Another well explained video on a confusing topic. I've ridden dressage for many years and never in my training have had the various rein and leg positions explained so clearly and seen their effects. Yes, haunches-in is travers. I'll be watching this several times before practicing on my horse. Hope to get better responsiveness from my boy with clearer aids. I'm really enjoying learning from your videos and using ranch horse concepts in my dressage training. Good riding is good riding regardless of the discipline.
I can't Thankyou enough for explaining how it all works in a simple way. Now I can see where I am going wrong and know how to correct it. Please keep your videos going so I can keep learning.
Really loving your videos. I realized my "low and out" had been all wrong (and why!) and now that I've picked up my hands - and his shoulders - my horse's attitude toward work, cantering, and general riding has improved ten fold. Thank you for breakdowns and education!
Same girl! We aren’t on the trails anymore! Pull up for shoulder up and collected. I’m scolded in lessons for down and out. Drop shoulder is western trail and cattle work not 10 m circle collection work. This really helps me change my western trail habits to dressage habits in the ring.
@@timandersonhorsetraininggood to know I’m not alone. My instructor really gets on me over this. Muscle memory is hard to retrain. This video helps explain the why so I can train my brain. It really improves my circles and gives my horse a nice bend.
Great how well you explain what each hand does and what body part it moves. I take my phone with me and watch this before I get on ,so it's fresh in my mind.😊 My horse is quite slow to learn some things ,particularly if it feels hard for her, but once she's got it it seems to stick.
I have watched this video 2 times, a very good explanation of how to use your reins and leg position. I will watch it tomorrow morning before I go out to ride my mare, maybe she won't think I am so stupid. Thanks Tim
Wow. Tim! This is a great lesson! I'm a little slow on the uptake, so I need to watch this several times, but I think once I get it, my riding is really going to improve! Thank you!
Great video, beginner rider little over one year, english. Last 2 lessons I have been able to turn with using my outside rein, I felt so good about it after getting feedback to stop using my inside rein.
Hey Tim! Great explanation of the role of the reins. I am just getting back into riding after about a 35 yr break. No doubt in my mind I am confusing my mare with my reins. I do understand a little but this helps clear a bunch. Your detail about the connections of the reins to the shoulder, hips and speed control was an ahha moment for me. Excuse me while I run to the barn to switch to split reins 😉
I have a very forward Arab who rushes into the trot & canter. And then it is like we are in Derby. Your video was very helpful. I look forward to watching more. He hates ring work & gives me attitude. So I am doing something wrong. Thanks
Another great lesson. That horse has a nice build and gorgeous colouring. You have so much knowledge. It's a shame you and Horse Plus don't team up when training other organizations. Training and assessment is a must to provide a successful adoption. They are launching a boot camp for four companies this week. Wishing you a happy July 4th. Today is our 🇨🇦 Day. Take care and thanks much.
My dressage instructor keeps scolding me for turning with my inside rein down. I’ve been riding like this my whole life. I’m a trail rider so we don’t ride bends or circles like dressage we just turn 90 degrees or more. Well turns out as you described, riding a circle is not a turn but a bend and that is achieved with your hand pulled up towards you. She’s right, but that doesn’t mean the other way is wrong just wrong for bending in a circle. This helps me a lot as I’m feeling like I’ve been riding wrong. No I’ve not been riding 10 m circles just turning directions on the trail. I never knew they take 2 different rein angles. 😮. It’s like I’m a beginner after 35 years in the saddle it’s all new in the ring.
Great learning from this video. Thank you. Can you tell me pls, what you would use the first two rein manouvers for. Would the first one be for going around barrels.
Thanks for this video. I was curious on how each maneuver is controlled and how it’s controlled by reins and legs. I didn’t know how to ask how to know what moves what on a horse and how it’s achieved to make them move in a certain way! Thanks for this video. My paint mare I just got a couple months ago has some nice schooling and I didn’t know how to figure out what she knows. She is western pleasure and reining bred
@@timandersonhorsetraining but in the video you said the horse had shanks, but leverage or snaffle, they work the same way, the principle is the same. I know I sound like the rude snarky things that inhabit social media and that is truly not my intent. I am not an equine expert by any far stretch although I will brag a little, I could spell horse when I was in kindergarten. I'm a Texan and grew up riding although it resembles today's 'industry' only in that horses are ridden. Not a criticism just passage of time and style. Now that I've tippy toed around the issue because I don't want to be rude, here's my question. I don't understand why you use 2 hands with that type bridle. I taught my granddaughters to ride here on the ranch and one of the girls had previously been into jumping. I use a low port med shank curb bit, split reins. I finally had to tie the reins in a knot at the proper loose level, let her hold the reins in one hand and the tail in the other because she had been taught English/snaffle/constant contact and kept going back to plowing. It took awhile for her to relax and understand that in this bridle, riding style the bridle is gentle communication. It can be severe but only if the rider doesn't understand. Your working with one hand, you really only have to use the bit for extra or rapid cues the horse doesn't get from your body, your face or just a little rein movement. On these points, in my own world, I am adamant because my horses have a nice soft mouth and I love my girls but pay attention or get down. I'm sure there's more to this video than I am seeing, you always have been quite knowledgeable. Of course if you say "lady, I have my own way, your tablet has buttons for a reason", I'd say fair enough.
