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HALF HALT

Locality: Bullsbrook, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 439 976 166

Address: Woodsend Court, Bullsbrook 6084 Bullsbrook, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.halfhalt.com.au/

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25.01.2022 WTB horse that has kind of been there and done that. Must be quiet around 16hh .No vices. Looking for a client of mine. she rides well. Adult rider that can have something also that has done some jumping too. Please pm me if you have something that may suit her. :)

25.01.2022 Red who is available for lessons for beginners or nervous small adult riders. $70 half hour lessons.

25.01.2022 Beginners lesson . $65 half hour. Safe confident lessons. Young children welcome.

24.01.2022 Lanni managed to get rising to the trot today yeh! X

24.01.2022 Monty and Rebel after there lesson today

21.01.2022 4 year old Lanni kissing Monty just before she has her lesson on him. And she managed to rise to the trot today.

21.01.2022 Aliyah and Monty. Today was Aliyah first lesson and Monty was a star.

21.01.2022 Peter Morleys racehorse feeling well

21.01.2022 Kiera and the superstar Monty our schoolmaster having a lesson. Kiera is 12yrs and our next showjumping generation for sure !!

20.01.2022 Problem: Incorrect Arms and Hands Solution: Hold a Crop with Both Hands At the halt, position your crop so that you are holding it at each end with your palms... down and your hands about 18 inches apart. Keep your reins in your hands and close your fingers around the stick. Carry your elbows, hands and forearms slightly wider than your body, as if you’re holding a small tangerine in each armpit. Keeping the crop in this position, begin to work your horse at the walk, trot and, eventually, the canter, staying on the rail. While keeping your frame in place and maintaining a consistent connection to your horse's mouth, lengthen and shorten his stride, always riding him from your leg up into your hand. As you do so, follow the motion of his head and neck with your arms. Next, try riding a circle, with your arms still in the frame position. As you turn, the whole frame turns togethershoulders, arms and handskeeping the shape of the frame consistent. Meanwhile, your legs stay in constant contact with your horse's sides, always asking him to push up into your hands. Why This Exercise Works: This exercise creates the muscle memory of maintaining your arms and upper body in a correct, consistent position. It forces riders to maintain a consistent rein length, with their fingers closed and their elbows loose and away from their bodies. More details on how to ride this exercise as well as more exercises from top hunter rider and trainer Sandy Ferrell to fix your position and help you ride more effectively >> https://practicalhorsemanmag.com//hunter-riders-equitation

20.01.2022 Ruby and Monty . Ruby is getting so confident now and even cantered around a little course. Good boy Monty .

20.01.2022 Therefore, Equestrian WA provides the following advice; All Equestrian WA affiliated events are to be suspended until further notice If you can stay home, you should stay home If you need to travel to care for your horse/s, including food, water, exercise etc. you need to comply with all Commonwealth and State health directives... That members who provide agistment services from their place of residence need to adhere to the stage 3 restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings and ensure that no more than two people are present at any one time while complying with social distancing and hygiene requirements That clubs and commercial affiliates who provide agistment services from their property need to comply with the government directions, social distancing and hygiene requirements If your horse is in agistment, when caring for your horse, only use your own grooming kit, tack and equipment, do not share your equipment with other people. That veterinarians and other professional services such as farriers are permitted to attend properties as required while complying with all government restrictions, social distancing and hygiene requirements. Produce stores will be allowed to remain open. That coaches conduct lessons with a single student only and following all government restrictions, social distancing, hygiene requirements and guidelines from Equestrian Australia and Equestrian WA It is important to note that this information is for members located in the state of Western Australia. The public health restrictions and advice determined by each state government may vary from state to state. This information is current as of 4:02 pm, 31st March 2020, however, is subject to change as new information becomes available.

