The Whip in Racing

2010-04-30T01:14:47-07:00

Excerpt from Chapter 6 of Monty’s textbook, From My Hands to Yours To obtain your own copy of Monty’s textbook, please CLICK HERE. To do a dissertation on the whip in racing, I feel the first thing a horseman should say is, “It does not matter whether it’s racing or any other discipline, the whip [...]

The Whip in Racing2010-04-30T01:14:47-07:00

Blushing ET and the Hallway System

2010-04-30T01:10:32-07:00

Excerpt from Chapter 9 of Monty’s textbook, From My Hands to Yours To obtain your own copy of Monty’s textbook, please CLICK HERE. Blushing ET was brought to Flag Is Up Farms in November of 1997. He was a beautiful, athletic, chestnut Thoroughbred who had been banned from the track due to a violent phobia [...]

Blushing ET and the Hallway System2010-04-30T01:10:32-07:00

The Monty Roberts Blanket

2010-04-30T01:06:20-07:00

Excerpt from Chapter 9 of Monty’s textbook, From My Hands to Yours To obtain your own copy of Monty’s textbook, please CLICK HERE. In 1992, I designed a piece of equipment to help the horse by protecting his vulnerable areas. It is a double-carpeted blanket that fits behind the saddle and drapes over the hips [...]

The Monty Roberts Blanket2010-04-30T01:06:20-07:00

Dealing with Remedial Horses

2010-04-30T00:01:50-07:00

Excerpt from Chapter 9 of Monty’s textbook, From My Hands to Yours To obtain your own copy of Monty’s textbook, please CLICK HERE. Traditionally, in the extrinsic method of training, a horse is put into a starting gate with a few others he is going to compete against. Next, a button is pushed which causes [...]

Dealing with Remedial Horses2010-04-30T00:01:50-07:00

Starting Gates (or Starting Stalls)

2010-04-29T23:53:34-07:00

Excerpt from Chapter 9 of Monty’s textbook, From My Hands to Yours. To obtain your own copy of Monty’s textbook, please CLICK HERE. Even if you have no connection with racing, you can still benefit greatly from this section on the behavior of horses when we ask them to habituate to the starting gates, because [...]

Starting Gates (or Starting Stalls)2010-04-29T23:53:34-07:00

When to Begin Training the Young Horse

2010-04-29T04:14:26-07:00

The decision as to when to begin training with the young horse, including that aspect of training that would involve riding is, in fact, relatively subjective. Until science becomes a good deal more advanced in this area there are only a few benchmarks available to us which are based on objective, proven science. One aspect [...]

When to Begin Training the Young Horse2010-04-29T04:14:26-07:00
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