Horse tries to buck me off!!.....SLOW MOTION too!
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2014
- I have this young horse that I raised, and given some rough circumstances, I have not ridden him in 9 months, and only once before that. I always work hard to prevent this from happening, but they do have their own mind, and once in a while, they surprise you. Fortunately, he doesn't really know how to buck. :-)
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I actually just got thrown off twice today by my 16 year old Arabian mare. I wish I had the "buckin bronco" experience The Adventure Cowboy seemed to have lol
More like "Crowhopping Bronco". :-)
"Life is hard....It's harder when you blow a stirrup!"
Great ride 👍👍 i wonder how many of the people who comment would actually be able to do this, and realize when the horse picks his head up, he'll have all the rein he wants without any pressure , loved the slow mo, my mouth was open wider than that horses..hahaha
Yes SIR The mas is a rider superbe !
Nice staying with him, and staying still. I've worked with some beginners (horses!), but you stayed so calm and just let him go through this. Sorry to hear about your divorce, and hope things have gone better since then!
Well done! You where very suddle and gentle getting on
Sojie Copper Thanks
I love how you stayed calm. :) Good Cowboy
Still Single? LoL
LOL... Nope Thanks for watching.
This is very late but... I wad ecxpecting to see someone hurting or spoiling their horse and claiming that the horse was crazy, but I don't see anything wrong with what you did. Its just because the horse isn't trained/broken all the way yet. Anyways, good job staying on
Spooking not spoiling
@Pigs and Pipes kinda like people eh lol
Ur such a great rider! Wow 😮 great job!
not that bad just a lil crow hop. he'll be a good one
I agree. Not that bad. He did not turn out good though. He was a counterfeit son of a gun. Mostly my fault for not working with him for a couple critical years while I was going through a divorce.
The Adventure Cowboy where are you located? Good job sticking with him😉
Good job Cowboy. My pony tried the very same with me today. It was fun. I stuck to him to. Sure miss the bullriding of yester year when I was a youngin. Have a great day. All the way from South Africa
It's obvious some of these people have never broke horses. I do it for a living. Great ride . Sometimes you just gotta ridem out.
Great Job Cowboy
I once saw an Australian Brumby that rubbed the trainer along the fence until he jumped off...hospital and nearly lost his leg.
He's a good boy coming around
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I LOVE your channel and your life "story"....been reading comments 😉 I'm hooked and subbed💗💗
Well, thank you. Our "story" is really the most important impact we have on each other and future generations, so that's what the channel is about...leaving a visual story about who I am and what I am passionate about. Hopefully, my kids and future grandkids will be able to look back on this long after I am gone and get a dad/grandpa fix. :-) And if I can impact others' lives along the way, even better.
GREAT seat..! 🤠🐴🤠
You made that look easy.. :)
Got thrown off today before I could even get my ass in the saddle lmao. If I had a good seat i would have been fine but god knows what the horse would have done because he was already all worked up after throwing me
Hopefully you didn't get hurt.
Hey Cowboy,
My critique...first you felt that hump in his back, and he was parked like a Saddlebred. You stretched him his back came down but I bet that felt like one rigid bench between your legs.
When he took off toward the outside of the round pen, he definitely gave you some good jolts, but when he started going round the rail he was just crow hopping, That was the best part. When you're coming around toward the camera, I swear I can see you smiling...YES, Cowboy, you are the man...all fun and games!
But when he hit the far side, man, he saved his best for last. huh??? He had his face in the dirt. You either kicked or lost your outside stirrup, All I kept thinking, what a bareback bronc. Man you would've scored high on that ride, and never touched your rig.
LOVIN IT!!!!!
Thanks for the vid...Great job...sticky velcro.
Well thank you, but...
While I have been riding all my life (gathering cattle on y own pony at 2 years old), I am not as forked a bronc rider as I would like to be, although I don't enjoy bronc rides at all anymore.
On the first couple jumps, he did this suck back thing as soon as his front feet came down, this is where I got lurched forward and lost my stirrup. He never really got after it, but without a stirrup for the whole ride, it was challenge enough.
As far as not touching my rig...well, I was roped up. I learned long ago that style points for riding one-handed mean nothing when you're hours away from the hospital.
I am aware of the mechanics of staying aboard though...lift with the reign hand, keep chin down, focus on the neck, focus on getting through the next jump, and if you get bucked off, get right back on.
