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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21:57Episode 1
Eloise Episode 5
Episode 1
Dusty puts ride three on Queen L and uses a ground person in the arena as well.
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10:54Episode 2
Eloise Episode 6
Episode 2
Dusty continues to ride Eloise in the round pen with a ground person. He also begins to teach her to back up.
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10:53Episode 3
Eloise Episode 7
Episode 3
Dusty rides Eloise in the big arena
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12:21Episode 4
Eloise Episode 8
Episode 4
Dusty and Eloise are in the big pen again and have to work through distractions
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15:53Episode 5
Eloise Episode 9
Episode 5
Dusty works on ground driving after he has spent enough time in the saddle that he feels it will benefit the horse.
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11:53Episode 6
Eloise Episode 10
Episode 6
Dusty rides Eloise in the big pen and gets her ready to work a cow. Follow her training in the Cutting Horse series!
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09:06Episode 7
Freddie Episode 1
Episode 7
Dusty introduces a new colt for the 2023, Freddie. His first work he gets Freddie hooked up to him and works through getting him to change directions by turning towards him, not away.
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19:19Episode 8
Freddie Episode 2
Episode 8
Dusty works on using a flag with Freddie and gets the saddle pad on him.
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19:55Episode 9
Freddie Episode 3
Episode 9
Dusty gets Freddie saddled and adds the back cinch and chaps to prepare Freddie for his first ride. He also introduces the snaffle so Freddie can get familiar with how to pack it in his mouth.
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11:34Episode 10
Freddie Episode 4
Episode 10
Dusty puts the first ride on Freddie. He emphasizes why it's important to have a ground person and why he gets from the walk to the trot and lope.
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11:28Episode 11
Freddie Episode 5
Episode 11
Dusty rides Freddie in the small round pen one last time without the use of a ground person. He prepares him for his first ride in the big outdoor pen.
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13:46Episode 12
Freddie Episode 6
Episode 12
Dusty rides Freddie in the big pen after a rough day where Freddie wanted to buck. They overcome reactiveness, develop guiding and track a cow to end on a positive note that makes Freddie confident with riding.
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18:50Episode 13
Freddie Episode 7
Episode 13
Dusty works Freddie in the big round pen and ends with teaching gate opening and closing.
