Straight from the horse trainer's mouth

By Jones Equine

Sharing my thoughts and experiences from a life and career in horse training to help you gain insights for your horse and horsemanship.

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Straight from the horse trainer's mouthJan 15, 2024

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Horse Training and Riding basics

What are the foundational skills for riding and training that cross disciplines?

Here's the common threads that have helped me, my clients, students and horses over the past couple decades.

Kori and I discuss the major check points that are critical to our horse program.

Jan 29, 202401:10:41

You Wanna Be A Horse Trainer

My amazing assistant, Kori, is back on today's episode asking about my journey becoming a Horse trainer.

We talk about the highs and lows, things that you should be asking yourself and looking for if this is a path you want to go down.

Join us as we talk about what it takes and what its been like becoming a horse trainer!

Jan 22, 202458:01

Hands Down

There are a few phrases that I catch myself saying A LOT in all of my riding lessons...

This is one of them.

Listen to this episode for a break down and explanation for why this is so important.

Jan 15, 202416:47

When someone say's "That horse loves its job" and "That horse hates [fill in the blank]". How much of that is their genetics shining through OR the sum of their experiences while they did the thing they love or hate? I'm sharing how I stay aware and make a conscious effort to make sure that the horse's sum of his experiences under saddle while in training is positive. So that hopefully he will enjoy or at least be content, performing his "job".

Jan 11, 202412:47

Not just "Sweaty Saddle blankets"

"That horse just needs sweaty saddle blankets"

"He just needs miles with sweaty blankets"

Variations of this phrase I hear all the time. Ill be honest....it makes my skin crawl when I hear it.

If that horse is spending long lengths of time and effort practicing things that make him upset and things that aren't giving him more understanding or meaning, he's going to end up a worse horse after all those "sweaty saddle blankets".

I've had a fair amount of these horses come through training. It takes way longer to undo the miles of "bad sweaty blankets".

Here's what you should be looking for instead of just "sweaty saddle blankets".

Jan 11, 202416:51

The Golden Rule for Safety

In this episode Im sharing the montra I have lived by and has saved my booty from injury and trouble during my life and career working with and riding horses.

Jan 01, 202417:30

Cutting; the piece that most people don't get taught

Cutting and cow horse events are sooooooo exciting! They are fun to watch and fun to participate in. Lots of trainers and riders spend a ton of time perfecting those catty makes; reading the cow, stopping, and turning. But there's one piece that can literally make or break your run that I haven't heard anyone talk about.... Working the herd to make that perfect cut. Listen in to hear my secrets to making that perfect cut!

Jul 11, 202320:12

Sunny the horse that changed everything

There are two types of horses in the world....

Sunny and all the other horses 🤣🤣🤣

But for real, there are some horse's that don't respond well to the traditional "Just let the horse figure it out for themselves".

Sunny is one of them.

Listen to how her current owner has learned to get along with her and progress her training in this interview podcast!

Jun 17, 202341:59

Pressure and Release isn't all you need, there's more to it!

Pressure and release,

Make the hard thing hard and the right thing easy,

Reward the try,

Some the the great horse training one liners that apply to the basic principle of horse training, apply pressure then release it when you get what you want. But is it REALLY that simple??

I explain why it is not in this episode and the 2 major things you can be missing in the application of this principle.

Jun 11, 202323:51

How to stay safe on the 1st ride for a colt

Is my colt ready to ride?

How do I know if he's going to blow?

What "buttons" does he need to put the first ride on safely?

If these are questions you have asked yourself about starting colts or putting a first ride on a horse, this episode is for you. I answer all these questions and more as I recap the 1st ride we put on a new colt that came into training. Follow the 30 day journey with this colt!