You certainly are balanced.
I truly appreciate your response.
I was raised on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma. My sister and I were stationed on the horse care as children. It was a right of passage to help Willie and the crew with the cattle.
At 19 I discovered the Thoroughbred racing industry first hand. I was hooked, line and sinker. "You mean you actually get paid big bucks to ride horses?" "Sign me up".
I galloped horses for 32 years. The truth I discovered...When I was young and pliable, even the sky searchers were fun. If you hit terrain, you bounced, brushed off, usually laughing, and hop back on. After a couple of bone-shattering vaults...and I grew older and found the landings a lot more painful (I didn't so much bounce anymore, as much as crashed and burned) and not a lot of laughing followed. I guess that goes back to the fact...we're all indestructible as kids. As we grow older those old injuries take on a life of their own (arthritis, etc...).
When I became a licensed trainer, I still galloped several of my own, but I let the big boys gallop the gorillas.
You, my friend, are a true Gorilla galloper.
Thanks again for the video. Stay safe, take care, and keep that velcro of yours in tip-top shape.
You are a Horseman, True Story.
Thank you Elizabeth. Any skill I have is merely a result of all the miles on the many horses who taught me.
I have spent my entire life ranching, starting colts for much of it. I spent the first 24 years of my life on a 325,000 acre ranch here in MT, and had probably around 10,000 miles in a saddle by the time I was 10. I have since worked for other ranches in other states, and ridden the "big circle" (50 miles one day) on many many gathers.
I don't get too worked up about people's negative comments, because I actually live it, and know that there is always more to learn....and the negative UA-cam commenters never know much in reality because they are too busy giving their opinion to learn anything. :-)
Thanks for the support, and I hope you enjoy my channel.
Elizabeth Ferguson I love this Elizabeth!! Kinda of like my story except after being a kid on the ranch I fell in love with hunters and jumpers, unfortunately you're right, getting older means everything hurts more, having many medical issues forced me to sell, haven't ridden since and it's a huge hole in my life, heart wrenching, just how life sometimes goes, love your story though💗
That guy was glued to the saddle
Didn't feel like it the next day. :-)
Whoa who flipped the switch??? Nicely done
Well done cowboy!!!!!!!
good job I hope when I break my bay gelding it will be that easy going
Good ride cowboy!
Can you please describe how you mechanically firm yourself in the seat when a horse is doing that?
Balance is key. That is something that only comes with freak talent and/or LOTS of time in the saddle, and not merely walking/trail riding-type time either. I am not the best by a long shot, but in the slow motion you can see what I am doing. He drops his head and goes down in front, so I lean back. When he comes up in the front, I lean forward. I keep my eye on his maneline at all times, lift with the rein hand, and maintain a firm grip on my rope with my right hand. Losing a stirrup makes it much harder.
Thanks for response.
@@TheAdventureCowboy This is an amazing answer! I've never been able to find an actual comment or video that properly shows how to effectively sit a buck or bronc like that, thank you!
How deep is the sand in your round pen? Also how did you set up the boards at the bottom of the panels? Like size and securement style? Thanks for your help,im setting up a round pen and live in PA any help would be appreciated.
Unfortunately, it wasn't my pen. The sand was around 6 or 8 inches I believe, but I can't recall how they fastened the baseboards.
@@TheAdventureCowboy thank you for the quick response
Awww! I'm sorry if u take this wrong but those bucks were sooo cute!!!
Don't take it wrong at all. Never said he was really getting after it. :-)
very true about the stuirrup, life sucks after that
Well done 👍
What an effort, u ride well I'm very impressed
Well, thanks.
That's how you break a horse. Well done Sir.
Nice job
Really good job for staying calm I stay calm but maybe not so much staying in one place 👁️👄👁️
@49 seconds. pumping gas pedal. then ignition. lol. not too bad. Good work
good ride boss man
Well done!
Good job.
Adventure cowboy , what part of the country do you live in ?
Southwest Montana
I just got a horse and he is only 4 and I’ve seen his bucks and they are STRONG and I have no idea what to do in the situation. I don’t want to throw myself off because I don’t want to teach him a bad habit, he has never bucked under saddle but definitely a green horse and doesn’t turn and gets frustrated and very lazy so when you push him he gets crazy and wants to buck but never does but I know that moment will come. Any advice to do for a strong bucking horse, he is VERYYYYYY stubborn.. I just don’t know if it’s age or him but I’m very scared to ride.