I didn't take your first question as snarky. The principles of how a bit works are the same whether english, western, 1 handed or 2. In this video I am riding 2 handed to demonstrate the different rein pulls and how they effect the horse's movement. All of these movements are used for training the horse. Horses have to be taught how to move off the rein contact and to use their body in certain ways. Even though I am riding this horse 2 handed in this video he is shown 1 handed in a bridle with National Reined Cow Horse and has won several thousand dollars. All of the movements shown in this video were used to train him to show and perform how he does.
@@timandersonhorsetraining that's what I missed. Training. Then never mind. Carry on.😉 I admit I'm a set in her ways old lady but stuff starts to wad up under my saddle so to speak. There's such cross over in disciplines that are disciplines in the true meaning of the word. The crossover indicates a lack of discipline. I bet when you are in a clinic of new riders and they show up with spurs as if they are part of the uniform, you want to bang your head on a wall. It's those small things that are actually a huge thing and they go unremarked on so many sites. Thank you for your prompt responses, that's rare. And now I'll mind my own bees wax.
I bought a reining horse out of hesa a smart chic. She was trained to squeeze stop. I love it and am used to it. But I don’t have a clue of how they trained her other cues. Any information would be welcomed.
I just found your channel and finding the information very helpful. I realize this video is from a year ago so maybe you wouldn't be responding. But I have never been taught that the outside rein can control speed. My question is how does this relate once you go one handed?
@@timandersonhorsetraining sorry I should clarify that it’s using the outside rein for speed control that I am confused on. It makes sense that I can use the outside rein independently for spee
After I pressed send I realized I didn't answer your question very good. Even 1 handed you can control each rein individual with very subtle hand movements. Watching more 1 handed video will probably help. Here is a video where I'm showing 1 handed and I'm using my hand to control bend and speed. Hopefully this helps. ua-cam.com/video/-8g9EgR0M-0/v-deo.html
I can not hold the reins and Trott , I have to hold on to the horn what do I need to practice on ? I am scared to fall of the horse.I am a 100 pound and 60 year old.
That can be hard to overcome but when you are holding the horn you are locking down your body. I suggest you find a local instructor to help you safely work through it.
Horses don't know anything unless they are taught, but with the mechanics of how a horse moves and how riding aids work, this is what western horses should be working towards.
Great learning from this video. Thank you. Can you tell me pls, what you would use the first two rein manouvers for. Would the first one be for going around barrels.
@@timandersonhorsetrainingif all you want to do is turn 90 degrees I assume plow rein down is the most efficient for a quick turn on the forehand like gaming or working cattle. If you want a collected bend for a beautiful circle in the show ring, then pull towards your body or even up. Right?
Another well explained video on a confusing topic. I've ridden dressage for many years and never in my training have had the various rein and leg positions explained so clearly and seen their effects. Yes, haunches-in is travers. I'll be watching this several times before practicing on my horse. Hope to get better responsiveness from my boy with clearer aids. I'm really enjoying learning from your videos and using ranch horse concepts in my dressage training. Good riding is good riding regardless of the discipline.
Yes my opinion also, good riding is good riding no matter the discipline. Thank you.
This comment is SPOT ON!
I can't Thankyou enough for explaining how it all works in a simple way. Now I can see where I am going wrong and know how to correct it. Please keep your videos going so I can keep learning.
Great breakdown on the cues. No matter how long i train and ride horses, always learning something new. Thank you.
Really loving your videos. I realized my "low and out" had been all wrong (and why!) and now that I've picked up my hands - and his shoulders - my horse's attitude toward work, cantering, and general riding has improved ten fold. Thank you for breakdowns and education!
Yes that is a very common mistake that people make. Glad this video helped.
