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Re-starting a barrel horse that's bucked off multiple trainers. Dusty evaluates Fabio and explains how he works to lay the foundation to make a great finished horse.
The final day of groundwork on Fabio, a colt that feels trapped and can get reactive. This episode covers the importance of teaching a horse to move its feet to keep the rider safe and build confidence.
Rowdy Shea teaches Bev to bridle and accept a snaffle bit. He teaches her to follow the feel of a rein from the ground, which will directly translate to riding.
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60 Days

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.

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
FILTER BY: Bart | Basil | Bev | Dina | Fabio | Gilly | Neely | Peaches | Poquito | Remi | Remy | Slim | Stevie | ALL
Dusty introduces a 2 year old stud colt by Hashtags that was saddled before he came to Dusty and has been worked once off camera by Dusty. He saddles him and uses a long rope to comfortably flank him then begins putting weight in the saddle.
Dusty introduces a 2 year old Dual Smart Rey filly that has been unhandled and is learning to hook up and be haltered and handled.
Dusty introduces a 2 year old stud colt by Hashtags and begins his groundwork with teaching him to lunge then adding a saddle pad.
Dusty introduces a 2 year old Metallic CD filly that is quirky and unhandled. He begins with working her around to get her hooked up and thinking so she can be haltered.
Dusty introduces a sassy 2 year old Hickory Holly Time filly to the saddle pad after one previous work off camera. He begins with lunging her beforehand.
Dusty works a 2 year old Hickory Holly Time filly around to get her thinking and hooked up to get halter broke and relaxed.
Dusty works a 2 year old Dual Smart Rey around that has been unhandled and getting her to think and hook up to get haltered.
Dusty bridles Bart and teaches him to give to the pressure of the bit and get soft to the pull of the rein.
Dusty introduces Gilly to the saddle pad after getting her haltered and using a flag to get her mind focused. He also continues to work with getting her comfortably being touched.
Dusty saddles Poquito for the first time after cinching on the saddle pad first.
Dusty works Basil around to get her hooked up and haltered. He uses a flag to get her thinking before a cinches the saddle pad on.
Dusty introduces a 3 year old barrel horse that he has already saddled a couple times off camera. She gets saddled and bridled and Dusty continues to get her comfortable with being touched.
Dusty saddles Dina for the first time and works through her bucking by getting her attention and moving her forward.
Dusty works Peaches around to hook her up and get her haltered before introducing the saddle pad.
Dusty puts the first ride on a colt that had ground work done off camera by Dusty. He uses a ground person to help get the ride complete.
Dusty introduces the saddle pad to Neely after working her around to get her hooked up and haltered and using a flag to get her thinking.
Dusty puts the first ride on Bart and uses a ground person to help keep them comfortable and moving.
Dusty cinches on the saddle pad after using a flag to get Gilly thinking and less reactive to what's going on. He ends the work teaching her to tie on the fence.
Dusty saddles Poquito and adds stirrups and the back cinch then uses a long rope on the back sinch to comfortably flank him. He bridles him and teaches him to give to the pressure.
Dusty saddles Basil for the first time and uses a long rope on the back cinch to comfortably flank her to work through any bucking that may arise.
Dusty uses a long rope on the back cinch to flank Dina and then introduces the snaffle to teach her to give to the pressure of the bit.
Dusty saddles Peaches for the first time by preparing her with the saddle pad cinched. He then adds the saddle and uses a long rope on the back cinch to flank her comfortably to work through bucking.
Dusty rides Slim in the big round pen for the first time so he can get him moving freely and forward.
Dusty puts the first ride on Remi, a 3 year old barrel horse. He uses a ground person to help keep the horse moving and keep him safe.
Dusty halters Neely without working her around first and uses a flag to desensitize her before he cinches a pad on.
Dusty rides Bart in the big breaking pen and uses a ground person to help get him loping around and flowing.
Dusty saddles Gilly for the first time and keeps her moving forward when she resists and acts annoyed.
Dusty gets Poquito ready to ride by sacking him out with chaps and putting his weight in the stirrups on a cold and windy day.
Dusty bridles Basil and teaches her to get soft and giving to the bridle by guiding her around on the ground with the reins.
Dusty adds chaps to the saddle to sack out Dina and prepare her for the first ride.
Dusty bridles Peaches for the first time and ties her around to teach her to give to the bridle and start to learn softness.
Dusty brings Neely back into the breaking pen after having a week off from injury. She is getting refreshed on saddling and Dusty adds chaps to sack her out. She is still very reactive and unsure about the training process.
