Another tip my first trainer used on me was to put a 2$ under my butt and I had to have it by the end of the lesson so I really learned to flow with the horse on my sitting trot/canter. Very useful video :)
Somehow on stirrups and bareback is easier for me, when doing something complicated in the trot/canter I try for a while and if I keep dropping my stirrups I just take em off and do the thing. Having the ability to lenghthen and shorten my legs for different cues and things is probably why. I should get tohse magnetic stirrups lol
I actually absolutely love no stirrups. I only get to ride horses during my weekly lessons, so at the end of them I always put up my stirrups and ride around for a bit.
I'm more comfortable without stirrup mind I was a dressage rider so theres that..and I'm riding 40 years..but riding in the saddle without them is great for your riding poison ..that and a whip down your bra strap will have you riding looking so well in no time..honestly if you cant ride without your stirrups you dont ride well..your depending upon something you shouldn't be..work on your balance when not riding and you'll see a huge difference..I'm also riding and competing a long time..I dont compete in comps any more Iove endurance rides in this stage if m life..
@@bqualitysnake6549 tells me you are a better rider than ppl who complain about riding without...if you cant ride without stirrups.. you cant ride..well..any fool with a little balance can hang on ..
I Got A Little Scared There When I Saw This Video On My Recommendations, I Thought Is Was A Troom Troom Equestrian Video, Judging From The Thumbnail. I Actually Liked The Video A Lot, Consider Me A New Human! 🐴💞
one thing i have found to help with my eq. my eq was really good and i haven’t been able to ride a whole lot so my eq got worse. but what i did was close my eyes and i naturally went back to how i used to ride. obviously use a calm horse you can trust a lot but that is just something i go back and do every now and again
I agree closing your eyes is really useful, especially for feeling your horse's movement. I'm still getting the hang of feeling the right diagonal when transitioning to trot but when I close my eyes and feel the inside hind leg at its downmost point and rise as it comes up I get it right. And so my transitions between rising trot/2 point trot, canter/trot and walk/trot have gotten a lot smoother from closing my eyes and focusing on the legs' movement. And it's also made a world of difference in feeling when to half halt and understanding the half halt better. I also find closing your eyes and feeling the movement is really useful when riding other horses too because they all move so differently! I've still got a long way to go but feel is something that can't be taught and only practiced, and closing your eyes helps to just focus on that :D But I would recommend being on the lunge if spending a lot of time with your eys closed of course :)
Our rug laundry always vacuum packs the rugs that are been put away for the summer..they are so handy to store like that..I love this..its one of my lifes little pleasures...
Yay! These will be soo useful. I’m going on camp soon so these will be really helpful when I’m away from my trainer and when I’m doing cross country! Thank you soooo much!❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@TKDDLJ09 I've felt a snapped one before and they're pretty sharp. Like getting a splinter! Definitely not a nice experience. Luckily one has never actually snapped in my hands yet
I stumbled upon this randomly looking into graphics tutorials, but i loved it. I rode my whole childhood. I want to back up your no stirrups comment. My trainer, by all accounts, was a brutish woman, lol. Horses and students alike, feared her ire. She used to make us jump an entire hour with no reins OR stirrups. Not even leading, but teaching us to balance and lead with just the strength of our legs and our feet as guidance. I'll be honest, I rode for almost 16 years before i fell off. I have been bucked, spooked, reared on, but that training made me almost impervious to falling. When i did finally fall, it was while i was training a horse, and we were trying a 5 foot brick wall (wood, obviously), and right before the jump, i must have panicked, and the horse felt it and stopped short. :O) I went flying over and because i had never fallen, and we were not even in a paddock, I held onto the horse's reins until my trainer finally jumped on me and grabbed the reins out of my hands. :) Good memorys. I had to stop riding due to serious hip problems in my 20s, but i miss is deeply. You go girl.
Loved this the most so far, keep doing these with great tips. I had to learn to ride with the whip threaded through my arms, now everytime I mount a horse (and I am 60yrs now) my posture is perfect, I also realised when I was 8yrs and having lesson's that my core strength got better and stronger which relates so much to straight shoulder's and balance when riding, and it creates that deper dish into the saddle so you become one with the horses movements....
