Thank you for trying reining! I am a reining assistant in the US and you did a great job trying it. You can really see how much you respected the horse and your teacher. We love when people come from English disciplines especially dressage because parts of the seat transfers. But jumpers/eventers are also good because of their bravery. I know it may be hard to find close to you but maybe you would like to try the "western equivalent" to eventing Working cowhorse.
I'm transitioning the "wrong way", going from reined cow horses to English dressage and show jumping. In Sweden where I live, there are so many preconceptions about western riding, most cant see beyond the saddle and the rest of the gear. But once Pontus had a few minutes in the saddle his focus shifted to the abilities of that amazing horse and listening to the teacher. Great stuff.
This video is so cool. I loved the lady she was so good at teaching you. And you did a great job. Maby try some more cowboy stuff like barrel racing 👌👌👌
You did great Pontus! Keep it up. You really rode well. If that was me riding the horse would have thought, "they must have let the monkeys escape at the zoo today! Get that critter out of the saddle!" Instead the horse looked comfortable with you riding him. You'll have to show us lesson 2 soon.
My phone doesn't show subtitles eather but I was quite amazed.. I'm from the Netherlands and although our language is very different from yours I could still understand almost every topic you talked about.. Missed some details but I understood most of it!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
As a Norwegian it can be quite confusing to hear your language, since it sounds like a proper mixture. Some German, some English, some Norwegian 😅🤷 But if you were able to understand a lot of Swedish then you would most likely be able to understand a lot of Norwegian as well. 😊
@@JaneDoe-cv5th I think we "borrowed" a lot of words from other languages during the VOC time and made them our own or vise versa 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Because you are right that German, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Swiss etc al have a similar base. It would be much easier for me to learn one of those languages than for example Spanish or French because I only recognize may 1 word out of 8 sentences from Spanish.. If I'm lucky and the person who is talking speaks really slowly 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Okay... That was in Swedish, so did not understand.... Did you like it? Lots of training involved ,yes?.... So different from eventing Those were nice western horses Quarter horses I guess.. Are there a lot of western horses in Sweden? How about trying roping ?... You're a good sport! The western bits can be wicked, so the riders must have soft hands!!
Du borde typ testa på körning någon gång med, haha kul att se dig prova olika element inom hästsporten! :P Du har ju exempelvis ponnyexpressen, har för mig han tävlar sån körning med små ponnysar. Sen har du ju travsporten, hade varit as kul att se. Eller galopp? :D Mer sånt här, för de var riktigt kul att se! :D
Actually that fit u very well and i think (im showjumper - jumping with horses simply my world) it would be nice for us to do that move often. It seems it put us out of our comfort zone and make us better in jumping and the "feeling" with horses. u should buy such an horse and do practice like 3 times per week and im sure u grow up even more with your sucess. At least it look like it would help doing that next to jumping with horses. I never did that but it rly seem good for "feeling" to horses overall :D I might be completely wrong with that :D What u gonna say would it make u to have a better feeling in jumping and horses overall? Im rly curious right now :D
@@riderhugosson And a western horse at someone else's disposal for example from where you were? Like for 6 months or a year and for having that horse from them u can give them publicity? Im sure u can make a deal youre an nice guy and they know it for sure :)
I do alot of reining, and the kids who come to my barn who were hunter jumpers made fun of the whole discipline and claimed it was easy before even getting on the horse. Lets just say one of them may have ended up in the hospital. This leads into what I was actually gonna say, if you're EVER going to try a new discipline don't make fun of it and also respect the trainer who has been teaching students their whole life. This is just in general not really to do with the video at all
Ask the trainer how they get the horses to hold their heads nearly on the ground. I have heard they tie them down in the stable for hours. Western bits are vicious. The horses always look depressed.
