Good morning this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and I am here with Leslie Johnson and her horse Bailador. We introduced you to Bailador about a week ago, and then it rained for an entire week, so this is only the second day we are able to work after that rain. This is the first time Leslie has been able to ride him getting him into the stretch.

We are looking at what a few days of stretching has done for this horse, after teaching him how to lunge correctly which you saw in the previous video. Now Leslie is learning to get him working over his back herself. When he comes up, she sends him forward with her legs before she does anything with her hands, so that it comes from behind. We’ve been discussing the idea of people riding with gadgets today, and what you have to understand is if you learn how to ride the horse with gadgets, you’ll never know whether the horse is right or not. When you ride them this way, you’ll know because they will not go into any kind of frame unless you get them working through from behind.

When he gets a little distracted there, she is going to send him on and soften a little bit. She asks for a little bit bigger trot so it gets a little bit more swing in it. Every time the head comes up, before you touch the reins you send him forward. The only thing that can really change is we can send the trot deeper under the body. Very Nice!

So for her first day experiencing this, I think Leslie is doing a pretty wonderful job! We will check in again with them later. Once again, this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and thanks for joining us!

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