Emergency One Rein Stop

[1112Georgia]

Great video - soo easier to understand than the most of the other horse videos in utube :)

[AmigoAndPar]

I typed up a comment, but it was WAY over 500 characters. It will make more sense if you go down to the first comment posted by me and read upward. Sorry about that, thanks for posting the video. :)

Again, these are a few minor points that work well for me. You did a very good job with this video, these are just a few pointers that may help you or a viewer in the same way that they have helped me. Thanks for posting. :)

[AmigoAndPar]

Also, if you want your horse to listen to seat cues, it is important to sit before you pull on the rein. I like to sit for two seconds before pulling the rein. With repition, your horse will learn to stop when you sit deep in the saddle, then instead of doing several circles, your horse will stop off your seat and be ready to flex to your rein.

I also find it beneficial to flex the horse to the opposite side after stopping. This prevents the horse from walking off without me telling him to.

[AmigoAndPar]

When a horse takes off or you feel unsafe, your first instinct should be a one rein stop, not pulling back on both reins. A One rein stop does not make a horse feel trapped, as pulling on both reins does, and it allows the rider to get control over the horse's feet. After control is gained, the rider can start the horse circling, etc, to regain the horse's composure.

[AmigoAndPar]

Also, one rein stops must be practiced if you expect them to do you any good. You cannot do too much of this. If your horse is building the wrong muscles on his neck, that means he is bracing against you. A horse should give to you softly, not bracing or pulling on the bit. If you expect a horse to understand what to do in an emergency situation, you will have had to build habit for the both of you.

[AmigoAndPar]

Thank you for posting, you did a good job of explaining an often misunderstood concept.

I do have some comments, though.

First, when flexing a horse, they should have slack in the outside rein. If you keep pressure on both reins, he will not understand what you are asking. When I do this exercise with my horses, I only use one hand to hold the reins in the middle, and slide my other hand down. My off hand stays in the middle of the horse's neck, to ensure they have slack in the outside rein.

[SkittlesGirlxx]

Haha the funny thing I noticed is the horses tounge sticking out haha! 0.37 :D

[cassycassxoxo]

this was a very good video and you explained it very good! one question though, do I pull my horses head around to the left on the left lead or right? and vice versa.

[4everrjumper]

The key to doing the bending excersise is to keep the reigns that you're not pulling on slacked, or else you can severely confuse and injure your horse...

[bettylion]

Very good video, well explained. Something everyone should be taught in case of emergency. My instructor taught us this when I was only 8 or so, and I guess I never forgot it because it saved my butt a couple of times on cross-country with runaway horses! She also had us practice flying dismount, first at walk, then trot. That also came in REAL handy in times of crisis..knowing how to bail while pushing away from the horse. Good stuff, you brain will remember it when needed.

[4Carterclan]

the horse is sticking it tounge out thats a sign of bit resistance you should get a nicer bit that isnt pinching his tounge mylers are fantastic :)

[jumpergirls]

@4Carterclan I cant log on to this channel because youtube is being dumb. But i am the owner of this horse and the maker of this video. My horse got sever nerve damage in his mouth when he was on the track. He doesn't hang it out because he hates the bit, he hangs it out when he happy or relaxed. Bit or no bit.

The bit i have is a myler french link loose ring snaffle. its the softest bit they have. The only time he sticks it in is when he's being resistant to the bit. -HorseTips101

[iluvsallyxx]

aww the bay horse it lovley

[loveslikahurrikayn15]

How do you compare this with the pully reign? I've always heard that the pully reign is best for a quick stop, but what do you think?

[rozesall]

good advice, clear and I'll try it tomorrow.

[qjblondie]

The part in your warning about only doing this exercise 4-6 times a year is false information you have been given. I work with a trainer helping me to train my horse, and we use the clinton anderson training method, and the one rein stop is the fundamental beginning for the training, and you go back to the bending and flexing both vertically and laterally all the time in the training. It keeps your horse soft on the bit, and helps with proper body carriage, so they can live a long healthy life.

