06/20/2026
Heres a pretty neat before and after from 1 bodywork session!
This guy was sent to 30 days training with a barrel racing peer I know, the owners said he had refused to turn left and they had hoped in the 30 days to get him better. While he made small improvements, he still out right refused. My understanding being this before video not being the worst they had seen - he would immediately spin to the right and throw his head in the air and it was near impossible to get him back on the left once he had started.
After one bodywork session, they noted he was far more relaxed and were able to lunge him in a small circle to the left with ease and a slightly more relaxed headset than previously. By the next day, they put a ride on him and we can see him trotting a large circle to the left without too much of a fight.
Now imagine how big of a transformation consistent bodywork can do!
We do have some variations in tack here, however the point still stands as this horse would do it on the ground, undersaddle, ba****ck, halter, bit, etc so it is pretty neat to see him slowly come around.
