7 Clinics | Buck Brannaman
The 7 CLINICS with Buck Brannaman project features over 10 hours of incredible, never-before-seen footage from the making of the award-winning feature film documentary BUCK — the story of one man's quest to help horses with "people problems" lauded by critics and audiences alike. 7 CLINICS allows riders, trainers, and horse lovers everywhere to travel with Buck from coast to coast while learning his techniques and absorbing countless words of wisdom along the way.
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Backing Half Circles
Buck has his group of riders practice backing half circles. The goal is to do it with a soft feel.
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Backing Using Legs
Buck shows his group of riders how to back their horses with only their legs.
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Intro | Getting To The Feet
Buck talks about the importance of being able to control the life down through a horse’s feet.
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Working From The Fence
Buck teaches you how to use a fence in order to get your horse comfortable with having you above him. This is a great exercise to make mounting your horse super easy.
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Approaching The Fence
The objective here is to get the lead rope to operate the feet.
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Mounting From The Fence
In this video, you will learn how to safely mount your horse from a fence.
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Offer A Feel
Buck uses a rider's horse to explain how to get a horse to respond to a light touch. The less you do, the more you get with only a feel.
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Building Confidence
Buck talks about the process of starting to build confidence into your horse.
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Using Reins To Reach The Feet
In this video, Buck shows you how to use your reins to sink up with your horse's feet. It's communication on a whole new level.
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Better Turns
In this video, buck explains that in order to get a more efficient turn, you need to give your horse enough time to really extend his reaching foot.
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Operating Off A Feel
Buck demonstrates what it looks like to work a horse off of a feel.
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Through The Gate
Buck explains how to send your horse through a gate without any issues. This is especially a great exercise if you have other horses around that might try to escape through the gate as well.
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Mechanical vs Feel
Buck talks about how a majority of people first learn things in a mechanical sense when working with a horse. Then they slowly start to learn that horsemanship is all about the feel.
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Power and Lightness
Betty Staley, a dressage rider, talks about power and lightness with horses. These are two of the most difficult things to achieve together.
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Turning On The Haunches Demo
Buck demonstrates how to turn a horse on his haunches.
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Hind and Front
In this video, Buck will show you how to work your horse's front legs and back legs.
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Turning On Haunches Detailed
Buck breaks down the steps that it takes to get your horse to successfully turn on his haunches.
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ABC Approach
Betty Staley, a dressage rider, talks about the “Alphabet Approach”, which is basically a training method where the rider spends time breaking down exercises and teaching their horse what to do step by step.
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Hind And Front Exercise
With this exercise, you’ll learn how to transfer the action from the hind feet to the front feet. It should look like a dance with your horse. This exercise will help strengthen your horse's hind and front quarters.
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Outside Turns
Buck teaches a group of riders how to do outside turns. He tells them how to set their horses up to begin and how to finish it successfully.
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Flagging & Backing Exercise
These exercises are great for getting the horse and rider centered. When practiced consistently, it will keep a horse from refusing to jump and from driving the riders head into jumps.
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Coaching A Jumper
Buck works with Ali to help her improve the softness in her horse.
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Testimonial
Tina and Ali talk about how Buck has helped them with their horsemanship.