One of my last ever rides on my horse

[@everlastingscribe]

What I saw here was two dear partners working together, each enjoying time with the other. Each knowing their place, communicating well, and just having fun. Utterly lovely.

[@annejarvis7002]

Well said. You summed them up exactly 🤗

[@margaretfleming3554]

What a wonderful testament to your horsemanship skills Anita is. How excited must you be to see how the foal turns out and what a birthday present. Mum and Dad are both glorious. Never knew that about pregnant mares - I’ve learnt something. I was never livelier when pregnant, just moody!

[@jviglicky]

"Life goals"! Even at 65(me)! Lol! Nita is the perfect reflection of your lifelong study, and understanding, of equine behavior, and the perfection of your techniques, in training horses. I'm awestruck every time I watch you work with a horse. ❤

[@piaogilvie8463]

What a lovely thing to say🌻🌻🌻

[@clarekelso7841]

Nita is a Testament to your horsemanship. She looked really happy. Sometimes at demos she has that look in her eye that says, I’ll do it but I’m putting up with it a bit. But, in this, her eyes were saying I’m loving this. She’s missed you, Steve. My fingers are crossed (along with my eyes - too many cocktails) that all goes well for her pregnancy. The stallion daddy is beautiful. Give Nita a cuddle from all your supporters. She really deserves it. And so do you.

[@barbaragalbreth4429]

Please don't tell us that horses will take 20 years to become this wonderful. Thanks for featuring such a sweet mare, she's perfect.

[@piaogilvie8463]

😁

[@Lyndengeo]

People don't want to put work in. It takes years.

[@goldenmare2594]

my Arabian mare was amazing when bought and only green broke..she was 3 yrs old...I was 8 yrs old...next year she was at a school festival giving rides....in time a top speed horse(I trained her) as well as trail horse.....went any where all day on long days... she was worked with EVERY day .,,some type of hands on or training for riding..she was borrowed by a sheriff deputy to work crowds and search...plus he hunted from her too..,,my mare I said good bye when she was 29 yrs old ...injury ..got out of pasture...kids pushed fence down....that injury made me have to say goodbye...til I am with her again

[@piaogilvie8463]

@@goldenmare2594 So sorry that you lost her in such a bad way💔

[@glitterprincess5672]

Wow I have to admit I cried!! What a lovely horse 🐎 Nita is!! Congratulations Nita ❤️🐎

[@naomib8282]

Brought a tear to my eye, memories of my first horse when I was a kid. She was the best-ever, fearless in traffic, unbothered by noise, and I could ride her with no tack at all (not something I'd ever recommend, and did only in her pasture). I had no training but she was patient and smarter about it all than I was.

[@dove-1234]

Everything you need to know about horsemanship is on a NITA know basis!!! What a complete and utter joy to watch her move, whilst at the same time, making a new baby foal…. Bless her and keep mother and baby safe. God Bless and you Steve. Thank goodness you found each other.

[@muffindog3113]

We are in Cordoba Spain and watched the Royal Andalusian Equestrian Show last night, a rider and Andalusian team demonstrating the pole riding techniques really demonstrated how riding from the seat for tempo, direction, flexion is accomplished with minimum effort. And your demostration really dovetails and matches these riding techniques. Bravo. 😊

[@PamelaHarding-l7f]

You have given Nita a wonderful gift. Her work is not over but changed. Don’t know if she’s been a mama before whatever she will find fulfilment in her new role. Sooo excited, bet you all can’t wait 🐴💕💕💕💕💕 Love from Swansea 🤠

[@KathyJo.]

This was a thing of Beauty. This is how you ride a horse. Good Girl Nita 😊💕💕

[@debbiehorn8263]

She's a perfect horse ! Can't wait to see that baby !! Please keep us informed thru her pregnancy . I❤

[@GaliSinatra]

Nita is such an amazing horse! You're pretty good too Steve. 😄 Can't wait to see her foal!

[@madelineriley-jn9uq]

How awesome Steve I hope she has the little guy on your Birthday what a present hopefully!! Congrats!! I love what your doing Steve……..

[@wendypeckinpaugh1078]

Nita is a queen. I sure hope you keep anything that comes out of her! Hoping this one is a filly. ❤

[@terribudesa4659]

Nita will be a great mum, and I’m sure she will throw a beautiful foal. Continue her bloodline. I’m sure you will miss the very special relationship you have with her. Better to keep her more or less sound.

