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I hope this goes viral, you deserve it

Beautiful

The difference in your whole position when you got in the habit of elbows in is really cool. I love seeing your improvement

Love this video

Caption from the Facebook version: I've been riding horses all my life, and training them for 6 years. 3.5 years ago I really started getting serious about building my skills as a rider and ultimately horsewoman. When I was younger, I had gone through probably hundreds of books, videos, and articles on training and horsemanship, and I was stuck in the more horse side of horsemanship, neglecting parts of the human side. 4 years ago I thought I was a good rider. I will say I was somewhat decent, but I didn't know how much better I could be. I mean I raced my siblings while riding bareback, won every time, and never fell off, what more to riding is there than staying on and riding fast? I thought I rode hard and did cool things. 3.5 years ago I took on my first mustang, Chester, resulting in the start of my TH-cam journey. With a TH-cam channel, I obviously had to film myself. The first video of my riding that I have on my phone is that first clip in this video. Watching back on that video pointed out all the flaws in my riding. I was unbalanced causing Koda to be unbalanced, my hands were all over the place, and it overall was not cohesive. Other videos, like the spin pointed out how forward I was and how much of a leaning issue I have. I actually did fly off that mare because of my imbalance. 3.5 years ago I decided I was going to get better and learn as much as I could about the act of riding. I didn't have a riding coach to teach me how to improve, so I took it upon myself to watch so so many videos of correct riding and rider position and coach myself. The western world surprisingly has a lack of quality educational videos on rider position, so I mainly focused on dressage videos because what I was wanting to achieve is a pillar of the discipline. Conveniently, I also gained access to English tack around the same time, so I self-learned the fundamentals of English riding and classical dressage at the same time as relearning how to ride. It was so hard but it was so good for my development as an equestrian. The realization of my inadequacy as a rider fueled a huge positive change in my horsemanship, my confidence, and my life in general. I'm still learning to be a better rider and horsewoman, but that's a never ending pursuit of improvement. Today, I encourage you to find one little thing in your life that you can improve even slightly. You may find that it makes all the difference. 🌻 It's also fun to see how I progressed in my colt starting. The one spinning and the gray are the only horses in this video I didn't start. 🙂 #horsemanship #horseriding #progress #riderposition #education #SelfCoaching #horse #equestrian #improvement #motivation #mustang #video #reel #selfimprovement #riding #horseriding #dressage #western #horsebackriding #strivingforexcellence #selfawareness

Hopped on the trend 🤷‍♀️

I love that baby blue joined up with you and Molly to go to work

Cool 🙃

I love this type of vid, can you post more of these please? Also keep posting the rest of your stuff because I love it

Great video!!!

Have you started your content schedule yet? Saw your rough draft on your ig story. I think it was a great system. 🙂

Ahhh 😌 horses are so cool

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You're the best trainer ❤

I lobe hickory ❤

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Looks like hot chocolate weather ❄️

You're the best. This week would have been miserable without you.

Very nice nothing like the first snowfall of the year,👍👍👍

Hahahah this is great

Lucky it is 84 here😢

Great video

Still love this vid sm

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Beautiful last hoorah ride. You 100% did right by her the entire time you had her. I know you still think about her a lot. Hugs.

Such a sweet horse 💔❤️‍🩹

I miss watching the snow. Don't miss driving in it, or the cold though.

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Me too

Good work 👍

Good video very good views and things from your trail and very good musical with your video👍

Since I couldn’t fit it into the description- Fun Fact of the Day: Did you know: - “During the spring and summer months when the sun is shining brightly, chlorophyll is in high demand, so trees crank it out in large quantities. This overpowers other pigments in the leaves and makes them appear bright green.” - “The beautiful yellows, oranges, and rusty browns that we associate with autumn are present in leaves year-round-they’re just outnumbered. The yellows come from xanthophyll, a helper pigment that assists the chlorophyll with photosynthesis. The oranges come from beta-carotene (the same one of pumpkin and carrot fame), and the brown shades come from tannins that protect the leaf tissue.” - “In addition to the yellows and oranges, it’s common to see leaves with tints of red and purple in the fall. Unlike the other colors, however, which serve more active roles, these shades are typically the result of sugars and sap that’s trapped in the leaves. This process produces anthocyanins, which give the leaves their red and purple tints.” Source: The Colors of Fall: 6 Fun Facts for
Your Autumn Hikes by Rachel Cavanaugh. www.columbia.com/6-fun-fall-foliage-facts.html

I don’t think Chester knew “being chased by escapee mini cows spawning out of the brush” was apart of his job description. I didn’t film it because I was slightly prepared to die but Chester handled it perfectly. He definitely likes these little cows much better than the full sized ones.

Good video you did a good job I've had to do the same myself many times on my own can your horse did a great job too you all have a great day now

Omgggggg sooooooo freakkkking cuteeeee

Good video and nice addition of animals to your ranch

I know another comment said you had some attitude, but also from watching many many of your videos, I also know you kinda have RBF sometimes. I don’t see the attitude, I see more of right before you asking Nugget for space, things got where they could’ve gotten hairy with you and Buck in the trailer, as Buck had turned around without you, potentially lining you up for a kick or getting drug. That also could have lined Buck up for a bad experience. You handled that situation amazingly, saw where Nugget’s energy was too much for everything going on. Everytime Nugget got closer, Buck’s ears got more tense. Ear tension is so much more obvious in mules than horses. When you asked Nugget to leave, his butt was towards you and Buck putting the both of you in a compromised spot, especially for a cow-kick, so asking Nugget to leave was a safety measure in that situation too. He was messing with the camera which is what most are going to see, and obviously you don’t want him breaking stuff, but I saw you seeming more concerned about the massive rear end right there by where Buck needed to go lol. You were very polite in asking Nugget to find something else to do, and then I observed you decompressing from handling those situations in the form of RBF.

Great video!!! I love seeing the realness and that things don’t always look the same, and sometimes things go better than expected. Also love how the herd is comfortable with you enough to be cheeky. I know a lot of horses that panic at the sight of the trailer. Those horses all seem to be drawn to you and the trailer enough that you have to set boundaries. That’s a huge accomplishment in my opinion. I also love your boss mare energy. A herd of horses will always trust their boss mare. The boss mare has to be discerning, some horses know better and require stronger boundaries, others need more grace as seen in contrast of the mule colts vs the big horses. The mules got some leeway in them crowding and such, where as the horses you were firm but kind. Great job young lady.

I love the way a few of the herd casually walks around while you train the mules 🫏to load & off load. It shows their trust in you & Nugget was ready for whatever🐎. He’s smart enough to know you had the camera posted. 😅

I'm sorry, you are such a good trainer, I spotted one thing, I trained for 18 years, started at five lol, when you corrected nugget you got frustrated, I saw it in your face, demeanor and the impatience, in that case just stop...listen (birds, puppies, baby laughs) or think about things that make you happy, pet him so he knows he's still a good boy and what he did didn't cause the anger, you're mood travels down that lead rope!

Good video I agree with you I've never had a horse or a mule get in as well as this one did with you have a great day now

Beautiful horse!

Good video also good music two with it👍

AHH SO PRETTY❤

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