Same girl! We aren’t on the trails anymore! Pull up for shoulder up and collected. I’m scolded in lessons for down and out. Drop shoulder is western trail and cattle work not 10 m circle collection work. This really helps me change my western trail habits to dressage habits in the ring.
@@timandersonhorsetraininggood to know I’m not alone. My instructor really gets on me over this. Muscle memory is hard to retrain. This video helps explain the why so I can train my brain. It really improves my circles and gives my horse a nice bend.
Great how well you explain what each hand does and what body part it moves. I take my phone with me and watch this before I get on ,so it's fresh in my mind.😊
My horse is quite slow to learn some things ,particularly if it feels hard for her, but once she's got it it seems to stick.
I have watched this video 2 times, a very good explanation of how to use your reins and leg position. I will watch it tomorrow morning before I go out to ride my mare, maybe she won't think I am so stupid. Thanks Tim
Thank you for watching. By the way, horses are good at making us all feel that way, you're not alone.
Wow. Tim! This is a great lesson! I'm a little slow on the uptake, so I need to watch this several times, but I think once I get it, my riding is really going to improve! Thank you!
This is the video that I’ve been looking for, It’s a keeper!
Very helpful! Thank you.
Great video, beginner rider little over one year, english. Last 2 lessons I have been able to turn with using my outside rein, I felt so good about it after getting feedback to stop using my inside rein.
Sounds like your riding is progressing nicely.
Very informative....thank you. Martha from Southern Indiana
Thanks for watching!
Very helpful and thorough explanations. Thanks
Hey Tim! Great explanation of the role of the reins. I am just getting back into riding after about a 35 yr break. No doubt in my mind I am confusing my mare with my reins. I do understand a little but this helps clear a bunch. Your detail about the connections of the reins to the shoulder, hips and speed control was an ahha moment for me. Excuse me while I run to the barn to switch to split reins 😉
Good stuff Tim! Full of good training tips!
Thank you
Very educational video; thanks for all your videos.
Thank you.
I have a very forward Arab who rushes into the trot & canter. And then it is like we are in Derby.
Your video was very helpful. I look forward to watching more.
He hates ring work & gives me attitude. So I am doing something wrong.
Thanks
Same! And trust me it’s not your horse it’s you! I’m taking dressage lessons and I was the problem with my horse. Arabs don’t put up with poor riding.
Excellent video, as usual. Thanks Tim!
My pleasure!
Such amazing information! I cannot thank you enough. 😊
Bravo! Thanks for this helpful demo!! I use outside rein, direct contact, & to slow down, slightly release reins & relax seat. ?
This was very helpful! Thank you -very clear.
Another great lesson.
That horse has a nice build and gorgeous colouring.
You have so much knowledge. It's a shame you and Horse Plus don't team up when training other organizations. Training and assessment is a must to provide a successful adoption.
They are launching a boot camp for four companies this week.
Wishing you a happy July 4th.
Today is our 🇨🇦 Day.
Take care and thanks much.
Thank you. Someone contacted me about doing a clinic around Toronto, are you near there?
This video was amazing. Your such an awesome teachers.
Thank you.
Excellent
My dressage instructor keeps scolding me for turning with my inside rein down. I’ve been riding like this my whole life. I’m a trail rider so we don’t ride bends or circles like dressage we just turn 90 degrees or more. Well turns out as you described, riding a circle is not a turn but a bend and that is achieved with your hand pulled up towards you. She’s right, but that doesn’t mean the other way is wrong just wrong for bending in a circle. This helps me a lot as I’m feeling like I’ve been riding wrong. No I’ve not been riding 10 m circles just turning directions on the trail. I never knew they take 2 different rein angles. 😮. It’s like I’m a beginner after 35 years in the saddle it’s all new in the ring.
Love this!
Great learning from this video. Thank you. Can you tell me pls, what you would use the first two rein manouvers for. Would the first one be for going around barrels.
Thanks for this video. I was curious on how each maneuver is controlled and how it’s controlled by reins and legs. I didn’t know how to ask how to know what moves what on a horse and how it’s achieved to make them move in a certain way! Thanks for this video. My paint mare I just got a couple months ago has some nice schooling and I didn’t know how to figure out what she knows. She is western pleasure and reining bred
Thank you.
Please explain how a shank/curb chain leverage bit is the same as a snaffle.
It is not the same. Snaffles are non leverage bits.
@@timandersonhorsetraining but in the video you said the horse had shanks, but leverage or snaffle, they work the same way, the principle is the same.
