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When someone says that their horse runs off out of control with them, the first thing we think of is the rider pulling desperately back on the reins and the horse running with his head up and mouth wide open. It's impossible to physically force your horse to do what he doesn't want to do - in this case, stop and remain calm. Instead of trying to "out-muscle" your horse you need to "outthink" him.


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In this video, Dennis Reis demonstrates how to do teach basic laterally yielding from the ground as well as common beginner mistakes. Teaching the lateral yield from the ground can be the first-step to teaching the sidepass both on the ground and in the saddle. Learning how to laterally yield your horse will give you better body control and the horse will learn those yields from the saddle much faster.


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Every moment that I spend working with my horse, I work on teaching him to yield one of his five body parts. One of the most common exercises I like to use is the sidepass and halfpass (also called two-tracking). These are great exercises that teach your horse how to yield off of leg pressure. In this article, Clinton Anderson shows us how to teach our horse to sidepass. I usually teach this exercise on the ground along a fence at first, and then move to the saddle and follow these steps.


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