The trainer of a winning horse gets overexcited at Leopardstown…

In this session, Trainer Clem Lee demonstrates the steps required to gain the horse’s trust, eventually resulting in getting the saddle on the horse in preparation for riding. Several techniques are explained that also apply to other phases of training.

Peter Casey gets very overwhelmed and excited while doing an interview with Tracey Piggot, swears in hilarious fashion!

I was asked recently how I set up a horse to learn an indirect or “neck” rein. So I thought that would be a nice little quick tips piece. I’ll try to expand on it with a fresh, young horse in the near future.