Minuet's early training

[pitchblackdam38]

Wow, great job with this girl.

[HotWheelsNSH]

Catherine, I am so impressed. I am VERY new into my dressage training with my half arab. We are in Southern California. I imagine it will be years before I can look like that. My horse is much more advanced than I am. I hope to ride like you someday. Thank you for sharing this inspiring video!

[CatherineGallegos]

@HotWheelsNSH Wishing you all the best with your half Arabian! It might not take you years... I have found that Arabians learn so quickly and are so wonderfully agile. Have fun! If you liked this very early video, you will probably like the follow up video of Minuet, a couple years later, "The Minuet Movie," also here on my channel. Let me know what you think! :) Best wishes, Catherine

[EncoreDressage656]

Her lead changes are so relaxed and lovely. If given the chance she could go far. Good job

[GeorgiaBBFLKatie]

thats incredible! how do you train a horse to do half pass and tempi changes??

[CatherineGallegos]

Well, a lot of training! For half passes you might begin in the cross ties simply by teaching your horse to move over when you press lightly on his/her side where your heel would be. When that signal is clearly and consistently understood, try moving forward and sideways at the walk and trot, mounted, simply by pressing a bit with one heel to move the horse forward and over, while keeping the horse's frame fairly straight. Perhaps a year into training that, start bending in direction of travel..

[cschwester]

What a wonderful Pony !

[CatherineGallegos]

Thanks! I miss her, she has a wonderful new home, but I think of her every day.

[CatherineGallegos]

Thanks! I miss her, she has a wonderful new home, but I think of her every day.

[CatherineGallegos]

Thanks! I miss her, she has a wonderful new home, but I think of her every day.

[CatherineGallegos]

thanks!!

[CatherineGallegos]

Hello to Germany! :) Yes, I'm a trainer in California. You might also enjoy the 2009 video of Minuet...to see how much she has progressed. Best wishes to you!

[gurkinz]

wow the prettiest horse ive ever seen! i want her so bad! lol

[wheninrome924]

i want her. i was ready to reach  into the computer and grab her

[CatherineGallegos]

ha ha! :) wouldn't that be great! make sure you watch her new "2009" video...you'll love that too. ;)

[Youliveyouride]

She's doing really well :)

She is soo gorgoues.

Well done with her.

She has a really good head, and she listens to the bit really well.

[CatherineGallegos]

Thank you! Best wishes, Catherine

[liveridelove]

she's gorgeous!

[123Zuckerwatte123]

Minuet ist a great dressage pony in a amazing dress =) Is she an arab ? Sory my english is bad, i´m from germany =)

[CatherineGallegos]

Yes, she is Arabian. It looks like YOU have a beautiful Arabian in Germany! hello from California...

[MrFishyswaz123]

lovley horse!! rider! you will exsell with this traing!!!!!!

[MeganLuvsRodney]

she is going to be a great dressage pony

[AliceFlapjack]

Wow....Mini is absolutely fabulous (:

You must be so proud of her.

x

[arianndarien]

Lovely rider and pony!

[ILoveMyOTTB]

Do you still have her? Well I hope to see more videos of her if you do!!

[Balino2002]

love the singing of birds and quiet atmosphere at that place! Lovely pony and riding :)

[DropItLykItsHott]

wow shes so light on her feet! great job with her. how old is she?

[Runwaay]

I'm realy impressed ! :)

[877Tina778]

wow, looks really nice :)

[HorseshoeGirl1]

amazinggg job! I'd love to see a video of her at Prix St. George!

[AphroditeAllure]

Way to go great job! :)

[bettylion]

Wow.... so when do we get to see Mini doing PSG??? :)

[CatherineGallegos]

well.... sounds like I better get a video made at our next show! Minuet is doing super...she is now so far beyond this video, which was made more than a year ago! Thanks for inquiring. :)

[newbear57]

best horse and ridder I have seen in years Mike

[retta2587]

lovely pony! please wear a proper helmet tho! the place where you're riding is gorgeous too, so relaxing.

[mirhorselover11]

Wow, what a fast little learner.

She's a natural.

Nice quiet rider too

[JosefineEhren]

That is the most beautiful horse I ever seen! Amazing how you ride her.

Keep it up, hope to see a video of her in a dressage show!

Love

[juliacullen1986]

thats an amazing pony and an amazing riding place to ride such an amazing pony

[ImmortalSynn]

What a neat little pony! Bet she'd make a fun children's hunter too.

