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Video: Lope Leads with John Lyons


Q:
I’m having trouble getting my horse to take the lead I want. Do you have any suggestions?




A:
Watch this video to learn some easy maneuvers that will help you gain control of your horse’s body position so that you can request the lead you want.

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Abigail Boatwright

Abigail Boatwright is a freelance writer and photographer based in Texas, and is the editor of Horse Illustrated’s sister publication, Western Life Today.

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  • I could see how working on leads at slower speeds really could help you and your horse. I liked how J.L. used metaphors that helped people visualize what they were doing. He also presented it in a way that was non-intrusive, but more like he was giving friendly advice to a friend rather than trying to force it down anyone's throat.

  • This would be very,very hard to understand for an experienced beginner rider,so on a scale of 1-10 it would have a 5 for me.Yes,I do think John Lyons is a great horse person,it's just that this video was a little bit harder to understand than the others.
    Horse Lover

  • Good video. Though I still can't get my mare to pick up her right lead if her life depended on it we work on those basics all the time and I know they are helping because she is getting stronger and more easily flexed on her right side. Moving her quarters around clockwise is getting better as well.

  • This would be a great video, but it's so incredibly vague. Wish it had more details, it wasn't very helpful.

  • this is kind of right. i always tip my horses nose to the inside and ask her to canter with my outside foot. and she picks up her right lead. but she then again is a push button pony soo yeah..

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