Schooling a Green Horse for Polo – Video 5

In this 5th installment of the Schooling a Green Horse for Polo series, Christian works with Hanalei on her stops. This is perhaps the 10 to 14th time she has been ridden. 

Christian discusses the importance of recognizing problems quickly and addressing them immediately lest you unwittingly reinforce undesirable behaviors. Hanalei has begun to halt from voice command alone now: “Whoa, whoa, whoa” and she is beginning to understand directions from the leg. We see Christian and Hanalei work on halting from the walk, trot, and canter in this video as well.