The First 60 Days
3 Seasons
Follow a variety of horses through their initial rides. This series is completely raw and unedited; we don’t remove the bumps. Colt starting, even on the smoothest days, never goes as planned. Dusty Whitford shows you how to overcome each training obstacle to put on the most important rides in a horse’s career. The first ride is the most important, followed by the second. He has been a professional colt starter for 30 years and has developed a system for starting colts that eliminates human answers and relies on answers that come from the way horses think. 11 years ago he began working for Hall of Fame trainers and began his career as a cutting and cow horse specialist. He has since seen finalists from his program in many major futurities. “Forward motion is the answer to 99% of Colt starting problems” -Dusty
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20:07Episode 1
Scarlett Episode 1
Episode 1
Dusty begins ground work with Scarlett.
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16:09Episode 2
Scarlett Episode 2
Episode 2
Dusty saddles Scarlett
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29:04Episode 3
Scarlett Episode 3
Episode 3
Dusty puts the first ride on Scarlett and also works through her being scared and reactive.
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24:45Episode 4
Scarlett Episode 4
Episode 4
Ride number with Scarlett. Dust works through some buddy sourness and tries to get her to think through the ride.
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11:41Episode 5
Scarlett Episode 5
Episode 5
Dusty rides Scarlett in the round pen and begins to use less ground person help.
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12:58Episode 6
Scarlett Episode 6
Episode 6
Dusty takes Scarlett to the big pen for the first time and works on helping her overcome fears and process new things that she encounters in the arena.
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11:26Episode 7
Scarlett Episode 7
Episode 7
Ground driving Scarlett
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20:56Episode 8
Scarlett Episode 8
Episode 8
Dusty rides Scarlett in the big outdoor pen and goes through various aspects of riding a colt. He also opens a gate and brings a cow in the arena.
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11:14Episode 9
Macie Episode 1
Episode 9
Dusty works with Macie for the first time in the round pen and gets her thinking about putting her attention on him
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16:59Episode 10
Macie Episode 2
Episode 10
Dusty saddles Macie for the second time and puts a back cinch on. He also works on getting her to think through stressors.
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12:55Episode 11
Macie Episode 3
Episode 11
Dusty puts the first ride on Macie using a ground person
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11:56Episode 12
Macie Episode 4
Episode 12
Dusty uses a ground person to put another ride on Macie
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11:15Episode 13
Macie Episode 5
Episode 13
The final ride in the round pen
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09:35Episode 14
Macie Episode 6
Episode 14
Dusty rides Macie outside of the small round pen without ground help.
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19:18Episode 15
Macie Episode 7
Episode 15
Dusty rides Macie in the large outdoor pen and introduces a German martingale and gets her ready to track a cow for the first time.
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11:58Episode 16
Lexi Episode 1
Episode 16
Dusty starts working with a new filly that has been unhandled and is afraid of people. He works with her in her pen and shows how he works on her thought process.
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29:32Episode 17
Lexi Episode 2
Episode 17
Dusty works on ground work with Lexi and gets a pad with a cinch on her.
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27:22Episode 18
Lexi Episode 3
Episode 18
Dusty helps Garrett Oland put the first ride on Lexi.
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38:42Episode 19
Lexi Episode 4
Episode 19
Ground driving Lexi before ride 2
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30:24Episode 20
Lexi Episode 5
Episode 20
Lexi ride 6 in the round pen
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12:21Episode 21
Eloise Episode 1
Episode 21
Dusty introduces a new horse that came from the NCHA Futurity Western Bloodstock sale. He spends day one hooking her up to him.
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22:50Episode 22
Eloise Episode 2
Episode 22
Dusty walks through the first saddling for Queen L. He emphasizes the points to make it a positive and relaxed situation.
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27:21Episode 23
Eloise Episode 3
Episode 23
Dusty goes through the final preparation stages to see if Queen L is ready for ride number one.
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12:07Episode 24
Eloise Episode 4
Episode 24
Dusty puts the first ride on Queen L