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The Colt Starting, Horse Training and Riding Manual The Colt Starting, Horse Training and Riding Manual “Using Step-by-Step Methods to Build A Useful, Well-Mannered Horse That Will Serve You For Years” A Horse Training and Riding Manual “I’ve often said that there’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse” ~Ronald Reagan Please visit us on the web and sign up for our FREE email horse tips 3 – 5 times per week. Our readers rave about our free training tips! Click this link: www.HorseTrainingResources.com Copyright © 2012 Charlie Hicks Horse Training Resources All rights reserved. “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” Some Sayings We Love: “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” - Winston Churchill “The horse is God's gift to mankind.” - Bedouin “A dog may be man's best friend, but the horse wrote history.” - Anonymous 2 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” Disclaimer of Liability: Any horse training, handling and riding activity brings with it a certain level of risk. Horses are dangerous and working with them should be considered a hazardous activity. Charlie Hicks, Horse Training Resources and HicKs Systems & Associates, Inc. assume NO liability for your activities regarding what you do with horses or any equine activity. This book provides instruction and general help and techniques in handling horses and may not be suitable for you. We provide no warranty and none is given regarding the suitability of this information, the instructions, techniques or methods you use or that other individuals use while acting under your instruction. Use this book as a guide only. However, you are responsible for your own actions and results. 3 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” 4 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” Table of Contents Foreword 7 Introduction 9 The Reason Why You MUST Understand The Horse 10 Get Inside Your Horse’s Head 12 Some Needed Equipment To Start 14 Getting Started With The Training Program 16 Leading The Colt 16 GOAL 1: Halter BreaKing 16 GOAL 2: Begin The Leading Lesson 17 GOAL 3: Teaching “Whoa” 18 GOAL 4: Teaching Tying Up Safely 18 GOAL 5: Begin SacKing Out 19 GOAL 6: PicKing Up The Colt’s Feet 20 GOAL 7: Teaching To BacK 20 GOAL 8: Posing and Squaring Up 21 GOAL 9: Begin Trailer Loading 21 More Groundwork: Begin Longeing 23 GOAL1: Starting The WalK On The Longe Line 23 GOAL2: Teaching “Whoa” On The Longe line 24 GOAL3: Teaching Reverse On the Longe Line 24 GOAL4: Teaching The Trot On The Longe Line 24 GOAL 5: Teaching The Canter On The Longe Line 25 GOAL 6: WorKing On All Gaits From A Stop. 25 Saddling BasiCs 26 Starting With A SnafFle Bit 27 Start The Ground Driving Lessons 28 GOAL 1: Teaching To WalK And Respond To “Whoa” 28 GOAL 2: Starting The Trot 29 GOAL 3: Begin The BacKing Lesson 29 GOAL 4: Begin Turning On The Haunches. 29 GOAL 5: Begin The Circling Lesson 29 Begin TeaChing Leg Aids 31 GOAL 1: Begin With A Forehand Turn From The Ground 31 GOAL 2: Introduce A Haunch Turn From The Ground 31 GOAL 3: Begin The Sidepass From The Ground 32 Getting Ready: Training To Ride 33 Caution: How The Rider AFFeCts The Horse 33 GOAL 1: Bitting Or Learning To Yield To The Bit 34 GOAL 2: Ready To Mount 36 GOAL 3: Start With The WalK And Then “Whoa” 36 GOAL 4: Begin Reining Exercises 37 GOAL 5: Start BacKing 38 GOAL 6: Transition To The Trot 38 GOAL 7: Carefully Start Cantering 39 5 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” Moving To AdvanCed Leg Aids 40 GOAL 1: About On The Forehand 40 GOAL 2: About on the Haunches 40 GOAL 3: Learning To Sidepass 40 GOAL 4: The 45 Degree Two-TracK 41 Responding To Changing Leads 42 GOAL 1: Lead Aids Against The Rail 42 GOAL 2: Lead Aids Without the Rail 43 GOAL 3: Simple Changes 43 GOAL 4: Interrupted Changes 43 Flying Changes 43 Suppling ExerCises And MusCle Memory 45 EXERCISE 1: Alternating Two-TracK 45 EXERCISE 2: Circle and Sidestep 45 EXERCISE 3: Shouldering Out 45 EXERCISE 4: Counter-Canter 46 The Finished Horse And ColleCtion 47 Summary 48 Glossary 49 Additional Resources: 52 6 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” Foreword Throughout the years we’ve been taught all Kinds of things about horses. And without a doubt, if you’ve been around horses for long, you have probably had both good and bad direction and instruction on how to start and train a horse. It seems there is plenty of confusing help out there. So, we decided to maKe a very direct, plain manual on how to get started with a colt and proceed with the training. The main goal in this