Training Exercises: First Ride
Day 1: First day moving with a rider in the saddle See Jeffrey’s Method of First Mounting. See Fancy Britches – Surrogate Rider
Day 1: First day moving with a rider in the saddle See Jeffrey’s Method of First Mounting. See Fancy Britches – Surrogate Rider
Following Reign’s progress – mud and all. Reign has worn his saddle every day for 3 hours for a week. He has had bumpers on every part of his saddle and has grazed in the pasture – adding treat to insult. He now looks forward to his saddle because it means lots of green grass.… Read More Training Exercises: First Saddle Mounting
I was introduced to this method for first mounting through Clinton Anderson. It flew in the face of all of my self-preservation instincts. BAREBACK on a horse that had not been mounted! Sounded really scary. But at the time I saw the method demonstrated, we had TWO horses that were ready for their first mounting… Read More Training Exercises: Jeffrey’s Method of First Mounting