[yahamagirl160]

you need to give on the other hand so your not pulling on both sides

Note: ONE rein stop not two.

[jauquiene]

Bravo on your video. Your voice is nice and clear, You could see just what the rider was attempting to do. Can't tell you how many videos I've watched where you can't hear them or you don't have a clear view.! Again thanks keep up the good work! Jauquiene

[youraddiction427]

Good exercise for horses the buck or balk, but not a good idea if you have a bolter, unless you want them to fall on top of you.

[XxXxBoRnToRiDeXxXx]

you do the same warming up as i do :)

[BarrelsPolesandJack]

Hey hon, don't forget to say the most important part of flexing and bending is that they GIVE. You can pull your horse's head around to the side all day, but if they don't give, they'll just get heavy and stiff.

[AngrySemite]

@BarrelsPolesandJack

Right, the key is to release as soon as you feel any give at all.

[BarrelsPolesandJack]

@AngrySemite Yep. Exactly. And do LOTS and LOTS of flexing from side to side; that'll just make them like butter in your hands the more you do it. Trust me. It DOES work. I had a filly that I sent off to be trained. The guy didn't teach her a thing other than to carry a rider (he basically put miles on her; no basics at all). When I got her back, she was very hard-mouthed, but when I started doing flexing with her, it made a HUGE difference. Now, she's like putty in my hands.

[flickerySMART]

dosnt work on flexible horses. my horse bolted home on a paved road n wudnt stop or slow down my last thinking was this exercise and as used it she kept going with head at my thigh. she was like this for what seemed to be ages. she got sick of it tho and she grabed the bit and reins n ripped me out of the saddle. i was then dragged undernieth her 100ms or so coz i blacked out n didnt let go of the reins. not saying this will ever happen to you and your horse just didnt work for me.

[qjblondie]

@flickerySMART When a horse walks through a one rein stop like this, like my horse did, when I started to teach it to her, you need to go back, and practice it at a walk, and if the horse starts walking through it, and not stopping, you check them in their third position, or close to their flank, to get them to move their butt around, and it causes them to make a circle instead of walking straight, and as soon as they stop moving their front feet, stop checking, and then when they stop, release.

[tobythejumpingpony]

omg i love it u spoke so calm and smooth i can understand wht u were saying i love the idea toooo great and cute horses he did a great job of exampling

[leeleeebabesxxx]

i dont own a horse that i can school or teach this to... will it work as a one off on realy fast runaway horses? cos i am only 12 and this happens way too many times with me and the horses i ride are usually particularly dangerous ones if they bolt... would they just keep galloping in circles if i tried this and they hadnt been taught to do it properly?

[ILoveHorseNico45]

you sound very educated i would just like to know where your knowledge comes from.

[HorseTips101]

@ILoveHorseNico45 I learned all this from my trainer. She doesn't do your typical style of training. She likes to do a little but of everything. Like parelli, reining, hunter/jumper, cutting, ect. We may to actually practice reining and stuff like that but we take the concepts of it and put it into our horses to make them better and safer eventers.

[wishes4kissez]

Is the one rein stop bad to do frequently? Clinton Anderson recommends doing hundreds and hundreds a day at all three paces to teach a horse to slow down and be calm?

[HorseTips101]

@wishes4kissez Todd Minikus said it builds the wrong muscles on their neck. He was right. A few horses at my barn had a fat neck dew to being one rein stopped to many times. We stopped doing it as much and worked on other things to slow them down or stop them. It worked much better. I find that some horses figure out if they run fast they know the rider will pull them around & stop them. Stop mean a break to them. I find running them in small circles everytime they go fast helps snow them down.

[HorseTips101]

@wishes4kissez but like i said on the video it's really for emergencies and a good thing to know how to do. (in moderation of course) :D

[yahamagirl160]

@wishes4kissez

i am not shore what a flat neck is but if you look at mindy she has a low neck. that happened because she is soft. the softer the horse the lower the neck. the stiffer the neck the higher neck you will get because the horse is trying to pull and brace against it. im not sure but i think if you collect the horse then no one should notice the low neck (i think).

i hope this helps

[thatspeshkidd]

I would just like to say thanks. Better to see how it is done than read about it. Very useful

[suziet123]

You did a very nice job, thank you!

