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Title: A five-star example of how not to do it ...
Review: This DVD is a simple marvellous demonstration of how to invite disaster - psychological and physical to your horse, and financial and physical to yourself.FACT - a horse is not sufficiently mature to carry even a light-weight rider at 2yo.FACT - these horses were not psychologically sound. They were clearly 'shut down' towards the end of the DVD.FACT - veterinary bills, long-term treatment and a shortened active working lifer are almost inevitable when a horse is started at such an immature stage and in such a physically stressful fashionFACT - a 'shut-down' horse is not a quiet, safe horse who will respond to the rider in a situations where such response is essential for life and limb.If this DVD is used as a demo of methods to avoid lest the trainer sets up himself and the horse for one or more of the above problems, then it has served its purpose.Oh, and by the way, wearing a helmet around young horses is probably a good idea, too.
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