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Dusty helps Garrett Oland put the first ride on Lexi.
Dusty works on ground work with Lexi and gets a pad with a cinch on her.
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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: Freddie | Lexi | Macie | Queen L | Scarlett | ALL
Dusty introduces a new colt for the 2023, Freddie. His first work he gets Freddie hooked up to him and works through getting him to change directions by turning towards him, not away.
Dusty works on using a flag with Freddie and gets the saddle pad on him.
Dusty gets Freddie saddled and adds the back cinch and chaps to prepare Freddie for his first ride. He also introduces the snaffle so Freddie can get familiar with how to pack it in his mouth.
Dusty puts the first ride on Freddie. He emphasizes why it's important to have a ground person and why he gets from the walk to the trot and lope.
Dusty rides Freddie in the small round pen one last time without the use of a ground person. He prepares him for his first ride in the big outdoor pen.
Dusty rides Freddie in the big pen after a rough day where Freddie wanted to buck. They overcome reactiveness, develop guiding and track a cow to end on a positive note that makes Freddie confident with riding.
Dusty introduces a new horse that came from the NCHA Futurity Western Bloodstock sale. He spends day one hooking her up to him.
Dusty works Freddie in the big round pen and ends with teaching gate opening and closing.
Dusty walks through the first saddling for Queen L. He emphasizes the points to make it a positive and relaxed situation.
Dusty goes through the final preparation stages to see if Queen L is ready for ride number one.
Dusty puts the first ride on Queen L
Dusty puts ride three on Queen L and uses a ground person in the arena as well.
Dusty continues to ride Eloise in the round pen with a ground person. He also begins to teach her to back up.
Dusty works on ground driving after he has spent enough time in the saddle that he feels it will benefit the horse.
Dusty rides Eloise in the big pen and gets her ready to work a cow. Follow her training in the Cutting Horse series!
Dusty works with Macie for the first time in the round pen and gets her thinking about putting her attention on him
Dusty saddles Macie for the second time and puts a back cinch on. He also works on getting her to think through stressors.
Dusty rides Macie in the large outdoor pen and introduces a German martingale and gets her ready to track a cow for the first time.
Dusty begins ground work with Scarlett.
Dusty puts the first ride on Scarlett and also works through her being scared and reactive.
Dusty rides Scarlett in the round pen and begins to use less ground person help.
Dusty takes Scarlett to the big pen for the first time and works on helping her overcome fears and process new things that she encounters in the arena.
Dusty rides Scarlett in the big outdoor pen and goes through various aspects of riding a colt. He also opens a gate and brings a cow in the arena.
Dusty starts working with a new filly that has been unhandled and is afraid of people. He works with her in her pen and shows how he works on her thought process.
Dusty works on ground work with Lexi and gets a pad with a cinch on her.
Dusty helps Garrett Oland put the first ride on Lexi.

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