Jason Webb backs the three year old Lucky: Part 1

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Australian natural horseman Jason Webb uses astute observations of horse behaviour to back the three year old Lucky. Bred for eventing, "Lucky has something about him" says Jason, who prepares to ride him for the third time. In the safety of the round pen, Jason familiarises Lucky with the saddle cloth and uses ground work training techniques to ensure he can move Lucky around, and that he can stand still in an open space on a precise spot! Once the saddle is on and lightly girthed, Jason lets Lucky get used to the feeling which he does with an athletic display! In part two, Lucky is long-lined and Jason leads him off another pony before mounting up.

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bracey 24 May 2011 I've really enjoyed watching your videos. I have a youngster who's petrified of getting too for away from me when worked on a circle. He looks at the line to his head and panics, turns and goes. The idea of letting him loose in an enclosed area with a rope attached sounds like a good idea, he has to get used to lines around him.
Jason Webb 5 Dec 2010 Hi Vicki, I can't say that that has ever happened to me. It is rare to get naturally aggressive horses, they are more likely to flee that fight. If they do show those tendencies to come at you, it is usually because they feel that there is no other option. If you handle a lot of horses and watch their behaviour, you can learn to difuse potentially dangerous situations before they happen by taking away or changing the point of pressure at the right time.
VickiB 4 Dec 2010 This was really interesting. When you are doing this in a round pen, do horses ever run directly at you - come at you as if to attack you? (and if so , what do you do?)
Jason Webb 20 Nov 2010 Hi Ravel! I could have done but I don't think it would have changed his behaviour or the outcome too much. By keeping him on a slightly shorter rope, it made it a little more awkward for him. Generally speaking, I either let them travel around without a rope or like you see here. I don't use a longer rope than this because you tend to lose some control and therefore, you might as well just let them travel on without one and just use your body language to control the direction and stop. Lucky here would have had a chance to travel around without a rope on previous days. Hopefully the next couple of clips of the film will show the progression of this training session well...
ravel 20 Nov 2010 I like what you do Jason but can you tell me if it would not have been better to use a longer rope or none at all because the horse seemed really close to you?

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