Young Horse
Training young western horses can be challenging but rewarding. Proper handling of yearlings and weanlings can lead to successful colt starting and beyond.
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ColtStarting Series: Intoroducting Collection When and How?
Exactly when should you teach a horse to collect themselves in the training process? It should take a while, according to Miles Baker. In this video, he demonstrates how he introduces collection and flexion through the bridle from the ground.
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ColtStarting Series: Outside Riding 101
How do you control a situation in the pasture on a young horse? And what control should you have before you ever head out of the arena? Miles Baker breaks down how he makes sure to keep his horses in positive situations in the pasture.
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ColtStarting Series: Groundwork in a Sidepull
Miles Baker starts the Relentless Remuda colts in a sidepull rather than a snaffle. Here are the fundamentals of using a sidepull and how it should be adjusted.
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ColtStarting Series: Teaching a Colt Forward Motion
How much forward motion should you put into a colt without discouraging a stop?
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ColtStarting Series: Softness in a Sidepull
What should you expect in the early rides on a colt? Miles Baker explains how he rides in a sidepull and introduces fundamentals in the first few rides.
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ColtStarting Series: Moving a Horse's Hips with a Halter
You can teach a colt to move his hips without ever being in the saddle. Miles Baker shows how he uses a halter and lead rope to move a young horse's feet.
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ColtStarting Series: Flexing in a Halter on the Ground
Miles Baker introduces flexing in a colts first few rides not with a snaffle but with a halter on the ground. Here he demonstrates how.
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ColtStarting Series: Teaching the Step Across
How do you teach a colt to move his feet in a way to set him up for success later in life? Miles Baker explains how he introduces a step across in a colt.
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ColtStarting Series: When to Start Loping
Is there a set level of expectations each colt should have in early rides? And when should you ask for a lope? Miles Baker explains.
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ColtSarting Series: Bending vs. Straight Lines
Do young horses spend too much time bending around in an arena and not enough time outside? Miles Baker breaks it down.
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ColtStarting Series: Intoroducing a Stop
How and when do you ask for a stop in a 2yearold? Miles Baker explains his longterm progression in the stop.
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ColtStarting Series: Teaching a Colt to Follow Its Nose
How do you teach a colt to follow his nose the right way? Miles Baker talks about setting one up for success.
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ColtStarting Series: HandUse on a Colt
How exactly should you use your hands and feet on a 2yearold in the early rides? Miles Baker explains how he develops the feel he and Trevor Brazile look for in the Relentless Remuda.
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ColtStarting Series: Bit Hobbles and Snaffles
Snaffle bits and hobble straps work well on 2yearolds as you begin to instill confidence and responsiveness in colts. Here's how your snaffle should be adjusted and why a hobble strap is an important part of your game.
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ColtStarting Series: Cutting Out the Nonsense
Do all the good ones have quirks? They don't really HAVE to if you try implementing these fundaments from Miles Baker at an early age.
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ColtStarting Series: Bridling Fundamentals
There's a right and a wrong way to bridle a colt. Miles Baker talks through the best way to put a bridle on a green horse.
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ColtStarting Series: First 30Day Bit Progression
These are the bits Miles Baker uses in his coltstarting program that feeds the Relentless Remuda.
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ColtStarting Series: Saddling Safety
What you need to know about saddling a colt safely with professional horse trainer Miles Baker.
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ColtStarting Series: Early Saddling Fundamentals
Relentless Remuda colt starter Miles Baker explains the dos and don'ts of saddling a horse for the first time.
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ColtStarting Series: Behavior Expectations on the Ground
Does behavigor on the ground matter in great horses? Miles Baker talks about how that really isn't an issue in their program.
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ColtStarting Series: Tying Colts
Teaching colts to stand tied is a critical element to Miles Bakers' green horse program. He uses the tierail to teach his horses patience and contentment at any step of the game.
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ColtStarting Series: Explaining the First Rides
Using an unbroke 3yearold Show Me The Buckles colt, Miles Baker explains his early coltstarting program.
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Riding Colt Independently in a Large Arena
To wrap up the clinic, attendees take their new skills and work through the entire pattern. Cody rides along with them, and provides insight for each obstacle.
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Introducing Colt to a Larger Arena
For the final three obstacles of the Ranch Trail, Cody gives guidance about the log drag, backing through poles, and ground tying. Attendees practice each event, as Cody provides feedback.