feeding them. Blake is making a great trainer and has obviously been studying.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks!!!

[@essala1431]

some horses like the throughbreds can be ridden younger but i agree, my trainer (she bred arabians) started riding them at about three.

[@dshe8637]

Horses aren't ready to back until they are nearly 4. Racehorses have damaged bodies from being ridden as babies. I know this pony is only being backed by an adult, but i hope you have a more appropriate sized rider for him later.

[@cadbone23]

Awesome video!

[@susanrobinson9809]

My mare was so gentle just like valentine but boy when you got on her bareback she would rear and buck you right off

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

That’s crazy

[@juanmartin2991]

Very good job Blake. Congratulations

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much

[@jackiemccance6101]

Loved it, you guys rock.

[@mudd7160]

Wow so much work

[@ChristaErdman-og8mv]

Valentine did AWESOME! Blake did good too!

[@annshoffner416]

Great catch, Blake!

[@brysonpalmer7742]

What a stud Blake!! Sure love ya

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Just like his brother ❤️

[@daedreamshelties]

Great job

[@marksmith4582]

Another awesome quality video Palmer Family! I would say Valentine did pretty well for being saddled up and worked with Blake! Have an awesome Blessed week ahead! I sure appreciate you all and your Family and channel! Always my personal best for you all! Your neighbor in the American Heartland! Mark in Iowa.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Hey Mark! Thanks! We think Valentine did great too...as well as Blake!

[@sharonwilliams1981]

Beautiful horse xxx

[@margiehaag145]

cant find your last post on my computor. but your one of the first i check for a new video. your story on hashknife# pony express made me cry happy tears. love how you rescue and help people with their horses

[@jeraldmcwilson2189]

Great name for a horse

[@davemcnamee2298]

Minnesota Rancher. I wish I had Blake's youth again. Fun to watch! Couple safety tips though,. Put a strap between the rings on your snaffle. Not to curb the horse but to keep from pulling the bit through his mouth, if you get into a storm. Some sort of bucking strap or some such thing on the front of your saddle will help you to be able to get back and down into seat of the saddle if they buck, you won't need to haul on their mouth so hard. That feeder sticking to the side of that pen is an accident waiting to happen. Great video, keep it up!

[@cwwc4035]

this is a great learning video!

[@susanuitto8710]

That was awesome

[@boshelby9588]

Late to the party but wanted to send my support! Thanks for sharing this awesome first ride. Absolutely made my day!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MEQCountryKidd]

Blake, teach them to back from bit pressure from the ground similar to how you flex them and get them soft laterally. Otherwise, some colts could rear or flip if you put solid pressure on their mouth and they don't understand how to respond. Otherwise, you do a great job of getting them gentle and staying gentle with them!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much!

[@victoriamelo7394]

Nice Work... He's doing so great for the first time mounting, i wish you have a nice upgrade with he. Hugges from Brazil, I liked so much to assist this tame, it's so cool.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks for watching from Brazil!!!

[@lailasynnvevaka7467]

Beautiful horse 😍

[@jsexpresscs7833]

Blake you did a good job 🐎👍

[@jsexpresscs7833]

Valentine's first ride she did so good

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

thank you!!!

[@jsexpresscs7833]

You are welcome

[@buckynave3011]

You did an excellent job by the way.

[@brendaclark4152]

Good job Blake! You do know horses 🐴

[@vivianwinford3681]

To my way of thinking the way Blake starts on saddle with these horses having the smaller area works better. Confined area doesn't give the horse an option of running off into too much area. Good job Blake.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks Vivian!!!

[@stevenhenry4227]

I just can’t

[@dorothycarwile7571]

Next step , back up at groundwork. Awesome start! Good brain on that boy!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

❤️

[@dennisvestby4432]

Excellent horse great trainer = great ride for the first time,❤️❤️❤️😂🙏🏻🇨🇦

[@kathykickingwoman3157]

That is one dang good looking roan, he is pretty

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Ya. She wasnt ours blake was riding her for someone

[@PeterMaXXHorvath]

Nice cooperative guy!

[@gordonscott4761]

I like it!! The rider is a natural and environment is calm, good ingredients for making a gentle horse that can learn. I also like the feeding in trailer idea, I've had good success with that! I've broke/trained/fixed a handful of horses when in was in my teens. I haven't messed with a horse in 15+ years but hoping to get into it soon. My cattle ranch is about 4 years old and I've managed to get by without a horse until now... Hoping to train 1/year till I have 3 solid ranch horses to manage cow grazing on open range. Your videos are very encouraging as I start this process. Hope it's like the saying "it's just like riding a bike, you never forget''... hahaha! Thanks

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much

[@TrishCanyon8]

BRILLIANT!

