The TRT method Series Episode #8 - The explosive gelding (part 2)

[@sidilicious11]

What a fabulous teacher! I enjoyed watching his owner learn so fast. She is a good rider and they looked very good together. Wonderful transformation.

[@amandajoseph1915]

I absolutely love this for so many reasons. Gone down a rabbit hole watching these videos. If only there were enough Tristan clones to help every horse and rider with such important foundational building blocks and so much more. Amazing! Im probably not articulating what I mean appropriately lol but I just love this so much. I wish I had someone like Tristan for my horses and I when I was riding.

[@jeanpernarelli1225]

What a joy to watch this horse relax and get all that tension out of his body. He looks like a different horse and you can see a whole different aura in his demeanor. Your voice and body language is very comforting to him and gives him confidence in himself. Very nice !!!!

[@stainless1981]

I feel more relaxed too, just by your voice. ; )

[@jenivieve8273]

He's such a sweet horse, I hope he found a great home where he could continue to build confidence or just be comfortable.

[@motehopper]

First of all you can see the pain in using the bit with the horse's mouth wide open. Why the tightess of the reins?

[@yvonneschouten8973]

Really nice change in the horse to the previous video about Ironman!!! It's so great to see the horse being taught without nose band, draw reins etc to trust and learn to take control over his own body and relax. Would love to see more about Ironman!

[@Alex-horsman]

At the moment of 21:30, the horse did exactly the same, what he has done before he came there!!! What was the difference after exersizes I do not understand!

[@calista1280]

@Коні як хобі та частина життя The horse is young and still learning to control himself. Now, he has had a bit of an education in what to do with his body. Ironman has to learn to think on his own and needs to be exposed to a lot of different situations, so he has a good library of info to draw on. It takes time, which a lot of us don't devote where needed most, i.e., a young green broke horse...

[@jmwhorsemanship]

@@Alex-horsman It was not exactly the same though, it was a brief thought instead of a complete giving over to the flight instinct. He learned how to recover and find that place of ease again within moments. I do feel that he needs to be ridden without contact for a while though and only have contact on one rein at a time only until he trusts the bit and the person's hands more.

[@Karine2063]

Unbelievable good trainer and chapeau for the owner and also the Canadian super jockey ❤❤❤ Wish I had such a trainer… I’m 61 and start all over again with a 6 year old mare with foal 😍 I will look all these videos! As a former Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling an Sally Swift admirer it’s easy to say that this is even more clear to me 🙏

[@misssophie6515]

Nice change to what he was like in the beginning of part 1!

[@janmay6455]

Interesting to watch the difference in the owner’s touch... I used to retrain ‘problem’ horses and the majority of the time, the owner was the problem

[@judynappi2395]

Kudos to someone trying to fix a problem that she can't solve. She could have foisted him off on some poor smuck with less horse knowledge than needed to deal with this horse's problems. We all have seen this happen! Then the horse gets passed alone, gets worse and ends up at an auction and then slaughterhouse.

[@thelittlefoxy]

I know ur comment was from 2y ago but wanted to react anyways!

[@Galemor1]

They needed to fix it, because they are selling it. It's her boyfriends horse, but since it has a "spooking" problem, where it suddenly takes off. They had to get help. Watching the first part, I saw her riding the horse behind vertical, and that messes with the horse vision, it's like putting on a cap, and tucking your chin into your chest, then try to run forwards and see how much will suddenly appear. The horse spooked, when the person standing in the middle (to the horse) suddenly appeared in his field of vision. I see it often in horses ridden behind vertical, that they get stressed out.

[@HuntClubRdBarbie]

Fascinating method!

[@oyeawhoo1]

I like the way you explain things. I have tried taking dressage lessons being a western rider, but didn’t understand a damn thing. The language, so different and confusing . You have not used any words to confuse me at all. Thank you., Slow and easy we go..

[@xhaltsalute]

Did you ask questions. All good instructors would want you to understand.

[@hhhhhhh6353]

I have to ask, has this horse had a skeletal and a muscular check up? He looks sore in his neck and appears to react when the reins are short. Appears to be good and effective work overall. The cause might be worth investigating? :)

[@justAnne49]

Absolutely brilliant,

[@kristine8338]

Lifesaving : horse and rider ❣️

[@EH-lu2if]

It Seems like this horse has a big Problem with the bit

[@horsenaround2916]

This guy seems very unhappy with this bit. Is this not an option to try another?

