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These horses are just going on a nice slack rein
nothing on any of them.
These horses, its the first time these horse have ever been put together,
only about 10 minutes ago
we put them in, which you know you can say we're crazy
but what we've got to do is give your horse a proper test. Just want to say to them, you know,
to get on and do the job,
and all up together but your horse, no panic
getting his ears forwards now, going to work.
If I ask these 2 over and keep these 2 there,
run him like that, he's got all the trace pulling him
like that,
he's got to have that as you know when you're in a hazard, you don't want him kicking back
because he feels that.
And then if we swing and take on the other way
bring him right off,
and run them there like that, then square,
you know they're all answering pretty well really, for young horses, I mean
they've only been together about 10 minutes.
This mare here, this big hairy-legged cob
a lot of people would think,
they'd think she's quiet
but make no mistake she's as sharp as a razor this one.
Pleased with this; trotting straight through a puddle,
there, no slacking, getting on and doing.
Just going to try a stop now, "Whoa"
and I want them all to stand calm and quiet.
So we want them all to stand like that, no
messing about, no coming back, no stepping out of line, nothing whatsoever.
Just stand and do their job.
The lorry driver's lost...
*Giving directions alongside a big lorry with 3 young horses, first time in a team*
*All standing relaxed and not panicked by the vehicle next to them*
So what we've done now is put
your horse on the other side - we stopped quickly and changed them over.
"Ok boys, trot then"
So we're coming up here now, Mel's in front of us, horses going nice, leaders taking the weight on their shoulders, he's a good worker.
"Stand still babies"
I've got 3 young horses on here, all these 3 are young horses
you know, three and four year olds.
"Walk on"
"Just walk my babies good boys"
Alright?
Ok? Up we go then.
"Whoa"
I keep thinking the chestnut horse is younger than he is
because...
I'm just waiting for this car to come around here
"Stand still my babies"
Nice thing to have, when he'll just stand when he's told.
"Whoa baby good boy"
Watch this other one coming, see where he's going.
"Right Roly walk on"
Well not too bad,a lot of crashing of branches and that as it all went past.
This young horse in the wheel, you know everyone thinks she's a soppy *** old
fat cob but you can see there she doesn't like that.
What I've just done there is send him round, your horse, although he's on the inside, I've told him to go
you'll see on the film Roly's right back and he's taking it round the corner.
All going up here now like this. Just give them an emergency stop, not doing anything, not running,
all cantering on a slack rein. "Whoa boys"
Rubber bits.
All stand, come back
nice and quiet
and go back to walk when they're told. Now what I'm trying to say to you,
that white building there is our house.
Well they know they're going home now
and to be able to stop them on rubber bits
you know,
I've only just touched the brake on there,
only just touched the brake so that we don't run into these babies.
This horse will go in the wheel,
he'll go in the lead,
he's certainly bold enough for the lead and he's trustworthy in the lead.
By that I mean
you get him in trouble
so you're all jammed up and the bars round his feet; you've seen us now
with a tyre, a sleigh, the traces up the
inside of his legs and like that, the swingle tree banging him... If I bring him back now
and ask him to come back
um...
onto these bars here,
"Come back Rolo"
"Come back"
You can see that, you know, right up amongst
him, laying on the floor, you know, the traces,
I can't come back any more than that because of the head terret on this
wheeler horse here, you can see my rein,
the design of rein we're using which has a buckle there,
to stop them coming back, for training, any more than it does,
but you see him pushed right up,
and if I just move these wheelers forwards
push into them, look.
See, nothing from your horse whatsoever
See me pushing in there, look. So if you were tight in a spot
he isn't going to let you down.
You know, the horse is going to do as he's told, he's a good leader,
good wheeler,
by the time I'm finished with him he'll go anywhere in a team
and he'll answer your questions when you ask him. One thing I would say to you is
its not for me to do, he's going nice in a rubber bit, but before you put him back in a metal
bit just have a dentist look at his teeth.
"Come round Roly"
Come round and then bring him back when he's told, from being wrapped round sideways,
back in line.
Now you see him just do that and that's just done on the voice and a little touch on the rein.
And he's only got a bit of rubber in his mouth.
So the horse is proper. I've just brought them round here to show you
this horse, facing the wrong way, got a fold-back going on here.
The horse is calm, he's got one nibbling his *** there,
and when I ask him just to come back where he should be, "Come back there Roly"
"Back in line"
"Come round Romy"
"Come back in line, there's a good boy"
"Whoa"
"Stand still"
And that's what I want to see, nice and calm standing. Nice and quiet now...
"You good boy, Romy, good boy"
So we'll just show you what we can do with this...
what I want him to do is just relax and keep his head straight, and just be
relaxed.
Ok away you go.
"Stand still my Romy you good boy"
"You lovely baby" Please don't get me wrong, I'm not saying
look how clever I am, look what I can do with a horse,
but for a horse that's run away with a tyre behind him, jumped a fence, gone over
a bit of machinery,
to come back like that,
is quite an achievement for the horse. I'm not looking for any
"Oh aren't you clever" its nothing to do with that. I'm only interested
in the bloody horses that
when something's gone wrong
in getting that second chance.