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Dusty demonstrates the last step before he rides a colt for the first time.
Dusty returns to Baby after she's had a few days off and keeps progressing her.
Dusty saddles Baby for the first time.
Day two of Baby's groundwork. Dusty gets her thinking about her job by repeating the same tasks as in her first work and then introduces the saddle for the first time.
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Ground Work

Follow a variety of horses through their initial rides. This series is completely raw and unedited; we don’t remove the bumps. Colt starting, even on the smoothest days, never goes as planned. Dusty Whitford shows you how to overcome each training obstacle to put on the most important rides in a horse’s career. The first ride is the most important, followed by the second.

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About the Trainer

Dusty Whitford

Dusty Whitford (Glen Rose, Texas) has been a professional colt starter for 25 years. He has developed a system for starting colts that eliminates human answers and relies on answers that come from the way horses think. 6 years ago he began working for Hall of Fame trainers and began his career as a cutting and cow horse specialist. He has since seen finalists from his program in many major futurities. “Forward motion is the answer to 99% of Colt starting problems” -Dusty
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Dusty puts a short work on Squirrel and shows how he gets a colt mentally on deck at the beginning of session.
Dusty shares his technique for making sure a horse is safe to swing a leg over.
Dusty shows how he bits a horse to help the colt learn how to tip its nose and follow a rein.
Dusty puts a first work on a coming two year by Chics Loaded Gun who has lived outside his whole life and hasn't been handled much.
Dusty saddles an easy-going, somewhat lazy colt for the first time.
Little Buddy gets introduced to the bridle and gets the basics of being bitted up.
Baby, a Snaffle Bit Futurity hopeful by High Brow CD, gets her first work in January of her two year old year.
Day two of Baby's groundwork. Dusty gets her thinking about her job by repeating the same tasks as in her first work and then introduces the saddle for the first time.
Dusty saddles Baby for the first time.
Dusty returns to Baby after she's had a few days off and keeps progressing her.
Dusty demonstrates the last step before he rides a colt for the first time.

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