[Horselover0708]

my horse only takes off with me at the canter . how would you do that?

[TheRosa63]

what would you do if your on pavement with yards, and mailboxes, kids etc? how do you circle on a slick surface?

I have had horses runawy with me, thankfully never when riding on pavment mostly on pasture or trails. I still get images of a severe runaway with a bad fall when I was very young, of that day when I canter a horse. even if horse is being very good.

RRR

[HorseTips101]

well personally i wouldn't circle on pavement. well i wouldn't really be riding on pavement in the first place. :) but if i did I would just steer the horse off the pavement. and either let the horse run its self out or if there were lot of people around put the horse in a circle and make the circle smaller and smaller until the horse slows or stops.

[BarrelRacer955]

And if your horse is heavy and pulling on your hand when flexing, dont let go until they give to you and arent pulling your hand you can then let go. And what you do on one side of the horse, do to the other. Train both sides of the brain.

[dynadoobers]

nice vid! you had one bell boot :P

[HorseTips101]

i know. my horse lost a shoe that day so i put on an easy boot. the bell boot is to keep the easy boot from being knocked off by my horses back foot.

[dynadoobers]

tehehe sounds good to me

[fishermanswife1957]

Nice job on this. I have done this on a running horse, you just need to start out in a large circle coming down to a smaller one. Oh and have plenty of room ;-)

[HorseTips101]

my horse was still green when i made this. he came to me as an abused race horse. you didn't see him when i bought him. he didn't know how to collect himself and truly carry himself. now he has ALL the right muscles and even olympic rider todd minikus said my horse had potential to go very far and he was very nicely built. my horse has won his past 3 eventing shows and all the judges say he is a beautiful horse far better then the other $20.000 horses and beats them by 4-10 points.

[HorseTips101]

and i don't know why your hating on me i did not do anything to you. what you said was VERY rude! and i KNOW you wouldn't say that to my face. you just hide behind a computer thinking you better than everyone else being critical to their faults to make you feel better about your self. because in reality you hate yourself. because if some one truly loved them selfs they wouldn't hurt other people. your lucky creeps like you don't get under my skin. your rude and mean and you need to get a life!

[HorseTips101]

no it means that he was ABUSED!!! and they damaged his mouth!!! he does it all the time and it doesn't bother me or him.

[kkdoodel]

good vidio!

i have a question for you sorry for the irrelevance ll, i have started riding at a riding school but some of the horses have bolted off do u have any tips on possible staying on or stoping them? i know to sit up straght heels down and that lol anything elses im missing

thanks!

[HorseTips101]

well you could pull the horse around like in this video. but ONLY in the first few steps when they bolt. you cant pull them around when their going fast.

Another thing (which i suggest you do) is to move them into a circle. start big then make it smaller and smaller until they trot then walk. if you can't make a circle pull their face toward the rail. be careful as you do so. because it should stop them quick.

thanks for the question.

[kkdoodel]

thanks! i will try that if i hapens again lol! your a nice rider you make i look so easy but its not relly haha

[tabitie]

Thanks for taking the time to post this! You're a lovely rider and the horse pictured is lovely as well. Thanks also for mentioning how many times a year to practice this.

[HorseTips101]

thank you for the nice comment!

[HorsesxXLuvsXx]

Hi great vid ! Good method,thumbs up!

[nags2bitches]

This will NOT stop a bolting horse, it may however throw him over....Very dangerous. Learn to bridge your reins.

[nags2bitches]

In fact, the whole exercise seems pointless since you might as well simply teach your horse to stop when you pull the reins, as he is meant to.

[HorseTips101]

Well all my horses know how to stop. but did you know horses have a mind of there own? ya its true! & sometime they will take off cause they're hipper or sacred. my arab bolts cause he spooks. but sometime i can't stop him with a normal rein. he may not be going fast but hes not going to stop without a fight. so i rather just pull him around than wait for it to get worse.