He probably just needs lots of rides and lots of miles.
That was my horse today 😂
I believe you had control...cool calm and collected. LOL I ONE GOT HURT🙏🙏
but good job
a good ride.
I’m just here to read the comments from the UA-cam expert horsemen and women telling you what you did wrong.
Pretty entertaining 🤣
Try using a more gentle bit that was probably part of the problem, I suggest snaffles when training a horse that way they can get used to the bit before you have to work them up to a different one:)
That was a plain, straight loose-ring snaffle. Had nothing to do with it.
What are you talking about? This is clearly someone very experienced in backing horses, and likely able to stay on one far better than you could ever hope to. There was no problem here, even if he was using another type of curb/shank bit he had no pressure on the reins when he was riding out that buck, the fact you think you do think there's a problem shows you've never actually backed a young, green and nervous horse in your life. Please let the professionals stick to being professionals, and not take dangerous advice from people on the internet.
Oh. My. God.
You OK?
He’s a grey
counterfeit had more than one of them
He was definitely a snakey son of a gun. A year later, I was trying to pack an elk out on him. Two times while securing the load, he waited until I was in a vulnerable spot on the steep terrain, and then jumped straight in the air, kicking my legs at the same time. First time caved in my right knee and tore my MCL, and after I had gathered him back up, he stood there super calm and nice while I got two elk quarters loaded, and right as I backed away from him one step, he did it again, and kicked my left shin twice and my right shin once, and then took off down the steep mountain face.
I ended up making two trips on that mountain face with my old mare to pack the meat off, so it didn't spoil. Went back into the timber to find that counterfeit bugger, who acted just as broke and gentle as could be like nothing ever happened.
I ended up in an ankle-to-ass brace for the next 6 weeks, and my shins still bear the scars of the gashes from the horseshoes.
The most physically painful experience of my life, but I got all the elk meat out before it spoiled, and a heck of a story with a solo archery hunt on a nice bull elk and this wreck getting it out. Worth it.
Counterfeit Gray went to the canner the next week.
Hey cowboy, I hadn't seen this response from you to RobS5 when I messaged you earlier.
Holy crap, You are triple tough. What horrible injuries...a torn Cruciate Ligament is real pain... and then 3 hits to the shin bones. Fu%* that hurts. And you did what you needed to do to get the meat into storage...
Unless someone has experienced that injury, and worked on through it, they will never know what an amazing accomplishment that truly is.
I hope you were serious about Greys "rehoming" Counterfeit piece of shit.
I cannot imagine the pain, going back getting your ole faithful, 2 trips to get the Elk meat home, then back to retrieve Greys ass?
You are the real deal, no doubt.
Are your.... whisper.... balls ok ? 😂
Looks painful.
Good job to stay on this little rascal.
How is he today ?
Is he a good horse now after long years of training? 😊
He's dead. He was a counterfeit son of a gun. He would act plumb fine for most of the day, but when he caught you in a vulnerable moment, he would take advantage of it. I stayed patient with him for a couple years after this video, but the final straw was when he kicked me high up on a mountain and caved in my knee.
The Adventure Cowboy
😨
Did anybody else ever try to ride him ?
Maybe a woman ?
Maybe he was a “woman-horse“ ?
But I understand you. A horse with this behavior is extremly dangerous.
Mrs. Schmitt Tried to....he wouldn't even let my ex catch him. He had all the tools (I even imprinted him when he was born), but there was just something that seemed on right in his head.
I started his mother, father, sibling, and "cousins" none of which gave me trouble.
*not right in his head
The Adventure Cowboy
My friend bought a horse a few years ago.
A beautiful palomino mare.
A pure dream of a horse.
Sometimes.
And when she had her “5 minutes“
She was the devil. A real devil.
Run over people, don't care about nothing and nobody.
My friend sent her to a professional trainer again !
No chance. Again and again she became crazy.
No matter who was riding her.
The 3. Trainer said she is unrideable and dangerous.
So she sold her . I never asked but we all knew ...
Butcher.
How does it feel to ride a horse???
ummm....awesome?
that's bucking to a cowboy. But to a real horseman that's called a crow hop.
