2022 READER'S CHOICE ISSUE
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6 Readers’ Choice Awards Issue 2022 SHOW HORSE TODAY 2022 Reader’s Choice Awards HELPING HANDS A Closer Look at Your Winners for Best Equine Charity TAILS YOU WIN Head to Tail Boutique Continues a Golden Legacy 24 TAILS YOU WIN ... ............................... ................ ..... 10 Head to Tail Boutique Continues a Golden Legacy HELPING HANDS...................................................24 A Closer Look at Your Winners for Best Equine Charity 2022 READER’S CHOICE AWARDS RESULTS ............36 With over 65,000 Votes Cast You Have Chosen the Winners! DEVELOPING A HORSE’S WEAKER DIRECTION .......94 Part One - Understanding and Identifying the Issue with Dana Hokana ROAN HORSE TODAY ....................... ........................122 The Official Publication of the ARHA GOLDEN RULES OF GROUNDWORK ......................136 with Lynn Palm WHY IT MATTERS .............................................. 142 NSBA WORLD SHOW - Through the lens of Rachel Griffin Photography for Show Horse Today
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DEVELOPING YOUR HORSE’S WEAKER DIRECTION the Issue with Hokana
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Identifying
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WHY IT MATTERS
by Robyn Duplisea
Building a brand name is no easy task. Creating a product worthy of a stellar reputation also takes time and dedication. Kathy Williams Tail’s built both a reputation for excellence and a “horsehold” brand name that has been carried on by new owner Kelley (Mundrick) Martin.
well recognized businesses name was not one taken lightly by Kelley and her husband Kyle. “This was a huge decision for the business (changing the name) that my husband (Kyle) and I did not take lightly. Obviously Kathy had built a brand and we wanted to make sure that we carried on the integrity of what she built but also wanted to put a spin of our own on the business.
Taking the huge leap to change a
the following but not limited to:
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Boo Yah Custom Show Clothing, Holly Taylor Designs, Housewear Show Clothing,Unbridled Couture, Lindsey James Show Clothing, Signature Styles by Ashley, Juls Collection, Jolene’s Designs, Showtime Show Clothing, Kevin Garcia Originals, Kimes, Oversized Show Pads, Black Clover Live Lucky
One of my mentors whom I obtained while building my Corporate Marketing career but
Beyond the tails, Kelley represents a variety of brands and many can be found in her boutique at shows. “I offer a wide range of clothing options across different designer options including
was born and has continued to take the horse show world by storm by offering the very best quality tail extensions while representing top quality horse show fashions and more to create a true head to tail shopping experience.
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the name has changed, the quality tail extension that you have come to love and continued to vote your Reader’s Choice Best Tail
Kelley with Kevin Garcia and Homeboy - All three are 2022 Reader's Choice Gold Award Winners
Extension has not. “I was trained by both Kathy and KC on the making of the one of a kind tails. Additionally, Kathy stayed on for another year after the close of the purchase just to ensure a smooth transition of the business all while maintaining customers, designers, and vendor relationships” explained Kelley on how she was able to continue the quality of the brand.
Kelley offers some thoughts on what makes these tails so well loved industry wide. “I can’t go into specific details on why we feel they are superior in the way they are made (trade secrets) but they are made differently than others which is time consuming to say the least. Our tail extensions are also very versatile in that they can be adjusted with or without weights and hair easily added to or taken away depending on what the horse might need. We stand behind our product and put our customers first if shouldthereever be a Choosingproblem.” the perfect adeptbecomethatisanextensiontailisartanditsomethingKelleyhasveryat.Kelley
“We cannot thank the readers enough for voting us the winner in 2021 and 2022! 2021 was our first year of owning
the business and it meant so much to be voted Gold! To win again in 2022 is such an honor.”