manual is two-fold: 1. Help you, as a horse owner, understand the basics of starting a colt. 2. Continue training the horse until you have reached a level where you are riding safely, including all the major tasKs like the major gaits, reining, bacKing, trailer loading, performing proper lead changes and finally collection. Along the way you’ll be learning all your basic groundworK including driving from the ground. It is important to learn and do everything from the ground first. Build your sKill set and become the trainer. The lessons you’ll learn in the process will be used for a lifetime of horses. You’ll build confidence in yourself and your horses along the way. Here’s one of the problems we face today: In this age of the Internet we are overwhelmed with information. We’re bombarded with books, videos, blogs, podcasts and all kinds of high-pressure sales pitches for training programs that can cost you up to $2,000.00. Some of it is very useful. But it gets pretty ridiculous sometimes when we hear and see it everywhere on our computers, smart phones, tablets, MP3 players and TVs. This leads to a high level of confusion among many and for some it even generates and almost cult-like following of a particular trainer who won’t listen to anyone else or apply reason to what they’re doing. And they just continue to throw money to the marKeting machine behind it to their own detriment. FolKs, trust me on this…you simply need to focus first on the basic methods and understand why and how. For many, the best thing you could do is to turn off the computer, put down the phone and go work with your horse. If you spent as much time with your horse as you do browsing the Internet and reading blogs, Facebook and Twitter, you might be a more accomplished horse trainer. Ouch! That’s what has lead to producing this book. Besides people asking us for colt starting methods, they asK for basic training methods as well. So, we put our heads 7 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” together, outlined this book and collectively have created a basic training guide for anyone wanting to start their horse from a few days old to reining and advanced cues and riding techniques. This booK is a culmination of multiple techniques learned from many different trusted trainers. It is solid, basic training for anyone willing to do the work. It is NOT a push-button training system that KicKs out a finished horse in a week. This is a NO-BS book that offers real, solid, basic training that anyone can do. I would suggest you complement this booK with the various training DVDs and other books we offer at www.HorseTrainingResources.com and learn from many of these masters. I have always stated that I prefer to learn from various professional trainers rather than a single trainer. You learn more, understand more and can benefit from decades of collective experience. There are many ways to train a horse and not all methods worK the same on all horses of varying dispositions. So, there you go. Enjoy the book. But mostly - enjoy the process of teaching, training and riding your horses. There are few things more rewarding than spending hours working with and training your own horse and then both of you enjoying your time together and riding. Stay safe out there! Charlie 8 “The Colt Starting, Horse Training And Riding Manual” Introduction Colt or horse training is a very rewarding undertaKing for several reasons. First of all, if worked at with proper care and diligence, you will have a useful, obedient horse that will serve you well for years to come. Second of all, the training process teaches patience, discipline, and self-confidence to the horse and rider alike. Throughout training, as you and your horse progress and accomplish training goals together, you will grow in your sKill and confidence as a horseman or horsewoman, and at the same time be able to enjoy the fruit of your labors. Over the years, much has been written on the subject of colt training. The system in this booK is by no means the only approach, nor is it the only correct approach. The method outlined here is specifically designed with the purpose of training colts from infancy through the first few years of their life, establishing habits and behaviors that will maKe them enjoyable, obedient companions for years to come. Although many of the methods and exercises that we will cover can be very successful in helping to correct bad habits, this booK is not meant to teach you how to “breaK” a mature horse for riding, or change well-established habits of an older animal.
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