Teaching a Horse To Neck Rein !!

Joe Midgley talks about teaching a horse to be ridden from two hands to one.
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[@Akeolo]

Love your thought process here. Reminds me very much of the traditional way to bring along a horse: snaffle first, then curb, focused on the horse and his thorough understanding rather than quick results.

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

Akeolo thank you! If you want to check out hours of training videos, articles AND receive online coaching the GHC now has its own website at www.goodhorsemanshipchannel.com

[@yike4968]

Hey it works. I was able to canter my mare with one hand in 20 mins

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

J Osborn - that’s awesome!! Well done!! If you want to check out hours of training videos, articles AND receive online coaching the GHC now has its own website at www.goodhorsemanshipchannel.com

[@spannerclyde6832]

Omg, so many whingers in the comments about the bit he is using. It's not like he is doing dressage where he is keeping constant contact. He is using very light hands

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

Spanner & Clyde - thank you!!! If you want to check out hours of training videos, articles AND receive online coaching the GHC now has its own website at www.goodhorsemanshipchannel.com

[@daniel_moretti]

I know! As soon as I heard "Tom Thumb" I thought here come the lunch mobs with their tourches!! And I like using a sidepull (no bit all) lol!

[@ShinLeeChan]

The main issue with reining is that doesn't make sense to have the horse with his head down all the time. It's not natural. The bit if used correctly doesn't hurt the horse I agree.

[@spannerclyde6832]

@@ShinLeeChan it is natural and the best headset as it makes the back lift to better support the rider. Long and low is the best for young and green horses, even in dressage we only ask them to lift off the forehand once we can ask them to push from the hind and step under better.

[@ShinLeeChan]

@@spannerclyde6832 Oh I didn't know that it was best for support. Glad to learn new things. I've always thought that was forced for just show him as submissive and things like that. :) Thanks for the explanation.

[@amberthiessen6119]

I love your accent!!!

[@jjctxcast9395]

Very helpful. Thank you for explaining in a way that anyone can understand.

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

JJCTX Cast thank you!! If you want to check out hours of training videos, articles AND receive online coaching the GHC now has its own website at www.goodhorsemanshipchannel.com

[@judymurray9057]

very helpful, you explain the movements of your body and hands very well. thanks, can't wait to try this. It explained some of the problems I was having.

[@jacklynf7130]

Great video, thank you for all of the information!

[@johnbosco8209]

Very good explanation brother

[@janedmunds4218]

Thank you!

[@maisieliberty1319]

He is a BEAUTIFUL horse!! :D

[@hannahthepotato9940]

Your horse is gorgeous!!!!

[@user-bp6qt2xn9e]

hello, I'm retiring an OTTB . ive been galloping him in a fixed ring bit, I liked it because it doesnt break in the middle, he likes it too. He also like to hang his toung out, would like to put him in low/med. curb, not sure what to go with, I have never riden with a shank bit. ( Jockey )

[@sketchalater4656]

He's gorgeous. I have been wanting a paint horse for the longest time. How do you find horses like these?

[@billyandfinaginlove5924]

Your horse is gorges I love him or her

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

Billy and finagin love - he’s a him :) his name is Beau, he’s and American paint X Thoroughbred. He’s a really cool horse

[@estherhu2254]

I agree. He is so colorful and seem to have natural eye liner. Very pleasant to look at this horse.

[@indigosearls9814]

Billy and finagin love do u know that horses billy and Fergus

[@meganc3090]

That horse is beautiful.

[@hannahoof3765]

What’s ur opinion on crossing the reins at the bit? I don’t use my dad method but I’m just wondering...

[@Robertbeal1989]

Do you pressure with the opposite foot you turning?

[@bobbysproule9963]

How much pressure are you putting on his neck with the rein?

