All Blog Posts Tagged 'starting horse' (3)

The green breaking of Rainey

Back in February, I started training a 5 yr old paint mare.  She is owned by Very old friends of mine - who used to live locally, then they moved to Virginia, but we stayed in touch.  Then they came west again, to Arizona.  Last year they wanted to send Two horses to me, but their barn was struck with Strangles, so no one could go anywhere, then the roof on their home got damaged and all money went to that - so fianlly, Reggie and Rainey came to me in February.  Reggie was a 6 yr old morgan…

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Added by Monica Whitmer on April 18, 2011 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

The Secret to Breaking Horses: Start Your Foal with a Bridle of Trust

Whether you are training a show horse or back yard pet, when you

start training is as important as what you are training your horse to

do. Many people wait until a horse is four or five years old to start

training, suggesting that a horse is too physically immature to bear the weight

of a human on their back before then. That argument has validity because

horses do not physically mature until they are approximately seven

years old. However the longer… Continue

Added by maryann tobin on November 21, 2010 at 1:31am — No Comments

taking care with baby

How much is too much? Some trainers suggest not working the young horse too much, or very often, especially if a warmblood, to prevent long-term injury. Other trainers believe that if you're not at level 5 or 6 by 6 years old, you aren't progressing fast enough. My trainer noticed yesterday that delph is bum high, so is still growing-as you would expect with only being 4. And she is so amiable, and training so well, that we are moving forward. If we stayed at the same level, she would be…

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Added by vickie lawson on July 3, 2010 at 4:55pm — No Comments

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