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Cody explains how he uses a loping hackamore to help straighten up a wiggly horse. He also focuses on creating more forward motion during this ride.
Cody tunes up, polishes, and works to gain more shoulder control while working on Penelope's rundowns.
Cody talks about keeping a horse honest and tuned up during the rundown. He also works on Reno's correctness by squaring corners prior to the rundown.
Cody explains how to build form, softness, and style in lope circles by teaching a horse balance.
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THE HANDLE.

Reining Fundamentals

Watch Jim Greendyk take you through every aspect of training a young reining horse. The same exercises used on high caliber futurity reining horses are needed in the ranch versatility, cow horse or the trail. Most often what separates the successful from the unsuccessful is horsemanship. And this series takes you through all aspects of developing the willing handle every horse needs.

About the Trainer

Jim Greendyk

Jim Greendyk has earned his reputation as one of Western Canada’s most successful riders, trainers and coaches of Reining Horses with a proven record of successfully competing in both Canada and the USA. In addition, Jim has the trust of International Clients from European countries who choose to leave their horses in Jim’s care to train and show.
As an Open Rider since the age of 20, Jim’s talent, tenacity, and adaptability in the show pen has brought him a successful training program.
Always ready to learn from others, Jim has and continues to ride with some of the industry’s best trainers in order to further his knowledge year by year. Jim expects a very high standard of performance from himself and his horses and has a timing and balance that has allowed him to rise quickly and consistently over the years to become one of the top reining trainers in Western Canada, achieving success on Arabs, Half Arabs and Quarter Horses. Since his start in the Porcupine Hills of Southern Alberta, he has taken everything that anyone has ever taught him and elevated it to the next level to move himself and his horses up through the industry.
FILTER BY: Bambi | Esse | Pam | Penelope | Reno | Sara | Spinner | ALL
Cody talks about how to tune up a high-strung bridle horse. He hopes to help this mare become more relaxed and confident in her maneuvers.
Cody works to fine tune the turn around on a nine year old bridle horse by teaching the horse to come back underneath him and be patient at the start of the turn.
Cody works on 2.0, a three year old filly whose background is in cutting, to find balance and softness in the lope and turn around.
Cody focuses on teaching 2.0 how to be properly set up for a soft lope departure.
Cody uses four year old Spinner to talk about how he introduces a horse to the hackamore, and how the hackamore can show where training can be improved.
Cody explains the difference between the reining turn and the cow turn. He also demonstrates the cues he uses to differentiate between the two turns.
Cody continues to work on 2.0's turn around. During this ride, he focuses on taking 2.0 back to the basics to create a desire in her to stay in the turn around.
Cody demonstrates how he uses the counter canter to teach 2.0 how to change leads. He also works to create more forward motion while teaching her to change leads.
Cody finishes his ride on 2.0 by touching up on run downs and sliding stops.
Cody works to further advance Penelope's turn around. In this episode, he focuses on being able to turn Penelope loose and have her find and stay in the turn around with minimal help.
Cody continues to advance and build Penelope's confidence in the run downs. In this episode, he lets Penelope find her own way in the run downs and only helps her when she needs it.
Cody evaluates the turn around on a new eight year old reining mare. He then begins to tune up and better her turn around.
Cody further explains how he evaluates the new reining mare while working on her lope circles. He knows that she has some bad habits, and during this episode he begins to address those problems.
Cody explains different strategies to help with fast to slow lope transitions.
Cody uses reining mare Bambi to talk about tuning up roll backs.
Cody explains how he teaches a horse to stay patient during the run down. Reining mare Bambi has a bad habit of being strong and rushing during the run down, and Cody talks through how he will help to fix her habits.
Cody shows how he goes about tuning up and problem solving any issues that may arise while working on Reno's rundowns.
Cody uses Pam, a Metallic Cat filly, to explain an exercise he uses to create body softness in a young horse.
Cody demonstrates different ways to square up and straighten a wiggly horse without putting them in a bind. He also touches base on the hinging exercise, and how he uses it to also help straighten and soften a horse.
Cody works on, snaffle bit prospect, Pam's turnarounds. The focus in this ride is to have Pam carry herself, in the turnaround, without constant guidance from Cody.
Cody explains how to build form, softness, and style in lope circles by teaching a horse balance.
Cody talks about keeping a horse honest and tuned up during the rundown. He also works on Reno's correctness by squaring corners prior to the rundown.
Cody tunes up, polishes, and works to gain more shoulder control while working on Penelope's rundowns.
Cody explains how he uses a loping hackamore to help straighten up a wiggly horse. He also focuses on creating more forward motion during this ride.

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