I know I sound like the rude snarky things that inhabit social media and that is truly not my intent. I am not an equine expert by any far stretch although I will brag a little, I could spell horse when I was in kindergarten. I'm a Texan and grew up riding although it resembles today's 'industry' only in that horses are ridden. Not a criticism just passage of time and style. Now that I've tippy toed around the issue because I don't want to be rude, here's my question. I don't understand why you use 2 hands with that type bridle. I taught my granddaughters to ride here on the ranch and one of the girls had previously been into jumping. I use a low port med shank curb bit, split reins. I finally had to tie the reins in a knot at the proper loose level, let her hold the reins in one hand and the tail in the other because she had been taught English/snaffle/constant contact and kept going back to plowing. It took awhile for her to relax and understand that in this bridle, riding style the bridle is gentle communication. It can be severe but only if the rider doesn't understand. Your working with one hand, you really only have to use the bit for extra or rapid cues the horse doesn't get from your body, your face or just a little rein movement. On these points, in my own world, I am adamant because my horses have a nice soft mouth and I love my girls but pay attention or get down. I'm sure there's more to this video than I am seeing, you always have been quite knowledgeable. Of course if you say "lady, I have my own way, your tablet has buttons for a reason", I'd say fair enough.
I didn't take your first question as snarky. The principles of how a bit works are the same whether english, western, 1 handed or 2. In this video I am riding 2 handed to demonstrate the different rein pulls and how they effect the horse's movement. All of these movements are used for training the horse. Horses have to be taught how to move off the rein contact and to use their body in certain ways. Even though I am riding this horse 2 handed in this video he is shown 1 handed in a bridle with National Reined Cow Horse and has won several thousand dollars. All of the movements shown in this video were used to train him to show and perform how he does.
@@timandersonhorsetraining that's what I missed. Training. Then never mind. Carry on.😉
I admit I'm a set in her ways old lady but stuff starts to wad up under my saddle so to speak. There's such cross over in disciplines that are disciplines in the true meaning of the word. The crossover indicates a lack of discipline.
I bet when you are in a clinic of new riders and they show up with spurs as if they are part of the uniform, you want to bang your head on a wall. It's those small things that are actually a huge thing and they go unremarked on so many sites.
Thank you for your prompt responses, that's rare. And now I'll mind my own bees wax.
I bought a reining horse out of hesa a smart chic. She was trained to squeeze stop. I love it and am used to it. But I don’t have a clue of how they trained her other cues. Any information would be welcomed.
That's a very unusual cue for a reining horse. That's mostly used by pleasure trainers.
I am in Missouri are you in Mo ? I know you said you in the south.
Mississippi on the gulf coast.
I just found your channel and finding the information very helpful. I realize this video is from a year ago so maybe you wouldn't be responding. But I have never been taught that the outside rein can control speed. My question is how does this relate once you go one handed?
Nothing changes 1 handed. You are holding the reins in one hand but the reins still work the same parts of the horse.
@@timandersonhorsetraining sorry I should clarify that it’s using the outside rein for speed control that I am confused on. It makes sense that I can use the outside rein independently for spee
Independently to control speed but I am confused how that works holding both reins one handed. Maybe I need more videos on riding one handed!
After I pressed send I realized I didn't answer your question very good. Even 1 handed you can control each rein individual with very subtle hand movements. Watching more 1 handed video will probably help. Here is a video where I'm showing 1 handed and I'm using my hand to control bend and speed. Hopefully this helps. ua-cam.com/video/-8g9EgR0M-0/v-deo.html
@@timandersonhorsetraining thank you very much! I will watch it.
I can not hold the reins and Trott , I have to hold on to the horn what do I need to practice on ? I am scared to fall of the horse.I am a 100 pound and 60 year old.
That can be hard to overcome but when you are holding the horn you are locking down your body. I suggest you find a local instructor to help you safely work through it.
So, are you saying that all this works on any horse or only on a horse that has been trained specifically this way?
Horses don't know anything unless they are taught, but with the mechanics of how a horse moves and how riding aids work, this is what western horses should be working towards.
You need to say right or left spur or heel or leg
Great learning from this video. Thank you. Can you tell me pls, what you would use the first two rein manouvers for. Would the first one be for going around barrels.
All leg and rein contact is for body position. Whatever maneuver you are doing you use whatever contact is needed to get the desired body position.
@@timandersonhorsetrainingif all you want to do is turn 90 degrees I assume plow rein down is the most efficient for a quick turn on the forehand like gaming or working cattle. If you want a collected bend for a beautiful circle in the show ring, then pull towards your body or even up. Right?