Hello this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and today I am here showing you one of the new horses that we are training. We have been working with this horse for about a month. It was a hunter and her name is H2O.

She has quite a strong back, but she was quite stiff through her neck. I wanted to show you a video of her first day of really getting a full stretch, she has really loosened up. This was a horse that would really brace against your hands and start to run. Look at how nicely she is beginning to swing over her back after only a month! Look at how we have the full range of motion! This is my wife Karen Loshbaugh riding her today.

I wanted to introduce you to some of these horses because we will be training them on a long term basis, so you will be able to see them develop as they go up through the ranks. Karen will just bring her up to see how high she can bring her poll up and then she will bring her right back into the stretch. As you can see in the video, she gets a little stiff, and that’s why we want to get her into that longer frame. This horse tends to brace against the inside rein, so you can see Karen softening her up. Then look how lovely she begins to soften up.

Once again this is the first day that this horse has gotten into a full stretch over her back and it’s taken about a month to soften her up. She is looking beautiful now! Thanks so much and we will see you all in one of her later videos!

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