Tying down the head of the horse is not a good idea and not legal here in Sweden. Can not imagine how stiff such a horse would be.(DON’T DO IT) but a horse that is relaxed is not difficult to get to and walk low, long, round. I can do the same with my horses. Relaxed horse can be experienced by the less inexperienced as depressed. Horses are not as often depressed as many would like us to believe. But if you think something is wrong, the horse's body says much more than its facial expression
This is definitely not true. Firstly: a bit is only as vicious as the hand controlling it. Quarter horses are in general more low-headed than warmbloods for example. In reining (as Pontus was trying) a horse that looks intimidated is never going to get good scores in the show arena. This is something that is always a constant subject for judges and show managers to try and evaluate if the horse is not looking happy doing what it's doing. Our rulebooks main rule is "The best reined horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance" - this is never achieved through violence since that would be, by definition, not willingly. Of course you will always have people in a sport (whatever that may be) using methods to try and achieve quick results but it's a huge misconception to think that that is how we operate in the sport.
A small addition: This is why it's prohibited to show your horse with a nose band - opening of the mouth to try and escape the bit is considered resistance and is not allowed to be hidden by tying the horses mouth shut.
@@tonecorneliusson1973 True about bits and hands but why use the vicious bits? The end results may look okay in the show ring but what was involved in the schooling at home. No doubt their are people training with good schooling methods but there is plenty of evidence that many horses are abused.
@@jonjonwp I don't agree. Many judges are also trainers and can see through the results in the show arena. There's a huge discussion going on concerning one rider right now because it's believed his methods might not be clean and they wan't to take measures so that more riders won't copy it. As I said - I don't believe the bits are vicious, it's the hand controlling it. The bits have higher ports because the goal is to show your horse one-handed with a loose rein and give as small cues as possible. The bits makes this easier. It's also highly regulated what kind of bits you're allowed to use and all riders has to show their bit to the bit judge in order for them to control that riders aren't using illegal bits.
Thank you for trying reining! I am a reining assistant in the US and you did a great job trying it. You can really see how much you respected the horse and your teacher. We love when people come from English disciplines especially dressage because parts of the seat transfers. But jumpers/eventers are also good because of their bravery. I know it may be hard to find close to you but maybe you would like to try the "western equivalent" to eventing Working cowhorse.
Thank you so much for cheering me up! I love watching you ride, looks always so effortless. Impressive!
Glad it cheering you up. Thanks for the support
As a reiner I love this video, you did a good job for the first time!
Thank you🤠
Didn't understand one word but LOVED every minute. I had a reining Quarter Horse 🐎 💖
there is English subtitles😃
@@riderhugosson
Didn't show on my phone. Still loved it, Cowboy, especially the spinning 😊
Lol yeh u have to press on the cc at the top of the screen.
What a great instructor! Good lesson and wonderful horses.
Amen 🙏
That was amazing, thank you so much for sharing! It's insane how well these horses are trained almost as if the rider does not matter. Beautiful
Thank you! Yeah the horses where great!
Jag ,min mamma och min lillebror satt och kollade på videon och när du stannade så sa min lillebror woooooow hur gör han det!
Vad kul att ni tittar tillsammans! Hälsa familjen
As a showjumper from Texas, this was pretty funny :D
I'm transitioning the "wrong way", going from reined cow horses to English dressage and show jumping. In Sweden where I live, there are so many preconceptions about western riding, most cant see beyond the saddle and the rest of the gear. But once Pontus had a few minutes in the saddle his focus shifted to the abilities of that amazing horse and listening to the teacher. Great stuff.
This video is so cool. I loved the lady she was so good at teaching you. And you did a great job. Maby try some more cowboy stuff like barrel racing 👌👌👌
Thank you! I'll think about it😅
Duktig du är🤩 och Anna är ju bara fantastisk😍🙌🏽
Anna är grym🤠
Super interesting video, now I also wanna try out western :D thanks for putting english subs btw
I can recommend trying. I thought it was fun but difficult🤠
Men vad rooooligt! Nu blev vi riktigt avis. Att få rida en riktigt bra utbildad reininghäst också! Kul video! 🤠
Ja, det var kul och lyxigt att få prova😃 tack 🙏
What an awesome horse!
They were amazing
Wow, that’s awesome! Hard to believe it was your first time.
