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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.

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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