[@moonsmilk333]

in the video the trainer explains why the bit is like this

[@Deedlemobile]

I agree! Despite what he said, that horse is VERY unhappy with how tight that bit is, IMO. I could hardly watch the whole thing, I was so distracted by the horse's obvious distress. (Ever see Alexander Navzorov? OMG....life-changing.)

[@mdee860]

Most was sooo good.. but in the trot.. sooo far behind the vertical that it looked almost (?) painful. 😖

[@equishen]

Big change already. I wonder why he has/is still tense in the head and neck? Biting on the bit and behind the vertical.... So now he does what's aspect of but something (I think neck poll, tmj hyoid) isn't still were its supposed to be, I think....

[@jmwhorsemanship]

I deeply feel this horse does not trust the bit. My opinion would be not to ever use two reins except to teach the backup when things are going well. He needs to learn to trust the bit and people's hands.

[@sidilicious11]

Good job all around.👏🏻🐴

[@Alex-horsman]

At the moment of 21:30, the horse did exactly the same, what he has done before he came there!!! What was the difference after exersizes I do not understand!

[@kirrillythompson]

Thanks for making this available to view. I appreciate the content but also the professional audio and visual work - it really makes a difference. I would like to know how the tool of turning to the wall translates to riding in open spaces.

[@jmwhorsemanship]

I believe that is about disengaging the hind end... essentially, if it is done often, eventually you can do the same move off the wall to recover his ease and release anxiety, and eventually you can do it with no wall at all, if needed. The key is to set everything up in the same way. Do your groundwork first, then check your recovery strategies, then ride out. Every day, every arena, until you have a few years of trust and stability built.

[@sherrielm6259]

im really confused as to why u didnt include the boot camp part of using the plastic bag. we only saw how he finally excepted that the bag was not some big scarey monster. would've been helpful and I feel it was a vital part of this series. however, I found this series helpful and it answered questions that I had so ty.

[@3x83x8]

Hi Tris I enjoyed your input.

[@amberblyledge7859]

I NEED your help with my explosive Lipizzaner gelding. Had years of prep time, had probably sixty rides in hand and on a lunge, had thirty super nice rides under saddle. Spooked, broke my tailbone, worked with him. Ready to trot, as for trot, bolted and slammed me into the road. Gave up. Re worked him. Sat on him at the feed bucket with a halter. Perfect boy being super cautious about not making me uncomfortable. Tried again next day. Perfect. Tried two days later, couldn’t even get on him. Bolted while I was trying to get on him like four times. He KNOWS how to stand for everything.

[@nikasbigsecret91]

How many days per week and for how long was this horse in training to achieve these results?

[@krissy9931]

Thanks for the great lesson, Tristan! Would you recommend for a horse that is relatively sensitive to ride bitless? My horse seems to prefer, I’m just not sure which one. Thanks!

[@oliviaowens8552]

My horse is very similar but maybe more violent when he explodes 😅To me this horse is showing a lot of tension with the bit . I had this with my colt .He actually is much happier in a hackamore. No there’s nothing wrong with his teeth . But this did help tremendously to not be overwhelmed with the rest of his body when asked to do something confusing. It was like night in day. One less thing . We are still figuring it out.

[@elleapps5350]

Hi Tristan, I absolutely love watching your videos. Are you in Australia 🇦🇺??? And if so, how can I contact you?. Kind regards Elle

[@catherinewhite4313]

I would be nervous I as owner was under prepared to maintain all thos beautiful work

[@shannonkerr968]

Beautiful 💚

[@CarolWhitaker]

Love this! ♥️

[@nicolab8608]

Love this video! Super informative! I do have a question though... does anyone know why they turn to the outside and not the inside or even alternate between the 2?

[@ellanoordijk7537]

I think it’s because the hind leg has to move under the body so the horse can relax through it’s body. So by turning you have to think about moving the hind leg and not the front. The only way the hind leg can really go is inside because of the wall. Just a thought, not 100% sure🤷🏼‍♀️

[@CnBlu]

They do it when the horse gets too fast. The wall does the slowing down for you, so there's no need to use both reins which would cause tension and they can release even the one rein very quickly. The hind leg (the new inside hind) then steps under. And voilá, you have a slower pace, a horse that's more relaxed in the back and a release in the rein aid with the horse carrying himself. Of course, this can be done wrong and then you don't get any of those wonderful things, you might just pull the horse into the wall and fall off when he turns quickly :D

[@jmwhorsemanship]

Using the wall is just another training tool. it's a great way to simply sit and hold pressure and allow the horse to figure out how to position and move his body. Plus it can be done while ground driving very easily, so its a pattern they already know and can follow.

