Guys guys guys. She's not wrong. And yes THAT IS A WESTERN LOSE. Cantering and galloping are faster. A lose is a slow gait, the horse is using its hindquarters to move forward instead of its front. The jog is correct also. She may not be an expert but she obviously knows more than all of you dissing her. Read a book about western terms while you're at it. :)
@maxylab13240 well it was a lope, how ever its called four beating, when a horse does a half jog half lope type stride.( i find it bumpy and un-atractive looking)
This is western pleasure . It's not supposed to be fast . It's supposed to show how your horse can respond to you without touching its mouth. My western pleasure horse is spur broke an you never touch her mouth when you ride, its all leg really . It's like western dessage
i dont know because ive never riden western but it doesnt look like u can ride at all, ur horses is barely trotting when u say its"jogging?" and barely cantering wen u say its "loping?" it looks like its inbetween and that the horse is confused with what u want it to do. im a very experienced english so as i said maybe ur supose to confuse the horse in western, i dont know.
I must agree. I have rode western before. I've trotted faster and cantered faster. And she isn't hardly moving with the horse. When you ride you must move with the horse, in other words, don't just sit so still like he's a chair. Move your legs and your arms more. You need to pet the horse off and on so the horse isn't confused.
@Anime210Freak i thought you were supose to be teaching us how to rid, not use teaching you, i fi were you, i would take this video off so no one gets hert from riding a horse the wrong way...
just stop right there lady. in order to give advice you gota know what your talking about. and that is not a lope that is a stove up looking sad western pleasure horse. western used to be all about working with cows and doing the stuff thats been around before stupid halter or western pleasure. its meant to be about rider and horse working as a team and getting a little dirt and mud on them. not this. P.S. heels down
Spurs are cruel occasionally just blunt round ones are kind of ok but yours are cruel and to me it looks like your horse is limping. So good luck with pretending to be an expert. I'm not buying into that crap
Lol I can hear the saddle creaking- it must be kinda new. And I ride western, but I've never jogged or loped before- I trot and canter... Pretty horse, by the way!
you lean back way to far back when you ride and keep your hands down aswell your also using your hand way to much and im suprised you didn't notice your horse never picked up a full lope it was more like a lazy jog both times and yeah ,quick and snappy transitions are for when your in a speed event not for pleasure riding
cutting would be practical. required on the ranch and they don't realy watch the rider more how you keep the calf seperate. a well trained cutting horse and after you pick the calf your almost a passenger. with the show aspect I am at a loss.
not sure where you live but for practical go to a ranch that still uses horses best way to learn. best advice I can give is keep an open mind like you have and you'll have us all beat.
@HorseLovingFreak what type of western riding do you want to do? show or practical? for show as you have noticed people will be picky about every little detail, same idea as english but diferent ways of giving commands.
practical the guy working cattle guiding and such is more along the lines of does it work and iits not hurting the horse then its a good ride. more open minded the idea that there is more one way to do something.
If you can't use any of your natural aids to control your horse, you have no business using un-natural aids like for instance SPURS and um A CURB BIT! Learn to ride... poor horse. :(
I have a question! When riding western should i hold my reins with my right or left hand. I have had at least 4 different trainers confusing me about which hand to hold them in
@moosecreekstables hold the reins in whatever hand your comfortable with. I ride western and I am right handed so I hold the reins in my right hand. :) hoped this helped.
i feel bad for the horse :/...the bit i use for a 4 YEAR OLD is much milder that that,and im 12...so yeah...she sure is seasoned,with cheesyness and horribleness :)
this is a good video i think, if you notice she itsnt touching the horse real hard in the mouth to stop and to lower his/her head, which i what western pleausre trainers teach their horses. this is a great horse in my oppionion, and i respect every body's other oppioion. I LOVE THIS HORSE! GREAT western pleasure prospect.
okay, so the main problems here are your bit and your spurs. your horse looks like you just got on, not sweaty or tired at all, so you probably havent done a lot of work yet, but her mouth is foaming like crazy. that bit is too much for that mild horse. also, at the beginning, you were clucking and kicking your horse forward, while PULLING BACK on that heavy curb bit. and, if you are going to use spurs, you need to have better control of your leg and you need to know how to use them effectively.
i wish my horse knew a real lope but i cant afford lots of money to train him :( i love loping i just try to get to the slowest canter possible but im not close haha even if the canter is slow, a lope has a different beat right?
@pecoslover97 No, they're both three beated gaits. I would not recommend this video to learn though. Even the amateur videos on here are better than this.
thanks kelly for posting this vid.,i just started riding., and dont know why so many negative comments., instead of all that hating why dont ya post a vid about the correct way of doing this., ps i prob. look like Mr bean riding., lol but am happy
Im a begginer at horseback riding and its really fun but arent you supposed to use your feet to poke the sides? my horse is really reliable and nice to me its the years that i spent with it when it was a mear baby then i finally got to ride it yesterday :)
@rooke4 It's a western pleasure lope. (And yeah.. I don't much like it either.. my horse can lope nice and slow.. but a western pleasure lope looks so uncomfortable and unnatural for the horse..)