I love this video! There are hardly any actually good hack videos, I think. Also, I totally agree with the recommendation for no stirrups! I'm learning to ride and, when my teacher made me ride without stirrups, it helped me so much to find my seat. I have a tip to add: what helps me to remember to keep my hands upright instead of like I'm holding a shopping trolley is to look at how my stick is sitting. With 'trolley hands' it pokes out to the side a bit and lays across your thigh awkwardly but, with correct hands, the stick goes with the line of your thigh and sticks out backwards. I find this is really helpful because there is a secondary feeling that you're looking out for and the right hand position is much more comfy.
around 18:53, my friend always had this problem so she tried a ball (like you said) and it still didn't work so she decided to put her phone there instead... ofc you never wanna drop it so it actually worked XD Idk if this would help some of you but yeah...
Also with the no stirrups I ride bare back and that can help too. Baby oil on their nose for showing to make it shiny. I do this all the time i don’t know if a lot of you do it but Apple cider vinegar bath helps with fungus. Those are my hacks please leave a comment of other one that I might not know.👍🏻😃🐴🦄
Just a heads up- The baby oil on their nose can actually be quite dangerous as it can cause burns on the skin due to the oil being heated up by the sun (some people I know said their horses got almost third degree burns from the baby oil hack).
love these "hacks" some I knew but the saddle indent (boy I hate those in western saddles too) with the noodle easy and make perfect sense, then especially the sit the trot will help me. Thanks so much!
I'm defo a big fan of no stirrups. I've got an excellent instructor who has done this exercise with me from the start and this, along with other valuable exercises like 2 point, has improved my balance so much than when I was with any other instructor. I come out of every single one of my fortnightly lessons feeling a good improvement. Also I find these little exercises to be fun too. We do a few diferent exercsises every lesson and nothing is ever the same or monotonous. My one hour lessons, which I used to get really puffed out with, go so quickly now and I always leave them dying for more!! We usually spend part of the lesson on the lunge, and part off the lunge. A lot of people in Australia have the attitude that the lunge isn't needed once you've been able to get off it for the first time but I'm so glad we do a lot of lunge exercises because it is really really helping me to build a solid seat and balance. And for instance, if I lose my balance for a moment, I never default to hanging on the reins because of all the time we've spent developing balance on the lunge, that my body subconsciously doesn't even think of pulling on the reins as an option whereas I most certainly would have if I didn't do all this lunge work!
Good God girl, where have you been all my life?! Some of these hacks I knew, but I did learn a thing or two (or 3, or 4...) from this video. I'm 62 and got my first pony when I was 6, never been without a horses, and competed (hunter/jumper, dressage student for 10 years) ever since. But as they say in the horse world, "You learn something new every day! I just tried the hack of using baling twine to open a bail, and damn if it didn't work! You now have yourself a loyal viewer! Thank you!
My coach one time had our entire lesson group ride without stirrups while holding diving rings on our toes. It really helped us all learn to keep our toes up and our leg on- even though we all eventually lost them. 😂
About the Trotting Thing... I learned how to trot riding a Standardbred, retired harness racer. After trotting with him for a while, I went back to riding my OTT Thoroughbred and found him so easy to ride at a trot! I also had a QH-Arab Cross at the time, and he was even smoother! Many years later, I owned another Standie who had this habit of going from a pace to a trot as I kicked him up. He absolutely wouldn't canter under saddle, but would canter in harness. I'd keep spurring him and he'd go faster and faster at a trot, then as he was slowing, slip back into a pace, then a slower trot, then a pace. I can tell you, riding a standie at full trot (as fast as a canter!) teaches you how to trot, and riding a standie that alternates between a pace and a trot at moderate speeds teaches you to pay attention to your gait! I miss cantering. My standie boy had to be euthanized about 8 months ago because of a leg-in-fence injury, and I have just bought my next horse, an unbroken Waler-Curly Mustang cross mare. It's going to be so good to be able to canter again, I so miss going for a good old canter!