20.01.2022 We have one opportunity for a beginner on Red. Child or adult, because Red is our beautiful old boy we cannot have anybody over 80 kilos on him. We offer half hour lessons on him for $65 as a beginner . Weekdays or weekend time is flexible. :)

20.01.2022 3 years ago today we have had Monty

20.01.2022 Beginners lesson . $70 half hour. Safe confident lessons. Young children welcome.

19.01.2022 Due to the horse feed gone up in price as from the 1st December our lessons on our school horses will have to go up $5. I'm sorry so the one hour will be $100 and the half hour lessons will be $70. Hope you all understand. :)

19.01.2022 Yeh these are in transit :) Thank you Samulja Halis in Bali

19.01.2022 Great Waters enjoying a little freshen up before he goes back into racing. Peter Morley

19.01.2022 Beautiful Rebel and Kate having a lesson.

18.01.2022 Have you always wanted to ride but never had your own horses? We have schoolmasters available that I teach on. At the moment we have some available lessons for people who have done some riding. We offer jumping or flat work. Rebuilding your confidence, we also cater for the nervous rider. We are in Bullsbrook 20 mins from Ellenbrook. One hour private lesson $100 we do vouchers as well. Or half hour $70. Feel free to check out our facebook page.

18.01.2022 Red and Sydney Maynard having a lesson 4 years ago. Now Sydney jumps 1.20 plus !! She is a ripper X

17.01.2022 Happy New Year clients and friends. What a 2020 ! Let’s bring a new 2021 in hopefully brighter and better. You have all achieved so much this year in your riding pat in your back big time !! X

17.01.2022 Merry Xmas to all my beautiful clients /friends what a year. You have all done so well and 2021 a better year!!! XMerry Xmas to all my beautiful clients /friends what a year. You have all done so well and 2021 a better year!!! X

15.01.2022 It’s important to keep them stretched out too! Here are a few easy ones to try!

15.01.2022 A successful weekend teaching. Here are are wonderful pupils for this weekend.

14.01.2022 Lulu and Rebel kissing

14.01.2022 Cody started lessons at Half Halt late April as a complete beginner. In that time she has missed one lesson. She is a natural. She has come so far in a short time.

13.01.2022 Soo today I jumped a few tiny jumps on Monty at Halt Halt Riding School. Not such a big deal but it’s the first time I’ve jumped since breaking my coccyx, pubi...c bone, fracturing my pelvis and to top it off, lost my memory for hours back in 2009. Feels so good! No fear at all, just joy Thanks so much Wendy Scott-Mather See more

13.01.2022 This is Cody's second lesson on Red as a beginner. She is nailing it :)

13.01.2022 Thank you so much to my beautiful client/friend Kate. Today is one year ago she started having lessons and has gained her confidence and likewise on Rebel. And these are some gorgeous presents she bought me. Blessed .

