Skip to the end to see the gallop! Update: I've gotten a few questions on this: no, we don't do Parelli. I've done endurance and a little dressage and recently got interested in reining, and started trying Monty bareback/ bridleless to see how my balance and cues were related to reining. I haven't given him much formal training, so this was just for fun. Too much of this wouldn't be a good idea for either of us, and I don't suggest others try riding this way unless you're very comfortable with your horse and with basic training concepts. That said, it's a blast and a great way to test aids/communication. One thing to note: the lead changes are NOT good examples. He dives into them, dropping his shoulder and switching front first, where he should do the opposite. However, this was the first time we had tried them BB/BL, and about the 3rd time we had tried them in general, so we were just messing around. He'd need a lot more training and balance work to do them properly. -- This is in an open field with no neck rope. The horse is an Appendix QH, so he's got some speed. We're just starting work on lead changes, you can see he's often late to switch behind. This is our first time galloping bareback/ bridleless. All clips in this video come from the same day, during a 45-min ride.
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