shared some advice on how to best choose and match your extension. “In person is always best but we know that that isn’t always possible. So tail samples can be mailed to me, videos sent and multiple pictures in the sun are always tails“ifKelleyfrom.”optionssomultipleSometimeshelpful.Isendoptionstherearetochoosecontinuedyouhaveotherofoursthathave
a unique perspective as a business owner and she is not only selling tails, but showing alongside her competitors. “I was a customer of Kathy’s before we acquired the business and knew her for 10+ years,
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and have been showing for over probably 20 years. I know how hard people work to achieve their dreams and how the horse world has its ups and downs. It can be tough! It can be so fulfilling too. If I can help from a vendor standpoint, I will do everything I can to help someone with their passion. When I see someone get the perfect tail match or can help them find a show shirt where their face lights up and it gives them confidence to step in that arena, it makes it all worthwhile for sure.”
initials on them that we wrote, and that tail matches the horse that you’re trying to match, that can help guide us in the right direction too! The initials on our tails indicate to us what color scheme is close to the tail in
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Kelley continues to show while running her business and has a stunning line up of home bred all around horses. While showing and running the boutique has created some challenges, Kelley has found her way to navigate it.
me not being as hands on with the horses at the shows and of course they were fine with it. I couldn’t do what I do without my team which includes my Pinetree crew, parents, in-laws, husband and many others.”
“This year I have two, maybe three horses to show that are all home raised, my main horse is Hot Mess N A Dress who shows in Amateur HUS & EQ and we are adding other events to her repertoire like western riding with Lori as unfortunately my western holdChampallTimes'Willyold“Isells.willofferedsomeherselffuturitiessomeNKelleysurgery.”gotShakeYourMoonieMaker,horse,hurtandneededalsohasBestMessADressshowinginHUS3YOandGreenwithLoriandaswellasmaybetrail.Sheiscurrentlyforsale,buttheyshowheruntilshealsohaveatwoyearfillybyMakinMeWild,'MakinStellaroutofmygreataroundRes.Congressmare.Wewilloffonheruntilshe
“When we were buying the business, I had a discussion with my trainers (Lori and Andrew Augsburger of Pinetree QH whom I’ve ridden with for 12 years) to make sure that they would be ok with
“Thank you to everyone who has supported our small business, it was such a big leap of faith that we took but we’re so glad that we did. Best of luck the remainder of 2022”
Clearly our readers wanted to welcome Kelley as a business owner, as Head to Tail Boutique was voted Silver for Best New Business in the 2022 Reader’s Choice in addition to their Gold
“The horse world is such a large place but also such a small world. People are always battling something whether you know it or not so try to make the extra effort to give a compliment or say hi when you pass someone. Welcome new people to the industry and congratulate others when they do good, it doesn’t take that much out of your day to do so but can go such a long way.”
Tail boutique has a very bright future set up from a very solid past both with the products and people. Kelley may be newer to the business but she has a clear vision for the future of her business. “I would love to continue growing the business by ensuring the same quality products, and leveraging my industry experiences as both a marketing professional and competitor.”
is three to most likely start showing in the trail first, but I think she will make a phenomenal all around horse” shared HeadKelley.to
Head to Tail Boutique can be found online at: WWW.KATHYTAILS.COM and will be at The Gold Coast with some other shows possibly added for the remainder of 2022. Keep an eye on their website and SOCIAL MEDIA for any upcoming shows and feel free do sit back and do some online shopping at any time!
for Best Tail Extension.
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Finding the Charity to donate your hard-earned dollars to can be a struggle, but in the horse industry you have clearly voted year after year for three outstanding programs. We are going to take a closer look at each and what makes them so well loved.
We are proud to present these three Readers’ Choice award winners for Best Charity. We know there are many other charities doing amazing work in and out of the horse industry and we salute each of them making a difference on horse or person at a time. If you know of an equine related charity that could benefit from the exposure of our media platform please contact robyn@pleasurehorse. com as it is our mandate to support as many charities as we can!
