Steve Young doesn’t do party tricks, he understands and reads horses, isn’t interested in looking sharp or clever, he concentrates on horses and customers with particular issues and works out why and how he can help resolve them. Communication is wonderful to see.
Yeah Steve is a different animal so to speak. The bulk of his work is in difficult out of control and maybe even directly aggressive horses, the ones that could easily end up at the glue factory if he can't help them become safer citizens. He also does demos where people bring their troubled horses and he helps the horses live on the spot. He's good to watch if you have a badly behaving horse and/or to keep your horse from getting that way (especially those pushy horses!). The driving to leading is one of the tools to help train horses to respect us in subtle but effective ways. So his main area is not in carefully bred preselected to be excellent and then carefully raised horses which are easier to deal with. He does do SOME of the latter for his own horses and he has a lot of demos on training a fresh new horse on his channel using actual new and not yet trained horses. In that area, his emphasis is a bit more on a horse that is good for riding, living with, and working, not so much for putting on shows so it's actually more useful for the average horse owner. I feel like Steve could probably do better at these demos if he decided more clearly on the main point of his demos and stuck to one, does he wish to train us to be better or does he wish to show off his pretty Nita, I feel like his demo skills are sort of all over the place compared to his horse training skills which are naturally directed by the problems each horse has thus giving natural structure to the task at hand.
paulharris-allen With resepct, he is overflowing with testosterone and full of his own importance. With the parrot that accompanies him and promoting the daughter its like watching the Kardashians. The whole Steve Young thing is a big show but if you look at real pro trainers like Tristan Tucker, Warwick Schiller and the brilliant Josie Matthews; all of whom are good riders you will understand my point. He mentions about riding and his age, I am nearly 70 and still ride ex racehorses and rescue TBs so that is a lame excuse. Truth is, he is not much of a rider and I say this as an instructor, ex-trainer and show jumper.
@@freddiebiscuit9703 with respect Steve Young he ignores people to a great degree but prioritises the horse and owner to understand the real p problems on both sides.for hearing the background of both, mainly
@@freddiebiscuit9703 With respect we must agree to differ, in my opinion and thousands of others he is a genuinely modest educator of Horsemanship with a great sense o of humour. He is honest and his videos do not hide things, there is no fault in editing repetitive film of no value. Lovely way he show his dems, Family, Tania looking after them on their journeys. I only wish I had met him years ago.
There was no ear flattening, twitching tails or tenseness with Steve’s horses when asked to do anything. They seem relaxed and happy. THAT to me is a sign of a well balanced mental state .
I occasionally play with my mini Shetland doing a bit of Liberty and she puts her ears back about the treats for reward around target training. I find it kind of interesting as never had a bad day in her life and known her entire history. I used to think the ears back was a bad thing as have seen it in others work like Pignon but now i think differently having done a bit with the Shetland. I don’t think she is unhappy as always looking for signs and it’s very basic stuff like just walking round with her but she is VERY food orientated.
I think you also have to look at overall body behavior sometimes. If they are not serious, they may also not slam the ears back quite as hard. You can feel that tenseness if it's anger vs some horses just have dorky little quirk things they do that are special to them. @@theeventingjourney232
Another huge fan of Steve Young here. The lovely 3 year old is his next demonstration horse. I love his approach as a trainer. He is genius with troubled horses.
He is a very good trainer and very clear in expectations and teaching others. I like that it’s not some mysterious magical process where you have stages to work through etc. it’s horse behaviour and training.
Yes the explanation of one eye two eye has supremely helped me catch scared horses, now I can get them to allow me near on the first day. In the past, volunteers spent months trying to get that far trying to use bribes and literally hundreds of hours of trying. It always makes me a bit amazed that all you need is this weird little set of a few scripted mild behaviors in order to hack their brain to tolerate us of their own volition. @@theeventingjourney232
Tbh they all looked pretty happy. The only one who didn’t was the one in Warwick’s but he was chosen on purpose as an anxious horse and will be part of part 2
@@robynmartin2026 Too much drivel about inconsequential crap. I was a trainer and clients came to us to have their equine issues sorted out not listen to conversation about what we had eaten for lunch. . Equally , to have in tow some camera toting parrot that takes vids of your yard, horses and anything else that takes it fancy, nebbing in constantly with its vacuous noise, is completely unprofessional to my mind.
@@theeventingjourney232 I love his yt channel, the deep understanding he has of the horses is truly awe inspiring, its awesome to see an eventer like yourself giving time to horsemanship too, I'm enjoying following your journey.
