HOW I TRAIN THE YOUNG HORSES | OT Vlog 

I absolutely loved the voice over for the 4yr olds! Really interesting and educational, I can’t wait to put it into practice with my own young horses ☺️

I love “popcorn” Olivia, relaxed yet continually considering .......quote reminder - “there are only two emotions required around a horse - one is a sense of humour, the other is patience” ....loved this vlog !!

I am so thrilled that you posted this! I just got a new horse who is now 4 and I feel like our progress is so slow (but I'm also not in any rush just want to do what is right for him). My channel is all about getting him and myself back into eventing and you were a big inspiration for me to do it! I love going back and watching our progress and regret not filming myself through the years with other horses! That's amazing that you are training with Carl Hester!! I just read Charlotte's book love them 💕

It makes total sense! (I’m commenting while you eat popcorn 😂) I find that young horse Training is the less “glamorous” side of training & riding..and when we do see young horses go they seem so perfect at shows and only feature the highlights. The small daily victories are what bring the most joy when training youngsters for me. Today a 3 year I’m training went around the arena with in the trot with a little more balance! Success!!

I've found your idea of aiming for 80% so helpful and it has made my schooling and competing so much more enjoyable, it's like every ride is a victory! I still get frustrated/upset when we have our awful rides (which is inevitable), but I make a point of trying to find at least one positive, even if it's just "her walk transitions were nice today". Thank you

10 mins in and wow eagles trot !!!!!! And his cute little face bless him, thanks for replying to my message about how you give confidence to younger horses, took mine out Sunday and normally he fly bucks in new places but gave him the confidence to go more forward so he didn’t explode like a spring, I also need to focus on the good things he done when I took him to the clinic rather than worrying that he’s going to explode, just scares me and don’t want to die 😅 love your vlogs ❤️ xxx

Loved this video. Extremely helpful when you explained your training with the young ones! Keep being you Olivia 👍👍👍👍❤️

'Mum gave me the V' - hilarious! I love how funny you all are - I really laughed at this! So glad it went well with Carl today! 🐴❤️🦄

So glad to see someone else going through similar young horse struggles. It's hard to remind ourselves to be happy with the little victories- but if we do them over and over they become habit and that is how good horses (and riders) are made! Thanks for yet again sharing your experiences with both the trials and the joys. We got this!

Enjoyed seeing the babies and getting the upper level recap! It is hard for all of us to see progress day to day, but we crack on :)

please do a feeding video, im so interested in feeding

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS! that was sooo amazing! I'm going to use your tips so much with my lovely 4yo mare! it was just so encouraging to see that not everything went perfectly, but it went in the right direction. I was relieved to see that it's normal for the youngsters to not always accept the bit and stay in frame (I mean we all know that in theory, but we beat ourselves up too much sometimes... at least I do) Loved the popcorn advice so much! And you inspire me to take more time with Big Daddy

Looooove this it's superb !!the 📷 makes you feel'there' it's different in the latest vids...this is lovely teaching THANKS V MUCH!❤️

Thank you I learn so much from your videos

Absolutely loved this vlog!! The four year old info was so so useful and I think can apply to any weaker horse building up muscle! So glad your lesson went amazingly 😆😆😆

Could you do a what you feed all your horses vid ?? Absolutely love the vlogs !!!! Keep being amazing !!!! 💕💕

Fantastic video. Really liked watching your video. I've been given the opportunity to ride a 4 year old been backed been turned away now start his work. Great tips. Thank you for sharing x

Love your videos so helpful. Like that they are not always perfect in the real world

This is so great, THANK YOU! I have a baby and this is so helpful!

