Tag Archives: Starting Under Saddle

One Buck Does Not a Bronco Make!

I always say that the main purpose of long-reining is to see if your horse is ‘ready to ride’. With the young horse we can use it assist the horse in the development of top-line to carry the weight of the rider later. With a horse that has been out of work for a time…

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Long-Reining Clinic at ACT Animal Rescue

Come along and learn all about engaging the horse’s mind, softness in the bridle, building top-line muscle and then how to long-rein your horse. A full day of learning to take home and teach your horse. Cost is $50 for the day.

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Long-Reining Clinic at AAR

Saturday 30th January, 10-3:30pm Come along and learn to long-rein. We will be using ACT Animal Rescue horses for the demonstration.

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After a Break – Part 6

The final part of bringing your horse back into work after a long break.

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Back to Work (Part 5)

How to bring your horse back into work after a long break – part 5. Today Tally, the 6 year old ASH stallion, has his first short ride.

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Back To Work (Part 4)

Day 4 back to work for Tally. This is about a week in as I have not been working him every day. Today he appeared a little ‘off’ when I brought him in from the paddock so we had an easy and short morning.

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Back To Work (Part 3)

Third day back to work. Today Tally long-reined in the arena and was a little fresh so I made his task slightly more difficult by introducing flying changes on the long reins.

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Back To Work (Part 2)

Part 2 of bringing your horse back to work. Today, his second day back in work, Tally is long-reined and Kate discusses the reasons for starting here.

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Back To Work (Part 1)

This podcast series focus on bringing a 6 year old Australian Stock Horse stallion back into work after 9 months off.

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A Good Start

It’s lovely to see happy, confident horses getting out and about. I started this young horse under saddle some time ago and asked his owner to write a few lines about him. Here’s what she said: “Lomond has been going really well lately, he is really starting to improve in everything but especially jumping. This…

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