[@chrism1164]

Wonderful to watch! Love the no bridle demonstration. She is poetry in motion. The result of your years and years of training. ❤

[@rofiahcrawford3250]

Priceless. Shes going to have a wonderful foal! So glad you bred her.

[@rofiahcrawford3250]

@@StElmosFire550 will be interesting to see when the time comes!

[@debrajabs9523]

Nita has such a gorgeous engaged jog. What a nice reach from behind with strength and grace.

[@hazeltyler89]

Nita is such a beautiful representation of what we can all accomplish if we learn how to do better by horses. I have been around horses all my life and I truly WANT to do better. Thank you Steve for all you have taught us and continue to teach us.

[@GPC-tu7ti]

She is such a lovely mare. So athletic and soft. You've done a great job with her. She's going to have a nice baby for sure.

[@sheilamcinerney4291]

Poor Anita, she is a true angel. Very smart, and a mom in a few months. What a treasure.

[@dawnadoering4214]

I just love watching you and Nita. It looks like you read each other's minds. She is such a beautiful horse and so smart. I know that you can probably train another horse to be just as impressive, but there will only ever be one Nita. I'm looking forward to seeing the little one when it's time.

[@jaynellewellyn7628]

Lovely to think of Nita being a Mum! I am sure she will be just as great a Mum as she is in the demos. I hope her injury continues to improve. It will be interesting to see the foal she produces! looking forward to it.😜

[@kerry17]

So beautifully perfect. I can't wait to see her baby. Nita will be an awesome mom. Thank you for sharing how smart and well trained Nita is. Such a perfect horse. God Bless🙏❤️🤗

[@lsdev4229]

Thanks Steve and Tanya...that was beautiful to watch. I've only ridden a horse twice in my life so this is just AMAZING to me. Hope all goes well with her pregnacy amd birthing❤ 🇨🇦Sharon.

[@918melissa]

Beautiful - I could watch this all day x

[@HuntClubBarbie]

Heart emoji. She's lovely and I'm sure Nita will make a perfect mother.

[@dd3wc]

She’s a lovely mare and has served you well … and in turn you’ve taken good care of her too. She might even give you a couple of foals … and she’s not too old for that … he’s a good looking stud! I can see you planned well ahead to get a replacement (or two) before she retired … and they’ll both do fine as well. Hope you both enjoy your vacation next week (or this week 😊)! Happy Trails! 🙏🙌❤️🐎🐴

[@dionoppy4476]

I can't help but recognize the emotion in your words. I know it's a profound, and proud moment for you. I love and appreciate the absolute dedication and loyalty that encompasses ya'll. I've dealt with sesamoid injury. That's 90/180 days recovery. I like to give mine extra time, super light walking.

[@sherronlawson9968]

I could almost hear the little tear in your voice during your next to last ride on beautiful Nita 😢 🐎 Best wishes for an uneventful foaling and lovely baby for you, Steve.

[@dreed5530]

Wow. If I was trained to ride a horse as wonderful as Nita, I'd want to ride her as often as she was able. I miss riding especially now that I have the property for it. Chevy has some big hoofs to fill. Best of luck to Nita. She'll be a great mom. Thanks so much for sharing your time & talents. Blessings on you all.

[@kininmontc13]

She is such a beautiful horse.

[@jessicaearp351]

She is lovely a true soul animal her baby is a blessing to the farm

[@KathrynRose-schultz-qs6qw]

You can see Nita likes to work with you. Standing to be saddled she looked sad ears back a bit. Most of the riding you were doing she had and interest in what you were communicating to her and so willing. You two are great buddies!

[@pattirockgarden4423]

Pray Nita can go through her pregnancy without problems. And that the foal is born healthy.

[@nixie6]

I’m still absolutely mind blown after seeing this IRL yesterday. Made me super emotional actually. Just beautiful to see, in a horsey world that seems to be full of gadgets these days. My non horsey husband has just watched and was even more blown away (having attempted to lead my mare to the arena with me leading foal last week. I think he’s still traumatised 🤣)

[@vanessaeverett1141]

Aw Nita you and Steve are just magic together. Wonderful video as always thanks Steve and Tania love from sunny New Zealand. ❤🐎❤

[@kellygalvin7775]

Having a Nita baby must be so exciting, dad looks a beast in a good way 😊

[@sandram5664]

Wow, congratulations! But also bittersweet.