Yep, he's helped me a ton at the horse rescue I work at. Most of those horses have behavioral issues when they come in and I am realizing in the real world, horses are regularly allowed to barge into peoples' space, nip at clothes and generally act like big brats and no one tells them not to so the horses have bad habits. Even the horse does not have many people who understand that you can train them to stop these irritating little habits, instead people just stay out of the corral of the bratty ones, even though most of those horses that do that simply do not know better and are trying to play. It's actually a wonder to me that more people don't get hurt, but I've noticed horses are also pretty smart and most of them try to be careful around their little hairless monkeys. ;-P @@theeventingjourney232
@@theeventingjourney232 The trouble is, some of the detail is vacuous noise imo. I am not interested in his holidays, grandchildren, daughter or the personal history of the horse owner. I find the wife irritating with her panning of the camera onto things which are nothing to do with the job in hand and her constant nebbing in. I am an ex trainer and showjumper and find it quite unprofessional. However, I admire your tact and diplomacy and the Brave Pants you must wear to engage in your sport 🙂
@@freddiebiscuit9703 just following on. They are both great trainers doing different stuff. Some of us quite enjoy an outing/holiday/family update, and are prepared to sit and watch at the end of a hard day. It's all wholesome stuff.
I like Steve Young and his horsemanship. He truly understands and reads the horses. He's learned from the greats of horsemanship and applying his own knowledge together to blend into a good training and behavior for each individual horse and the owners. Helping horses emotional issues and the owners to recognize how to help their animals. I don't like how the black horse pinned his ears and throwing his head so much. Needs Steve's touch.
I really enjoyed Ben as I took a lot away about body position lunging. I have seen much better results in last week with thinking about my shoulders and feet.
@@freddiebiscuit9703 Steve's horses were relaxed and fluid in their movements; the other trainer's horse appeared rigid and jerky in his movement -- the proof is in the pudding.
Steve Young doesn’t do party tricks, he understands and reads horses, isn’t interested in looking sharp or clever, he concentrates on horses and customers with particular issues and works out why and how he can help resolve them. Communication is wonderful to see.
Yeah Steve is a different animal so to speak. The bulk of his work is in difficult out of control and maybe even directly aggressive horses, the ones that could easily end up at the glue factory if he can't help them become safer citizens. He also does demos where people bring their troubled horses and he helps the horses live on the spot. He's good to watch if you have a badly behaving horse and/or to keep your horse from getting that way (especially those pushy horses!). The driving to leading is one of the tools to help train horses to respect us in subtle but effective ways. So his main area is not in carefully bred preselected to be excellent and then carefully raised horses which are easier to deal with. He does do SOME of the latter for his own horses and he has a lot of demos on training a fresh new horse on his channel using actual new and not yet trained horses. In that area, his emphasis is a bit more on a horse that is good for riding, living with, and working, not so much for putting on shows so it's actually more useful for the average horse owner. I feel like Steve could probably do better at these demos if he decided more clearly on the main point of his demos and stuck to one, does he wish to train us to be better or does he wish to show off his pretty Nita, I feel like his demo skills are sort of all over the place compared to his horse training skills which are naturally directed by the problems each horse has thus giving natural structure to the task at hand.
paulharris-allen With resepct, he is overflowing with testosterone and full of his own importance. With the parrot that accompanies him and promoting the daughter its like watching the Kardashians. The whole Steve Young thing is a big show but if you look at real pro trainers like Tristan Tucker, Warwick Schiller and the brilliant Josie Matthews; all of whom are good riders you will understand my point. He mentions about riding and his age, I am nearly 70 and still ride ex racehorses and rescue TBs so that is a lame excuse. Truth is, he is not much of a rider and I say this as an instructor, ex-trainer and show jumper.
@@freddiebiscuit9703 with respect Steve Young he ignores people to a great degree but prioritises the horse and owner to understand the real p problems on both sides.for hearing the background of both, mainly
@@freddiebiscuit9703 With respect we must agree to differ, in my opinion and thousands of others he is a genuinely modest educator of Horsemanship with a great sense o of humour. He is honest and his videos do not hide things, there is no fault in editing repetitive film of no value. Lovely way he show his dems, Family, Tania looking after them on their journeys. I only wish I had met him years ago.
@@OnceUponaTimeline i enjoy his skills on Nita? She is his Showcase of what you can achieve
There was no ear flattening, twitching tails or tenseness with Steve’s horses when asked to do anything.
They seem relaxed and happy. THAT to me is a sign of a well balanced mental state .
I occasionally play with my mini Shetland doing a bit of Liberty and she puts her ears back about the treats for reward around target training. I find it kind of interesting as never had a bad day in her life and known her entire history. I used to think the ears back was a bad thing as have seen it in others work like Pignon but now i think differently having done a bit with the Shetland. I don’t think she is unhappy as always looking for signs and it’s very basic stuff like just walking round with her but she is VERY food orientated.
I think you also have to look at overall body behavior sometimes. If they are not serious, they may also not slam the ears back quite as hard. You can feel that tenseness if it's anger vs some horses just have dorky little quirk things they do that are special to them. @@theeventingjourney232
Another huge fan of Steve Young here. The lovely 3 year old is his next demonstration horse. I love his approach as a trainer. He is genius with troubled horses.
Steve Young is the absolute BEST with horses. He understands them and they respect him.
He is a very good trainer and very clear in expectations and teaching others. I like that it’s not some mysterious magical process where you have stages to work through etc. it’s horse behaviour and training.