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The votes for this charity came under many names from the NSBA Crisis Fund to NSBA EWD to Heroes on Horses and more. Perhaps that is exactly why you have voted the Foundation Gold.
The work of the NSBA Foundation is funded through many fundraising events and programs throughout the year. From their incredible silent auction at the NSBA World Show to the Sponsor
NSBA FOUNDATION
Animalinclude:Welfare Fund, Education, Tomorrow’s Horsemen, Youth Scholarship, Equestrians with Disabilities, Crisis Fund, Coaches Summit, Champion Fund, Heroes on Horses, the Professional’s Pledge (for the Crisis Fund) and new for 2022 the Cowgirls ROC (celebrating cowgirls who reach out into the community)
The NSBA Foundation’s charity work includes a diverse portfolio that reaches many branches of the horse industry. Currently the foundation’s projects
Foundation is run by horsemen for horsemen and the passion and dedication behind the work can be felt in it’s every movement. To learn more about the NSBA Foundation or to donate please visit them at about-the-foundationhttps://www.nsba.com/
events are common highlights of major shows and you can even win a trailer with a donation of $100 to the Susan Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund between July 15 and October 5, you will be eligible to win a brand new two-horse bumper pull trailer, provided by 4-Star TheTrailers.NSBA
AUDREY AUCTIONGRACE
This year the Audrey Grace auction will again run on an online auction platform donated by Show Horse Today to allow bidders easier access, proxy bidding and a more simple bidding process. All items will be displayed in the online catalog on the site as they are donated and all stallions will be showcased in the December issue of Show Horse Today.
Very near to the hearts of all involved with PleasureHorse.com and now Show Horse Today is the Audrey Grace Auction. For over 20 years our site has been honored to host this incredible charity auction that built something beautiful out of tragedy. Each year in early December the top stallions in the industry are offered as well as many incredible items for your bidding
mark 21 years, the Backes Family has organized this annual Audrey Grace Auction to help benefit New Horizons and the Audrey Grace House. This effort was started to memorialize their daughter, Audrey Grace, and to help give hope and help to children who need a little extra care and “Thecompassion.auctionisa
favorite of horsemen and women across America. We raised a record net last year of $57K. For those of you that are not familiar with the Auction’s story, we started after we lost our daughter, Audrey Grace, at birth on October 21, 2002” explained Jane Backes. “Horse friends across America got together to show that from tragedy can come triumph and to
find something positive during a time of sadness. We started raising money for a much-needed children’s home in Audrey’s honor. In twenty years, we have raised over $2,600,000 for the New Horizons’ home for sexually and physically abused children. In 2009 the dream became a reality, our first group of children moved into the Audrey Grace House.”
Show Horse Today would like to thank all donors, bidders and everyone else involved in this very worthy cause. We ask you to once again participate in making this year’s Audrey Grace Auction a success!
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If you would like to donate to the 2023 Audrey Grace Auction please contact Jane Backes HERE.
According to Kerri, all horses are owner donated and many require rehabilitation and or retraining prior once they arrive at ReRide. “The ReRide Program exists to help registered Quarter Horses and Paint Horses in need of a new career.” While not all horses who arrive at ReRide are injured or are in need of repair, many horses have formerly been successful show horses that have sustained an injury which ended their strenuous athletic career. Kerri believes, “Many of these former champions in the show pen can and do return to showing and do very well for their new adopters.”
core, ReRide’s mission is to “provide homes for unwanted or displace registered Quarter Horses.” Kerri says, “The horses in our program have become displaced for a variety of reasons. Some are abused, neglected or unwanted, while others are former show horses with owners taking the responsibility to place the horses that have been their show partners in a program where they can once again guide another to their first
Right now, ReRide is the only Quarter Horse adoption program out there. For more information, including how to adopt, visit reridequarterhorseadoption.com.