[@paulfleming1782]

Is there NO sound for all or you ? I had sound at the videos beginning and then ............... Zero !

[@danielthomas3333]

When she’s doing in hand bending he is obviously stiffer on one side than the other This makes it difficult to pickup one canter lead and he shows his displeasure by bolting. He’s got away with it so why wouldn’t he think he can do it again. I till say that a session in the round pen with lots of canter departs - not negotiable

[@sacred406]

The horse is not relaxed. If he were he's be stretching forward into the bit and I don't know why he wasn't encouraged to do so. That way he would definitely find his balance and relax.

[@sintara8442]

She sits on the back of the saddle too much. Thats painful for the horse

[@riseagain0130]

The girth is not centred. High on one side and low on the other.

[@jackierickman4411]

If your not doing TRT training you should in getting amazing results

[@Bowentherapie]

Nice transformation, however: the rider has serious problems in her seat, to hollow, to tense, not in balance so no relaxation, but understandable with his history. And the short reins I can not understand, it breaks his neck in a false bend en makes him uncomfrtable with the bit and the hand. Why is that?

[@irisiris1149]

Amazing!!!!!

[@camillemaquillage]

I never seen someone ask the canter by voice in dressage!! It's always been inside leg and outside leg a bit to the back, horses understand that in a fraction of a second. Maybe it's a part of his ways of training :)

[@pamelahay6242]

This isn’t “Dressage” it’s “ dressage” which simply means “ training”. It’s just teaching cues by any means. Horse has learned to associate the spoken word “Canter” with the physical aids for canter. Once the association is learned the horse can canter from the “ voice aid”, just as if he was asked to “ walk, trot, canter” withoit s rider , in a round yard/pen. But “ voice aids” not allowed in Competition Dressage I believe. 🙂

[@xhaltsalute]

When working a young horse on the lunge line I used my voice and special command odiferous Walt trot and canter. That was then used under saddle while using leg cues, slowly dropping the verbal cues in time as they understand the leg aids.

[@jmwhorsemanship]

What the other person said. Its easier for the horse to correlate the voice aid you use on the ground with the voice aid you use in the saddle. You teach moving the body parts at slow speeds, especially at a stand or a walk, and only add them in later when the horse understands them well. So the first month of cantering I do the same thing, I place my legs to ask for a lead, set the horse up to fall into the correct lead, and kiss into canter, which is the voice cue I use on the ground for canter. Now the horse can correlate my set up with another cue he already knows, and start to understand what that setup means without having to learn it with no foundation to understand it by. Eventually the voice cue can be completely unnecessary as I use my body to cue more and my voice only when the horse gets confused.

[@vickisherwood1]

All mine canter by saying the word canter 😅😅

[@danielthomas3333]

Next when she rides him do reinback to canter transitions i e make him really collected for the depart and keep the haunches well bent

[@jmerlo4119]

Funny no one seems to have noticed that the horse did spook and took off from trot to gallop in the same corner turn to the right, which, according to part 1 of these vids, was precisely the reason why he was taken to this school. To much theorizing, for my taste. Horses are much more simple than that. It could be that his mouth, throat and neck muscles have been seriously damaged by an idiotic previous owner. If not, then all Iron Man needs is quite a lot of riding in the open country with a confident rider. Period. He is such a beautiful creature!

[@private15]

J Merlo they did notice as instructor immediately asked rider to turn horse left and remember this horse is not finished and the rider is just learning how to ride Iron Man with this new training technique. That the rider successfully dealt with that small spook is the incredible progress they have made.

[@jmerlo4119]

Diane Patt - Thankyou for your reply. Yes, I know you are right. It just called my attention that no one, including these commentaries, made a special remark about those precise couple of seconds, which, to me, are the climax of the whole episode.

[@jeanedevries1]

@@private15 Agreed. This is "process," not "product." The horse is much more confident, but clearly still very green. He's on the right track.

