For those of you who train horses, fun poll?

You "train" for good or for bad, every moment that you interact with the horse, but both of mine are "works in progress" right now, so......

A three year old AQHA/APHA filly. She is green broke, and just learning what its all about. Like your TWH, she is learning to move off of the leg, and the concept of self carriage.

A 13 year old AQHA gelding. He was a soured out/burned out show horse, who got kicked out to pasture with a brood mare band (good), and spoiled rotten (bad). He is just learning how to be a show horse again, he goes from being scared that he will be in trouble over something, to mad that you are making him work again.

I am training two horses at the moment but the last horse I have finished training was a horse for my elderly neighbor that was having trouble getting her horse to behave and didn't want to fall off.

It was a 15.2hh Thoroughbred, Quarter horse cross, 8 years old and bright bay. The lady just uses her as a pleasure hack just trail riding for fun.

I took her out on trails, schooled her and jumped her up to 3'3. I sorted out her bucking/bolting issues and now she is calm and quite and doesn't put a foot wrong for her owner.

I'm not a professional trainer, but I worked alongside my trainer and then alone to bring along my current horse after he was initially broke (same with the horse before that). He's 9 now although he was 4 when I got him in July 2007. He's a QH who does the AQHA all-around (HUS, Eq, WP, HMS, WR, Trail) although he was bred and started as a WP horse. Our focus shifts as he matures and ages...initially, it was just getting him fully broke to ride, learning to respond to leg and rein and voice and so on. The first year or so after that, I introduced him to English and small fences, but didn't further his "show training" much as I was in college out of state and he was pastured at my mom's house. After I graduated, we spent awhile teaching him to relax and move out when asked, teaching him to use his hip at the lope (something we still have to work on), and basically reminding him who the boss was (he has an attitude, for sure!). Currently, our focus is on horsemanship (which we've done for a long time but never really focused on) and Trail (which is new to him), and we're working on a lot on making transitions between fast and slow lopes and staying in the bridle on more contact (rather than the long/low pleasure look on a draping rein). It changes as he learns new things and masters others. We're laying off the pleasure for awhile to focus on the pattern classes and it's paid off at the last couple of shows.

I trained my horse(:

Alakzan

8( got her when she was 5)

Arabian

Dressage and flatwork

Last I worked on was shoulder 4's..flying lead changes...and leg yeilds

Previously she was an Arabian racehorse. When I got her she was 3 months off the track

I school my instructors new green lesson ponies. They are all about the same age 4 or 5. One is a Welsh pony and the other two are Quarter ponies. We're training them to be lesson horses. And to be babysitters for kids starting to show hunters. For the welsh pony mare we work on turning and cantering slow. For the other two we work on getting them used to different riders and going throug jumps.

Tango- 5 yr old American Quarter horse. He had a lot of issues, we worked on sliding stops, flexing, lead changes, and side passing. I trained him to be roped off of, drag cattle, horses, logs, etc. He is also a goat tying horse now.

Dusty- 8yr old ranch horse (breed unknown) he was very skiddish when he came to our house. Taught him to lunge and worked on his fearfulness, he was also severly head shy. We suspect he wasnt treated well because he is very fearful around men. I swear he was born without a right lead because it took a lot of work/days to get him to finally go into it. He is now a pick up horse.

My dad's 4 year old Canadian Sport Horse. When he got her she had no human contact for 3 months. Training her to be a jumper. She's been doing super well, jumps everything you put infront of her with ease, she learnt her flying lead changes by herself, and she frames up nicely.

libby she was 14 years old AQHA reining bred mare I just finished 30 days of walk, trott, lope, stop, backing, side passing and all the basics. I dont like to start one that old but money talks and shes a nice built mare as well as very smart so i think she will do well for the owners.

I am currently volunteering at a horse rescue, and have been working with a 14 month old Appaloosa filly named Jewel. I am so in love with this little gal, she is super smart! We are right now working on lunging, wearing a bareback pad and walking over different footings. She responds to verbal commands, stands tied and follows me around like a puppy.

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Off Track Arab. Training for hunt seat showing. The most fun I had was taking him to a jumping clinic, and being so proud when we kept up with the big WBs!