Bridleless Riding

Bridleless Riding

Learn how we begin to teach the horse self carriage without the bridle, and follow along as Mia progresses her own horses bridleless journeys.

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Bridleless Riding
  • HOW TO ASK FOR A FRAME WITH A NECKROPE

    How to ask your horse for a frame on the Neckrope.

  • INTRODUCING THE NECKROPE

    Learn how to teach your horse how to transfer vertical flexion and self carriage from the Halter or Bridle to the Neckrope.

  • BACKUP FROM THE NECKROPE

    Transferring the cues for backup to the Neckrope.

  • THE FIRST STEPS

    Learn how we start asking for the first steps of self carriage in motion with the Neckrope.

  • PROBLEM SOLVING

    If your horse is struggling to find a frame on the Neckrope alone, we reintroduce the reins to help the horse understand the question before asking again with the Neckrope.

  • TAKING AWAY THE REINS...

    Mia and Spirit go completely Bridleless and play with some steps of half pass, trot and small steps of piaffe on the Neckrope.

  • BRIDLELESS STOPS

    In order to ride Bridleless you need to have solid stops without the use of the reins. Learn several ways to stop your horse Bridleless.

  • BRIDLELESS PREPARATION WITH CORNERS GAME

    How to use the Corners Game for preparing to go Bridleless. Corners game is one of the many patterns we use to get our horses more relaxed and connected. Here Mia teaches Gemma and Tesoro in preparation for the upcoming Bridleless Clinic at The Heart Of Horsemanship.

  • WARMING UP FOR COLLECTION

    Learn how to warm up for bridleless collection in this full length video.

  • SUPPLING EXERCISES FOR BRIDLELESS RIDING

    Using leg yield and half pass at liberty helps get some bend, relaxation and suppleness through the body before riding bridleless.