grew up riding horses through 4-H, local Quarter Horse shows, and ultimately competing at a national level from her home in Ohio. Working as a vet technician Kerri witnessed thoroughbreds being surrendered to various adoption programs but noticed that quarter horses did not have the same quality outlet and many ultimately ended up on the road to slaughter. After much thought and preparation, Kerri began the company she calls ReRide in At2010.its
RERIDE QUARTER HORSE ADOPTION
The creation of one determined woman, the ReRide Quarter Horse Adoption program, located a in Marysville, Ohio, has been the answer for more horses than she could have ever possibly Kerriimagined.Burke
brightthereforepurposearetheseandrehabilitationThroughchampionship.retraininghorsesofferedaandafuture.Our program focuses on giving back to the horses that we love as well as the community and features such programs as the Riding Thru It Program for patients undergoing treatment for cancer.”
Prospect for roping, ranch riding and trail challenges.
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Ponies SHINE PRETTY SHINE – 2018 AQHA/APHA mare by SHINE CHIC SHINE Trained in Reining. Broke & easy to ride. SUNSET ACRES MARTIN – 2018 Friesian Cross
Rides & Drives on trails and in traffic. MAVERICK – 2015 gelding. Rides & Drives. Safe & sane on trails or in the arena. NEW $10,000 Sale Incentive for Ranch Riding Prospects 2-Year-olds Offered in the 2022 Congress Ranch Horse Sale Ride for $10,000 Additional Purse in the 2023 Congress Ranch RidingProvidingFuturityimmediate24-hour“fall-of-the-hammer” coverage to sale consignments.
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34 Readers’ Choice Awards Issue 2022 SHOW HORSE TODAY 56th AnnualSaturday, October 15, Columbus,2022Ohio Held with the All American Quarter Horse Congress 3 WesternSESSIONS:Pleasure Yearling Sale Stakes Session Hunter Under Saddle Yearling Sale Stakes Session Super Session • All Ages Show Horses • Prospects • Breeding Stock Mike & Stephanie Jennings info@ProHorseServices.com855.272.3905 To view the Sale Preview and the Congress Super Sale Catalog go to: 2022 Congress Sale Stakes 2 Year-Old Western Pleasure Open & Non Pro $55,250 Total Purse 2022 Congress Sale Stakes 2 Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle $9,250 Total Purse ACCEPTEDENTRIESSTILLCallToday!!
Readers’ Choice Awards Issue 2022 35SHOW HORSE TODAY Entry & Sale Information - ProHorseServices.com Mike & Stephanie Jennings P O Box 404 Round Hill, Virginia 20142 855.272.3905 FALLinfo@ProHorseServices.comINTERNET ProHorseServices.comAUCTIONS Session 1 - Reiner, Ranch, Cow Horse & Trail Session 2 - Barrel Horses Session 3 – Pleasure & All Around (Western & English) Session 4 - Halter INTERNETDecemberAuction Choose your Session: Enter by November 15 or until Sale Fills Contact ProFit Equine for more information - www.ProFitEquine.com Hosted by ProHorseServices.com Bidding Starts September 23 Bidding Closes: September 25 Bidding Starts November 7 - Bidding Closes November 11 • Selling Yearlings - Weanlings - Embryos from dams with LTE $10,000 in Earnings or Produce • Selling Broodmares with LTE $10,000 in Earnings or Produce Quality Yearlings & Breeding Stock for Reining with NEW Two Year-Old in Training Session Bid from September 15 to 18 Bid from December 4 to December 6 20 Select Horses for Performance Events View Internet Catalogs InternetHorseAuctions.comat
2022 PLEASUREHORSE.COM AND SHOW HORSE TODAY READER’S CHOICE RESULTS WITH OVER 65,000 VOTES CAST IN 2022 THIS YEAR’S CONTEST WAS EVEN BIGGER THAN EVER. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO VOTE AND RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND HORSES THAT MAKE THIS INDUSTRY SO SPECIAL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS! * Note ties were declared when vote counts were within a perecntage point due to the volume of votes to account for errors in spelling.