Love the bit gaurd hack those have always been my arch nemesis 😂 I've developed a few over the years of being a cheap skate Equestrian (I figured out how to make my own jump cups, blocker ties, bumper pull trailer hutch alignment to quickly hitch up trailer etc...) I keep meaning to make a video on them, but haven't gotten around to it. Maybe sometime soon I will!
I wish I knew the feedbag trick MONTHS ago! I have been wrapping my percheron's hoof because of canker and since hes so heavy he would wear through the tape! Thank you!!!
The first pony i ever rode, I outgrew 2 years ago. So, I walk, trot, canter him bareback. He I very obese and a managed to get his weight down a bit from tough lunging and riding. I've gotten very good balance and seat from doing that 2-3 a week, for ten weeks, for two summers. My sitting trot is beautiful!
There are some great hacks, thank you. The horse I ride has trouble with its hoofs at the moment and we have to bandage it as you showed. They adviced it to wrap the hoof in a diaber first. So it's a bit softer for the hoof.
The whip behind your back really helps! My old instructor would do this but she made me leave it there for a whole hour, let's just say my arms were in a very bad state and very sore so know I am always concentrating on my arms lol
Also, its not necessarily correct that your elbows will tuck in automatically if you hold your hands correct. Because I hold them upraised, but my elbows are still a problem i struggle with. Mostly the elbow thing also comes with a lack of balance. If one works on ones balance it will become easier as well.
I've literally been riding horses for a long a$$ time and I NEVER could grasp/remember the quick release knot. I always felt soooo dumb for it. But you explained it different then everyone who has ever taught me (and that is a long list 😳) and I totally get it now! Thank you!!!!!💙
at a comp your cloths are usually on a hanger sooooo at the end of the day ur usually wearing your comp cloths so u can use ur hanger (if its plastic). as a scrapper
By doing that, you are literally throwing your horse's balance forward and backward. That is not the way to ride the canter...you're getting in your horse's way. Upper body should stay upright (there will still be some swing as you never want to be rigid), and allow your seat to follow the motion. Any gait you ride your horse in, always follow with your seat. Never your upper body. I would suggest getting a good riding coach. If that's not possible, there are plenty of helpful videos on RU-vid.
It does help since when I do it was helping with my posture on the horse and she did it for a couple of sentence than it got better but she does to people for the entire lesson for me they didn’t need to
Something we used to do for a better seat was to have cardboard coasters that you put between you and your saddle and then going through different gaits. If you're in a group it's fun to write down the name of the rider on the coasters and have a competition of who lasts the longest
I rode a really bouncy horse last year and what really helped me was riding bareback A LOT. For the entire month of November I rode bareback and it kinda forced me to learn how to sit with my horse
I use the exact same quick release! Sometimes I have to put the tail in, depending on how playful my boy is that day.. I’ve called it the Polo Knot my whole life cause we use it for our polo ponies! I didn’t know anyone else used it! I have a pretty funny story with that knot tho! I was at a pony club rally and tied my horse with that (I’d rather he not go running around the show grounds) and OF COURSE Horse Management (😒) came around and argued me on it! Then they went off to get the main HM person and I thought I was dead (even tho I showed them that it was safe) but the HM person happened to be an old family friend from Polo and she basically just looked at me, looked at the horse, said “Oh, Hi Rex” (the horse) and turned back to her people and said “it’s fine.” And walked away. 😂
Maryeality I didn’t. Our barn has cross latches (I think that’s what they are called) and the clip onto the halters. They are quick release and will come off in an emergency.
I learned that as a child and I think every child who rides in denmark learns it, if they are under 12 and wanna start competitions we have to take these rider test things, where we learn about all the basic of horse management and riding and have to pass to get on to take the real test to "allow" us to start competing. I leaned it at 10, but I barley use it now. I only use it when I have to tie up my horse in an unexpected place that doesn't have the normal lines you tie them up with. It a quick fix if you are in a pinch!
if you are scared to do no stirups lenthin then a hole or 2 and lay a dressage wip across your wrists it not only helps you get your balince but teaches you how to hold your hands and keep them still welst in sitting trot and/or canter
Something that also works for me is get an old pair of long socks and put some rice full to the top. And put it in the boot every time you take them off. It also removes any moisture in the boot as well which I get a lot of problem with. But you only have to do this once and last years which is great.
