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Welcome to the Foal Handling Series where we are going to follow Steele, an AQHA/APHA Stud Colt that was born at Meadow Brook Stables, Alton, Nova Scotia though his daily training sessions.
Here you will find Videos from Day 307 to Day 334 of Steele’s life – his eleventh month.
Disclaimer/Release of Liability:
Use of the information contained in the videos on this website is at your own risk. Horses, horse activities and horse training can be extremely dangerous. Working with horses is an inherently dangerous practice and horses are incredibly unpredictable animals. Persons attempting to follow any suggestion from Kaila Watters, Meadow Brook Stables, Tru Horsemanship or any of our associates, in hand or ridden, will do so at their own risk and assume full responsibility for themselves, their horses, and any others in the vicinity. If you are not comfortable with any of the exercises, demonstrations, advice, or activities contained on this Website, then do not attempt it. The training in these videos assume that you are attending to the well being of your horse and have checked out any possible underlying medical problems.
Video Descriptions
Day 307 (5:40)
Working on 180 Degree Turns. Adding distance.
Day 308 (6:24)
Working on Circles for Lunge Line with a chair in the environment as often times if not exposed they may spook to a judge sitting on the sidelines.
Day 309 (7:53)
Circling Review – trying to put things on cue – to have success. mark the gaits – when you feel like they are going to change gait on their own, mark it with a verbal cue so they can start to associate the upward and downward transitions with your cues.
Day 310 (10:21)
Circling Review – working at all three gaits, taking the energy they give you and being productive. Putting more effort and energy into the exercise.
Day 311 (7:53)
Circling Review – working on walking and jogging. Using the energy they give you and not trying to bottle it up – set them up for success.
Day 317 (5:18)
In Hand Review – Walking and Jogging In Hand. Stopping, Turning, Backing.
Day 318 (12:24)
Steele was having a lazy day – so we worked on our walk to jog and jog to walk transitions. We also worked on his changes of direction and not having him make assumptions.
Day 321 (12:58)
Introducing Long Lining To Steele. Checking to make sure he can follow a feel with the ropes and that he isn’t worried about the ropes, then working on guiding and steering from behind the tail.
Day 322 (9:08)
Long Lining, Advancing. Working on turns, circles, straight lines and stopping.
Day 323 (6:44)
Long Lining, working with some pylons and getting more particular about the guiding.
Day 328 (6:57)
Working with poles – having Steele guide nicely over and between poles, being mindful of his feet.
Day 329 (5:05)
Working with poles – having Steele more laterally over the poles traveling straight-lines and corners.
Day 330 (3:49)
Working with poles – having Steele more laterally over the poles traveling straight-lines and corners.