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Trail continued to dominate as both your favorite class to watch and to participate in.
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58 Readers’ Choice Awards Issue 2022 SHOW HORSE TODAY BEST CLINICIAN GOLD DANA HOKANA SILVER TIM KIMURA BRONZE MARK SHAFFER BEST COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY EQUINE PROGRAM GOLD UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY SILVER WILLIAM WOODS BRONZE AUBURN BEST COLOR STALLION INCENTIVE PROGRAM GOLD APHA BREEDERS TRUST SILVER NSBA BCF BRONZE CASH 4 COLOR
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A testimony to the incredible facility, WEC Ocala was overwhelmingly your choice for Best Facility to Show in!
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There is no question which fly spray has won the heart of our readers. Pyranha is your gold winner again for 2022.
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In one of the most voted for categories you chose Homeboy as Best Horse Show Dog.
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I have some fabulous tips that will help your horse stay more balanced and correct in all of his maneuvers. First, to
It’s actually as simple and basic as the fact that humans are almost always either right or left handed. If you study and watch competition events, you will notice that the horse seems to move better, perform a little more effortlessly one way or the other. They often move with more flow, they have less leg or knee action, and may even be steadier in the head and neck one way or the other. We can notice this in circles or straight lines. We may see when they make a corner some variation in their gate quality of movement. Many horses will fall in, or lean one-way or the other. They may appear to drop their shoulder one-way or the other. When I ride or train young horses, I find almost all of them will make their circles smaller and tighter on one lead and the circle will be bigger the other lead. Almost all horses have a tendency to lean out one way and cut in the other way.
All horses perform or travel better one direction than they do on the other. This is a universal fact applying to all breeds and all disciplines. It is not a negative or necessarily a bad thing, it just relates to the mechanics of your horse and how that horse uses his body and how he moves. In my travels to horse shows, clinics and horse expos, I find that this principle is often not addressed or highlighted and solutions to it just aren’t taught. Once we realize this, we can better help our horses to perform or move more equally, on either direction.
My goal is to help you to help your horse move and perform equally well when going either direction.
• A horse that has difficulty moving his hindquarters over off one leg or the other.
• Horses that lope or canter better one way than the other. And on his bad way he may not reach as far behind or has a lot of knee or hock action, he may excessively rock his head and neck, on his front end and back end may move separately like two different horses. He will appear to be mismatched from front to rear.
inside and following his nose.
• Difficulty in making round circles.
• A horse that is lazy behind and doesn’t want to reach up well behind at the trot. He may even short step with one hind leg or the other.
• Throwing his head in the air when pressure is applied to the bit, especially on one side or the other.
understand your horse, let’s go over how horses are made and how they move. Then we can use that information to understand how you can help your horse do his best.
All of these are examples of what can happen when a horse in unable to be balanced and supple in the job he is asked to do. And even though it may appear that we are highlighting or focusing on the lope or the canter, this issue with a strong or weak sided horse
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• Cutting in or fading out on circles.
• A horse that lopes down the rail, or on any straight line, with his hindquarters to the outside or on a reverse arc.
Your horse’s weakness, or lack of flexibility on his weaker side, really is the root issue to so many problems that people are having with their horses. Here are some of the common things that I see as a result of lack of flexibility or weakness:
• Being stiffer through the jaw and neck on one side more than the other.
Your horse performs the lope or the canter on an arc, or a slight bend. That means his body has to go from a straight line into a slight arc, or cant, as he steps off into the lope or canter. To put it simply, there is one direction in which he is stronger and more flexible than the other. (For more information on the details of “The Arc” please refer to my DVD, Maximizing Your Western Pleasure Horse, Volume 3: 7 Steps to Slow Your Horse Down Without Sacrificing Movement.)
• A horse who is tail swishing, resistant, and even angry off of one of the rider’s legs or another.