It's great!!! You could really use the corners to get the back legs under and more through. So exaggerate the corners as if your nearly going to hit the wall😂! I'm not a grand pre rider by any means...but I've learned that corners are a great place to get what you wanted! Love your video's... And yes same for me...hate winter...also get SAD and hate it!!! Only love the snow...and the sunny morning sunrise...but other than that need more summer's! How long will you be in Australia for? Well done on conquering your fear...I haven't flown since I was 9 years old...I'm terrified😳😂! I'd live in Australia if I could though🌏❤️! Thank you for this honest video! It does help, as it shows us all how we can learn to ride and train. Such as inside leg, outside reign, and a little bit of inside bend using half halts. It's sooooo hard to use your reigns independently of each other when your just starting out, and on the corners it sometimes really helps to keep that inside leg, outside reign going and really getting in those corners which helps the horse put it's hinds under and shoulders lighter. I can't wait to ride again!!! I think it will just be on the next holiday for me...dog training is my real job...so don't listen to me😂🤣😂!!! Well done!!! And don't expect sooooo much of yourself...we love watching mistakes so we can learn from them...if I only showed people videos of a perfect loose lead walking, no one would learn. I use untrained dogs to show people loose lead walking, recall, leave etc. Otherwise, no one would learn a thing. Also, I get feedback from other trainers in my group that help me improve. We all need this, especially during lockdown where we are never together frequently enough. So this is the best kind of video!!! Thank you! Xxx

Oh I love how your horses get started into work. Everybody is in such a rush these days and then end up wondering why their horses are so sore, sour and arthritic by the age of 8 🙄 joey and moley are just so talented... but that is a reflection of the rider, though! Really thrilled your Carl sesh went well, too. Would love to get mine up to you for a lesson at some point!

olivia, you've taught me and alot of other people how to gain confidence

wonderful vlog very real and very hardworking

Olivia your so inspirational and you are amazing and I’m so proud of how far you have come over the past two years and you are so incredibly inspirational to me and many others out there and we are all very grateful for you and your videos WE LOVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Wow 😂🤣😂!!! Wish I'd never commented below now 🤣😂🤣!!! Your amazing!!! They were strong in that area😂!!! And you're just like me and my twin sister...as mad as a hatter...the way we are when we're together 🤣😂🤣!!! Hilarious!!! Loved your video...gave me sooooo much laughter and joy!!! I believe in God too! So glad he gives us so many differing talents...you have many...go for it!!! Sooooo hope this year is great for you!!! And I'm subscribing to your channel...love the way you make me laugh!!! I think Georgie my sister will love you too!!! Xxx💖

My 4 year olds canter is really fast and uncontrollable and I don’t know how to get it under control But this video really helped. Xx

I have a horse, he used to be a race horce. I got him when he was 3, in January he will be 4. I do a lot of practice, and he gets better. Im so happy that you did this video, as you will help me so much !!! He is a chestnut XX (sorry for spelling, I have promblems with my keyboard)!! LYSM, lot's of LOVE Charlie

Loved the voice over when you were riding the four year olds! Very beneficial x

Love this! Hate those videos on Instagram of the little 3 and 4 year olds already doing big boy moves. You’re giving them time to be babies! ❤️

Such a good vlog 👌👌👌👌

Thank you for sharing both the great and the less great!

Libbi twerking is THE best!!! also, thank you for the tips. on a green-ish older guy who was trained under saddle and then didn't get much work until I started on him a hair over a year ago. We seem to go in waves with the "good" rides, one or two successes and then a run of challenges.

You have taught me so much and inspire me to do so much more! So entertaining! Love Imogen xx

You need to come visit South Africa this time of year. I absolutely do not miss winter!

Miss Jaffa so much

How do you not have 100k or 1 m subscribers????

My parents already sent me boxes of Christmas presents...before I even sent them a list so this should be fun (random crap I didn't ask for lol). But I have started a bit of Christmas shopping..didn't really start until Black Friday really though. Thoroughly enjoyed this vlog!

I've finished my christmas shopping - did most of it in August haha!

you have inspired me to do so much, thank you for being alive

Could you do a like morning and lates routine with the horses? xxx

The real question is how you keep your nails that long while riding haha! btw this video really helped me with my young horse, I would really appreciate more videos like this!

Hi Olivia > big fan from Canada here! Have you ever watched your vids with the closed captions on? The interpretations sometimes are so hilarious! So wrong in the best way and recommended for anyone looking to make your vids even more entertaining xo

Dang, that spook from Eagle looked like you turned it into some decent work then I blinked and you were on Moley! I can't keep up with you,haha. I hope you're able to video your Carl lesson for yourself at least?