I think you HowTo's are fine, what I will suggest is you change the TITLES so we can see the lesson type Not "How To Ride A Horse in the Western Style..." as the heading in all the clips. It might be better to list "How to Speed & Slow" or "How to Lope & Stop"... We have open each clip to see what the lesson is going to be. Also, I am not 100% sure how you actually get a horse to Slow Lope from the lesson you gave, your horse is dead broke. So? How To? Thanks
One thing about horseback riding: it's a field where every fat chick can be an "expert" without really having to know anything or have too many people care to offer a counter-opinion. You go, Kelli.
:-) the rider does not sit perpendicular. The horse is far away form collection and there is no extensive steps by the horse. If you are beginner... its ok.
and you call yourself an expert go im only 12 and i ride a horse better then you. Your also jumping all around the place, your supposed to sit deep into the saddle
your transistions should not be quick and snappy, they should flow and look beautiful in an approximate of 4 strides after your last gait. Get some lessons
@TheLiv56 I'm not disagreeing with you here, but I know that in the commands classes at my shows, we have to complete the commands within 2 strides of it being announced. Or you have to be doing the commanded gait by the time the announcer is done saying it. I agree with you, that's how it should be in a pleasure class, but I think it's also good to have quick transitions for some classes like commands.
My riding teacher says to tell your horse to slow down lean back in the saddle and curve like you got punched in the stomach it works! and she says to sit deep :) she also teaches to ride with one hand on the reins I like my riding stables :)
either she has a new saddle or her jeans and that leather dont mixi keep hearing squeeky noises. like the low stuff when you get a new saddle till you wear down the leather.
what are you doing?! expert..? HA that's funny. you ride in circles that small doing each for a max of 1 second? and you don't recommend doing 1 more too long? okay that makes sense.
@Anomaly003 And that is correct.... how exactly? You can't collect a horse from the mouth. Collection comes from your legs rounding your horse's back, lifting his shoulders, and sitting him back on his hind legs. Bumping on his mouth doesn't do crap. And even if you could round up a horse off of hand alone, she's still using her hand too hard, too fast, and too much. And as for direction, you use your legs (or if your horse is very green, legs and hands together) to keep their body straight.
@Anomaly003 Even then that's still not correct. Head down should also come from your legs. The only time your hands should be used (on a trained horse, we're not talking green here) is to back the horse off the bit if they're pulling (which her horse isn't), to help them get on the bit (he's fine in his face), or to help them understand how to pick up their shoulders (which she's not doing).
I really can't see a single reason for her to be bumping on him.
3. That horse is not in any way, shape, or form rounded up. He is so flat that I cringed the entire time I was watching this. And he will never round up until you stop relying on your hand and actually use your legs to round him up.
4. The horse is a terrible mover. His hocks don't come underneath him whatsoever, his knees are all over the place and nowhere close to flat, and his movement is just very sloppy in general.
5. I have watched that video about 5 times now, and I have yet to figure out how doing transitions is supposed to speed up your horse's gaits. Get them good at transitions, yes. But actually get the horse to move out? No. And in another video, you claim that transitions can slow a horse down, as well. Are transitions a cure-all or something?
6. And don't even get me started on how this lady sits. Blech!
Horrible rider seat position...rides like she's sitting in a chair. Horse is well schooled but not allowed to "move"...appears to trot behind at the lope. Not a decent example at all!
I never liked this chick. How can someone possibly learn to do anything esp RIDING from freaking youtube? Anyone who believes that IS delusional. I personally don't even like the way this horse moves. It looks like it's lame or something : \
He is lovely horse! He does actually have his own style and movement. I dont know that much about western pleasure, but he seems to be an example of what would be considered very good in the western pleasure ring.
Okay, I do dressage, and people may say that it is cruel or unnatural, but whatever. I can have an opinion on different riding styles too!! and personally, I cannot stand weastern pleasure. I like to see a horse actually moves at different speeds when it is in different gaits, not canter at the same speed as the walk. To me this is rediculous. But i guess people porbably think the same about dressage....
oh my gosh people! this is a youtube video! it was meant to teach people, but if you didn't learn anything, so what? it's a youtube video! it's just for fun!
she shouldn't have named it "How to Ride a Horse in the Western Style : How to Speed Up a Horse While Riding Western Style" if we weren't gonna learn anything.
I was depressed when all i saw was hmm..well nothing pretty much (;
The thing is, the girl who does egnlsih stuff for expert village is good at explaing and all that. Still, you can't learn from online but she's decent.
If you look at her she has spurs on that makes her horse do what she wants right away. She just tape the sides of the horse. Then together with that she uses her legs.
never used the term jog with with western riding. I think and I am not sure but the harness racers use jogging as a term for exercising their horses. I am not sure about that so don't quote me on it.
i ride English okay and I'm going out to my aunts and i ride western there and i DID NOT LEARN ANYTHING yea great walk, jog, lope yippie!! but HOW do you do it HOW? and emilyXevil92 is right i ride horses and im not the thinnest person in the world but my point is that no one learned anything
Ya I agree Christyke100, I would like to know how she is communicating with her horse as well. Like when she stops! she doesn't appear to be pulling on the reins much at all, and what about getting her horse into the different transitions? What is she doing to get it to do each of them, all leg work?
