How to Ride Dangerous Horses!

I joined Trinity! I didn’t want to miss anything. Love your channel.

Gotta love it when they’re fresh, the temperature drops, and the winds blowing. Perfect storm.

The best explanation I've heard for why horses are that way with wind is that it removes a vital early-detection system, the rustle that tells them of the presence and direction of a possible predator. With everything rustling, they are on high visual alert and ready to fly. And visually, too, things all around are waving & moving. When a horse accepts and believes he's in the presence of a competent leader who's got the safety of the herd covered, he can let go of the thoughts of self-preservation.

Trinity, there's nothing wrong with what you did. I know this because I've been training horses for 25+ years. The message that you sent caliber, is the same message that he would receive in the herd! I've been tossed off of a horse countless times. I've been kicked in the chest, been dragged until I was unconscious! As you pointed out, the correction must be immediate. When the horse hasn't been worked in a while, you have to get the horse's brain thinking that it's work time. I like the D ring snaffle bit that you use. Those are my favorite bits. Thanks for sharing.

I appreciate you left the scene in when you were brushing and dealing with the attempted kick. Folks need to see more of this and how it can be dealt with. I look at it like an acorn. The biggest oak tree in the world started as an acorn. Little problems with horses grow...always best to deal with when they are small. Great work!

Oh Brother, you've got some guts to open yourself to criticism and haters with this one. First time I kicked my mare after she tried kicking me, she looked at me with and expression that said "Hey, I didn't know YOU could kick."

Had the same issue with my horse when I worked at a stable. He would pretend he had something in his hoof and limp. I would get off and go to pick his hoof and he would kick and try to bolt. This is what the old timer at the stable taught me to do. He didn’t do it again once I responded.

In the UK we use the metal curry comb to clean brushes , if it was used to groom a horse I can imagine that it would be very sharp & cause discomfort resulting in a horse being fidgety & probably kick. We use plastic & rubber curry combs or more often we use brushes they are kinder & we groom the horse without rushing. It is a part of bonding with a horse & if it is done in a correct manner there is no reason why a horse would want to kick or bite. When we take time to bond with the horse he will want to please you & will relax in your company & while being ridden, it's a great feeling! It is a great feeling riding a horse in a relaxed manner & that way the horse will go forward into a really flowing gallop, wonderful! I do believe in being firm but fair but more than anything I never rush, that is when problems can start.

Thanks Trinity for the laughs, the history and the information in your videos. Getting on a horse feeling fresh from the cold and wind is something I evaluate and reconsider more thoroughly once I turned 50. Now the ground feels farther down and harder LOL. Also, thanks for showing the real side of cowboying (the sticker in the long johns dilemma).

you kept going back to curry over his spine... I would never. Even with the rubber curry you be gentle on bony areas. There's no reason to make them hate being groomed.

When you brush a horse like it's a burned pot and it is quenching and pulling away ...you might be hurting it..

You’re absolutely right. Establish dominance or you’ll regret it later.

Good job from you breaking him back to what vacation Calibar was on. All horses need a job. I am glad you didn't get Jumping Cholla Cactus on you. Good to see you and Calibar back in riding again. Take care and stay Safe.

Maybe ease up on the curry comb a little? I realize it doesn’t hurt him but u can see he’s already wound up so why hammer on him with a metal curry comb? Just sayin.

I liked your Video. May I make two suggestions? (Horsewoman of more than 43 years - 🤫🫣) 1. When you put a horse on a longe-line, focus on its hindlegs, not on its shoulder like you did here. It will help keeping it in a forward movement, rather than turning. Here you focused on its shoulder and therefore telling him to stop - which is just what he did time and again. Because moving toward its shoulder kind of intercept its forward movement - at least in his language.😊 2. Horses do feel a fly sitting somewhere on their body - you can see that, when they are trying to shake it off. Same way they can feel us breathing. If you are beside a nervous horse or sitting on one, try to control you breathing. If you are breathing short and quick you are telling the horse, something is off. Take deep, very calm breaths and try to willingly relax your muscles. It will most likely calm the horse down, because it will feel that you are calm and relaxed. They are hyper-sensitive to what we do! Would like to see you trying it in one of your next videos...😉🙃🙂 maybe!

Love you, love this, I laughed and shared with my kiddos. I am a surviving mom of santa ana calif winds bronc ride and fly. Broken neck at 40. I listened to the lady trainer instead of my Gut that said get off. I kept asking her did you work this horse she said oh yeah of course the wind doesnt bother Special omgsh they named her special! I have ridden my whole life, 1 day I let a lady give me a jumper lesson on a bothered mare she just wanted the money and ruined my life. Im so grateful for good real people like you. God Bless.

I wasn’t gonna leave a comment, but then I circled back to leave a comment. Life is all about lessons and we try to learn lessons the first time instead of repeating them. And this video is kind of the old cowboy way. It’s not learning to be better of a cowboy. I might be wrong, but it seems like everything was RUSHED, and I’m sure that the horse could sense that too. It’s not in a horses nature to be dangerous, it is the human that can make it more dangerous . Taking one’s time with how to approach a horse that hasn’t been written in a while, can certainly change the outcome. I always, always to ground work BEFORE rushing to ride….so to say! Humans forget the importance of groundwork, groundwork is the main factor in good TO GREAT horsemanship. And it is ONLY the human, not the horse to make this good decision.

I totally agree with being the alpha but I also am seeing signs he could have ulcers. Being cinchy and cow kicking and the curry comb running over his side he’s very sensitive and smart!

Good video sir and what Mr Trinity is saying is very true and I hope folks will listen to what he has explained and done have a good day sir

Very nice warm up. One thing you might try that I learned from Pat Puckett on Youtube is to walk small circles until they cross over with their hind feet.