[Angelxxxofxxxdawn]

sounds like my horse or better: what he was doing the first two years when he didnt accept me as rider :D

later i taught myself to do like you do, since i had no other chances.... (better than let horse run over street?!)

it works very good but i wont *practice* it since my horse is very sensitive (and thickheaded^^) and even I as girl am able to throw him down like this^^ pulling reins the normal way never worked on mine :( but he trusts me now so now everything is fine anyway^^

[usandpets]

actually there is more to a 1 rein stop. this is just the start. you use your leg the same side you are pulling rein on to disengage the hindquarters. when a horse switches to instincts of fight or flight, pulling both reins actually is worse. it gives them something to brace against, and go even faster! a 1 rein stop gets their attention back on the rider but it does need to be practiced BEFORE the emergency.

[HorseTips101]

well if your horse just shoots off and you get it quick enough it will stop them. i have used it many of times on my horses when they bolt. obviously you didn't read the comment below. i say to the girl not to do the one rein if they are galloping only when they first take off.

[nags2bitches]

Well thats exactly my point, you taught your horse to stop when you pull the reins, then you taught him AGAIN how to stop when you pull one rein side-ways, two ways you taught him and STILL you can't stop when he bolts !

Learn to bridge your reins !

[HorseTips101]

ok you are not making very much sense.

i Do know how to bridge my reins and that wouldn't help one bit. when you bridged you rein it allows the horse to run. you do that on the XC course. the one rein stop is to save you from a bad situation, not to allow your horse to run or think he can bolt. after doing this a few time my pony has learned to control himself when he spooks. cuz he knows one he does i am going to pull him around if he doesn't listens to my half halts.

[HorseTips101]

and the reason why i taught him this way is if we are going a bit fast or if we have a window of opportunity to stop he knows what to do and how to bend to prevent him from falling. you can never teach a horse to many ways to stop. i don't do this often though. only in an emergency case where it would be dangerous to run!

[all4pharlap]

Will the horse slip over if you do this??

especially if they are cantering or galloping cause my horse started cantering fast trying to get back home(he's only green right now)and i did this but he slipped over i may of done it to tight or something

So if i did this again what are the chances of him slipping again?

[HorseTips101]

if your horse is galloping or cantering to fast then there is a high chance of slipping. thats why you want to try and stop them right before they breaking into a fast pace. what i would have done is turn him away from the barn first, cantered away a few strides to slow him down, halt, back a few steps, and then walk towards the barn. if he is green i would not even try cantering towards the barn. i would only trot. because my i did that with one of my horses and he has a bad habit of running...

[HorseTips101]

towards home. we are no just getting over the racy-ness after a about a year. i only trot towards home with my other greener horse and he is much better about go back home. so i would def do that with your horse until he is a bit more trained and understands that he's not done when he's facing the barn. so next time you do the one rein make sure he's slower and balanced. and if you do this exercise he will be able to stop easier with the one rein. :D thanks for the question.

[weirdalishot]

Thank you! i am going to start learning this in my lessons! :D you are very helpful!

[myboytex]

Hey there, I'm really enjoying your videos :)

I have a question though, if quite unrelated to this video:

I just bought a young horse and he is very forward moving and responsive. When I say this, I mean that I made to aid his turning with my outside leg, and he moved into a rushed trot. He is very responsive in that you can control the tempo of his trot by adjusting yours (if you rise and fall slower, he tends to slow).

[myboytex]

Still, I'm quite nervous as I am not a very confident rider and I don't think that I am that in tune to what my body is telling the horse,

Is there anything I can do to make LESS forward moving and responsive?

[HorseTips101]

what you can do when you turning with the outside leg is half halt the inside rein in the rhythm of his stepping. you leg should also kick in the rhythm of his stepping. inside or outside. you should also have a nice relaxed seat.

if he's ignoring the inside rein and your seat use the outside rein.& if he is rushing at the trot use the outside rein to slow him down. but don't stop using your inside leg. that way you keep the inside bend and your horse can learn that you leg doesn't mean faster.