[@trishgilbert6342]

👍👍👍 love this video. Deserved more thumbs up! I was really surprised how Valentine kept trying to not step in his poop. To me that looks like a horse that is going to be really good at placing his feet. In my rather limited horse experience I found that geldings weren't always as good at watching where they walked as mares. And oh that mare drinking from the hose! That cute baby didn't mind at all, just wanted at her milk bar! My last horse loved the hose water! Babe was a gorgeous frosty strawberry roan who also loved barrels. Guess we know what her previous rider was in to? Horse 🐎

[@tomblount5635]

Excellent handling.

[@aimecross8336]

You NEED to pull that pad forward

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Got it thx

[@jspetsandcrafts9862]

I do think they know what they do thank you! Also. Some people dont see their horses as top priority and that is fine aslong as they dont abuse tge animal.

[@tanyajenkins919]

Nice job Blake and Valentine

[@shadowdancer1412]

Nice video and nice horse. Awesome first ride.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks 👍

[@purps831]

Keep up the good work. You guys seem like cool people.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much!!

[@vmorganbogart]

I love seeing the horse whisperer at work. Blake is just so comfortable & patient with the horses. Does Blake rodeo? Keep up the great videos. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇺🇸🇨🇱👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

He would like to get into that but he also is the starting quarterback starts on the basketball team and baseball team works for everybody and transverses so he doesn’t have time to make everything work

[@dshe8637]

Rodeo is horse abuse

[@bellasue02]

Yeah he's going forward good

[@jamesgambill5739]

That was a damn good first ride

[@valeriesmith1654]

Hi to all your family, I had a sorrel gelding for 21 years, I absolutely loved that horse. His name was Lightfoot and I just wanted to say I would be absolutely delighted if you called one of your foals or a young yearling with the same name. It would keep his memory living on. GOD bless you all 💐 your videos cheer me up so much. Also I think the lady of the house is lovely. Yours faithfully 🐔🐓🐖🐑🐄🐑🐣🐤🌹🌹🙏🙏

[@stevenhenry4227]

Hello Valerie how’s the weather over there

[@debdavis7382]

Thats funny a mare drinking from a waterhose!! Great job!!

[@patfal1514]

Round pens add so much help for training when you don't have an assistant

[@jamesmorgan1024]

Amazing

[@lindadonaghy9421]

Blake’s pretty amazing too.

[@that_western_rider]

I would just say to move the saddle pad forward and to definitely put your heels down. Your right on the tip of your toys when you should have your heels down with the stirrup on the ball of your foot

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thank u

[@hkcowgirl]

Great video ! This has helped me so much ! It is hard to find a good channel like this that puts God first in their lives . I just love your videos !

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

You are so welcome!

[@TheMabbasi]

Nice horse

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks!

[@horse-lover68]

2 year's is to early in my opinion to start 2irking 2ith them, 3 year's, 4 year's, if you have the time. What an amazing little horse!!!❤️❤️🐎🐎🐎

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks for the tips!

[@horse-lover68]

@@TheFarmonRoute66 No efence, you are wonderful horsepeople!! I should not play "all-knowing" here, but I am almost 55 and I think you know it is hard to say nothing. Especially because many quarter here got kissing spins with 8 or 10 year's, because men with 100 kg really "BROKE" them with 2 year's. "Think like a horse" has a reaktive new quarter borrowed fir his one to have company since MR T died and he is lame, too. Some "Cowboy's" are just brutal, but not you. I love your gentle way to work horses and I am learning from you, too. Information exchange is not bad!!🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️❤️❤️

[@CruderQuotient1]

Valentine, what a charming name for a horse

[@funkaddictions]

Nice job!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thx

[@Metamora_Mustangs]

This is an example of good ground work. This is how a horse should be broke. And this is to prove you don't need the spurs to get them to move.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much!!

[@Metamora_Mustangs]

Your welcome, we need more people like you in the world.

[@sisken12]

Nice horse. He’s more curious than anything else.

[@2persons]

Thanks for uploading your experience I enjoyed watching it.

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks so much!

[@Sticks-yw6ry]

Valentine is gorgeous

[@xwolfblasterx9437]

I’m getting trained on a horse tommorow I can’t wait 🥺

[@Nicole-og6df]

How did it go?

[@KandACrewFamilyVlog]

He is a pro!!

[@TheFarmonRoute66]

Thanks. He has done well!!!

[@Shelovesflowers283]

The only thing that bugs me is the saddle and ths saddle pad.. but your skill is wonderful. Everyone has thier own way of training!😊cows on first lesson! Awesome!!

[@maddiemaysay8696]

The baby’s 😍😍🥰🥰🥰

[@chrismessick9258]

I just recently started training and this is my favorite part.( As long as its not bucking!)😄