Nemo bucks my hat off! Day One

[@hobertlee7598]

GOOD RIDE,

[@AuntieSara459]

Hello, I'm not a horsewoman but admire horses plus cowboys and equestrians. I also enjoy learning which led to my question today. I found the CC or closed caption link was off as is the Transcript link which were my first tries to "hear" the conversation. QUESTION: What please was the attention to his left shoulder? Thank you😊

[@bradhunt458]

All of that was just picking up my hat. The young man is a new trainer. I was just teaching them how we could pick up the hat, approach the horse, and give it to the rider without Spooking The horse. Thanks for the question and check out Nemo and some other video. He’s doing awesome!

[@markmahnken6409]

Curious that you wear work boots instead of riding boots? You look like you know what you are doing. I'm 67 and still riding colts for people now and then. Good job.

[@bradhunt458]

Started wearing Justin lace up Ropers years ago, they hold a spur well, and we are so often miles from a road, if I have to walk out, they’re perfect!

[@kilodeltawhisky1504]

Well... It's only three minutes of however much time has been put on this hoss. Looks to melike some more ground work Clinton Anderson style would go a long way to getting that colt more confident in your leadership. Lucky his buck wasn't too serious. He's a bit too reactive for my comfort.

[@bradhunt458]

Little too reactive for my comfort too. But he’s had tons of groundwork. I’m gonna get at it I don’t know if you’ve trained Wild Mustangs before, but I just found his papers turned out he’s 10 years old. That’s a long time to be wild, if you watch closely, you can see he’s more fighting than panicking, and because of the groundwork he quits pretty easily, so far 12 more rides doing great and not another single buck knock on wood :-)

[@kilodeltawhisky1504]

​@bradhunt458 Ten years old... And a mustang? Yea, ok, I guess he's got his own ideas about now. Good to know he's not been bucking since. I've only train a few, and they went pretty easy. I got bucked off hard by a pretty little quater harse mare with 60 days on her and got hurt, bout 15 years ago... Put a fear in my I never knew before. Never did trust her after that. I'd like to finish my life with some old kid broke ranch horse or retired Arab endurance pony. I've been five years without a horse and I miss having them. Love watching the mustangs here in NV. Don't miss bucking hay, vets, and finding a good farrier. Well Brad, keep your arse in the saddle! 🤠😘