00:00 - Hey everyone and welcome to the York county fair my name is Leah Walker and I am

00:04 - eleven years old I've been riding for two years

00:06 - this is my second year and for each

00:08 - Emily Delaney and I are all proud member of the

00:11 - wellsville boots and saddles for a tourist club

00:13 - we're excited to share today's demonstration with you.

00:19 - Hi everyone my name is Emily and

00:20 - I'm fifteen years old.

00:23 - I've been riding horses for eleven years

00:25 - and I currently ride at shower creek

00:27 - farm and swan lake this is my third year in forage.

00:33 - My name is Delaney newcomer I'm thirteen years old

00:36 - and I've been writing for four and a half years

00:38 - this is my fourth year in fridge and I ride it last stop

00:42 - bar where sox's trains today we're excited to introduce

00:45 - our demonstration partner

00:47 - is register name is socket to walk

00:49 - around the barn isn't it sachs.

00:52 - Sauces at thirteen.

00:54 - Year old registered paint

00:55 - American paint horse and

00:57 - is helping us demonstrate Clinton Anderson's down under horsemanship method

01:01 - and the importance of groundwork

01:03 - here's a fun fact about communicating with horses like sucks

01:07 - horses have nearly at three hundred and fifty

01:09 - degrees of vision allowing them to see see

01:11 - almost completely around their bodies however they do have a blind spot.

01:18 - Directly behind them and directly in front

01:20 - of them and under their nose because of this

01:23 - horses pay very close attention to our body positions and movement

01:26 - to communicate with socks we use our pressure and release

01:29 - Clinton Anderson teaches that horses don't learn from the pressure itself

01:33 - they will learn from that

01:34 - they learn from the exact moment

01:36 - the pressure is released the instant sachs is given the correct response

01:40 - we will remove the pressure allowing him to understand he.

01:43 - Made the right choice

01:45 - Clinton also teaches that a horse's body is divided into five main parts the head

01:49 - neck

01:50 - shoulders

01:51 - ribs and hindquarters

01:53 - if we control these five body parts on the ground

01:56 - we build a safer more responsive horse

01:58 - under saddle.

01:59 - Emily is now demonstrating Clinton Anderson's level one backing

02:03 - backing is one of the first exercises taught because

02:05 - it teaches the horse to respect your personal space

02:08 - and become lighter to pressure.

02:10 - Emily begins with the lowest amount of pressure by asking soft

02:14 - tabac with this

02:15 - with

02:16 - lights

02:16 - tapping of the air

02:18 - it sucks does not respond

02:20 - she gradually

02:22 - increases the pressure until he takes a step backwards.

02:27 - Watch closely for the moment that success bonds

02:31 - the instant that he gives the correct answer Emily releases the pressure

02:35 - this

02:35 - this releases the reward until sauce that he made the right choice

02:39 - the goal is not to force the horse backward

02:42 - but to teach them to willingly respond to a cue

02:45 - and become lighter over time time.

02:54 - Lady is now demonstrating Clinton Anderson's level to back.

02:57 - This liberal

02:58 - sausage

02:59 - is expected

03:00 - to understand the

03:01 - exercise and respond from lighter pressure.

03:03 - Notice that Delaney is not pulling songs backwards

03:06 - she's giving him a clear request and allow arming

03:08 - him the opportunity to make the correct choice.

03:11 - Of socks response Delaney immediately releases the pressure

03:14 - timing is very important because the horse learns

03:16 - from that exact moment of release.

03:19 - As horses progress through the method

03:21 - the goal is to always use less pressure and create a

03:23 - horse that is softer more respectful and more confident.

03:28 - Aaliyah is now demonstrating yielding the hindquarters

03:32 - which focuses on controlling the rear end of the horse

03:35 - the hindquarters are the horses engine we can move the hindquarters

03:39 - we can disengage.

03:42 - We can move the hindquarters we can disengage the engine

03:45 - and help the horse focus on the hands alert

03:47 - instead of reacting watch Ali his body position

03:50 - she looks towards sox's hip

03:52 - and asks him to move his hind quarters away

03:55 - the goal is for socks to cross his inside hind leg over

03:58 - his outside hind leg.

04:00 - The moment sachs gives the correct answer

04:02 - earlier releases the pressure

04:04 - she tells sox he found the right answer.

04:10 - Finisher demonstration

04:11 - oh yeah

04:12 - showing what Clinton interesting post cruise control.

04:15 - Respectable where she'd be able to stand quietly without constant reminders

04:18 - or their socks lowers his head and relaxes or simply watches the activity around him

04:22 - is showing that he understands his job interest his handler

04:26 - groundwork is the foundation for everything we do under saddle by controlling the

04:29 - five body parts and building communication through pressure and release

04:32 - degree to safer partnership between horse and rider.

04:47 - Thank you so much for coming out to support the west will be the status for each club

04:52 - we hope you enjoyed learning about Clinton Anderson's down under horsemanship method

04:56 - and how groundwork helps build safer

04:58 - more confident horses and riders

05:00 - we would be happy to answer any questions and share more about our horse sox abu

05:04 - demonstration please visit us at the for each show me or other horses as well

05:08 - thank you for supporting for each and we hope you

05:10 - enjoy the rest of your time at the York county fair.