Bailador Lunging II
27th January
Will Faerber and Karen Loshbaugh from Art2Ride give you an update on Bailador’s progress in lunging.
How Do You Stay Fit To Ride?
21st January
Hi this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and I am here today with my lovely wife Karen and our horse Zoolander. We had a request come in asking about rider fitness, so we are going to discuss that and what we do in particular. We will discuss how we stay in shape and the requirements to ride at this level.
You will never be a better rider than you are fit. So if you are out of shape, just know that that will always stand in your way to some level or another. You need flexibility, strength and wind to be able to ride, so in other words you need a cross training type of exercise. The most important thing is eating well. I am a raw foodist who eats about eighty percent raw food. I eat a thing called raw …
Horses That Spook: Teaching Relaxation
16th January
Good morning this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and I am here with my good friend Bailador, who you’ve seen in previous videos before. Today I thought I would spend a little time talking about horses that spook.
Very often in horses that come to us we find (and especially the big and powerful ones) that they have gotten into the hands of riders that are not very experienced who are afraid of them, and they begin to spook at every little thing. Pretty soon they can’t go around the ring without spooking ten times, and then they start dumping people. So now I am going to explain how you deal with it.
One of the things that I want to point out is relaxation (like doing a shoulder in or a half pass), it is a skill that we have to …
Correcting the Overflexion In the Horse’s Neck
5th January
This video is about Correcting the overflexion in the horse’s neck.