13.01.2022 Kiera and her super pony have a lesson today at Half Halt.

12.01.2022 Thomas and Red. His first ever ride of a horse and he loved it.

12.01.2022 ONLINE LESSON 11 June 30, 2020 BENDING: TURNING FROM THE CENTER Susan E. Harris 2020 What is bending, and why do we want horses to bend? The reason is balan...ce in turns when carrying a rider. Free horses can bend, but they seldom turn in such a controlled way; if turning fast they lean into a turn or sometimes break into a turn shoulder first. When we ride horses, it changes their balance and we want them to stand up (remain vertical) instead of leaning, in, falling out or turning stiffly, which feels insecure and scary. To carry a rider safely through a turn, especially at faster gaits or on slippery ground, a horse must bend in order to balance. Bending is really balance and alignment, not super-flexibility. The hind feet should follow in the tracks of his front feet; this helps him align his spine and keep his balance in the center. His rib cage shifts slightly to the outside, and the outside of his neck and body stretches. Most importantly, his inside hind leg engages deeply under his body, which supports and balances his weight in the turn. He also looks slightly in the direction of the turn. He "stands up" without leaning or wandering--the more a horse leans, the less he's bending. A horse can’t bend his whole spine equally, as the shape and articulation of his vertebrae don’t allow that. However, when he’s bending correctly, he looks and feels as if he were bent evenly from poll to tail. You should feel that the horse is standing up, not leaning, falling out or skidding sideways. His gait remains steady, and his inside ribs feel soft to your inside leg. He takes a soft but positive contact with the outside rein and responds to the inside rein with a slight flexion at the poll, just enough to see his inside eyelashes. Above all, he feels safe and secure in the turn, as if you could ride a tighter turn without losing balance or impulsion. All horses have a naturally hollow side and a stiff side (humans do too!) The hind leg on the hollow side (usually the left side) is weaker; when turning in that direction he tends to over-bend, lean inward and not take contact on that side. When the stiff side (usually the right side) is on the inside, he doesn’t want to bend, falls out and wants to look to the outside, and he may not take that canter lead easily. When you ask a horse to bend toward his stiff side, the muscles on the outside have to stretch more than they’re used to, which can be uncomfortable. An important goal of training is to develop the horse as evenly as possible on both sides, suppling the stiff side and strengthening the weaker hind leg on the hollow side. This not only improves his balance and rideability, but can help him stay sound, strong and better muscled. How do you ask a horse to bend? The easiest way is turning in your center (see Lesson 5, Riding From the Center.) By centering yourself, you keep your weight and balance in the middle, which discourages leaning. As you rotate your spine slightly in the direction of the turn, this turns your head, eyes, shoulders, hips and seat bones, and brings your inside leg onto the horse’s ribs. It also positions your hands and arms correctly, so your outside rein is a supporting rein that controls speed and tempo, and prevents over-bending, while your inside rein can ask for flexion to the inside. If you drop your outside leg back behind the girth (stretching it back from the hip joint, with the heel down), it acts as a guard rail to keep the hindquarters from swinging out and prevents you from leaning in. This swivel of your center is very small and easyif you had a laser beam shining out of your belt buckle, it should only turn about as far as your horse’s inside ear. Make repeated small, brief swivels of your body and help with your legs and reins as needed. You may find that your horse turns naturally in the direction of your swivel, even without reinshe has power steering! If you’ve practiced the Forward and Out exercise described in Lesson 6, your horse already has the basic elements of bending: taking a deeper step with his inside hind leg, shifting his rib cage slightly to the outside, and curving his body slightly around the circle. He’ll do it more easily on his hollow side, but as his stiff side improves he’ll become more supple, better balanced and easier to bend. Remember to time your inside leg aid when his inside hind leg leaves the ground and swings forwardin walk, this is when his ribs swing to the outside; in trot, it's on the up when you’re posting on the correct diagonal. When you change directions, your horse must change his bend. He must lose the old bend, go straight for a moment, then take the new bend. This takes a few strides at firstdon’t rush! Change your eyes and your swivel to neutral (straight ahead), then look and swivel in the new direction. (If you’re posting the trot, that’s when you change diagonals.) Remember to breathethis keeps it fluid. Beware of over-bending to the insidethis can happen if you over-use the inside rein, especially on his hollow side. Over-bending the neck blocks the muscle chain that runs from the horse’s mouth and neck through his pectoral and abdominal muscles to the hind leg on that side. He can’t reach under himself with his inside hind leg, his neck bends too much and too far back, causing a rubber neck, he loses contact on the inside rein, and falls out through his outside shoulder. If this happens, ride straight ahead until you’ve restored equal contact with both reins and legs, then try again on a larger circle. Use your outside rein to limit how much he bends his neck to the inside. Here are some patterns and exercises for practicing bending and changing bend (there are many others!) Always start with easy, gentle turns that give your horse time to find his balance and bend, and several strides to change smoothly from one bend to another. Start with the Dog Bone pattern (also called Broken Lines or "Single Loops.) Ride this at a walk several times, then at a trot, asking your horse to move forward and out around each marker. He’ll become more supple and relaxed and learn to stand up through his turns--it’s an excellent warmup! You can ride the more advanced pattern (through the center cones) for a deeper turn. The Bending Cones pattern is set with 5 cones at least 30’ (9 meters) apart. Ride it in walk, starting on the outside of the first cone and keeping close to the markers. As you ride, notice there’s a perfect place to change your center from one direction to the other. With practice, you can identify the moment when he stands up in perfect balance as he changes to the new bend. In trot, change diagonals as you change your center, and notice those perfect balance moments. As your horse catches on, you may find his balance is so good that between the 4th and final cone, you can sit the trot for a few strides and execute a canter depart. (In canter, don’t continue to bend through the markers, as that requires flying changes of leadjust canter straight around the track.) You can vary the pattern by riding a straight line, half a dog bone, or a serpentinejust remember to breathe, think ahead and give your horse time to change his bend smoothly. Enjoy your supple, bendable horse, and how safe and balanced you feel in the turns! Susan Harris