Dusty rides Bart without a ground person in a large round pen and uses a barrel to help get him turning after he works on forward motion.
Dusty bridles Gilly and works on getting her accepting her ears being touched and sacks her out with chaps.
Dusty puts the first ride on Poquito after getting him ready by sacking him out with chaps. He uses a ground person to help with the ride.
Dusty does the final ground work with Basil and goes through sacking her out with chaps and putting his weight on the saddle.
Dusty puts the first ride on Dina and prepares her by ground driving her. He uses a ground person to help with the ride.
Dusty does the last day of ground work on Peaches and works on tying her around, sacks her out with chaps and puts his weight in the saddle.
Dusty teaches Neely to ground drive and continues to get her used to human interaction.
Dusty rides Slim in the big cutting pen and works on focusing a buddy sour colt and uses guiding to help.
Dusty rides Bart in the big outdoor pen and works on teaching him to back up on the ground. The ride consists of guiding and moving forward.
Dusty teaches Gilly how to ground drive. Gilly struggles with being sensitive to new objects.
Dusty puts ride 4 on Poquito after he bits him up and lunges him. He uses a ground person to help with the ride.
Dusty puts ride one on Basil after ground driving her. He uses a ground person in the pen to help with the ride as she struggles with scooting around from sensitivity.
Dusty rides Remi outside of the round pen on ride 5 and works on getting her to move forward freely and guide.
Dusty puts ride one on Peaches and gets her ready using leggings on the saddle and ground driving her. He uses a ground person to help with the ride.
Dusty puts ride 4 on Dina and starts with backing her on the ground. He uses a ground person to help with the ride when needed.
Dusty puts ride one on Neely while she attempts to bite and kick during the work. He uses a ground person to help with the ride.
Dusty rides Bart in the big outdoor pen on ride 12. He gets him warmed up then brings in a cow to use to help get him stopping, backing and turning.
Dusty puts the first ride on Gilly after he gets her ready by ground driving. He uses a ground person in the middle of the arena to help.
Dusty rides Poquito in the big outdoor pen working through him being buddy sour and worked up on ride 5 using direction changes.
Dusty works Basil in the breaking pen and teaches her to back up on the ground before riding her with a ground person. He focuses on keeping her calm and moving forward.
Dusty rides Dina outside the breaking pen and works on forward movement and keeping her from pushing down on the bit.
Dusty teaches Peaches to back on the ground before getting on for the next ride. He uses a ground person to help in the breaking pen.
Dusty puts ride 4 on Neely using a ground person to help and begins with backing her on the ground.
Dusty rides Bart in the outdoor pen and works on softness, stops and counter-arcing. The work ends with teaching Bart to open and close a gate.
Dusty begins teaching Gilly to back up and puts on ride 4 inside the breaking pen using a ground person to help.
Dusty works Poquito in the big outdoor pen and starts with backing on the ground before he works on body control.
Dusty works Basil outside the breaking pen. Basil has been sensitive and wild as she has come along. This work focuses on keeping her calm and moving.
Dusty rides Peaches in the indoor arena after getting her ready in the round pen. He works on steering around and forward motion.
Dusty rides Neely outside of the breaking pen and works on forward motion and guiding without Neely running off.
Dusty takes Bart to the pasture for the first time. In the pasture he works on opening gates, staying focused with activity, going through obstacles and going straight.
Dusty rides Gilly outside of the breaking pen. He focuses on getting her to go somewhere and starts teaching softness and guiding. 
Rowdy prepares a two year old filly by Stevie Rey Von for her first ride. She's had some prior groundwork and he hopes to have her ready to ride in this episode!
Rowdy works a new barrel colt that came to his program with 10 rides. He shows how he evaluates a new horse and progresses the training they've already had.
Bev, a two year barrel prospect by Epic Leader, gets saddled for her second time. Rowdy introduces his tools for getting high-strung, high-energy horses to focus on their job.
Rowdy prepares Remy for her first ride by teaching her to be soft and pay attention before he steps on. He introduces the word "whoa" from her back to start building the foundation for a great stop.
Rowdy puts the first ride on Stevie. He works on forward motion and steering while she gains confidence with the weight of a rider.
Rowdy Shea teaches Bev to bridle and accept a snaffle bit. He teaches her to follow the feel of a rein from the ground, which will directly translate to riding.
The final day of groundwork on Fabio, a colt that feels trapped and can get reactive. This episode covers the importance of teaching a horse to move its feet to keep the rider safe and build confidence.
Re-starting a barrel horse that's bucked off multiple trainers. Dusty evaluates Fabio and explains how he works to lay the foundation to make a great finished horse.

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