Äntligen!! 😁😁 Hoppas du fortsätter med western 🤠
Efter fälttävlans karriären blir det nog western och riddare🤠
Bra jobbat Pontus! 🤠👍👍
Nu får du skaffa dig en quarter o träna mera😎 🐴🤠 Yeeeha!!
Anna är fantastisk 🏆
Tack🤠 tror inte jag har råd🐴
@@riderhugosson Skojar lite😄 men bra jobbat iaf👍
Det här var ett riktigt bra content🤗 kul!
Tack så mycket 🙏
Kul att se & vad bra du red!
Hästarna på Westernridskolan & Anna är så bra!
Tack! Ja, verkligen härligt gäng!
You did great Pontus! Keep it up. You really rode well. If that was me riding the horse would have thought, "they must have let the monkeys escape at the zoo today! Get that critter out of the saddle!" Instead the horse looked comfortable with you riding him. You'll have to show us lesson 2 soon.
Thank you! Yes, maybe it will be a 2.0🤠
My phone doesn't show subtitles eather but I was quite amazed.. I'm from the Netherlands and although our language is very different from yours I could still understand almost every topic you talked about.. Missed some details but I understood most of it!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
As a Norwegian it can be quite confusing to hear your language, since it sounds like a proper mixture. Some German, some English, some Norwegian 😅🤷 But if you were able to understand a lot of Swedish then you would most likely be able to understand a lot of Norwegian as well. 😊
@@JaneDoe-cv5th I think we "borrowed" a lot of words from other languages during the VOC time and made them our own or vise versa 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Because you are right that German, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Swiss etc al have a similar base. It would be much easier for me to learn one of those languages than for example Spanish or French because I only recognize may 1 word out of 8 sentences from Spanish.. If I'm lucky and the person who is talking speaks really slowly 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love your videos so so much.Wish you had English subtitles!! Shout out from " The land of enchantment" New Mexico!!!..Jane
Turn on Swedish subtitles (it is in English)
I can't understand a word of Swedish but I loved watching you ride western!
There is English text😊
@@riderhugosson oh dang yeah 😅
@@riderhugosson I didn't see
you look good in western style! :-) yes you have to let go everything you learned *lol... but you did it! :-)
Thank you! yes, I was surprised that it was so different😅
Åh där har jag också varit, så kul att få testa på något annorlunda 😍
Verkligen! Och duktig hästar
@@riderhugosson ja väldigt lugna och snälla ☺️
English subtitles would've been good on this one, still fun to watch ^^
It's English subtitles. just to turn it on🙂
They won't turn on for me, for whatever reason. I just enjoyed anyways - haha.
Top right, the three dots click the captions (it’ll be off)
amazing video, thanks
Thank you!
This was excellent!
Thank you🙏
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Kan du inte försöka pröva lite fler olika typer av ridning/körning? Väldigt kul att titta på
Det är på gång👍
@@riderhugosson kuuuul🤩🤩🤩
Coolt att få testa
Verkligen🤠
Kul video! 🤩
Tack😃
Cool🙂
It is an addicttinh sport!!! Try cutting sometime!
maybe in the future🤠
Hello, very interesting video, cool! What is the size of the arena where the lesson is taking place?
Hi! Thank you! I think it’s about 50x25m.
@@riderhugosson Thank you!
Okay...
That was in Swedish, so did not understand....
Did you like it?
Lots of training involved ,yes?....
So different from eventing
Those were nice western horses
Quarter horses I guess..
Are there a lot of western horses in Sweden?
How about trying roping ?...
You're a good sport!
The western bits can be wicked, so the riders must have soft hands!!