Popcorn is life 🤌🏻

your mum makes me laugh so much 🤣

I was eating popcorn as I watched this 😂

I started Christmas shopping, I bought myself a new headstall! LOL!

Would love more young horse videos

Thanks so much for doing this vid! Currently training my lil green 7 year-old (came from Ireland and wasn't trained that well so he's still a baby) so this helped a lot! 💓

Absolutely loved this vlog! The bit about the 4 year olds was so good and really made sense to me. So happy for you that you had a great lesson with Carl it sounded absolutely amazing! 😄🌟❤️🐎

Well if you have Carl Hester telling you, 'you and Wilfred are doing good' what's better than that! Time for the Grand Prix.

I am from England, but live in North Carolina. I love getting my dose of English folk, sigh. I just love your Mum, especially her commentary on training and her bobble hats! More Mum, please!!!!

The best vlogs

I get the perfectionistic thing going on when people are around and I think they are watching me ride. I give lessons, run the pony club and run the stables, so I feel like people are judging me when I ride. I really need to let that go.

Iv subbed an hit the bell Olivia 🐎♥️

What’s the microphone system you use called? It would be great for our dog training! Thanks

You made sense.

The next time you ask Carl for a lesson and there's a other stuff coming up, tell him you would love the lesson but you have other commitments on certain dates. Carl is a busy man. He will understand. When he knows you are not available for certain dates, he won't offer you lessons for those days. Carl is one of my heroes too.

Where is your head band from I love it!!

older video, but i have a green mare 12 yo QH who was left in the field because nobody liked her gaits and that they had to many horses in work at the time, and i'm also 12 and intermediate with my riding, though i'm good with leg and commands on flat, so i won't be jumping green horses until my trainer says i'm good enough on the trained horses. I'm also restarting 2 horses and bringing them into work and it's going well, they just need to understand picking up the canter correctly, being on the bit, and collection instead of me needing to bend toward the neck, their head being up, and them flying like race horses around the arena, do you have any tips on starting the green mare for canter since i have a small arena, and any tips to help the other two learn collection while being on the bit?

Dying laughing you are so animated lately. Thanks for the riding video, it is why I follow you. Have you given up on a video system that follows your ride? (Solo or Pixio?)

I love dressage, I just cant do it. im relatively new to it, I can get an outline in trot but am working to get it consistent and then get it in walk and canter. Does anyone have any tips? I would appreciate it lots as I need to make my rides more interesting and give G something to focus on as during winter she goes into a green bucking phase, and I feel something like this could help and distract her from it. Love the video :)

I find myself getting frustrated when she puts her head up too so I just push her on every time she does it and it works much better and some times if I get really frustrated I just go back down and start again so i do it right and I’m not doing it mad

Mum’s shakey jake filming 🛳 🚢🤐

Great video as always:) When, where on the horses body, and for how long, do you use the hotwater-bottles?

Won't Carl let you film perhaps without showing him in the vlog? Not sure how dressage diary and entries work, I event with BE and once the calendar is out for 2019 (which it is already) I plan my diary round with certain shows that are set in stone, some that are pencilled in and some that are a possibility and everything else ie. family, friends and work is planned around that :)

Just a wee question why don’t you film your lesson with Carl Hester x

What is the song at 9:41 called?

Please do vlogmas this year again ❤️🐴

I’m not sure if I’m doing good or not with my 4 year old. I can never tell :( she’s always either good or bad and it will always depend on my riding what the outcome will be. I’d really love if I could send you a video or something and you could give me advice but I don’t want you to feel pressured into doing this. If you can help please let me know (my Instagram is @erinxgray ) xx

FIRST. This is my second time

when life sucks and your riding went to hell ...you watch Olivia vlogs.. that is how you deal x)

Wilfred shows you all how to twerk. Love waching your vlogs.

First view yay

Why don't you try show jumping

I love your vlogs❤️ but I don’t understand why you have to compete horses are not all about showing off i am fine with it I just don’t understand why people get so upset when they can’t.