Good morning this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride here with Ginny Walker and her horse Cordell. We did a very long video on this horse about a month ago showing you how to correct the break in his neck. I wanted to show you how much he has improved since the previous clinic only one month ago. This ride is by his owner, Ginny Walker, rather than my wife, Karen.

As you can see in the video, you can barely see that break in the neck any more. See how much longer his neck is out and how much more swing he has? That is what we want to see, seeking the contact with the bridle. This horse was more broken than any of the horses I have worked with in a long time. It took us a long time to correct him, but look how nice he looks now! I put these videos up so that you folks at home can see these horses developing over time and can begin to get an eye for it. Most people don’t see horses trained over time, they see perfect horses and wonder how do they get them this way? So once again, that is why I am showing you, so you can see how these horses develop and how you can do it yourself.

Ginny spent a long time just walking this horse. Now he is not breaking in the neck and he has a big swinging trot, this is a huge horse over 18 hands. If you go back and look at the old video we have of him, you will see that he looks behind the vertical all the time because he was so broken in the neck. She is finally overcoming that, which means that those tendons and ligaments are starting to shorten and tighten up and the damage is healing.

This is Will Faerber from Art2Ride here in Poway at Peppertree Farms with Ginny Walker and her horse Cordell!

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