They say she is an expert rider in the description, but if you expand it, you can see that really she is a makeup artist. Why not have someone competent who actually rides/trains/teaches for a living make this video? Someone who can actually explain things or at least execute them correctly. You don't see horse trainers or riding instructors making "expert" videos about applying makeup or cutting hair :P
Am I missing something here? What this lady seems to be doing is moving into the transitions but not explaining HOW she's communicating the information to the horse.I'm a novice and I need to know HOW to do that.
She seems like she'd be a trainer just going to the local shows.... not a big rider or trainer or anything. Her horse isn't the greatest mover, and she's just kinda... sitting there. She did a good job explaining stuff, but I think there are a lottttt better trainers out there that Expert Village could have approached for this series of videos.
I hate wearing helmets..what ever happened to people trusting horses those days are gone and she looks like shes riding a dick or something because the way shes moving it pisses me off
I'm not no expert but I believe that she should show & tell us how to ask for the transitions & she needs to pull her reins to her stomach not her head. she doesn't look relaxed and she leans back to far.
but the horse looks good. its wp and thats how they are supposed to lope. ITS NOT INJURED. although her lope could use more technique.
i think you look great on that horse, and you people need to learn RESPECT and realize people have feelings and what you are saying about the weight has absoulutly nothing to do with anything!
notice she doesn't actually tell you or explain how to properly do the transitions or how to improve them she kind of just says walk for a while trot for a while and then lope. She doesn't say how to prepare for transitions or even ask for them, if I was a complete beginner or had never ridden a horse and tried to learn from this girls instructions then I would not be very good at all.
Okay, the comments on the rider's weight need to stop. I agree, she is not a very good rider, but that doesn't mean you need to make fun of her image. Where have the manners gone?!
Omg this lady is soooooo not an expert cuz if your an expert then you would know not to pull the reins up to your head.. your supposed to pull the reins in to your stomach to stop the horse.. and tht horse is way to small for her!
#2.if you are teaching children or new riders .. teach them to always where a helmet,, i dont find you a very good example.
#3.oil your sadle lol.
#4 it looks like your horse is stressing when you forcing him to go forward, i think your saddle is to far up.. or the horse might just have a big butt.... but stupid lady where a helmet.
The reins had a parabolic turn at the bottom the whole time. There was barely any pulling on the reins miss two cents. I've had horses come back into the paddock with bleeding mouths from reins but they still pull like bats out of hell. Lets see you get on youtube and show us how to ride.
you've had horses coming back into the paddock BLEEDING FROM THE MOUTH? then you're doing some wrong -- wrong and cruel. if they're pulling, it's because they're uncomfortable in the mouth. (you pull, they pull back). or you're not clear enough with your leg and seat aids, and they don't know what you want.
if i came back with horses bleeding at the bit, my teacher would KILL me.
i've ridden both styles they our very diffrent. i prefer westren. english saddle takes more blance. she made few mistakes she was sitting to far foward in the saddle if was sitting back far enough wouldn't have been praticly laying on horse. her regins were to tight you could see the horse wasnt comfortable extra obviously as much as this person claims to be an expert she aint 1
This is not too slow, western pleasure is not supposed to be fast. And to the woman riding, you seriously need to keep your hand steady.
rtwerd 1 month ago
Lope** not lose :/
iluvmyhorsemay 1 month ago
Guys guys guys. She's not wrong. And yes THAT IS A WESTERN LOSE. Cantering and galloping are faster. A lose is a slow gait, the horse is using its hindquarters to move forward instead of its front. The jog is correct also. She may not be an expert but she obviously knows more than all of you dissing her. Read a book about western terms while you're at it. :)
iluvmyhorsemay 1 month ago
haha my horse only has one speed... RUN RUN RUN.
MultiClassof2013 3 months ago
I just started western riding and I can see that, that was not a lope
maxylab13240 6 months ago
@maxylab13240 well it was a lope, how ever its called four beating, when a horse does a half jog half lope type stride.( i find it bumpy and un-atractive looking)
jerryiguanaman 3 months ago
@maxylab13240 Yes it is a lope. Countercanter. Look It Upp!
LongLiveCowboys18 3 months ago
@maxylab13240 Countercanter
LongLiveCowboys18 3 months ago
@maxylab13240 it is a lope not all lopes are going to look the same on every horse.
MultiClassof2013 3 months ago
Dressage
kelseydawn111111 7 months ago
This is western pleasure . It's not supposed to be fast . It's supposed to show how your horse can respond to you without touching its mouth. My western pleasure horse is spur broke an you never touch her mouth when you ride, its all leg really . It's like western dessage
kelseydawn111111 7 months ago
when the horse is cantering it is going to slow it looks like its limping...
toontown1111 7 months ago
I think she's the one needing lessons
ibrahim3d 7 months ago
... The movement doesn't look natural. The horse looks kind of confused.
Wowee2012 7 months ago
wow, we hate you.
ChibiSugar 7 months ago
your horse is confused.
