What to Expect When Your Horse Comes Back from a Colt Starter
Set your young horse up for long-term success with What to Expect When Your Horse Comes Back from a Colt Starter, exclusively on Ride TV. This essential video series is designed for horse owners who want to continue the progress their horses made during professional colt starting and ensure a smooth transition into the next phase of training. Led by expert trainers, you’ll learn how to assess your horse’s development, understand the training techniques used by a colt starter, and create a seamless plan for advancing to riding or further groundwork. Each episode delivers practical, real-world tips for maintaining new skills, addressing behavioral changes, and reinforcing trust and communication between horse and rider.
From first rides at home to introducing more advanced exercises, this series equips you with the knowledge to keep your horse confident, responsive, and on track for future goals. Whether you’re preparing for competition, ranch work, or pleasure riding, these insights will help you preserve your colt’s foundation while moving their training forward.
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ColtStarting Series:First 30Day Bit Progression
Bonus video from Roping.com.
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Laying the Foundation for Rate and Stop
Professional horseman Justin Briggs demonstrates how to set the proper foundation in place for rate and stop on a prospect.
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Building the Foundation for Turns and Stops
In the seventh ride horseman Justin Briggs demonstrates how he is building the foundation for turns and stops as he teaches his colt to guide and travel out.
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First Week on the Pattern with a 2-Year-Old:Part 2
In part two of this full training session, Danyelle Campbell works one of her personal two-year-old geldings for the third time on the barrel pattern. She shows the exact points she trains into her horses and how she walks, trots and lopes through a pattern the correct way and discusses how she b...
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First Week on the Pattern with a 2-Year-Old: Part 1
In part one of this full training sesson, Danyelle Campbell works one of her personal two-year-old geldings for the third time on the barrel pattern. She first uses the four-barrel drill before transitioning to the barrel pattern in part two and discusses what her expectations are from a colt sta...
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Realistic Expectations for a 2-Year-Old with 30 Rides