Jordon instructs a student at the trainer's clinic who is riding a 2-year-old gelding that is started on the barrels and loping a smooth pattern. She explains how to handle a horse that excels nearly too quickly on the pattern and recommends things like having somebody rope off the gelding to keep his mind occupied.
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Tuning: Correcting the "Spoiled Toddl...
A student at the Briggs' trainer's clinic shows Jordon and Justin where her young horse is at on the pattern and slow works her. Jordon and Justin break down the horse's weak points and explain how the filly is behaving like a "spoiled brat," and what a trainer can do to work through that mentali...
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Tuning: Jordon Jumps on A Green Horse
Jordon works with a student whose horse is struggling with dumping in the front end. She decides to step on the horse, and works it on and off the barrels, then gives her diagnosis.
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Tuning: Creating a Balanced Horse
Justin Briggs has ridden a lot of young horses that develop to be taller in the hind end before their front end catches up. Justin explains how he works his horses to help them level out without constricting their neck and forward movement. Then, he gets on this student's horse and demonstrates h...
