Reining Fundamentals
3 Seasons
Watch Jim Greendyk take you through every aspect of training a young reining horse. The same exercises used on high caliber futurity reining horses are needed in the ranch versatility, cow horse or the trail. Most often what separates the successful from the unsuccessful is horsemanship. And this series takes you through all aspects of developing the willing handle every horse needs.
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14:52Episode 1
Episode 1: Introducing Jaeger
Episode 1
Jim introduces a green horse that is a little behind compared to others of the same age. Jaeger is a stud that has a good mind and seems to be able to take the pressure of learning to get ready to show this year. He works on circles and basic brokenness in this session.
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15:42Episode 2
Episode 2: Stopping a Young Horse
Episode 2
Jim brings Jaeger out and works on shoulder control and stopping confidently. He has worked him in a correction recently but mentions that the horse is feely about his face so he hasn't been riding him in it as often as Vincent. Jaeger is also being a little pushy and leaning his shoulders on the...
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12:41Episode 3
Episode 3: Tuning a Show Horse
Episode 3
Jim works on tuning an older show horse and keeps him honest about following his hands and moving his body parts.
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Episode 4: Ground Driving a Two Year Old
Episode 4
Jim works a two year old and ground drives him for the first time. He goes over setting up the ground driving reins and then how he works the colt.
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Episode 5: Building the "Woah" on a New Colt
Episode 5
Jim works a new young horse that has been with him for a week and he focuses on evaluating where he is in training and developing a stop on a young horse
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Episode 6: Lunging to Prepare for the First Ride
Episode 6
Jim shows how he prepares to get on a colt with lunging.
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Episode 7: Groundwork Prep for First Ride
Episode 7
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Episode 8: Turning Around on a Young Horse
Episode 8
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Episode 9: Going through Maneuvers on Young Horse
Episode 9
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Episode 10: Working through Maneuvers with a Young Horse
Episode 10
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Episode 11: Reining Maneuvers with a Young Horse
Episode 11
Jim works Rook through guiding, loping and backing.
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13:35Episode 12
Episode 12: Lunging a Pushy Horse
Episode 12
Jim uses lunging to get a strong and pushy barrel horse to confidently respect his space and get softer.
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12:12Episode 13
Episode 13: Lunging a Pushy Horse Part 2
Episode 13
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21:34Episode 14
Episode 14: Introducing a New Colt
Episode 14
Jim starts with lunging a new colt and evaluating what problems may arise later on down the road.
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20:19Episode 15
Episode 15: Ground Work with a Young Horse
Episode 15
Jim works on handling and beginning the saddling process.
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Episode 16: Using Cones to Teach the Lead Change
Episode 16
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15:09Episode 17
Episode 17: Colt Starting with Marmalade
Episode 17
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Episode 18: Working with a Colt and Picking up the Feet
Episode 18
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07:52Episode 19
Episode 19: Saddling a Colt Part 1
Episode 19
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12:02Episode 20
Episode 20: Saddling a Colt Part 2
Episode 20
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13:29Episode 21
Episode 21: Saddling a Colt Part 3
Episode 21
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05:29Episode 22
Episode 22: Saddling a Colt Part 4
Episode 22
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Episode 23: Gaining Confidence Riding Marmalade
Episode 23
Jim keeps Marmalade on the lunge line while Emily rides Marmalade to keep both rider and horse comfortable and confident with the ride.
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12:04Episode 24
Episode 24: Riding Marmalade
Episode 24