SparklyReiner87 7 months ago
i dont know because ive never riden western but it doesnt look like u can ride at all, ur horses is barely trotting when u say its"jogging?" and barely cantering wen u say its "loping?" it looks like its inbetween and that the horse is confused with what u want it to do. im a very experienced english so as i said maybe ur supose to confuse the horse in western, i dont know.
ILoveSuperGrover 8 months ago
@ILoveSuperGrover
I must agree. I have rode western before. I've trotted faster and cantered faster. And she isn't hardly moving with the horse. When you ride you must move with the horse, in other words, don't just sit so still like he's a chair. Move your legs and your arms more. You need to pet the horse off and on so the horse isn't confused.
Anime210Freak 7 months ago
@Anime210Freak i thought you were supose to be teaching us how to rid, not use teaching you, i fi were you, i would take this video off so no one gets hert from riding a horse the wrong way...
ILoveSuperGrover 7 months ago
@ILoveSuperGrover
Yes. I agree.
Anime210Freak 7 months ago
1 that is the crapiest wp lope ever. 2 that horse IS LAME. 3 STOP talking. 4 learn what your talking about befor you start to talk
Cowgirl56ful 8 months ago 2
just stop right there lady. in order to give advice you gota know what your talking about. and that is not a lope that is a stove up looking sad western pleasure horse. western used to be all about working with cows and doing the stuff thats been around before stupid halter or western pleasure. its meant to be about rider and horse working as a team and getting a little dirt and mud on them. not this. P.S. heels down
crazyformisty123 8 months ago
i think the american dream is dead cause of these damn commercials
72fordmaverick 8 months ago
i feel bad for that horse. and whatever happened to galloping?
leonarju100 8 months ago
This poor horse is probably like "get this fatass off of me, I freaking have to drag myself along to "canter" for her".
HorsesRLifee 9 months ago 2
i dont even think that was a full canter!? It looked more like a limping tranter
MyMonty55 10 months ago
thats a strange lope and its not wright it was not even a good lope
alina8568 10 months ago
thats a weird lope....
AngelFishxx1 10 months ago
@ivoquinonez don't take this girls advice she is doing it ALL wrong
rtwerd 10 months ago
Spurs are cruel occasionally just blunt round ones are kind of ok but yours are cruel and to me it looks like your horse is limping. So good luck with pretending to be an expert. I'm not buying into that crap
rtwerd 10 months ago
this crazy chick has no idea what she is doing
760bbgun96 11 months ago
Lol I can hear the saddle creaking- it must be kinda new. And I ride western, but I've never jogged or loped before- I trot and canter... Pretty horse, by the way!
horserider723 11 months ago
that horse is so irratated with you. keep shoving your spurs into its side when you dont even need them.....
eingallsstella 11 months ago
you lean back way to far back when you ride and keep your hands down aswell your also using your hand way to much and im suprised you didn't notice your horse never picked up a full lope it was more like a lazy jog both times and yeah ,quick and snappy transitions are for when your in a speed event not for pleasure riding
Rebelsiouse 1 year ago
cutting would be practical. required on the ranch and they don't realy watch the rider more how you keep the calf seperate. a well trained cutting horse and after you pick the calf your almost a passenger. with the show aspect I am at a loss.
not sure where you live but for practical go to a ranch that still uses horses best way to learn. best advice I can give is keep an open mind like you have and you'll have us all beat.
123456789mischief 1 year ago
@HorseLovingFreak what type of western riding do you want to do? show or practical? for show as you have noticed people will be picky about every little detail, same idea as english but diferent ways of giving commands.
practical the guy working cattle guiding and such is more along the lines of does it work and iits not hurting the horse then its a good ride. more open minded the idea that there is more one way to do something.
hope I didn't sound biased just my observations.
123456789mischief 1 year ago
nice horse he\her is pretty
brandi5681 1 year ago
ExpertVillage should change its name to the "What the Hell am I doing?"
GhodiGirl 1 year ago
This video has been so helpful! Seeing everyone point out what the rider is doing wrong has told me a lot! Thanks guys ^.^
bishonenboy 1 year ago
If you can't use any of your natural aids to control your horse, you have no business using un-natural aids like for instance SPURS and um A CURB BIT! Learn to ride... poor horse. :(
LoXoLicious 1 year ago
I have a question! When riding western should i hold my reins with my right or left hand. I have had at least 4 different trainers confusing me about which hand to hold them in
moosecreekstables 1 year ago
@moosecreekstables hold the reins in whatever hand your comfortable with. I ride western and I am right handed so I hold the reins in my right hand. :) hoped this helped.
horsesforever44 1 year ago
you are surprising your horse when you ask really quikly
Theataskinen 1 year ago
Okay you showed us what you are doing, but HOW are you doing it???
littlepiaf 1 year ago
i feel bad for the horse :/...the bit i use for a 4 YEAR OLD is much milder that that,and im 12...so yeah...she sure is seasoned,with cheesyness and horribleness :)
clarameyer1234 1 year ago 2
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clarameyer1234 1 year ago
this is a good video i think, if you notice she itsnt touching the horse real hard in the mouth to stop and to lower his/her head, which i what western pleausre trainers teach their horses. this is a great horse in my oppionion, and i respect every body's other oppioion. I LOVE THIS HORSE! GREAT western pleasure prospect.
cowgirldandy12 1 year ago
exbert my ass u stink
billy119able 1 year ago
exbert my ass,u stink
billy119able 1 year ago
@billy119able She is a very good ride so you need to watch your mouth
moosecreekstables 1 year ago
okay, so the main problems here are your bit and your spurs. your horse looks like you just got on, not sweaty or tired at all, so you probably havent done a lot of work yet, but her mouth is foaming like crazy. that bit is too much for that mild horse. also, at the beginning, you were clucking and kicking your horse forward, while PULLING BACK on that heavy curb bit. and, if you are going to use spurs, you need to have better control of your leg and you need to know how to use them effectively.
