Kyneton Connection to Collection Tour

Introduction to Horsemanship Ground Skills Clinic

October 30th - 31st 2013

 There has been lots of excitement and preparations for this year's Quantum Savvy Connection to Collection Tour held at the beautiful Polo property, Mingela which is located just out of Kyneton in Victoria.  We kicked off the Connection to Collection Tour with the Introduction to Horsemanship Ground Skills Clinic where everyone made lots of discoveries about what their horses need to make them feel safe and happy and how to teach them to think their way through all sorts of situations that would normally send a horse into flee mode.  Good safe habits was another focus of the 2 days which was highlighted with one of the handlers being only 11 years old and one of the horses also being very young and green and we were able to see how these habits helped both horse and handler.
 
Student Tah-Dah's:

Georgia - got Scotty to jump the Barrel

Stopped Scotty going into my personal space

Lyn - jumped Romeo over a barrel

Learn't about my energy/life

Focus on your direction

Remember where your belly button is facing

I saw Julia keep her horse out of her space when standing still

Release Focused Training Clinic

November 1st - 2nd 2013

Our second event for the Connection to Collection Tour - the Release Focused Training Clinic was a huge hit.  Taking a look at our Basic Skills and Purpose Plays with the specific focus of making sure our horses are going Too Comfort!  Open hands, leaving them alone when they are going forward and having them go over  a jump just from one send kept everyone busy in their ground skills and learning to ride with a loose rein and steer with our body focus created lots of ooooh's and ahhh's as the horses softened, relaxed and stopped chewing on their bits. A great effort from everybody and a huge thankyou to Mingela for providing such a wonderful venue for our events!

 

Student Tah-Dah's:
Tristia on Gracie for 3 hours - a first!

Steering with by buttocks

Put Roy over a jump, ground skills

Recognising why Deek rushes over jump - my energy levels need to decrease!

Getting my horses to the clinic in my own float on my own, never done this ever.

Getting Dakota over a jump and helping her to be more comfortable and relaxed.

Getting Roy to canter and listen to my energy

Roy and myself learninig to communicate.

Loose rein riding!