• Dropping his shoulder on one lead or the other.
• The inability or difficulty in bending his head and neck laterally to the
When you have the perspective of seeing the whole horse, the structure, how they are made and how they are designed to move, you can ride and train your horse with a new level of understanding and compassion when you come across resistance or barriers. Most horses don’t want to be bad or resistant! They truly want to please if you put them in a position to understand your cues and help them to become more comfortable in their movement. Set them up to win, not
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By putting them in bad positions and punishing resistance that isn’t rooted in rebellion, but rather is rooted in stiffness or inability to do what is asked.
are like any athlete. They need to be conditioned and maintained to do their job and do it excellently.
Identify your horse’s good way and his bad way.
I believe that if we train with that knowledge or awareness, we will “develop” a horse’s weaker area, rather than cram or punish a horse to be a better loper on his worse lead.
Let’s help our horses to succeed! This month we are going to work on diagnosing the weaker side and identifying lean so that next month we can advance to exercises to fix the issues.
The other way you can identify your horses worse lead is that he will have more trouble keeping his hip on the correct arc. In other words, he will want to fall out to the outside of that direction of a circle. You will notice it by the fact that he will probably be stiffer moving off of your leg. Say the right leg (moving his hind-quarters to the left) is his weaker direction on the left lead
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definitely will affect the way your horse travels at the lope or the trot, on a straight line, in a circle, or a square.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance in taking the time to diagnose and learn your horse. Your horse’s good direction will be on the way that he lopes better. Usually, it’s the lead that he is more comfortable to sit, takes his lead easier and has a better rhythm. His good lead is the lead that he probably loped on most of time in the pasture growing up. If he is better to the right for example, he would be like a person who is right handed. He is more coordinated that way, stronger that way, more agile or supple that way. He is most likely more willing and trainable that way also! His good lead is probably the lead you like to lope him on the most.
Knowledge is power and knowledge builds understanding. So, let’s build our understanding to help, not hinder, our horses. Do you know that many riders unknowingly hinder their horses?
I hope these tips and this knowledge help you to transform you and your horse into the best you both can be!
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Next month I am going to share my three tips on how to strengthen and develop your horse’s weak side to create a horse that will stay more balanced and correct in all of his maneuvers.
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or vice versa if the stiff way is the right lead. Another important tip is that one way or another he will probably bow out his rib cage into your leg. Look for this, and if you feel him pushing into your leg with his ribcage that knowledge helps you to know where he is leaning and pushing on you.
For a horse to travel beautifully on his lead, his body needs to be on the correct arc; hip slightly canted to the inside and you should be able to see the outside corner of his inside eye. He will also most likely feel stiffer in the jaw, neck or shoulder on his stiffer way. He often doesn’t bend or flex towards his bad way as well as his good way. He may cut in on his circles due to this stiffness in his face. He will most likely even be tougher or more resistant on one side of his mouth or the other.
Diagnosis and awareness of this will take your riding to a new level! When you are riding mindfully, you are feeling what is going on in your hands and under your seat and through your legs. You can now ride your horse with a new understanding! And you may find that you are more patient with him as you have a new level of understanding.
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Golden Rules for Ground
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A handler should always stand at minimum distance of one arm’s length away from their horse. The most common fault is standing too close. This unsafe position increases the handler’s chance of being hit by the horse’s legs or stepped on. I’ll never forget my first instructor telling me: “if you get stepped on by a horse, it’s your fault for standing too close.”
Now that we have you and your horse properly equipped, here is my
Before beginning any ground training lesson, make sure you have set the foundation for success we discussed in the “Beginning Ground Training” series. Go back and review them if you need to. Here’s a quick
The first golden rule of ground training is: You must make sure that your position in relationship to your horse gives you safety and control. The most common problem I see are handlers not positioning themselves properly. Always stand with your shoulder at the middle of your horse’s neck. Never position yourself farther forward than his throatlatch (the area where his head and neck meet) or behind his shoulder.
