Everyone who has raised children, knows temper tantrums. Some children have them occasionally while others have them regularly. It depends on the individual child and its character -there is not much you can do about that- and also a bit on how good you are at parenting. With horses it is very similar. Some horses…
The First Step Towards Riding
What is the first step towards riding your young horse? It is actually teaching him to stand still in a certain spot. Without him standing still, how can I even think of mounting? Of course, I could force him to stand still by having another person holding him, but I have long stopped using force…
Knowing When to Stop
Rajmani is well again and I have been working with him since Tuesday. As expected, the injury was minor and despite a little mark, nothing is left. Today I decided to teach him the command for canter on the lunging rein as I have up till now only done walk and trot with him on…
Introduction Raj Ambika – Training a yearling filly
Today in the morning I worked with another of my youngsters, our filly Ambika and I was thinking that she knows almost the same things as Rajmani and how much easier it is to train a young horse you have had all your life. So I will talk today about training a yearling and introduce…
27.03. Rajmani got kicked – Treating a Minor Leg Injury
Rajmani is lame. He got a kick on his forearm. Not bad, but the skin is broken, there is a little blood and you can see the outline of a hoof. The joy of integrating a new horse into a herd of mares! I suppose it was a question of time and I should be…
Starting with the Process of Saddling
20.03.2021 Today we returned from our fifth ride together and I am rather satisfied with Rajmani, even though he stopped a few times abruptly. He generally follows the lead horse better and trots on command not with me pulling on the lead rope. He also learned to drink from a water trough outside today. First,…
Rajmani – First Assessment of a Young Horse
17.03.2021 Today Rajmani has been with us for two weeks and I definitely own you an update on him. In fact, I did a little assessment on him yesterday, thinking about how far we have come in the last fourteen days. While training a young horse, one should always have a plan and then go…
The Second Day With Rajmani – First Grooming and Leading him With Another Horse
I will probably not continue to write about my training with Rajmani every single day. That would get too boring with the time as horse training is a lot about repetitions. However, the first couple of days with a new horse are really interesting as every horse gets used to his new home in a…
Day 1 with Rajmani
I woke up with a start and once dressed, went to see him. Rajmani had slept well and was happy to get his breakfast. Nothing had happened during the night, at least nothing bad. I had half expected him to jump out of his paddock or kick down the fence or injure himself, but he…
Rajmani Is Here!
Finally, with a week of delay, Rajmani was due today. I was excited and had spent the last week mentally preparing everything. Which stable would I put him in, which horses would be his new neighbors, and how would I go about his integration in our herd. My friend had wanted to send him the…