Step-by-Step | Teach the flying LEAD CHANGE

Teaching your horse flying lead changes can be challenging. Many people consider it to be one of the more difficult maneuvers, but it doesn't have to be rocket science! I want to teach you how to train lead changes in a relaxed in confident manner.
The most important thing is to simply start trying. If you're afraid to fail, you'll never put the time in that it takes to finesse this maneuver!
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[@jaynechristy4590]

Great video

[@EmersynNordhagen09]

amazing video love all the tips and pointers

[@michelleford7392]

Great video! Thanks!

[@lindsay.oram86]

I love that you didn't use a horse who's totally broke to lead changes. It's kind of frustrating watching videos when the horse is dead broke, because it doesn't show you how to trouble shoot. I appreciate this so much. I'm having a lot of trouble with my gelding getting grouchy/anxious and anticipating changing. Any other suggestions aside from breaking him down?

[@zacharias.horsemanship]

Thank you! I appreciate that. Could you tell me a little more about what your horse is doing when he gets grouchy & anxious, as you put it? Is he running off? Raising his head? Dropping the shoulder?... I'd love to know more so I can hopefully offer some useful input. There are definitely more tools than always breaking the horse back down.

[@lindsay.oram86]

@@zacharias.horsemanship pretty much all of the above. he kind of feels like he's stressed out. Swishes his tail, picks up his head up, speeds up and gets pretty heavy on my hands. at times I can get him to switch on the front but I can never get him to switch on the back.

[@zacharias.horsemanship]

As you can assess, he's confused about what his job really is. I spend so much time loping my horses around, pushing the hip to engage, making sure the horse is relaxed through the whole process. If they start trying to run through my hands, I'll attempt to check them in and try to get them to refocus on what I'm asking. But if they don't come back mentally, I'll break them back down and make sure they can engage the hip easily - without the shoulder dropping and without hanging on my hands - at the walk and trot. I'll link a couple videos that might help!

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[@addysmith9588]

Any ideas/videos to help with my horse picking up a counter canter? My horse ALWAYS picks up the right lead (great right) but with being in a smaller arena (much smaller than this) i need him to pick up the wrong lead but im not sure how to teach him so

[@lynnettejalufka2682]

Great Video! Thanks for all the explanations. Beautiful horse. Does he have Colonels Smoking Gun bloodlines?

[@EmersynNordhagen09]

this is off topic but i had questions about my horse and my riding. My horse has extremely bumpy gaits trot and lope that I can’t sit and barley post and he when I first start to work him he want to go out faster but once I ride him in circles he will slow down. What can I do to improve this? I also cannot keep contact in my saddle and sometimes I have had my feet fly out of my stirrups what would be your advice?

[@zacharias.horsemanship]

Great questions. The speed control is a whole conversation in and of itself and it would be difficult for me to offer solutions via a single youtube comment. I usually do virtual lessons or a consultation call for that sort of issue. How often are you able to ride? Some of the best advice I can give people (without seeing them ride), is simply to do more of it. It can take a while to build the right core muscles and really get the hang of sitting the gaits, and there's no quick fix to that. Feel free to clarify if I misunderstood what you were saying. If you're interested in lessons, you can email me at [e-mail] Keep on riding. You've got this!

[@EmersynNordhagen09]

Thank you! I ride around 4-5 times a week. I have had two other horses previous to this one, and I rode all their gaits fine. My gelding now though is a different story. I will keep trying though. thanks for your help and information! Keep up the amazing work!!!!!!@@zacharias.horsemanship

[@EmersynNordhagen09]

@@zacharias.horsemanship your videos have been so helpful!!! i finally have a better seat on my horse thanks to you guys!!!!! When i ride my horse at the beginning of a ride he will often try to trot extremly fast through the bit but once i break him down in circles he will slow down and do his trot right but when i go to ride him in a staight line he again tries to trot through my bit and if i give him pressure from my reins he will just slow down and walk not really slow down his trot how like any advice you would have on this?

[@zacharias.horsemanship]

@@EmersynNordhagen09 instead of trotting small circles, try doing turns and straight lines. For example, trot forward, as your horse speeds up, pick up the shoulder and guide it over until you feel it swing and the horse slows down a bit. Pick up your straight line again. When the horse speeds up (and he almost will immediately), do another turn, and another, and another. What you're attempting to do is to redirect the energy, as well as getting the weight off the front end and rocking them to their hip. This prevents you from having to put your horse in mindless circles or hanging on their face. It also helps improve your steering! Not that taking them in small circles is wrong. That can be a great tool at times. But picking up the shoulder and redirecting the energy is usually more effective.

[@EmersynNordhagen09]

thank you i will definitely try this @@zacharias.horsemanship 🤍🤍🤍 I have been working on his trotting and he is slowly improving!! thanks for everything!