LoveLiveEquine 1 year ago
@LoveLiveEquine i so agree with you
moosecreekstables 1 year ago
i wish my horse knew a real lope but i cant afford lots of money to train him :( i love loping i just try to get to the slowest canter possible but im not close haha even if the canter is slow, a lope has a different beat right?
pecoslover97 1 year ago
@pecoslover97 No, they're both three beated gaits. I would not recommend this video to learn though. Even the amateur videos on here are better than this.
Thoroughbred17 1 year ago
@Thoroughbred17 ok thanks
pecoslover97 1 year ago
thanks kelly for posting this vid.,i just started riding., and dont know why so many negative comments., instead of all that hating why dont ya post a vid about the correct way of doing this., ps i prob. look like Mr bean riding., lol but am happy
ivoquinonez 1 year ago
I'd have loved to see the video - why is that text so intrusive? How can I get rid of it??
Lynnefromlyn 1 year ago
Your the one who needs to learn to ride.
IStartWithGlowPlugs 1 year ago
Now try it without the spurs hun, and keep your heels pointed down to have a more square hip. Other than that looks good.
TinkurBel 1 year ago
Im a begginer at horseback riding and its really fun but arent you supposed to use your feet to poke the sides? my horse is really reliable and nice to me its the years that i spent with it when it was a mear baby then i finally got to ride it yesterday :)
TheJosiah12345 1 year ago
What is wrong with your horse? That was NOT a lope AT all!!!
rooke4 1 year ago
@rooke4 It's a western pleasure lope. (And yeah.. I don't much like it either.. my horse can lope nice and slow.. but a western pleasure lope looks so uncomfortable and unnatural for the horse..)
Anomaly003 1 year ago
@Anomaly003 Ohh... That makes more sense. Kay, thanks for pointing that out. And yes, it does look uncomfortable
rooke4 1 year ago
I'm not a western rider but the lope looks sloppy and not comfortable for the horse.
BerrySwingingJumper 1 year ago
my father kills me if he sees me i am kicking the horse with those star blades at the boots.
BLOODYCLQ 1 year ago
I think you HowTo's are fine, what I will suggest is you change the TITLES so we can see the lesson type Not "How To Ride A Horse in the Western Style..." as the heading in all the clips. It might be better to list "How to Speed & Slow" or "How to Lope & Stop"... We have open each clip to see what the lesson is going to be. Also, I am not 100% sure how you actually get a horse to Slow Lope from the lesson you gave, your horse is dead broke. So? How To? Thanks
gcoxalaska 1 year ago
wow this girl dose not know whut she is doing
MsHorselover1994 1 year ago
One thing about horseback riding: it's a field where every fat chick can be an "expert" without really having to know anything or have too many people care to offer a counter-opinion. You go, Kelli.
RandallParr 1 year ago
Transitions need to flow and you need more stride room. Also that "lope" wasn't a lope at all! Oh yeah stay in your saddle!
TheBarrelbabe95 1 year ago
:-) the rider does not sit perpendicular. The horse is far away form collection and there is no extensive steps by the horse. If you are beginner... its ok.
leckerly12 1 year ago
and you call yourself an expert go im only 12 and i ride a horse better then you. Your also jumping all around the place, your supposed to sit deep into the saddle
softballluvr229 1 year ago
@softballluvr229 AGREED!!!!! BTW i love softball too :D
RainbowZebrification 1 year ago
What a load poor horse
AdamCunningham20 1 year ago
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gottogobreyer 1 year ago
your transistions should not be quick and snappy, they should flow and look beautiful in an approximate of 4 strides after your last gait. Get some lessons
TheLiv56 1 year ago 16
@TheLiv56 I'm not disagreeing with you here, but I know that in the commands classes at my shows, we have to complete the commands within 2 strides of it being announced. Or you have to be doing the commanded gait by the time the announcer is done saying it. I agree with you, that's how it should be in a pleasure class, but I think it's also good to have quick transitions for some classes like commands.
SuperEZ1994 1 year ago
to summerhorsespirt: I don't think this is the right way to ask for any of this.
InLove4Ev 1 year ago
whats wrong with the horses trot???
summerhorsespirit 1 year ago
Kann dieses Pferd denn keine normalen Gänge gehen?
Nur so komisches Rumgehoppse!