[zinarox]

okay.

thankyou i will try that...

i hope it works....

[zinarox]

hi,

ur tips are really i have been watching ur videos. i no that this doesnt really have much to do with the one rein stop but u seem really expirenced so i would like 2 ask u something.

my horse will hardly ever stand still for me. i have tried spending time with him in the arena by doing some circle work but nothing helps. i have told my instructor and she says that i should walk him around in circles when keep him listening to me but its annoying i just want him to stand still.

plz help me

[HorseTips101]

my horse did the very same thing for a while. what i did was, if he started to walk away i would do the bending and flexing. when he was still i would let go and make him stand if he started walking off i would do the bending and flexing again. if he stayed still for 3 second i would ask him to walk on. make sure you don't let him walk off you ASK him to walk.

[HorseTips101]

i also would make my horse just stand with me on him for around 7 minuets just standing. make sure you do that when your horse is not fresh. maybe after a good long trot or canter. do it especially after you have worked him. before you get off just stand there. after a while he will get that he doesn't have to walk everywhere.

[horsegurl125]

No I mean when I am riding and he is fighting me, wanting to go back to the barn!

Know of anything?

~horsegurl125

[HorseTips101]

oooh ok!

well that takes time and practice. best thing to do is ignore him if he's throwing his head around and not wanting to be on the bit. keep half halting no matter what. but don't whack him in the mouth. just softly but firmly half halt. if he's racing just relax your seat. no matter what he doin just stay relaxed. and keep half halting the outside rein. take your time and don't rush if you need to do it at the walk/trot for a while thats ok!

how this works for you!

[HorseTips101]

sorry *HOPE this works for you!.

my horse used to race towards home as well. but just doing these tips helped! so now he doesn't

[horsegurl125]

wow ok I got a question

Do You know anything I can do about my Arabian being Barn Sour?

Thanks and have a blessed day!

[HorseTips101]

so he doesn't like to be in, or go in a barn? well if thats the case, i would not baby him at all. arabs are smart, and if you baby them they are just going to keep on being bad. some horses take time to get comfortible to a barn. i wouldn't rush to get him tacked up, or to rush him out of the barn if he's being bad. take your time with him let him know he's going to be in the barn and he's going to like it. :P

[HorseTips101]

my mom's arab is a little spookish in a barn so if he is by the door so he can look out that helps a lot! i would try that with your horse. but don't let him try to walk towards the door with out you even if he is tied up. if that doesn't help make in stand in the middle of barn.

hope this helps!! tell me if it does/doesn't

[rtlaurel22]

Beautiful you have probly save a couple live by posting this video! this exercise is a must for all riders and horses! I know its saved my life on horses i have broken.

[OTTBloverforlife]

wow1 awesome video, i never knew i think this will come in very handy with my off the track thoroughbred (lol)

[fade2fire]

I hear nothing about using the inside leg here..... that is actually the correct way to apply the one rein stop. The leg is just as important as the reins.

[HorseTips101]

Only if your horse is not bending off your leg. Then you do the one rein with your inside leg. You have to think in a horses mind. I want you to stop because your going to fast and don't want to slow down, but i will kick with my leg to keep your feet moving. that is really confusing for a horse. .

[HorseTips101]

i used to do it that way. your so, "correct way." and my horse just kept getting faster and faster. my trainer told me not kick him around. magic happened! my horse was LEARNING to not race off. he knew if he did he knew that a one rein STOP was going to happen. this video is to show your how to STOP! not how to bend your horse around.

[cassiegirl12345]

how old r u

[HorseTips101]

i am 17. i just sound and look young.

[mestena27]

very good vid. very clear & concise. Thanks for posting this vid.!!

[HorseTips101]

thank you!

[Guniveer]

That horse is a pro.

[JumpinTheClouds]

what if your horse is a girl?

just kidding. haha. :]

I really like these videos, I have used the one-rein stop so many times it's not even funny. :]

[livigreen172]

thanks for these videos :) i have a horse but no trainer at the time, so they are helpful