New Videos Archives - Mark Langley Horsemanship

First Ride on Whiskey: watch the progress

11:52

This is the first ride I had on Whiskey where I asked her to move around - learn what I am checking for to see how well she understands the tools I am using. She is going well and shows a great example of a calm, thinking horse. This is also good for ideas to check your foundation.

First riding lessons on Beau: watch the progress

26:34

One of Beau's first rides. I introduce legs, work on freeing his steering and add a flag to help with movement.

Long reining in the paddock with Beau

21:11

How I managed Beau's anxiety in the long reins when I took him out into the paddock. Good explanations of the benefits of long reins and how to build riding confidence in a horse.

An exercise to do in the forest with an anxious horse

04:56

An exercise you can do next time you are on a group trail ride. This builds confidence in your and helps to keep them connected with you rather than reliant on the other horses for comfort.

Tying a long rope

02:12

How I tie a long lead rope out of the way whilst riding

Advice for keeping the green zone; leading situations; hating the halter; and explaining "Searching"

24:06

Advice for a horse that won't budge sometimes on the lead; how to keep them in the green zone; how to avoid a horse getting really anxious from a fright on a lead; horses that hate the halter and a look into what I mean when I say "search"

Answering questions on clipper fear; bit understanding and why loading into a noisy trailer works?

22:01

Advice for a horse that can't go near a clipper since a traumatizing experience; how to help a horse understand bit pressure is to slow not change frame and explaining why entering a scary trailer (as my training suggests) is good even for a seasoned traveller

When catching is hard or taking a horse away from it's mates causes a drama; and other problem areas in managing horses: Q & A

29:45

Ideas and training tips to help you catch a horse when it is hard to catch or hides behind another horse; when separation anxiety causes an overload; when boots cause tension; and the best way to stop a young horse from chewing on ropes

Preparing a horse for being ridden and addressing some issues that may come with this

25:37

Training tips to prepare a horse to be ridden; advice for a horse that does a small pig-root; girthiness; pinned ears - and when long reining leads to a low head carriage - is this okay?

Preparing a horse for shows; my clinics; and being ridden past goats

26:10

How best to prepare a horse for a show and is there an age you would not expose them to a show? How to show a horse that a small mob of goats is okay; and how to prepare for a Mark Langley horsemanship clinic.

Bringing a horse back into work: Q & A

24:12

Tips for the horses are that brought back into work: recommended training; an OTTB who has a slight head toss; how to begin riding a horse who was really shut down; and handling advice for a horse that gets repetitive ulcers

Getting a horse's thoughts: Q & A

28:58

Techniques to help with a horse's thoughts who bounce around continuously; a horse who doesn't respond to the flag; and a highly trained horse - how to diagnose if their response is due to sensitivity or evasion. Also - what Mark looks for in a saddle.

Imprinting

25:03

Is imprinting worthwhile? Discussed and explained in this special episode.

First steps on 2 horses

20:30

How I took Zorena and Whiskey on their first steps with me on them.

First ride on Zorena

15:30

An inside look into the preparation of getting Zorena ready to be ridden. This lesson covers the first time I sit on her.

Belly roping for awareness

24:04

This lesson started as a lesson to improve awareness on a sensitive mare. Techniques to teach using the belly rope and leading. Offering an alternative to a horse who can be quite distracted when something bothers her. It progressed into using the flag to interrupt her thoughts and improve her centredness.

Belly roping for starting

23:33

Using the belly rope to help prepare a sensitive horse for legs and a rider.

Long reins for awareness

09:50

Using the long reins in a horse that is very quiet, dull and reserved. Insights into why I am cautious around these reserved horses. How I use the long reins to get him to search and become more aware in some tight spaces.

Beverley feedback: learning to long rein

08:51

Helping with ground driving forward with one long rein. Some ideas to help improve clarity.

Stacey feedback: Bringing a horse back into work

16:55

After some time off, Stacey is bringing her horse back into work. Some ideas on how to improve ground work with circling and body control.

Keeping your horse's focus on trail

02:17

A training tip that will help you on trail to keep your horse's thoughts present with you. This can avoid tunnel vision and trail rides that forget to have a conversation.

Tacking: a short tip

03:36

Being aware of where your horse's thoughts might be and how to work with this. Understanding why tacking works. I find that it helps for them to come back into centre with me without using technique (like pushing) that makes them want to be further from you.

A tip if you get nervous out riding

01:44

This is just something that I use to help me to get past my nerves on a horse. Hope it helps!

How to get a horse to search - short exercise

01:02

How to undo hyper-focus into direction towards their thoughts. This is a short exercise to do but it is a great one to do with any horse.

One Rein Start

01:51

Short training details that make all the difference - this is how and why I use the one rein start

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