Turn on Swedish subtitles (it is in English)
Stat horsi 😂det gjorde du bra 👍
Tack och stay horsey🤠
Du borde typ testa på körning någon gång med, haha kul att se dig prova olika element inom hästsporten! :P
Du har ju exempelvis ponnyexpressen, har för mig han tävlar sån körning med små ponnysar. Sen har du ju travsporten, hade varit as kul att se. Eller galopp? :D
Mer sånt här, för de var riktigt kul att se! :D
Körning provade vi förra året och finns en video från det😉 trav och galopp hoppas jag vi får med i framtiden🏇
@@riderhugosson men vafan, har ja missat de?! Måste kolla! 🤣🤣😅 du får ju prova cutting eller barrel racing med (inom western) 🤣🎉
Actually that fit u very well and i think (im showjumper - jumping with horses simply my world) it would be nice for us to do that move often. It seems it put us out of our comfort zone and make us better in jumping and the "feeling" with horses.
u should buy such an horse and do practice like 3 times per week and im sure u grow up even more with your sucess. At least it look like it would help doing that next to jumping with horses. I never did that but it rly seem good for "feeling" to horses overall :D I might be completely wrong with that :D What u gonna say would it make u to have a better feeling in jumping and horses overall? Im rly curious right now :D
I would easily want such a horse. Think how much such a horse can help one with the young horses. but they are not cheap and I can not afford☹️
@@riderhugosson And a western horse at someone else's disposal for example from where you were? Like for 6 months or a year and for having that horse from them u can give them publicity? Im sure u can make a deal youre an nice guy and they know it for sure :)
Pls do films in English or with English subtitles 🙏🏻
The video have English subtitle
@@riderhugosson in my settings i could only choose swedish :(
Jag tränar och tävlar reining
Härligt!
I do alot of reining, and the kids who come to my barn who were hunter jumpers made fun of the whole discipline and claimed it was easy before even getting on the horse. Lets just say one of them may have ended up in the hospital. This leads into what I was actually gonna say, if you're EVER going to try a new discipline don't make fun of it and also respect the trainer who has been teaching students their whole life.
This is just in general not really to do with the video at all
Not sure if you're talking to me or just in general. But I thought I had both respect and stated that it is not easy😅
@@riderhugosson I meant in general LOL sorry
Could have been very interesting with English subtitles… not everyone speaks Swedish! 😳
there is English subtitles
wish this was in English
Will be in English when we talk to people who do not speak Swedish🙂
English?
there is English subtitles
I didn’t get subtitles for video. I did get translation for comments though. 🙁
Ask the trainer how they get the horses to hold their heads nearly on the ground. I have heard they tie them down in the stable for hours. Western bits are vicious. The horses always look depressed.
Tying down the head of the horse is not a good idea and not legal here in Sweden. Can not imagine how stiff such a horse would be.(DON’T DO IT) but a horse that is relaxed is not difficult to get to and walk low, long, round. I can do the same with my horses.
Relaxed horse can be experienced by the less inexperienced as depressed. Horses are not as often depressed as many would like us to believe. But if you think something is wrong, the horse's body says much more than its facial expression
This is definitely not true. Firstly: a bit is only as vicious as the hand controlling it.
Quarter horses are in general more low-headed than warmbloods for example. In reining (as Pontus was trying) a horse that looks intimidated is never going to get good scores in the show arena. This is something that is always a constant subject for judges and show managers to try and evaluate if the horse is not looking happy doing what it's doing.
Our rulebooks main rule is "The best reined horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance" - this is never achieved through violence since that would be, by definition, not willingly.
Of course you will always have people in a sport (whatever that may be) using methods to try and achieve quick results but it's a huge misconception to think that that is how we operate in the sport.
A small addition: This is why it's prohibited to show your horse with a nose band - opening of the mouth to try and escape the bit is considered resistance and is not allowed to be hidden by tying the horses mouth shut.
@@tonecorneliusson1973 True about bits and hands but why use the vicious bits? The end results may look okay in the show ring but what was involved in the schooling at home. No doubt their are people training with good schooling methods but there is plenty of evidence that many horses are abused.
@@jonjonwp I don't agree. Many judges are also trainers and can see through the results in the show arena. There's a huge discussion going on concerning one rider right now because it's believed his methods might not be clean and they wan't to take measures so that more riders won't copy it.
As I said - I don't believe the bits are vicious, it's the hand controlling it. The bits have higher ports because the goal is to show your horse one-handed with a loose rein and give as small cues as possible. The bits makes this easier.
It's also highly regulated what kind of bits you're allowed to use and all riders has to show their bit to the bit judge in order for them to control that riders aren't using illegal bits.