I was very lucky last weekend, I was able to attend the Horse Expo at Pomona, CA. The highlight was watching Chris Cox start a colt in under 1 hour. The colt had never been ridden and was only just halter broke. When Chris asked him to move to the right the colt lashed out with both back hooves (didn't get it on camera) and was a very pushy, sour guy. Chris worked his magic with the most timing and feel I have ever seen and had that colt started without a drop of sweat off both of them.
My husband turned and looked at me with his mouth open (my husband isn't into horses and I thought he was reading Game of Thrones) and said "Wow that horse wanted to kill him and now he is following him around like a puppy dog!" At that point Chris had taken the saddle and halter off and was walking around with the colt following his every move. I have watched a lot of colt starters but Chris was truly amazing and totally in tune with this horse.
I also got to see Julie Goodnight talk about cantering with confidence. She was on a beautiful Quarter Horse gelding, check out his mane and tail! He is pure Quarter Horse though he don't really look it. Julie talked about cueing, the correct leads and having control while cantering.
Craig Cameron was also there on a young palomino filly. He talked about different patterns you can ride to develop a better horse. He had a good message of having soft hands and to stop nagging your horse. He rode in a soft rope bosal on a lose rein the whole time which was nice to see on a young horse.
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