[@aquaticsunset]

They've had him since he was a foal and broke him themselves; there was no previous idiotic owner.

[@jmerlo4119]

Ren - Ok. there was not a previous owner then. But there was an idiot involved, that is for sure. In any case, what I really meant to point out was that the solution to that particular problem is very simple.

[@Alex-horsman]

At the moment of 21:30, the horse did exactly the same, what he has done before he came there!!! What was the difference after exersizes I do not understand!

[@kamikaze428]

He never seems to relax with the bit at all. That seemed to be causing him more stress than anything at this point.

[@vosenpaard]

Its really nice work - although I'm not a fan of the sportive goals behind it - but actually, this "method" is the basic 'how to treat and train a horse' I've learned since I was a child. Nothing new, nothing fancy, just good holistic horsemanship.

[@robinfarmer4787]

I still don’t think he likes that bit it hurts his mouth and tongue I can see how he is trying to get some release but I love your relationship with horses and training you have such a nice voice gosh he is such a beautiful boy

[@shanarablue339]

So if they had him from a foal, they have been the issue all along not the horse, he's realised on himself because he wasn't getting what he needed from owners ? The owners position in the saddle is a lot to be desired , she herself is stiff and leans forward, unusual for a dressage rider, they tend to lean back , she also rides hollow backed . This horse is picking up all her problems and transferring her flow , I like how he's not heavy handed, I hate that natural horsemanship stuff, has a so called trainer to our event horse, I paid I have to say for someone to basically abuse my horse?? Never been so furious in my life!Never again, most I think want to be Cowboys ?? Sorry he just made me boil and ruined it for others that are not like him. I have watched so many trainers now that are natural in the respect its all watching and moving with the flow of the animal, no fancy nothing , more iam guessing how the native Indians might have done things ?? Too many want everything done in a hurry .

[@bethstaiano387]

She is a very nervous rider. Not only very stiff with a hollow back, but her breathing is shallow.

[@everythingshiny]

She does appear to be nervous of the horse, understandably really since his tendency to shoot forward clearly scared her enough to realise she needed help and bring him to this trainer. Let's not jump all over someone for asking for the help they need. She said in the first video the horse is going to be sold, hopefully to a rider who can be more relaxed with him.

[@moonstars315]

She is hollow backed, far back in the saddle bouncing on that area likely hurts him. She's scared of this horse, I guess I might be as well, looking at her video, I give this girl a lot of credit, most horse people that were selling a horse and didn't have the time to do what they wanted with it would not put this kind of effort into addressing these issues. This guy is good, but there is much I don't understand to the why of what he did, so I would have a problem learning the technique and practicing with the horse without the man there. I do see the progress from just that short lesson. Progress was the goal, I believe

[@zoltanrevesz257]

The guy hace nice English. :-)

[@liekevertegaal5600]

I'm pretty sure he's australian ;)

[@looloo4029]

@@liekevertegaal5600 yes, you are correct.

[@darlingevie9334]

Bit up way to high, not good at all

[@plantsbatsandcats]

Reins are so short in English riding, ugh.

[@recoveringsoul755]

oh no, metal bits are not necessary. They are painful to one of the most sensitive parts of the horse, their mouth.

[@plantsbatsandcats]

Recovering Soul I don‘t think he(the trainer) really likes them that much either. He made a comment in the beginning about recognizing that you need one to compete. Which is honestly really dumb.

[@charlottechetwyndtalbot283]

there are so many different methods these days. If he were mine I would have used the method of “Horsemanship” with him and grounded the electricity in his body by stroking him all over his body with a whip until he chews. You should never whistle to a horse-the horse by nature is prey and some predators whistle (for example birds of prey). His rider should be taught to sit properly in her saddle instead of tipping forward constantly and she would find it easier to turn. If you have yr seat bones in the saddle u only have to think turn and turn yr hips even without reins and don’t pull in his mouth,

[@Iyvanna]

What sort of predator birds prey on horses...?

[@danielthomas3333]

There’s nothing wrong with this horse that half an hour in a round pen won’t cure. Geez

[@Iyvanna]

By "cure", do you mean "taught helplessness to the point where the horse is lobotomized"?

[@horseygran9265]

A lot of talking with little explanation and demonstration. I prefer Ted, Handy Hoseman.