Yes the explanation of one eye two eye has supremely helped me catch scared horses, now I can get them to allow me near on the first day. In the past, volunteers spent months trying to get that far trying to use bribes and literally hundreds of hours of trying. It always makes me a bit amazed that all you need is this weird little set of a few scripted mild behaviors in order to hack their brain to tolerate us of their own volition. @@theeventingjourney232
susansculy9523 In your opinion!
Love love love Steve young!!! Amazing guy with horses ❤
Watching Steve Young working with one of his horses is like listening to two really good jazz musicians jamming together.
I must say Steve's demo showed his horses had a willingness and happy expression
Tbh they all looked pretty happy. The only one who didn’t was the one in Warwick’s but he was chosen on purpose as an anxious horse and will be part of part 2
big fan of Steve Young, (and Tanya), have been following for a while - "Top Trainer", highly recommend.
robynmartin2026 The broaden your horizon and take a look at Tristan Tucker, Warwick Schiller and brilliant Josie Matthews!
@@freddiebiscuit9703 yes I'm familiar with, and love them all, Josie is brilliant!! I enjoy the outings as well with Steven & Tanya.
and I think they're all aussies as well 😊
@@robynmartin2026 Too much drivel about inconsequential crap. I was a trainer and clients came to us to have their equine issues sorted out not listen to conversation about what we had eaten for lunch. . Equally , to have in tow some camera toting parrot that takes vids of your yard, horses and anything else that takes it fancy, nebbing in constantly with its vacuous noise, is completely unprofessional to my mind.
@@robynmartin2026 They are but I try not to let that get in the way of honest opinion and Ashes victories 😁
Love Steve Young and so do his horses, which says it all as far as I’m concerned.
Steve Young is epic 💯
He is the first person to show stuff in real detail on his YT and for that I am very grateful
@@theeventingjourney232 I love his yt channel, the deep understanding he has of the horses is truly awe inspiring, its awesome to see an eventer like yourself giving time to horsemanship too, I'm enjoying following your journey.
Yep, he's helped me a ton at the horse rescue I work at. Most of those horses have behavioral issues when they come in and I am realizing in the real world, horses are regularly allowed to barge into peoples' space, nip at clothes and generally act like big brats and no one tells them not to so the horses have bad habits. Even the horse does not have many people who understand that you can train them to stop these irritating little habits, instead people just stay out of the corral of the bratty ones, even though most of those horses that do that simply do not know better and are trying to play. It's actually a wonder to me that more people don't get hurt, but I've noticed horses are also pretty smart and most of them try to be careful around their little hairless monkeys. ;-P @@theeventingjourney232
@@theeventingjourney232 The trouble is, some of the detail is vacuous noise imo. I am not interested in his holidays, grandchildren, daughter or the personal history of the horse owner. I find the wife irritating with her panning of the camera onto things which are nothing to do with the job in hand and her constant nebbing in. I am an ex trainer and showjumper and find it quite unprofessional. However, I admire your tact and diplomacy and the Brave Pants you must wear to engage in your sport 🙂
@@freddiebiscuit9703 just following on. They are both great trainers doing different stuff. Some of us quite enjoy an outing/holiday/family update, and are prepared to sit and watch at the end of a hard day. It's all wholesome stuff.
That was great Steve. Happy relaxed willing horses, true horsemanship skills on show, thank you.
Steve Young is a living legend.
Both different in their approach.Who cares as long as they both get results.Brilliant hats off to both of them.
Many roads to Rome with horses and both trying to achieve different things
Love Steve Young too!! ❤️❤️❤️
Love Steve Young and his training of horses😊❤😊
Love Steve Young. ❤ Thanks for sharing.
I like Steve Young and his horsemanship. He truly understands and reads the horses. He's learned from the greats of horsemanship and applying his own knowledge together to blend into a good training and behavior for each individual horse and the owners. Helping horses emotional issues and the owners to recognize how to help their animals.
I don't like how the black horse pinned his ears and throwing his head so much. Needs Steve's touch.
It was so bloody cold! Steve was awesome, Ben i just ended up walking out on, i dont get the hype!
I really enjoyed Ben as I took a lot away about body position lunging. I have seen much better results in last week with thinking about my shoulders and feet.
antw23uk That is because you are a fan of Youngs which for me, as an ex trainer myself, speaks volumes in itself!
Yes it was sooo cold 😂❄️ I enjoyed it tho and esp Steve Young! Was so lovely (and emotional) to see his last ride on Nita ❤
Ha! That's me and my husband in the shopping village at the end 😂
Steve’s methods are much more effective with much less need for external devices.
marywagner9927 such as flags and boinging sticks you mean.🙄
@@freddiebiscuit9703 Steve's horses were relaxed and fluid in their movements; the other trainer's horse appeared rigid and jerky in his movement -- the proof is in the pudding.
Steve is an amazing trainer
Soo enjoy watching Steve young
On the second horse the black one what is going on with his hind legs? Have they been pinened?
Not that I noticed - could be bandages which have caused it
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