[@riverbank4126]

Lovely sympathetic ride, Steve! Thanks for the excellent demo. This is how I was trained to ride in a French Cavalry School in Metz, France in the mid-1950s. This way of riding produced happy horses that were light and manageable - with and without tack. They also lasted a long time because they could move fluently under a rider and were never forced into a movement that they were not ready for. Your lovely mare is an excellent example of 'the well-trained horse' and looks as if she would be as comfortable under a cavalry saddle, a 'western' saddle, or in an 'English Saddle', hunt saddle, racing pad, or 'bare-back'. It is demos like this that show that you should ride the horse, not its tack! It is also lovely to see your dear old mare working just as well with or without a bit in her mouth. Her collection is the perfectly natural type and looks as great on a Quarter Horse as it would on a massive Warm-blood. In France, our lesson 'ponies' were usually Arabs or Barbs that had been foaled in North Africa and then briefly ridden in the paddock and on the open desert by the young boys of the area. When the horses were about three years old they were sent to sales in the south of France where they were bought by dealers, cavalry schools, etc. They were very easy to train as long as you remembered that they had never carried a bit in their mouths as the boys who rode them used only a soft rope around their horse's neck. Hope your lovely mare has no difficulties with her pregnancy or the birth of her first foal. It would be wonderful for you to have another 'Nita' to train and ride in the future. Thanks for demonstrating this kind of riding as I know that there are many people world-wide that have no idea of how to achieve these results - and so many horses would have happier lives if they did!

[@Endruss2025]

Awwww! She will be a great mommy! ❤️🇨🇦

[@CM-wk3sg]

Amazing team! 😍 And can‘t wait to see Nita being a mama to a little foal! 🥰 (This time Tanya was so hard to hear! I love to hear her what she says… 🥺)

[@judepicton6252]

Beautiful, great privilege to see this incredible bond. Thankyou for sharing .

[@april5666]

What a testament Anita is to your training. What an absolutely fabulous horse. Here’s to many happy years to come with her. Can’t wait to see her foal.

[@goldenwheeledbanshee9160]

That's a great horse!

[@jackieCopeland-s2i]

Congratulations for a new foal.

[@lyndakowalke8858]

Wow! Nita is a fantastic Horse - Happy Motherhood sweetheart 🐎💕

[@corinneguest]

Just pure perfection. Cant wait for her to be a Mummy.

[@randybutler4772]

Isn’t twenty years old a little late to breed. Has she ever foaled before? Hoping the best for her. Good luck. Thank you for sharing.🐴

[@tracyleecornish5398]

What a beautiful Sound horse and I am sure she would be a lovely ride too but mostly such a darling. So lovely to see a testament to your training and horsemanship.

[@Mike.103]

I know nothing about horses..,but after coming across your channel I am spellbound!

[@Paulusia1111]

I’d be interested in hearing the science behind the spurring with each stride.

[@Hilaryyeoman]

Such a bond of love. I doesn't get any better.

[@kimhaughton3771]

Bittersweet but a wonderful new beginning for Nita!!! Congratulations Nita!!! 🎉

[@valerieboyce7644]

Nita is a star!!! What a darlin' girl.

[@deniseroach5066]

Another great video by you three! The stud is gorgeous...a great combo with him and Nita! ❤❤

[@gjalameda6686]

He walks his talk. Nothing is hid and just pure partnership between man and horse. It was a pleasure to watch Steve and Nita.

[@louisegogel7973]

That was lovely to watch, thank you Tanya and Steve and Nita! 🤎👍🏼🤎🍯🤎🎶🤎😇

[@MDR62MULES]

Congratulations! I love her you have trained her so well she's amazing. ❤

[@doloresreynolds8145]

😂😂. Nita looked a bit disappointed when your session in the round pen ended. She is pretty wonderful.

[@mbololifestyle6847]

So excited to see Nita in her new role and wondering if I can teach my warmblood to respond like that without reins...beautiful to watch thank you

[@sandraallenlovelace5146]

And now you have this beautiful video about your last right on Nita.

[@muffindog3113]

Wonderful news for you all. Congrats and hello from seattle.

[@euladearing5774]

It is awesome to have a friend like that . Believe me I know . So glad for you . 💯❤️😊

[@blackhellebore89]

Good news! Hurrah! All the best for next summer!!

[@lynsview2895]

Absolutely amazing-what a horse what horsemanship👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌍🇿🇦

[@tammyspurdle9208]

Wonderful to watch, what an awesome partnership. Thank you Steve and Nita. See you at Blackpool.

[@mariagillinson8527]

Why are you wearing spurs with Nita?

