Teaching the Counter Canter
In this lesson, you’ll introduce a simple, horse-friendly version of the counter canter to develop strength, balance, and body control as a stepping stone toward…
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Introducing the Inside Leg
The inside leg is the last piece of primary body control Warwick teaches the horse. Response to the left and right rein independently are the…
The Order of Ridden Exercises
Lateral flexion, disengaging, forward motion walk, trot, canter on loose rein without steering, bend to stop from all gaits, steering, left/right exercise, follow the fence,…
The Circle Exercise
This exercise is the gold standard of circle exercises for reining horses worldwide. This exercise will teach horses how to lope/canter a perfectly round circle…
Teaching Your Horse to Slow Down Off Your Seat
In this clip Warwick shows you what the end product looks like on a finished reiner and then shows you the process on a horse…
Teaching the Counterbend
The counterbend will help with general balance, and will get you to be able to control the shoulders and the ribcage at the same time…
Adding to the Left Right Exercise
In this video I give a lesson to someone with a previously anxious and uncontrollable mare. She has done a great job up until now…
Follow the Fence
This is the second exercise that Warwick does after he does the left/right exercise. This exercise helps to keep them straight. If your horse tends…
The Cross Hairs Exercise
You can do this after the left/right exercise after your horse steers a bit. You will start at a trot and do one direction at…
Working On the Spooky End of the Arena
Warwick works with an eventer who doesn’t like one end of the arena. A simple exercise fixes this problem.
Tying Up a Horse With a Lifelong Pulling Back Issue
Warwick talks about the 3 things a horse needs to be able to do before you tie them up. He works with the Rearing Arabian…
Teaching a Horse to go Through Water
The Arabian from the separation anxiety videos features in this lesson of teaching a horse to go into water. This shows his first session of…
Getting More Forward Out of a Lazy Horse
Warwick talks about getting this lazy horse “doing more than you”.
Clipping a Horse that Rears and Strikes
This video was taken at a reining show. This video shows a horse that “needs” to be sedated to be clipped, and wants to rear…
