Amazing video, I've never seen riding like this.

Interesting perceptions there amymay, I hadn't thought that far into it.
I have to agree with you, alot of horses are made "difficult" due to their situations - one i used to work with when I was a groom was a nightmare, couldn't be handled without a chifney and full protection gear and even then you took your life into your hands - I never understood why until I saw what it was being fed and how little it was being ridden.....this horse was on huge grub tubs full to the brim with high energy feed - uhhh duh! lol
 
By the way, "halfpassgirl" is all over the internet promoting herself - if unconciously - as a professional trainer. Quite a good photographer, too. She seems a really sweet, smart and pretty humble kid and is by all accounts a talented young rider (the bay horse is 2nd level - not sure of the equivalent here but doing walk-canter, 10m circles, and lateral work). It's great that she's so keen but this is a bit of a lesson that if you're going to put yourself out there you have to expect that people will provide their opinions, asked or not. Roll on modern media!

Interestingly, the bay horse used to be an approved stallion although he's cut now. And she's promoting him for sale as "amiable" and "willing". I'm not sure I'd have some of that video still rolling around out there if I was trying to sell the horse.
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She's from Texas, which accounts for the arena. That's a pretty common set up in the US south of about Virginia and on the warmer west coast. They are lovely to ride in.
 
Interesting video and she obviously has guts, or a death wish?!!! It would be interesting to know how long it takes to change the horse from the first time we see it, into the sweet thing we see next.
I would like to point out that not all "difficult" horses have had a nasty past and been ruined by a previous person. Some of you are aware of my horse's issues and i have owned her from a foal and she has always been a bad egg!! She has had the best of everything and has still done some things which make that lot look like seaside donkeys!!!
 
TZ sorry if you felt I was being condescending, but yes, we have had horses in much much worse than that and fixed them.
I have a horrid niggling feeling that a lot of the bucking was caused by her losing her position and poking with the spurs, which is why I am a little sceptical.
I agree with BMat that some horses you can't do softly sotfty on, but there are few that benefit from an outright battle either.
The trick is to con them into doing what you want with a little force too.
If someone puts a vid up on the internet they are open to critiscism, so why the nastiness back? All I said was I felt there were better methods other than making them work in that forced shape..To get them going forward should be the first and ultimate aim, without that it's a waste of time.
I would far rather see them going forwards on a loose rein if necessary to start with than her riding hard into her hands..
 
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Not impressed, she sits horribly-very heavy and her legs move about 2 feet every time the horse takes a stride- not good with spurs on!!

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i agree with you and her hands were awful!!! well done for staying on with the rear but it must have ripped his mouth to shreads!!!

can i be smug and say ive sat to worse bucks than that!!!
ive never fallen off to a buck its always the spooks!!! and i try to avoid riding rearers!!!!!
 
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