[@heatherbartlett6788]

Wow, loved this Steve what a little beauty Nita is. Thank you. 😊

[@cindybrehmer3961]

Beautiful girl! Knew she wouldn't have any problems. Wish I could ride again. Your videos give me so much joy when life hasn't had any. Thank you for the joy

[@CheshireCat6639]

Aww congratulations Nita ❤🐎❤🇬🇧

[@joannecava2418]

She is so wonderful = loved watching this

[@mk6945]

Nita is such a lovely horse. An absolute sweetheart. I'm curious: Are you wearing spurs?

[@heidipeters7174]

Seeing is believing. Watching you work with Nita is 100% learning! I can thoroughly believe it would take 20 years she is so soft and yeilding to you. A delight to watch! Wishing her all the best with being a Mum. She's going to be a great mommy for sure!

[@annieyahu676]

❤Nita is such a treasure ❤. She has wonderful temperament and with your training, is a Joy to watch! Thank you for Sharing this special time with us. Congratulations 🎉on the baby on the way! Nita will be a great mother.

[@lissmooney9190]

Ah best of luck Nita with your foal happy retirement ❤️❤️❤️

[@gointothedogs4634]

You've done a beautiful job with Nita-she's a great mare with a very smooth gait. She must've been a real pleasure taking out on the trail. You two partner so well together, I imagine she'll miss you not riding her. And that sire is gorgeous! That's going to be a beautiful foal.

[@suzyemery]

Such a beautiful thing to watch! What a sweet girl she is. Thanks for taking us along! Luv n Hugs from central Illinois USA 🩷 Suzy

[@bjykl]

I've never heard Steve talk about why he is banging on her sides while she walks. I know he's gentle, but why constantly and why spurs? Seems needless.

[@maryg3143]

Nita is a wonderful girl! ❤

[@tanyabrown9839]

beautifully trained. I used to like to ride my horse without bridle too at times and had him both able to be working with me with either leg or voice. (Sadly I don't have my horse any more due to him getting cancer).

[@thecoastlineintuitive8615]

Such a beautiful mare! Beautiful video! Hugs from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

[@margies5906]

What a gem! Such a special relationship that Steve has without horse and with a horse with the whole family's it's just so special😂 can't wait to see what a baby Nita looks like❤

[@valsugg72]

So good to see you actually ride,what a lovely horse ❤

[@ktexas001]

Tanya and Steve you have a wonderful horse Nita: she is dedicated to you and does her best: a fantastic demonstration of her superb skills and training by the BEST! I would love to see her in person. Texas is a long way off but thankful I can watch your great videos: Tanya great camera work too. Tanya do you also ride?

[@naomihartman6623]

Omg she is once in a life time. Horse she deserves to be a mum and just live a life of retirement on a paddock love u Nita u are gorgeous hats off to u steve she is a testament to your training

[@CathyKeating]

Wow. I feel so humble. Wish I had ever learned a slice of what you know to do on a horse, and maybe it's not too late, but I'm just so freaking impressed with your horsemanship and what you've done in your long relationship with this amazing mare. Props, Steve! xoxoxoxoxox

[@Truthwinz]

Steve & Nita are like poetry in motion 😊 🐎 While in Crete say hi to Takis at Takis Shelter. You’ll be amazed!

[@cynthiamcgee4829]

You are amazing I'm going to work on all of this on my horse not the bridaless yet just the first part. That is pure trust between the two of you. 💕🐎

[@dianekrisak942]

Wonderful horse. She will be a good mum. Wish you well Nita. 🐴

[@johnnyroadcrew3841]

Looking forward to Blackpool and seeing Nita .. ... ...

[@jessicajonsson4012]

She's so lovely Nita ❤ 🥕

[@deloresrogers685]

Beautiful horse and extremely well trained ❤❤❤

[@annejarvis7002]

A true partnership - the level of trust you have with each other is breathtaking. Anita is such a beautiful horse - I can't wait to see her foal. Safe travels & happy trails.

[@ann-mareefellows4391]

Congratulations Nita, I'm so excited to see your baby and I hope you love motherhood as much as me

[@jwiki1]

Congratulations!! Excited to hear about Nita’s foal! Praying she does well through the pregnancy. 🙏🏼❤️

[@tammyspurdle9208]

Thank you Tanya for another lovely video. Look forward to seeing you all in Blackpool.

[@francineherron1940]

Steve is it really necessary to use Spurs? I am not a fan of spurs, if you're a good Equestrian then spurs are not necessary.

[@sidilicious11]

That was phenomenal. I feel privileged to have to witnessed that ride. Bravo Steve and Nita!