[@janedmunds4218]

Maybe I need just more basic training, but a few times when you say "leg" there near the end, I don't know which leg or how. I'll watch the video over some more and try and get it

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

Jan Edmunds - do not fear!!! If you want to check out hours of training videos, articles AND receive online coaching the GHC now has its own website at www.goodhorsemanshipchannel.com

[@Sirconnor9292]

Does this work on older horses?

[@MsNumber1rider]

NICE horse

[@adysonnierman8269]

What do you do when your 8 year old horse dose not care and doesn’t listen when you have been trying to get him to neck rein for days I’m trying to get Into barrels but no matter how much I work with him he doesn’t seem to care what I tell him

[@henrymccarty8077]

Single rein or plow reining (we call it in the West) ain't cool for a lot of reasons - even though Parelli , a big name trainer, teaches it. A good way to initiate a young horse to neck reining is: simply cross your reins- right rein under and up left side and opposite with other. Neck rein that way a while, then don't cross them and done. Works every time.

[@thegoodhorsemanshipchannel7206]

R.C. Steffensen - the problem there is that you never train the cue that way, and there will always have to be more pressure than I’d like. Plus, a lot of people want to start training this on young horses, having the rein under the neck with those horses is nothing but dangerous

[@henrymccarty8077]

TheGoodHorsemanship Channel . I figure the cue is mostly from your legs and body language. Good video. God bless Horses...

[@darkbaydreamers2537]

I am going to teach this to the horse I ride because I want to ride her western and I need some help I don't know my saddle size for western I have been riding in a saddle that is too big for me I am 5'1 and I have only ridden English when I took lessons for western the saddle where either too small or too big It sucks being short

[@avarenee9924]

Try a 14 or 15 inch, that’s what I use and I’m a 17 in English 💖 I am also 5ft

[@isismcelroy1836]

I'd suggest a 15' its also very much weight and body confirmation based. Like I'm 5'2 and 110-120lbs so I ride in 15-16 (it's all in my rear end unfortunately). Good luck! I hope you enjoy western ❤

[@l.horseman5704]

Get a Mikmar bit Son. You will love them and any horse will love you for using a Mikmar.

[@jordanmasterton1442]

nope. mikmar bits suck, as do tom thumbs.

[@orileyautoparts6952]

Great! Just change the bit..

[@Lupita-eu2xu]

The Animal Notebook 1 the bit is good for that work it’s not too hard and not too soft. It have flexibility and leverage

[@jordanmasterton1442]

@@Lupita-eu2xu the single joint will collapse and nutcracker, which is inherently unfair on the horse.

[@codinginthesaddle5641]

I want to ride western in show but the only horse I can use only knows English 😔

[@villainesteem8215]

You can cross train!

[@Akeolo]

"Welcome to TheGoodHorsemanship Channel" "Pfffff" lol

[@vincentsbardella4448]

What language is he speaking?

[@savannahsnyder6185]

Vincent Sbardella English? What?

[@laurenhall4551]

Go back a snaffle bit or a no bit bridle! Why would you think that is better than a Snaffle

[@Lupita-eu2xu]

Read my bio shut up you don’t even do reining the horse needs that bit

[@welseyverdin5519]

@@Lupita-eu2xu what kinda crazy person are you? No horse in the WORLD needs a bit...the humans do! “B..but I have soft hands!” Yeah ok barn witch 😘

[@isismcelroy1836]

@@welseyverdin5519 while you're right they don't NEED one, that doesn't give you the right to call someone names because they ride differently from you. Some people GENUINELY have soft hands. I myself barely use a bit. I only have them in a bit when reining and even then I have them trained sheerly off of leg cues so there's no need for it 🤷‍♀️

[@laurenhall4551]

Please get a new bit!!!

[@joeevans4855]

its not his horse he trains clients horses he has a buisness

[@daniel_moretti]

It's the hands that matter a hell of a lot more than the bit

[@Lupita-eu2xu]

Daniel Moretti exactly and also in reining you only do neck reining so the bit is very very lightly used

[@jordanmasterton1442]

@@daniel_moretti even with no hands on, a tom thumb is a very harsh but.