Sloane Coles demonstrates proper ways of leading a tacked-up horse. There are different options for going to the ring. A leather chain shank is common at horse shows, but it can be very dangerous if not used properly. Sloane shows how the chain can be used incorrectly and correctly.

Sloane Coles is a hands-on horsewoman. In this video, she demonstrates proper ways of haltering and leading a horse. Basic care is important to Sloane, and safety is paramount. It is important to read the horse’s attitude, keep the horse’s attention and have the horse come to you instead of you g...

Sloane Coles demonstrates proper ways of turning a horse out in a pasture. Again, safety is important, and it is important the the horse faces you. She demonstrates how to handle a horse that is nervous or wants to get away quickly. Take your time and make turning out a training opportunity.

Sloane Coles demonstrates proper ways of catching a horse. Basic care is important to Sloane, and safety is paramount. You should be aware of where you are and where the horse is so that you are in a safe place. It is also important to always close the gate behind you, even if there isn’t a horse...

Sloane Coles recommends using a rope halter for horses that are difficult, strong, or inexperienced. The rope halter gives excellent pressure and control and is the best training aid for leading your horse.

Keeping safety at the forefront, Holly Hugo-Vidal shows how a rider correctly and safely gets on her horse using a mounting block.

Hunter/jumper/equitation trainer Lexy Reed demonstrates all proper aspects of longeing a horse. She discusses the ways to work a horse on a longe line and why and demonstrates how to set up the equipment for longing correctly as well as safely. She then shows how to get the most out of your longe...

Dan takes a moment to introduce the concept of liberty work and the International Liberty Horse Association.

Dan does a brief demo with one of his older stallions, Swampy. He demonstrates coming when called as well as flying lead changes and the Spanish walk.

Dan works with Apollo, one of his original liberty horses. This is an example of some of the fun tricks a horse can learn.

Amelia is the only mare in Dan's group, and she is very opinionated. She shows that she can be more challenging to work with than the geldings, but Dan lets her do her thing and then is able to bring her in and demonstrate changing directions and weaving cones at liberty.

Dan moves on to working with two palomino horses, Vanilla Ice and Spider Pig. These two were stunt doubles on the TV show Heartland. As they start to work, the horses get into a similar rhythm and start to work in tandem. He also shows them working in opposite directions.

A huge challenge is working with five horses at liberty. Dan has them move together as well as in opposite directions and in different groups. Even at this advanced level, he is able to make it look easy.

The final portion of his demo shows Dan riding and standing bareback while interacting with the other horses. He first moves them around as a team and then has them wait while he does a bareback riding demo. It shows his outstanding balance, timing and rhythm as well as his trust in his horses to...

OTTB Challenges and Issues with Jody Hartstone

OTTB Groundwork with Jody Hartstone

Nicole Weinauge teaches Jasmine Gray young rider from Australia with a Western Dressage background. She works a six year old Trakehner gelding beginning with ground work. Nicole explains what tack she uses for this work based on the principles of the School of Legerete. The rider unmounted stands...

Colonel Carde works in hand with this distracted gelding, and begins with creating a peaceful, confident, calm place. He takes contact with both reins, being persistent with asking for calm obedience and giving when he gives. He demonstrates asking for a stretching of the neck.

As the horse becomes more workable, they are able to trot in hand and then work on moving the croup to the outside with the inside hind leg crossing over the outside hind leg. Colonel Carde gives an excellent demonstration of how patience is needed with a nervous horse. They work the walk, trot...

The colonel works the horse walking and stopping next to him without hanging on to the reins to check and see if he is paying attention to the rider. He gives a review of the method of using the work in hand in training. The rider then takes over working the horse in hand. The horse shows a great...

The rider now works more lateral movement on the circle and the Colonel reminds them to control the poll. They also are successful in asking him to stretch. Colonel Carde points out that the most common problem with working in hand is to overwork the inside rein and forget the outside rein.

Vitor Silva offers an introduction to working your horse in-hand, helping to enhance the movements of the horse and activate the hind end. You can see them work the turn on the forehand, turn on the haunches and half pass. He emphasizes the need to keep suppling the poll while doing this work.

In this video, Vitor begins work on the half steps. He instructs the rider to bend the horse more and allow the horse to travel forward and activate his inside hind leg.

Willy explains how he uses the lunge whip and his own body position as he lunges. He talks about why it is important to lunge with contact before he introduces him to the birdie and the use of the voice aids. When the horse offers the canter he allows it before calmly asking for the trot.  Willy ...