KeinFleischEsser 1 year ago
My riding teacher says to tell your horse to slow down lean back in the saddle and curve like you got punched in the stomach it works! and she says to sit deep :) she also teaches to ride with one hand on the reins I like my riding stables :)
horsegal6196 1 year ago
either she has a new saddle or her jeans and that leather dont mixi keep hearing squeeky noises. like the low stuff when you get a new saddle till you wear down the leather.
Haydensc10 2 years ago
its walk, trot, fast trot,gallop
XxestlickxX 2 years ago
no its not...
RodeoHorsey 2 years ago
@XxestlickxX wat no its walk, trot, fast trot, lope/canter then gallop
sk8erdevil5 2 years ago
what are you doing?! expert..? HA that's funny. you ride in circles that small doing each for a max of 1 second? and you don't recommend doing 1 more too long? okay that makes sense.
iitswhitneyy 2 years ago
When ur riding ur supposed to stand up and down so ur butt doesn't slap against the saddle
RunescapeQueen2999 2 years ago
not in western
LiveLaughLope 2 years ago
that's called posting....you do it in english, but not western haha
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
@RunescapeQueen2999 Uhmmm nooo you sit deep in the sadle... If you ride corectly your but doesnt slap the saddle
COWGIRLTUFF26 1 year ago
1. You are riding entirely off of your hand. You are using your hand too much, too hard, and too fast.
2. When you actually use your legs, it isn't to correctly cue the horse, it's too blindly poke at his side and hope that he does whatever you want.
TheHorsemanshipQueen 2 years ago 13
You speak the truth & nothing but. :]
SlowLopinFool 2 years ago
@TheHorsemanshipQueen The only thing she is using her hands for is direction and collection.. O_O
Anomaly003 1 year ago
@Anomaly003 And that is correct.... how exactly? You can't collect a horse from the mouth. Collection comes from your legs rounding your horse's back, lifting his shoulders, and sitting him back on his hind legs. Bumping on his mouth doesn't do crap. And even if you could round up a horse off of hand alone, she's still using her hand too hard, too fast, and too much. And as for direction, you use your legs (or if your horse is very green, legs and hands together) to keep their body straight.
TheHorsemanshipQueen 1 year ago
@TheHorsemanshipQueen I don't disagree with you one bit.. She looks like she's only been riding for a week.. O_O
By collection I meant the horse being soft in the face (head down)
When she gives a little jerk on the reins, I'm pretty sure she's just getting the horse to put his head down
Anomaly003 1 year ago
@Anomaly003 Even then that's still not correct. Head down should also come from your legs. The only time your hands should be used (on a trained horse, we're not talking green here) is to back the horse off the bit if they're pulling (which her horse isn't), to help them get on the bit (he's fine in his face), or to help them understand how to pick up their shoulders (which she's not doing).
I really can't see a single reason for her to be bumping on him.
TheHorsemanshipQueen 1 year ago
@TheHorsemanshipQueen and your using spers!!! you dumby you never yous spers its crule and only "cow boys" in movies use them
thescarlettemermaid 11 months ago
@thescarlettemermaid I'm confused. Are you serious?
TheHorsemanshipQueen 11 months ago
3. That horse is not in any way, shape, or form rounded up. He is so flat that I cringed the entire time I was watching this. And he will never round up until you stop relying on your hand and actually use your legs to round him up.
4. The horse is a terrible mover. His hocks don't come underneath him whatsoever, his knees are all over the place and nowhere close to flat, and his movement is just very sloppy in general.
TheHorsemanshipQueen 2 years ago
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5. I have watched that video about 5 times now, and I have yet to figure out how doing transitions is supposed to speed up your horse's gaits. Get them good at transitions, yes. But actually get the horse to move out? No. And in another video, you claim that transitions can slow a horse down, as well. Are transitions a cure-all or something?
6. And don't even get me started on how this lady sits. Blech!
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TheHorsemanshipQueen 2 years ago
Horrible rider seat position...rides like she's sitting in a chair. Horse is well schooled but not allowed to "move"...appears to trot behind at the lope. Not a decent example at all!
crstardust 2 years ago
lose some weight !!!
alexadolff 2 years ago
I never liked this chick. How can someone possibly learn to do anything esp RIDING from freaking youtube? Anyone who believes that IS delusional. I personally don't even like the way this horse moves. It looks like it's lame or something : \
lkwhostalkinggx3 2 years ago
He is lovely horse! He does actually have his own style and movement. I dont know that much about western pleasure, but he seems to be an example of what would be considered very good in the western pleasure ring.
TaylowTortiseShow 2 years ago
Haha yes!!!! But idk how he can see in front of him with that huge forelock of his!!
btw, if you ever hear of him being stolen on the news, it was me ;D
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
I am sorry for this but...
Okay, I do dressage, and people may say that it is cruel or unnatural, but whatever. I can have an opinion on different riding styles too!! and personally, I cannot stand weastern pleasure. I like to see a horse actually moves at different speeds when it is in different gaits, not canter at the same speed as the walk. To me this is rediculous. But i guess people porbably think the same about dressage....
TaylowTortiseShow 2 years ago
Everyone has their own opinions.
I do western pleasure, but also can't stand when that happens.
Each gait should have their own speed when done correctly.
Look up No Doubt I'm Lazy on Google.
