Learning to Train Young Horses
…Hassler, director of training at Hilltop, wanted to create a symposium that would underscore the immense importance of proper early training to ensure that the young horse can make appropriate…
…Hassler, director of training at Hilltop, wanted to create a symposium that would underscore the immense importance of proper early training to ensure that the young horse can make appropriate…
…on leading, change directions a lot, stop, back and turn your yearling toward and away from you. Have set expectations, but also keep training sessions short and positive. Your yearling…
…pg. 63 TRAINING, JOHN LYONS Retraining biting horse, Ask John Lyons, Feb., pg. 46 Avoiding a fight, Ask John Lyons, March, pg. 42 TRAINING, MISCELLANEOUS Ground Work Clicker-training technique for…
…to sit on an unbalanced, poorly-trained one. Transitions are the ultimate exercise for training the horse to better balance and collection. By nature, the horse is balanced toward the forehand,…
…this does require training, and it shouldn’t be surprising that there are going to be some glitches in the learning process. Some of those glitches will become minor quirks you…
Last weekend I rode one of my horses in the training level three-day event at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. It was the third time in the last four…
Training “Mythunderstandings” ?Practical Horseman. All Rights Reserved. Many people who are training horses will ask them questions that the horse has no way of understanding or answering. Then they will…
…concept of an open training session was very rewarding since it offered both young horse training and an opportunity for breeders to come together,” said Hassler. The majority of the…
Training “Mythunderstandings” Good horse training is boring to watch. It looks like nothing is happening. Many people are impressed by training methods that are nothing more than a blatant series…
…the training and preparation that are necessary requires you and your horse to spend a lot of time together, getting fit and overcoming a host of training challenges. In fact,…