I No matter what your horse’s age, investing the time in ground training will make him a more responsive, obedient partner. I’d like to share with you my “Golden Rules” for ground training any horse.
Carefully select the training location. I recommend starting lessons in the horse’s stall or another small, familiar enclosed area, no matter what the horse’s age. This will help him stay focused and relaxed. As a lesson is mastered, your horse can graduate to repeating it in a slightly less secure area like a paddock or round pen. Finally, create a written lesson plan for each training session.
Standing too far forward, at the horse’s head or in front of his head, is an unsafe position. Even if a horse is very quiet, a handler standing too far in front of a horse can be trampled if he spooks. This position will cause you lose control of the horse’s head and neck. You will not be able to encourage the horse to stay forward, but will use a pulling action to stay in control.
first “Golden Rule” of ground training.
the proper equipment: a properly fitting halter, longe line with or without a “stud chain”, leg protection, and a 3-4 foot dressage whip. I prefer using a longe line to a lead when ground training horses and will use that term rather than “lead” throughout these articles.
Your Next Step…
The handler’s hand position controls the horse’s head--and this is the most important part of the horse to control! Whether the handler is standing on the near (left) or off (right) side of the horse, the hand closest to the horse holds the longe line attached to the halter. If the handler is standing on the horse’s near side, it will be her right hand; if standing on the off side, it will be her left hand. This hand should be positioned at the middle of the horse’s head, below the jaw and above the mouth. The other hand holds the excess longe line in organized, loose Graspcoils.
the longe no closer than 5 inches from the halter. This arm should have a slight bend at the elbow for flexibility. A common problem is holding the longe too tight or too close to bottom of the halter, and steering the horse from underneath his head. As an instructor, I have found that the hardest thing to teach people is that that they
achieving this distance, your horse may try to come toward you, crowding your space. If this happens you can use your arm in an action to shake the longe toward the horse to encourage him to maintain the desired space. I’ll teach you more about this training technique in upcoming newsletters.
As your handling skills advance and your horse’s training improves, the further away you will be able to hold the longe from him and still get the desired response. Your goal should be to successfully execute basic ground training movements with at least 3 feet between your contact on the longe and your horse. This takes time and practice, but it is great test of responsiveness and Whileobedienceworkingon
do not need to stand underneath him to control and force their horse with a lot of pulling action.
Be patient. Ground training takes time. You may spend several days or weeks on one lesson. Make your sessions short to keep your horse’s attention and try to end on a positive note. Rushed or impatient handling now will affect future training sessions. Ground training is not mentally or physically fatiguing for a
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horse so it is something you can do every day--if you keep the lessons short and interesting. It is a must for young horses. For older horses it can give good variety to your schooling and give you another opportunity to spend time together. So practice!
With Springtime’s warmer temperatures and with the busy riding and show season here, time spent on training and schooling our horses increases. Whether riding for the ribbons or just the pleasure of being together, don’t forget to reward your horse’s extra efforts by rewarding him with some healthy treats. Purina is offering a horse treat that is not only tasty, but good for your horse, too! Even dogs like it, including my two English Lab pups Sherlock and Watson who love to sneak them away from my horses!
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Reward any progress your horse makes. Praise him with your voice. If your horse is not used be being petted, start by gently touching him. Once he accepts a touch, try stroking him on his neck, then along his back in the direction that his hair is growing. Graduate to gently petting him. Horses usually love to be stroked on their foreheads! A carrot treat and brushing after the lesson will make your horse look forward to the next lesson. That’s the most important “Golden Rule” for success in building a partnership with your horse.
For more information about Lynn Palm; her educational programs at Palm Equestrian Academy in Ocala, Florida; Lynn’s Ride Well clinics across the U.S.; saddles; DVDs; books; and trail and Western dressage competitions; visit www.lynnpalm.com or call 352/6293310.
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