[Jessierosewood]

gee, not tha tis aamazing little young horse for you, she definatly got the arabs intellegenc that you sometimes dont see in the warmbloods nad thoroughbreds these days, shes amazing and loverly one tempis, beautiful riding.

[jinxedcm]

My God your an outstanding rider! So much patience and enthusiasm, you really are inspiring. She's a terrific little mare with a big heart and outstaning disposition. It must've been a sad day when you had to return her to the original owner.

Kudos to you!

[BonnitahsStud]

lovely horse :) fabulous colours

[jackie31892]

I have always had great experiences with arabs and half arabs! This pony is GREAT!! Keep up the good work!

[Mizzybelly]

I love it there it is so beautiful the trees and things.. And your pony is so good/ lovely/ beautiful/ sweet... And you re a very good rider! % * stars.

[sumiana17]

wow! So beautiful horse and you are very good rider! lovely!

[gait13579]

wow shes an awesome mover!!!

[LilLily3]

She is beautiful, nice and forward!

[Fornarinaaa]

woow, talented couple!

[ajmanchesterutd11]

very talented young horse and its nice to see that you didnt push her in training!

[luckisevensofia]

what an amazing video! I agree, your training is really inspiring. Good luck with her, she seems to have so much talent (as do you!)

[horselovergirl92]

i love this pony she should start at shows she is amazing more time and she will climb high. to bad arab circet is prejitis tort the paints. my frind had a 1/2 arab that did great at national level this year after donig open but did not do as good in the arab show

[kittykat13131313]

OMGOSH! is that a Arabian? i looove your horse! you are such a good rider, and you have trained her well! =D GREAt JOb

[horselvr26]

beautiful horse. she has a very beautiful movement!

[TeenQueenMeeky]

i would love to see you ride in person your amazing :) and that pony is just outstanding well done Catherine

[jdnnschreiber]

wow!!!

[BigBoyRocky]

wow what a talented little pony.. well done for getting it to that standard in such short time!

[chrissyluvhorsey]

wow. this is one talented pony.

[Fahy17]

Lovely pony and rider. The training you've done together is really inspiring to me! Beautiful

[29321rainbow12392]

Very nice job!

He's nice and relaxed, and not tense like so many other people work their horses up to being.

Also good to see you're not one of those people who thinks you need a big flash arena to do dressage in, I'm much the same.

Keep up the good work! :)

[bbr48]

Very, very nice. A pleasure to watch you and that beauty pony...

[cowgirl2sassy]

Great job,,,I am teaching and learning, my gypsy vanner dressage right now, so much fun and what a change from my "cowgirling up" LOL,,,I love it.

[filly4billy2002]

A lovely pony... you have done a wonderful job in training. And you are a BEAUTIFUL rider! Congratulations!

[endospink]

aww, he's a lovely little horse. I don't know much about dressage but it looked like what the other dressage people do from what I see.

Nice job.

[lldaigle]

Wow, how nice to see someone bringing an Arab along properly in dressage! Amazing training :)

[carlinarabians]

where are you located? I want you to train my horses!

[nelsonreed]

Holy moly, all of that in just five months?

Very amazing, but in a way not surprising given how lovely a rider this is.

[DressageToday]

I loveeeeeeee your training ideas! Very impressive esp. in today's dressage world. Its VERYYY nice to see! I loved every moment of it!

Beautiful!

[rebban89]

ahhh!!! What a lovley horse. She'll be great in compietitions!

[joannedesouza41]

what a lovely pony!!!!! hopefully my little pony will make a FEI event pony =)

[ricodabeepo]

Excellent horsemanship, Ms. Gallegos. Thanks for sharing the example of how it should be done. You make it look so easy, even though it's not.

ric

[michelejuskomusic]

Beauty!! This is a great video!! You're truly an amazing & elegant rider!! Love to see more of these!! Hope you're having a wonderful trip in Spain. :) Michele J

[elambart]

amazing. very nice!

[arianndarien]

A horse trainer I met from the Lancaster area saw this video and VERY impressed! I'm definitely putting that gorgeous pony on my wish list.

[coolhorse1313]

Where are you located?

Great job!

[xxitsmyfault]

you're such an amazing rider. =]

[abby91101]

Hi Catherine I just sent you a private message.

Mary