Kandoo-Kansay

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Harry at NSW and ACT Quarter Horse Association Show 2/10/11

2nd Paint Colt/Stallion

Reserve Champion Stallion

1st Junior Horse Hunter Under Saddle

3rd All Age Hunter Under Saddle

1st All Age Hack

1st Junior Horse Trail

2nd Junior Horse Western Pleasure

3rd All age Western Pleasure Stakes

1st Senior Horsemanship

Big day for a young stallion but he handled it well.

Horse Training Is Serious Business

 

Learning New Things - Planking

And Hindquarter Control

Ground Tying

Getting Ready For Next Weekend's Dressage Day

Spook Control

(for horse and rider!)

Residential Clinics are available throughout the year at Kangadoo (near Goulburn). Come for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. All clinics are tailored to suit the particular needs of the individuals attending. Bring one or more horses of any age or come along and learn with the Kandoo horses.

 

 

Harry recently spent two weeks at Charles Sturt University while I was attending a residential school. At the end of that period he did a short demonstration for the Equine Science students on teaching flying changes. I demonstrated a number of the exercises I use to teach this particular movement, all of which will be on the 'Flying Changes' DVD coming out before 2012.

  

This Kandoo Equine client has always wanted to ride bareback and finally achieved her dream yesterday in walk and trot! She plans to be able to ride the canter before Christmas - a great goal.

Now that winter has really set in here in Australia, it is a great time to get on with all of those training lessons that you either skipped over or didn't get time to address a few months ago. Think about (as Mila is below) the events you have coming up in the spring and put together a list of all the things you need to teach your horse before then.

Short video of Raviro, Rotspon colt, less than one hour under saddle.

I was having a first ride on a client’s horse the other day that I was starting under saddle. The owner watched quietly and after I dismounted said “I wish I was more like you”.

I immediately thought she was referring to my cat-walk/model-like/armpit-ending legs when it occurred to me that she could mean my flawless olive skin.....Umm, not asking for clarification may leave me oblivious to yet another enviable attribute – best to find out now (for recent Phuket Beach holiday snaps, click here).

Removing my helmet in readiness for the inevitable increase in head circumference, I asked “What do you mean more like me?”

“Brave” she answered. It would seem we are both a little delusional.

 

The truth is I haven’t done anything brave on a horse since I was about 14 years old and that wasn’t bravery it was stupidity, I just didn’t realise it, or perhaps define it at such, at the time.

Fear is common sense telling you that the situation is out of your control. Don’t ignore it – listen to it. If you think carefully about what is frightening you will have taken the first step towards building your confidence. The truth is that fear is simply not knowing what might happen next.

It is tempting to look for ways to become more ‘confident’ but no amount of confidence in yourself is going to educate your horse.

CONFIDENCE = KNOWLEDGE + SKILL

If you feel that you need to be ‘brave’ to ride your horse then it is a good indication that either you are not ready to ride the horse or the horse is not yet ready to be ridden. Don’t worry; this is the best place to start!

Next time - “Where do I go from here?”

Raviro is a young Hanoverian colt by Rotspon. The video below shows his first little ride/sit on today.

Just completed a 6 day residential clinic at Kangadoo.
Below is a short video of one of the participant's horse on the last day after doing some canter work.




You can see some more footage of 'Cracker' with his owner riding in the indoor on my YouTube Channel.