Never said it was rank. If I titled it Crow-hop, no one would click the video because very few people in the non-horse world would know what a crow-hop is."Real Horseman"? What is your qualification for that? I see you have no videos at all showing your horsemanship skills. Interesting that the best bronc riders in the world are cowboys/stockmen no matter what country you may refer to.
don't need videos cow-poke, I got Championship Buckles and PRCA Membership. I rode some of the best bucking horses like Skitso Skoal to name one.
Sounds to me like you are, in fact, a cowboy.
saddle bronc rider and horse trainer, just like you hoss.
@@arapahosundancer Videos to prove you are what you say you are, or you're bullshitting.
Continual work needed. Ride him everyday until he stops that bucking habit and then ride him some more.
Cool
How young is the horse?
He was 5 at the time.
I know this is really late but ye was barley bucking surprised he reacted that way I ave broken in 13 horses' in my lifetime all if them reacted worse than that.
I guess we can't all be horsewhisperers like you.
Damn, 2 hours of drilling ground work before you got on, no wonder this poor horse snapped. Short 30-45 minute daily sessions work best than overloading. I started my colt and because I took HIS time. I let him him absorbed what was happening and he didn't buck at all. Took about a week. It was easy on both of us. No need to overwhelm them - give them a chance to soak it in. It makes a huge difference.
Well, I didn't go into detail about what the groundwork entailed. Lets just say not that much was "drilling". I have started a lot of colts, but this was not one of them. Due to some "life" that put me in a situation where I did not have the ability to start him myself, I had a reputable trainer start him (the only horse I have had anyone else start). That trainer had trouble with him too. He was one of those that is pretty much born broncy.
The Adventure Cowboy Regardless you were handling this horse for over 2 hours too long. Which goes back to my point.
I have started many colts over the years, travelled all over the country under the instruction of some of America's greatest horsemen, won many competitions and awards, and helped many people learn to ride, and even start their own horses. Individual horses may require completely different timing and methods, even within the same riding discipline. Limiting yourself to only short 30-45 minute sessions will never prepare your horse for high pressure, working situations encountered often by people who actually make a living on these animals.
The Adventure Cowboy Well that explains it. smh.
Not bad but could of done better so he did not crow hop like crazy
what's up w/the lariat ??
Kind of a vague question. But, if you're referring to me holding on to it...well, I guess I am at a point in my life where I don't care about being flashy, but I dang sure want to make sure I get them rode. Ropin' up helps.
do you need a rope when breaking colts ? 2 weeks worth of ground work gives you a better product and 98% no bucking
I've been starting colts for 20 years. This one was unfortunately the victim of unfortunate circumstance. The unfortunate circumstance was a divorce that turned my life upside down, and he got put on the back burner for a few years.
Like I stated in the video, I had worked him on the ground for two hours before I got on. Some horses are more broncy than others, and he was a spitfire even as a baby.
It seems as though you must be a super professional horse trainer though, so I am sure you know better than me.
my 16 month old daughter cold have spurred that wall Mart ride down
@@doubleagent14 WTF are you talking about?
that horse must be lazy
It's easy to stay tied on when you're in a western saddle. Guarantee he would have bought real estate if he was in an exercise saddle.
I've no reason to ride anything but a western saddle. Let's see your videos of you riding a bronc...oh yeah...you don't have any. Before you make critical statements like that, you better have proof that you know what you're talking about. Otherwise, your opinion doesn't matter to anyone.
You did good to stay on but Why do you use such a horrible bit? I could see that the horse was in a lot of pain, how could you agree with it?
Plain, straight snaffle. Horse always bucked with his mouth open, even in a halter.
The Adventure Cowboy
I wasn’t talking about when the horse was bucking, just after the horse had finished and went in smaller circles is mouth was open and looked in a lot of pain when you pulled on the reins (not saying you pulled really hard on the reins). That’s just want I’m getting from it.
Why is this bucking so weak as opposed to the ones that they have at the rodeo that are thicker and more boxy face. Those look like demons bucking a whole lot stronger too.
This incident isn't really much "bucking". I just titled it that way because most of the potential viewers have no concept at all of the word "crowhopping", which is just weak bucking.
Rodeo bucking horses are bred larger and bred to really buck. In addition, rodeo broncs, have a "flank strap" just in front of their back legs, which stimulates a kicking/hopping response while they buck. The flank strap doesn't hurt them, but just stimulates an impulse that creates a more consistent bucking pattern.