He'll show you how it's done(;
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
i saw him..
omg. GORGEOUS MOVER AND COLOR
LiveLaughLope 2 years ago
hahaha, yeah. I LOVE him!
We bred our broodmare to his sire, Lazy Loper, and hope to get a good baby.
The mare has GREAT bloodlines, Zippos Pine Bar and Zips Chocolate Chip. She's due next month...I'm really excited!
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
oh my gosh people! this is a youtube video! it was meant to teach people, but if you didn't learn anything, so what? it's a youtube video! it's just for fun!
squishyponies 2 years ago
she shouldn't have named it "How to Ride a Horse in the Western Style : How to Speed Up a Horse While Riding Western Style" if we weren't gonna learn anything.
I was depressed when all i saw was hmm..well nothing pretty much (;
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
The thing is, the girl who does egnlsih stuff for expert village is good at explaing and all that. Still, you can't learn from online but she's decent.
This lady, is not! lol.
hannahbanana623 2 years ago
there's english ones?
And I agree. I'm only 14, but could do that 100 times better than her!
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
grr...my bad. One of my new year's resolutions is to not talk bad about other people and I've started early.
Epic Fail so far. ;D
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
ENGLISH gaits are called walk, trot, canter.
WESTERN gaits are walk, jog, lope. Retards.
Kedgirl 2 years ago 2
FINALLY!(:
It's not that difficult of a concept!
And boy, that is SUCH an offensive word! You should be so ashamed of yourself. ;D
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
@ATimelessHocus I'm sorry :'( Hey am I the only one who thinks it's funny there's a minute long riding tutorial on youtube?
Kedgirl 2 years ago 2
LOL
Uhm, excuse you, it's a minute and THIRTY seconds! Jeezzz(:
"expert village" has put up about 30 of them. It's pretty halarious.
In one, she was trying to show us how to mount from the ground and she almost fell right on her ass. hahaha
I think I'm gonna favorite that one(;
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago
If you look at her she has spurs on that makes her horse do what she wants right away. She just tape the sides of the horse. Then together with that she uses her legs.
sandfrog808 2 years ago
Awesome controll. To be envied by many.
snuffah222 2 years ago
i ride english, but im starting western with my TB. Anybody got any hints or tips to help me? :)
MissAussieSummer 2 years ago
CRAP. Sorry, I forgot there are different names for speeds in western. I normaly ride english, sorry.
SarafinaImelza 2 years ago
well jog isn't western term so you had that right.
no4go2 2 years ago
Really? What r the terms?
SarafinaImelza 2 years ago
walk trot lope gallop.
never used the term jog with with western riding. I think and I am not sure but the harness racers use jogging as a term for exercising their horses. I am not sure about that so don't quote me on it.
no4go2 2 years ago
Ok thks :)
SarafinaImelza 2 years ago
haha no, the gaits are the walk, jog, lope for western and for english its walk, trot, canter....
just thought id clear that up.
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago 2
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@ATimelessHocus NO the gaits for western are walk, trot, canter, gallop
KaseyWasHere1 2 years ago
actually they're walk jog lope and gallop
JustTheGirl112 2 years ago
Hun, considering I've shown at the AQHA Youth Worlds and Congress I think I would know.
And considering you don't even have your own horse, I think I know a little better than you.
The gaits for western pleasure are walk, jog, and lope.
They've never told us to canter in the ring, now have they?
That's the gaits for english is what you've listed.
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago 2
and then these are all the gaits in order.-slowest to fastest
walk, jog, trot, lope, canter, gallop.
ATimelessHocus 2 years ago 2
1. that dosen't explain how to
2. THIS PERSON IS REALLY STUPID. It's not a jog, it's a trot. It's not a lope, it's a canter. You say lope and jog for humans, not horses.
SarafinaImelza 2 years ago
i ride English okay and I'm going out to my aunts and i ride western there and i DID NOT LEARN ANYTHING yea great walk, jog, lope yippie!! but HOW do you do it HOW? and emilyXevil92 is right i ride horses and im not the thinnest person in the world but my point is that no one learned anything
iButterscotch 2 years ago
Ya I agree Christyke100, I would like to know how she is communicating with her horse as well. Like when she stops! she doesn't appear to be pulling on the reins much at all, and what about getting her horse into the different transitions? What is she doing to get it to do each of them, all leg work?
itsamj007 2 years ago
Poor horse cant even run with that fat fuckin bitch up on him may God forgive me!
buffguy0 2 years ago
it looked like the horse was straining
hunter5105 2 years ago
eek one handed im sticken to english
WeeGal159 2 years ago
You can ride western with both hands. Its a preference.
stealthscope0635 2 years ago 2
oh cool. i didnt know that. but i would never be able to do one handed anyway lmao i could do it at a walk but not any faster lol
WeeGal159 2 years ago
your horse looks great! and you just finish his briill look youre perfect for eachother
WeeGal159 2 years ago
They say she is an expert rider in the description, but if you expand it, you can see that really she is a makeup artist. Why not have someone competent who actually rides/trains/teaches for a living make this video? Someone who can actually explain things or at least execute them correctly. You don't see horse trainers or riding instructors making "expert" videos about applying makeup or cutting hair :P
yohablotreslenguas 2 years ago
Am I missing something here? What this lady seems to be doing is moving into the transitions but not explaining HOW she's communicating the information to the horse.I'm a novice and I need to know HOW to do that.
christyke100 2 years ago 2
She seems like she'd be a trainer just going to the local shows.... not a big rider or trainer or anything. Her horse isn't the greatest mover, and she's just kinda... sitting there. She did a good job explaining stuff, but I think there are a lottttt better trainers out there that Expert Village could have approached for this series of videos.
unzipyourheart 2 years ago
It's western. No one is hawing helmets.
