Case Study – Ten Steps to Train/ Retrain Benny, The Retired Racehorse
About Jonna
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First Chat – 042 – Jonathan McLean
Second Chat – 144 – Jonathan McLean 2 – “Ten Tips for Initial Foal Handling”
Third Chat – 172 – Jonathan McLean 3 – “Ten Steps for Further Foal Handling”
Listeners’ Choice- 211 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (042)
Fourth Chat – 292 – Jonathan McLean 4 – “Ten Tips on The Weaning Transition, Safe, Horse Friendly Ways to Interact with Young Horses”
Fifth Chat – 318 – Jonna McLean 5 – “Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling”
Sixth Chat – 348 – Jonna McLean 6 – “Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
Seventh Chat – 378 – Jonna McLean 7 – “Ten Points to Remember When Training Your Horse”
Listeners’ Choice- 394 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (172)
Eighth Chat – 543 – Jonna McLean 8 – “Ten Essential When Breaking In/ Starting Young Horses“
Ninth Chat – 556 – Jonna McLean 9 – “Ten Tips on Proofing the Riding Aids (From the Round Yard to Open Spaces in Walk, Trot and Canter)“
Tenth Chat – 568 – Jonna McLean 10 – “Ten Things to Remember About Proofing the Aids”
Eleventh Chat – 580 – Jonna McLean 11 – “Ten Potential Problems When Riding a Young Horse Outside for the First Time”
Twelfth Chat – 592- Jonna McLean 12 – “Ten Questions To Ask About A Potential Horse Purchase”
Thirteenth Chat – 606 – Jonna McLean 13 – “Ten Questions to Ask About Training Direction”
Fourteenth Chat – 619 – Jonna McLean 14 – Case study 01 “Frankie”
About This Episode
– Case Study – Ten Steps to Train/ Retrain Benny, The Retired Racehorse
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Case Study – Ten Steps to Train/ Retrain Benny, The Retired Racehorse
1/ Because Benny has had many racing starts he’s probably likely to show us some traits that we probably don’t require for a general riding horse
2/ He’s not particularly fond of standing still and we have to keep in mind that he probably has never been on a horse float only on a horse truck
3/We begin by establishing all ground work skills required for safe handling, i.e. stop go turn reverse, yield shoulders & hindquarters
4/ Once we have really good predictable light control on the ground we can begin to mimic the location and the manner in which we apply all our riding equipment, i.e. bridle, saddle cloth ,saddle ,rugs etc
5/ Benny knows how to lunge ,so we may do some light lunging and make sure we can do effective transitions up and down in the pace, and between paces.
6/ By this time Benny has become really quiet and is almost inviting us to get on him. When we do mount him his first reaction will be most likely to move off because he’s never been mounted from standstill. So this means that we should ensure that our brakes and our go button are as trained as thoroughly as possible on the ground. So when we get on Benny we should expect that he will want to keep walking or even break into a truck because this is the context in which he has been trained. So in a safe area then I would just practice maybe doing very small Yet effective, transitions from walk or trot (which ever he offers me)
7/ Benny’s brakes aren’t very good so once I’m able to re-mouth him, then I will probably expose a deficiency in the opposite department! I.e. go
8/Once you stop and his go are coming of predictable prices and they are self-sustaining (i.e. self carriage) then I’m ready to start to use my range for other things such as direct turns and indirect terms. I won’t be doing this until my stop and park and rein back, are established in a given location
9/Once the above are predictable and established in a location, we are ready to start to explore his ability to ride outside, maybe with company, and start to find out what his reactions are to the open world.
10/ Some of the hardest questions Benny will be asked, will be horse float training single tire point training, riding out in a group, and then going faster in Canter, without defaulting into racehorse mode
Time Stamp
02:16 – 1/ Because Benny has had many racing starts he’s probably likely to show us some traits that we probably don’t require for a general riding horse
05:29 – 2/ He’s not particularly fond of standing still and we have to keep in mind that he probably has never been on a horse float only on a horse truck
07:46 – 3/We begin by establishing all ground work skills required for safe handling, i.e. stop go turn reverse, yield shoulders & hindquarters
14:25 – 4/ Once we have really good predictable light control on the ground we can begin to mimic the location and the manner in which we apply all our riding equipment, i.e. bridle, saddle cloth ,saddle ,rugs etc
16:53 – 5/ Benny knows how to lunge ,so we may do some light lunging and make sure we can do effective transitions up and down in the pace, and between paces.
20:40 – 6/ By this time Benny has become really quiet and is almost inviting us to get on him.
23:27 – 7/ Benny’s brakes aren’t very good so once I’m able to re-mouth him, then I will probably expose a deficiency in the opposite department! I.e. go
26:26 – 8/Once you stop and his go are coming of predictable prices and they are self-sustaining (i.e. self carriage) then I’m ready to start to use my range for other things such as direct turns and indirect terms.
30:33 – 9/Once the above are predictable and established in a location, we are ready to start to explore his ability to ride outside, maybe with company, and start to find out what his reactions are to the open world.
32:00 – 10/ Some of the hardest questions Benny will be asked, will be horse float training single tire point training, riding out in a group, and then going faster in Canter, without defaulting into racehorse mode
34:22 – It may take longer than you think to get your horse where it needs to be
36:16 – Ex-race horses are familiar with farriers, vets, etc
37:30 – Are ex-racehorses able to be retrained
39:06 – Getting a horse that is suitable
40:46 – What can you do when you first get the horse home
43:04 – Contact details see below
Jonna’s Contact Details
Phone: 0417 116 471 or +61 417 116 471
Email: jonamclean@gmail.com
Website: traintowin.com.au
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