@@TheAdventureCowboy Wow, thanks for the in depth explanation. I'm from the city so all this is new to me but I love learning more about this. Unfortunately my parents moved to the city. My Grandfather sold his ranch so I never really had a chance to learn any of this stuff. I learned something new today "crowhopping".
@@JDoe-hb7pc If you really want to learn more about western life and cowboy/ranching culture, read my Father's book "Cowboy in a Corporate World" and follow the Facebook page by the same name. You'll love it.
You were not being clear in your communication.
Horse : OUCH MY MOTH STOP RIPPING IT OUT!
Rider : move on...
Filly Cracelet Ikr
The pulling I really see is when the bucking begins and when he's trying to get his head turned to stop. I don't think he could've been much lighter honestly, but that's my opinion
The bucking is bad behavior, and it's important to make the bad thing hard and the right thing easy. Even though he wasn't bucking real hard, you still have to stay aboard and try to get them out of it, so leverage is applied to try to get them disengaged, and frankly, sometimes the leverage applied is done so just to stay aboard.
You are right. I was trying to get him to disengage to the left, which I eventually did.
The Adventure Cowboy right that horse didn’t start your abuse by kicking smacking and pulling did it I know I’m not stupid
+Winter
Absolutely. I completely agree. He stretched the horse beforehand the rope slips gently through his hands.
It wasn't until that horse started really sucking back into his buck that "Cowboy" pulled his head up. A horse can't rear with its head down and can't buck (with any real force) with its head up...I know all about the exceptions. I've been on horses that get that bucking rythum and gets more and more sailfish"y" with each step. I don't hesitate for a minute to pop that bit hard in its mouth.
Like cowboy stated...Good behavior is rewarded, the unwanted behavior must be discouraged.
This guy can obviously take what this colt is dishing out. But he's probably training this colt for a client. If this behavior isn't nipped in the bud...Someone with less ability, a velcro butt, would be launched...and potentially hurt, very badly.
This guy is a horseman.
Man, whiny little weekend riders. If you haven't done this yourself...chances are real good you, you've never been on a horse that tested you. Most of these people who write such a comment, have been handed the reins of a push button pet. One that may have started out like this grey colt, they should be saying Thank you.
That was completely your fault for not properly preparing him. You needed to move his feet and change his direction from the get-go.
Maybe for you. People train and break horses in different ways. I know loads of trainers that do what this gentlemen did.
@@xbrokenshardsx2586 Because other people do it, does not make it right. Are you realizing what you are saying?.........It's all about the person, not what is in the best interests of the horse. I put the horse first. I do not 'break' horses, I 'start' horses. Starting does not involve pain, fear, and intimidation.
Don’t take any offence to this but it’s making me mad because you are ripping the horses face off... it’s causing the horse so much pain and that’s why he’s acting like this...
wrong
Meg,
I can totally see how you would think that, however, if a horse gets after it before you have the chance to get him turned and disengage him, then the focus becomes just staying aboard, for me anyway. I lost my right stirrup on the first or second jump which made it even more difficult to ride.
He acted like that BEFORE I pulled on him. His fit had nothing to do with me pulling on him, but the pressure I applied did keep the fit way more subdued than it could have been because it allowed me to keep him from getting complete control of his balance and momentum. Had I not been lifting, he would have really blown and I likely could not have ridden it through.
In ANY bronc ride, whether intentional or unintentional, one of the keys to staying on is lifting with the rein hand. He was taking his head down so hard, that it took considerable effort to maintain the leverage and control needed to stay on.
I don't enjoy bronc rides anymore, and I never enjoy any sort of pain to an animal, so I would have preferred never to have pulled on his face at all. But I also do not back down when a horse challenges me. He picked the fight, I won, and then we moved forward with a nice evening of riding.
The Adventure Cowboy oh. Okay..
Why just sit there
Thats nothin compared to rodeo broncs. My horse has bigger fits them that
Never claimed it was rank.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! GET OWNED BOIIIIIII!
Omg let go of his mouth!! You trying to rip his mouth off??
I can totally see how you would think that, however, if a horse gets after it before you have the chance to get him turned and disengage him, then the focus becomes just staying aboard, for me anyway. I lost my right stirrup on the first or second jump which made it even more difficult to ride.
