Videos tagged with "hook"

The Levade - Henry preforms the Levade and rears on command [03:39]
Henry rearing on command on the ground, with a rider and preforming the Levade. PLEASE READ BELOW to see how I trained him to do this. The clips and some of the pics are older. I will post more recent stuff when I can. ~~~ I started on the lunge line with him, I noticed if I had him face me and shook the whip at his legs he would jump up a bit and take off. I used this to my advantage by stopping him if he ran and praising him for the upward jump. I then combined that with the word UP he caught on right away the first time we worked on it. He learned to do a small rear in about a weeks time. I used a whip to signal him and the motion of my body towards him and with my arms up. Soon he would preform for both the word and the motion. He went higher as we kept practicing. I also would tap him on the legs occasionally with the whip if he was not going as high as before. If I would swing the whip at him the same way with out taping him he would also get the hint to go higher. ~~~ To get him to do it while ridden I took the whip and moved it up in the air near his head where he could see it and kept the word UP with it. He figured this out in 1 day as well. After that it was just a lot of practice to make it better. Now I can signal him with the word, the whip, or the motion of my arms all while on his back. ~~~ The Levade I did not train him for this in the traditional way. I took his rearing and asked him for collection and a head set while giving the command to rear. I did ...
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Slap Jackson is HotToTrot-Belmont Selections For Friday June 22 2012 [01:59]
Slap Jackson tries his hand at handicapping Belmot Park on Friday June 22, 2012.
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SLAP JACKSON'S selections for Sunday June 24, 2012 at Belmont Park [01:31]
SLAP JACKSON picks the winners of Belmont's race card for Sunday June 24, 2012
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SLAP JACKSON - Hot To Trot RESULTS at Belmont Park June 22, 2012 [01:55]
SLAP JACKSON announces the RESULTS of his selections at Belmont Park June 22, 2012. Would You Have Made Money or Lost Money? The answer ia all in the way you would have bet the selections!
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Triple Crown Insider: Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby recap [08:51]
Jon & Joel recap the stellar stretch runs in the Wood Memorial (G1) and Santa Anita Derby (G1), and tell you how each race shook up the TCI Top 10. They also discuss scenarios with the all-important Kentucky Derby graded earnings standings, and why this 3-year-old crop may be one of the most exciting in years. Watch it. Comment.
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