Get a cheap funnel for making fly spray from concentrate! And for filling haynets, if you have a blanket bar somewhere, tie a piece of baling twine to one end, wrap it around the middle bar a few times until it's about halfway down the bar. Tie a loop around the bar and attach a double-ended snap to it. then take your haynet, hook one end over the stall latch and clip the other side to the loop you made. Voila, you can open the haynet with one hand and it stays upright while filling! If you have a spare trash can laying around, you can also put the haynet in it and tuck the mouth around the edges. Basically, baling twine and double ended snaps tied to a thing (or two things) so you can fill haynets more easily. You can also do small loops of baling twine and snaps on stall bars if you're at a show or don't have a blanket bar to use!
For riders who flap their heels instead of nudging u can put your phone case. Or phone if ur that brave between the horse and ankle. I found it stops your leg moving a lot and stops you booting a horse that is very responsive. You can also use notes
My legs flop around a lot so I use cheap nylon stirrup straps (or binder twine) to tie my stirrups to my girth. I only do this with a instructor and just to flat work. 😁
Their called composti stirrups Yes there shock absorbent and very light weight it's pretty hard to loose your stirrups with them and my ankle has been much better with them now
Wildwood stables no kidding? I’ve been using the classic metal stirrups for so long. I’ve had a pair of compositis in my tack box for years now, but I’ve never used them. I’ve found that when I get on I get this sheer ankle pain. Does it really help that?
Claire Clearman yes it does I use to ride in them but I switch barns after my horse grace ( the one in the pic) past away and my new trainer said I would be showing a lot more so I could’t use them because they didn’t allow them☹️
Rose_ Equestrian oh, I’m so sorry about grace. I show a lot aswell. Good luck switching barns, and thanks for the info! I’ll be sure to slap those compositis on my saddle and try them out. God bles. Xx
I dont have a whole lot of exywith horses, afterall I dont have a horse... but I hope to get one, and so I have gone to a couple classes, and my favorite lady made me learn how to ride bareback first, and so when I was put into a saddle, I didnt have a lot of the problems like slouching and bouncing and whatnot. I miss riding, haven't been on a horse in just over a year....
Another tip I was given by a horse trainer friend for not bouncing is to wiggle the tips of your toes up and down in an opposite order (Left toes up and right toes down and visa versa) Continue doing that until you are sitting still. It is hard to explain in words and without a proper demonstration but it works.
I have 2 video ideas. 1. Get one of your horses that is not trained very well, then you brush them and tack them up. Lunge them then try and ride them. And try and train that horse. 2. Get a horse buy some tack and ride it. Bye
I had to ride a year without stirrups because of a fucked up saddle that I had. that helped sooo much with my sits so definitely try riding without stirrups.
Another tip for those who have a weak thumb grip or like to mess with reins or always grab for a neck strap on transitions/jumps, get two bits of paper you are not allowed to let go of and hold them between the thumb and rein, can also work with little fingers. I did this with lottery tickets once, won £1 lol
With the baling twine thing use Kno there is a weak point in straw twine so if u find it pull it and then once the first pulls off then grab the other pull up and it will come off lol xx no twine needed or sizzors xxx
I always had a pair of cheap flip flops in my trailer for driving home from shows, and I’ve definitely used those as sweat scrapers a few times along with an old dressage whip😂 sometimes you just gotta be a thrifty equestrian!
Tip for beginners struggling with balance!: Sounds crazy, but go bareback. Since horses coats are smooth and slippery you are forced to sit straight so your balance is better. I did that for a week and my balance was so much better!!!!
I had to do a crop resting on top of my hands because I ride with my hands sideways and really low. That was a hard lesson burn it sure did help a lot.