Important to note here is that this horse always bucked with his mouth open, even with no rider or bit in his mouth. That makes it look worse than it really is. Admittedly, I was applying a lot of pressure...but only out of necessity. His fit had nothing to do with me pulling on him, but the pressure I applied did keep the fit way more subdued than it could have been because it allowed me to keep him from getting complete control of his balance and momentum. Had I not been lifting, he would have really blown and I likely could not have ridden it through.
In ANY bronc ride, whether intentional or unintentional, one of the keys to staying on is lifting with the rein hand. He was taking his head down so hard, that it took considerable effort to maintain the leverage and control needed to stay on.
I don't enjoy bronc rides anymore, and I never enjoy any sort of pain to an animal, so I would have preferred never to have pulled on his face at all. But I also do not back down when a horse challenges me. He picked the fight, I won, and then we moved forward with a nice evening of riding.
The reason that he/she kept bucking is because you are literally tearing the poor horses mouth by pulling so hard!
OMG, you little barn flies are ridiculous.
He was trying to stay on. You would've pulled too if your horse was doing that. He was barely applying any pressure to the bit in the beginning, the horse just started to act up a little. It isn't always the bits fault.
OMG poor horse do not pull on his mouth like that
this horse has pain!!!! it was better to find out why she is doing like this
Thats a stallion. You know, A DUDE.
Poor guys mouth wide open from the pain of the bit poor fella probably spurred to death too or something else
Ella O’Brien yeah I don’t agree with it... and this is why I want to ride bit less.. I don’t enjoy using them... I most likely will be using but less bridles if I get a horse
Meg Meister I know same! I go to a stables where they use bits and I have no say on weather I want to ride bitless or not, I really hate it but I have no choice. When I get a horse I’m definitely going bitless with them!
Ella O’Brien I try my best not to yank at the horses face when I ride... because I know that the most nerves are in a horses mouth.. I know there is a certain spot it goes where there are no teeth but still I don’t enjoy using them I want to see if they have any ways of riding but less when my shoulder heals but I doubt it :(
+Ella O'Brien
Oh Ella, come on...Please stop.
Have you ever started a colt, or always ridden a horse that was made push button just for you.
The horse has its mouth open because it can, it's not slinging its head fighting a poorly fit bit, or because it needs its teeth floated. Have you ever seen bareback broncs? No bit, just halter. And the majority of the time, if they're really doing a good job of letting the cowboy on their back know they have some fight in them, will hold its mouth open. This grey colt had its head in the dirt, parallel to the ground. You gotta get his head up or the buck will grow in intensity with every step. So your suggesting he should've let him continue?
Forgive me if I don't hire you to start my horses.
+Meg Meister
Meg, you can ride with a hackamore (no bit, But that chain under the jaw can do some real damage in the wrong hands and the sidebars, or shanks, can be very painful if you don't keep those teeth floated). Or a side-pull, but with this method, you better have a horse that's already push button. You couldn't pull his head up to stop the buck with a side-pull, and with limited riding experience...you would've been LAUNCHED. I'm sorry you injured your shoulder. I certainly hope and pray you have a speedy and complete recovery.
But upon your return, please keep in mind. You maybe weight in at 100 lbs? The horse has a good 1000 pounds on you. They don't have to try to hurt you. You could be leading your perfectly behaved pet, he can swing his head from a fly, hit you in the face and knock you on your fanny. OR MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
Remember it's not your instructor that teaches you the small nuances...It's the thousands of different horses you'll ride (if your in the business) that teach you. Each is an individual. As soon as you think you know what your doing...along will come another to prove, YOU DON't. That is the definition of experience.
Hurting his mouth
The horse was hurting his own mouth. You see when the horse was hopping, he had is head all the way down. Because the rider couldn't just give him more rein and/or let go of the reins, the horse ended up pulling on the reins all by himself. The horse had a chance to lift up his head and listen, but he's a stubborn colt and didn't really care.
Be easy on his mouth
That horse has always bucked with his mouth open, even with no bit or rider, so it looked worse than it was. But that horse is being trained, and bad behaviour must be nipped in the bud. Bits are made for both controlling and pressuring the animal. I've ridden green horses before, and when they act up you're gonna see me bop the reins. Does it hurt? Maybe. Will the horse know not to do it again. Yes! The whole point of training a colt is to made good behaviour easy and bad behaviour hard.