Teach your horse to spin | Part 1 - The first steps

Learn how to introduce your horse to the turnaround, or spin, in this tutorial. We brought out "Wrangler" a 3 year old Quarter Horse to show you guys how to get those first steps in the turn. This will also help with your steering and shoulder control.

[edgarserrano]

Love this video. I could not for the life of me get my horse to move his shoulders. And now he is doing way better! Thank you!

[jimmyyounger]

Let's just jump over my praise and preference for the Zacharias among the various trainers and clinicians I follow for the moment, and go straight to how much I like this horse! Hopefully I'm not the only one who can get so fixated with thoughts about a horse that I have to replay the video and work to focus on the training points. No doubt the trainer's skill is a big part of this horse's mind being in a sweet spot. Not hot or anxious, and not on the other side of the mid line - not lazily playing along to avoid pressure. The shortcut would be to think they have a knack for selecting candidates with a natural head start via genetics, (foundation quarter horses come to mind for me per my notions and bias), but that theory falls apart when you see their accomplishments in the '100 Day Mustang Challenge.' My guess is experience - or did they secretly develop a human to horse connection gene? Fess up, Zacharias Horsemanship... Is there a trainer-gene-therapy available you're not sharing? 😉 Either way, bravo!

[mackenzieviup]

Like always, loved this video!!!!
Keep rocking you guys!!!

[karamielczarek]

Watching from Qld Australia and I watched a few videos on how to "spin" by far yours was the most educational. Thanks mate!

[yvonneschouten]

Great Video! Love the way you guys teach!

[kirstinefruerhj]

Is this only for quarter horses or do you think i could learn my new forest pony this?

[maggiweber]

I love watching your videos, my one question is i'm working on teaching my 11yo the turn around, but she is always stuck with bottle spinning, so she is crossing in the rear, the first cross over is AMAZING then she goes and turns her rear and crosses in the rear, how am i able to fix that? the "trainer" i sent her to back when she was 4 would constantly do one rein stops and thats all that she did. so my horse has that engrained in her mind.

[johannareichel]

Wow, u guys doing such an amazing job! Love your videos! Will there be a new video release of the eclipse series?

[GerryCoxHorsemanship]

Gee.. Watching my neighbor he just jerks real hard on the inside rein then stabs them harder with his outside spur up in the shoulder. They usually flip up and over but that's how he TRIES to teach them.. then he wonders why none of his horses can do anything!

[Inca]

Hi is it best to use split reins? Also can u come to S FL?