Teaching the 2 Year Old Basic Reining Maneuvers in This Article We Are Going Outside Leg Until I Can Get One Step of Horse to Take a Few Steps Back
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Teaching the 2 Year Old Basic Reining Maneuvers In this article we are going outside leg until I can get one step of horse to take a few steps back. This to cover what to ask for and expect the maneuver, so that their shoulders is because I want to encourage them from your Reining horse during will travel sideways. I slowly build rd to get back on their hind quarters. the period of the 3 to 6 months in on this in both directions. One step You want to make it a habit that your training. After you have your 2 year will turn in to 2 and 3 etc. You need horse will think back up at the end of old where you have relaxed forward to take your time and not be rushed every stop. I repeat this process until motion in an open area, somewhere to try and get speed right away. More the horse is confident and understands other than a small round pen, you important is getting them comfortable what I am asking and then I will are going to want to start his training with moving their shoulders increase my speed. on the basic maneuvers needed for sideways, as this is not a natural Depending on your horses a Reining pattern. These include: movement for the horse. mental and physical capabilities, large fast circles, slow small circles, In teaching your Reining they will progress at different rates. spins and stops. I do not work on lead horse to stop, from the very beginning The main thing is to be patient and changes until further along in a more I try to encourage their natural habitual, do the same thing every time advanced stage of their training. In tendencies to stop. Most of the you come out. In our next article order to start training your horse for Reining horses today are bred with we will look more specifically at the anything, he needs to be mentally the desire to slide programmed in circles; breaking the maneuver down ready, quiet and confident with you them almost instinctively. Before you and talking about a horse with more and his surroundings. For the average begin to ask your horse to slide, you advanced circles. horse this takes about 30 days or need to have sliding plates put on by more. I do not wear spurs for the first your Farrier. You will discourage your Nick Valentine few weeks of riding my 2 year olds, horse from stopping from the get go but once they are ready, I would have if you direct them to drive hard with Nick Valentine owns Valentine my spurs on. their hind quarters to stop and there is Reining Horses in Lucama, N.C. He When you feel they are at this no give to allow this to happen. I start focuses on showing, training, sales, coaching and clinics at Francois point, the first thing I start to work on teaching my 2 year olds to lope in a Gauthier’s facility, Sunny Pines Farm with my Reining prospects is teaching straight line from one end of the arena go to www.valentinereining.com for more. them to find their circle. Once I have to the other, this is called fencing. them warmed up, I start to lope on From a working lope, this the left or right lead, whichever is would be considered first the correct lead for the direction I gear in the speed stages, am going. I stay in one end of my I try and get them to stay arena and steer them with my neck between the reins and rein and direct rein back to the circle encourage them not to be when they try to leave on their own. afraid of the fence. I let At this point I am not trying to frame them rest at both ends of the horse with my hands and am not the arena, beside the fence. worried about his head set. I just sit When they are relaxed in the middle and correct when they doing this, I will ask my make a mistake. Once I feel the horse to stop about 3/4s horse has locked into the circle, than of the way down the I will let him stop and take a break. I arena. I will do this by always want to be looking to reward saying whoa and taking my horse with a break when he has the slack out of the reins, earned it. Keep in mind that your being very slow with prospect may not be able to lope for my hands. Some horses long periods, so pay attention not to will slide the very first over exert him until he builds up his time and others it will stamina. I work this circle drill both take them some time to directions every day. figure out what you are The next thing I teach them asking them to do. When Reining Valentine Photo courtesy of is the basics or beginning of the spin. all forward motion has I do this by getting control of their stopped, I drop my hands, shoulders. From a stand still I lay the releasing pressure on the neck rein and open my inside hand to bit for a second or two and gently pull their nose in the direction then pick the slack back of the spin. I lightly bump with my up on my reins, asking the Southeast Equine March 2014 20 www.southeastequine.net.