Choose Where You Work And Rest | 2
The Principles Of Training
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20m
Taking a deeper dive into the Choose Where You Work and Choose Where You Rest principle, Warwick addresses spooking and how it could be related to where your horse is attracted to versus repelled from. You will also see an example of a first ride in a big arena and why all of the reasons people say that horses on their first rides are “unbalanced” are not true.
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