12.01.2022 Beautiful little Lana having her lesson on the amazing Red.

11.01.2022 Did You Know? (Helpful Tips)

10.01.2022 Free jump day and lane all ready to go

08.01.2022 Yeh Red sound after abscess . Lesson with Cody

06.01.2022 So true love this !!

06.01.2022 Red our wonderful school master

06.01.2022 Racehorse been spelling at Half Halt for 4 months getting fat. Look at that belly !

06.01.2022 Red who is available for lessons $95 per lesson on him.

06.01.2022 Thank you to Stewart From Kamco for leveling out our arena and sorting out our track. All pick and span now. Track nice and fluffy. Both arena and track available for hire.

06.01.2022 At what level are riders ready to understand this concept?

05.01.2022 Mike doing really well in his lesson on Monty today. We are working on Mikes position so he is more in the rhythm with Monty

05.01.2022 Half Halt in Bullsbrook. Do you want to do horse riding lessons but don't have a horse.? We have 3 super school horses that I teach people on beginners welcome. Or have you lost your confidence in horse riding or if you a nervous rider I can certainly help. Come and get fit and have some fun. $95 private lesson.Beginners $65 half hour. . 7 day teaching . We are 20 mins from Ellenbrook.

04.01.2022 lol a bit of Friday fun :)

04.01.2022 THE GOOD NEWS IS WE CAN STILL TEACH ONE ON ONE LESSONS.Half Halt in Bullsbrook. Do you want to do horse riding lessons but don't have a horse.We have 3 super school horses that I teach people on beginners welcome. Or have you lost your confidence in horse riding or if you a nervous ride I can certainly help. Come and get fit and have some fun. $95 private lesson.Beginners $65 half hour. . 7 day teaching . We are 20 mins from Ellenbrook.

03.01.2022 Milla and Harper having a lesson on Monty. Have done there homework for the week and nailed it standing up in stirrups at the trot .

02.01.2022 The truth about riding or training horses. Do you agree?

02.01.2022 2 little mini ponies at a free jump day Saturday. How cute are they jumping together.

01.01.2022 Ruby and Monty enjoying there lesson

01.01.2022 Rocci having his second lesson on Red.

01.01.2022 "No. 1. Get your tack and equipment just right, and then forget about it and concentrate on the horse. No. 2. The horse is bigger than you are, and it should ca...rry you. The quieter you sit, the easier this will be for the horse. No. 3. The horse's engine is in the rear. Thus, you must ride your horse from behind, and not focus on the forehand simply because you can see it. No. 4. It takes two to pull. Don't pull. Push. No. 5. For your horse to be keen but submissive, it must be calm, straight and forward. No. 6. When the horse isn`t straight, the hollow side is the difficult side. No. 7. The inside rein controls the bending, the outside rein controls the speed. No. 8. Never rest your hands on the horse's mouth. You make a contract with it: "You carry your head and I'll carry my hands." No. 9. If the horse can't learn to accept what you're doing, it isn't any good. No. 10. Once you've used an aid, put it back. No. 11. You can exaggerate every virtue into a defect. No. 12. Always carry a stick, then you will seldom need it. No. 13. If you`ve given something a fair trial, and it still doesn't work, try something elseeven the opposite. No. 14. Know when to start and when to stop. Know when to resist and when to reward. No. 15. If you're going to have a fight, you pick the time and place. No. 16. What you can't accomplish in an hour should usually be put off until tomorrow. No. 17. You can think your way out of many problems faster than you can ride your way out of them. No. 18. When the horse jumps, you go with it, not the other way around. No. 19. Don`t let over-jumping or dull routine erode the horse's desire to jump cleanly. It's hard to jump clear rounds if the horse isn't trying. No. 20. Never give up until the rail hits the ground. No. 21. Young horses are like childrengive them a lot of love, but don't let them get away with anything. No. 22. In practice, do things as perfectly as you can; in competition, do what you have to do. No. 23. Never fight the oats. No. 24. The harder you work, the luckier you get. ~Bill Steinkraus