Schooling a Green Horse For Polo – Video 4

This is the fourth video in the Schooling a Green Horse for Polo series. In this video, Christian rides Hanalei for the 5th time (or 6th or 7th time, but who’s counting). He talks about “playing” with problem areas to get the horse to more easily accept tack and commands, preparing the horse for the roll-back maneuver and continuing to practice halting.  

Later, Christian discusses the advantages of walk and trot work vs the canter, leading off with a turn after a halt attempt to keep the horse’s attention, and overcoming rein interference at the canter (a distraction that could be keeping the horse from moving forward properly). 

And finally, we get a look at familiarizing the horse to the big hand movements she can expect from polo.