ANDROKEFAL 2 years ago
1. Young riders are watching this, and you not wearing a helmet is NOT a good example
2. the horse is uncomfortable
3. Too big for the horse
4. You really did not teach me anything
5. you were sitting too far into your saddle
6. Pull to your stomach, not your head
7. Show us. Explain how and why you are doing what you're doing so that we learn
8. Try to sit further into your saddle
awesomerocks124 2 years ago
I hate wearing helmets..what ever happened to people trusting horses those days are gone and she looks like shes riding a dick or something because the way shes moving it pisses me off
buffguy0 2 years ago
half of western riders never wear helmets. it's a preference, not a necessity.
xidxtapxthatx 2 years ago
I'm not no expert but I believe that she should show & tell us how to ask for the transitions & she needs to pull her reins to her stomach not her head. she doesn't look relaxed and she leans back to far.
but the horse looks good. its wp and thats how they are supposed to lope. ITS NOT INJURED. although her lope could use more technique.
horsefreakk12345 2 years ago
i think you look great on that horse, and you people need to learn RESPECT and realize people have feelings and what you are saying about the weight has absoulutly nothing to do with anything!
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keylimepieme 2 years ago
Looks like the Horse wants to break down when It gets to a canter or trot, Kind of hard to tell.
starlightsong 2 years ago
notice she doesn't actually tell you or explain how to properly do the transitions or how to improve them she kind of just says walk for a while trot for a while and then lope. She doesn't say how to prepare for transitions or even ask for them, if I was a complete beginner or had never ridden a horse and tried to learn from this girls instructions then I would not be very good at all.
moridusu 2 years ago
Okay, the comments on the rider's weight need to stop. I agree, she is not a very good rider, but that doesn't mean you need to make fun of her image. Where have the manners gone?!
emilyXevil92 2 years ago
Omg this lady is soooooo not an expert cuz if your an expert then you would know not to pull the reins up to your head.. your supposed to pull the reins in to your stomach to stop the horse.. and tht horse is way to small for her!
angeleger123 2 years ago
#1. you dont look very relaxed on the horse.
#2.if you are teaching children or new riders .. teach them to always where a helmet,, i dont find you a very good example.
#3.oil your sadle lol.
#4 it looks like your horse is stressing when you forcing him to go forward, i think your saddle is to far up.. or the horse might just have a big butt.... but stupid lady where a helmet.
Rreynaertt 2 years ago
holy that horse has some major back back muceles that must be like caring 3 teenagers
motodudez12 2 years ago
i think this lady needs to oil that saddle. lol
i'm not an expert equestrian, but i do believe that all of us can agree to wear a helmet.
WindWolfProductions 2 years ago
The horse is like "Only one person at a time! Please!"
thomasstep1 2 years ago
1. She doesn't look comfortable and relaxed.
2. She is pulling waayyy too much in that horses mouth.
Kenzangel77 2 years ago
The reins had a parabolic turn at the bottom the whole time. There was barely any pulling on the reins miss two cents. I've had horses come back into the paddock with bleeding mouths from reins but they still pull like bats out of hell. Lets see you get on youtube and show us how to ride.
thomasstep1 2 years ago
you've had horses coming back into the paddock BLEEDING FROM THE MOUTH? then you're doing some wrong -- wrong and cruel. if they're pulling, it's because they're uncomfortable in the mouth. (you pull, they pull back). or you're not clear enough with your leg and seat aids, and they don't know what you want.
if i came back with horses bleeding at the bit, my teacher would KILL me.
tigercub888 2 years ago
i've ridden both styles they our very diffrent. i prefer westren. english saddle takes more blance. she made few mistakes she was sitting to far foward in the saddle if was sitting back far enough wouldn't have been praticly laying on horse. her regins were to tight you could see the horse wasnt comfortable extra obviously as much as this person claims to be an expert she aint 1
majormana1 2 years ago
she dosent look like she is realaxed or anything
zipposmrzip 2 years ago
she bumped the rains to get his head down....she is in his mouth way to much not like hard but her arm s bent at like a 90degree angle
zipposmrzip 2 years ago
Wow that deffianatly burned her........maybe u should GET A LIFE ! Instead of saying things u probably have know clue what there talking about!
WesternRider505 2 years ago
You look reaally akward on your horse..
Rreynaertt 2 years ago
Why did she pull on her reins to halt when she was already halted?
englishrox 2 years ago
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western pleasure is the gayest thing ever
aceofmany 2 years ago
your the gayest thing ever. ooooooo burn!!!
Animalsforever159 2 years ago