Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts
Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts
Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts
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Monty rides Nice Chrome, his champion reining Quarter Horse, in a demonstration of advanced lead changes and pirouettes.
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Tokala has never been led into a trailer, and challenges Monty with his extreme reluctance. Tokala fights each new stratagem as Monty gently and incrementally habituates him to the loading process.
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Jaden is a wild mustang captured with his two brothers and gentled by Monty and his students. (S15, Ep 1/12)
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Lass is a young bay mare off the racetrack who is being retrained through Monty’s adoption program. Monty uses his non-violent methods to prepare Lass for her first rides with her adopter Tess. (S15, Ep 2/12)
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After Monty and Tess work together teaching Lass to come to the mounting block, Tess puts Lass through her paces at the walk, trot and canter. (S15, E3/12)
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In the arena, Monty helps Tess and former racehorse Lass keep a cadenced pace. Then they explore some challenging obstacles on the Mountain Trail Course.
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Ace is a bold Paint gelding with a habit of nipping his handlers. His owner brings him to Monty on a rainy California day to learn the fundamentals of Join-Up and partnership.
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Zephyra was captured from a herd of wild Mustangs, gentled, and is now being started under saddle. Monty begins Zephyra’s training with a Join-Up, then shows her how to be guided by his long lines.
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After a quick review of Join-Up and Long lining, Zephyra meets her first rider, Alex. Monty helps Alex habituate the mare to his weight, and she accepts her rider without resistance.
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Assisted by Certified Instructor Manjeev Chaudhary, Monty performs his incremental work of gentling a beautiful and very wild mustang filly, Sage.
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Wild mustang Sage returns for a second session. After Monty builds on her first halting steps on the lead line, Sage surprises us by demonstrating her newly learned ability to follow the leader.
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Monty works with his neighbor's Quarter Horse colt Diego to start him under saddle. Monty leads Diego in his first Join-Up and first saddle, readying him for his first rider in their coming session.
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Guided by Monty’s long lines, Diego learns to follow the reins in the basic moves he will perform under saddle. The Quarter Horse colt will soon be a working cow horse on the ranch where he grew up.
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Diego takes his first steps under saddle with Crawford the dummy rider. Monty Roberts Instructor, Joanna Lowes then rides Diego, demonstrating her gentle horsemanship with Monty guiding the process.
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Monty shows step by step how to make a mannequin rider from easily available materials, to take the risks on fractious horses before the human rider mounts. (S14, Ep 1/12)
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Monty tries out the mannequin rider on his horse Chrome. Finding it useful but overly floppy, Monty adds internal structure to his dummy rider and puts it to the test again, with excellent results.(S14, Ep 2/12)
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Raylan is a 4 year old Connemara - Dutch Warmblood cross who came to Monty for his first training experience. Preparing for his first human rider, the athletic colt goes from Join-Up to a mannequin rider. (S14, Ep 3/12)
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Raylan returns to be started under saddle, with Monty mentoring advanced student Jonathan Boswell. The newly built mannequin rider, with 5 plastic bags attached to him, rides Raylan first. (S14, Ep 4/12)
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Lucca is a 18:2 hand warmblood who has never learned how to cooperate with his handlers. It falls to Monty to connect with this larger than life and utterly striking horse. (S14, Ep 5/12)
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In his second session with Lucca, Monty uses turning patterns to soften and supple Lucca’s way of going on the long lines (S14, Ep 6/12)
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After Lucca learns in record time to come to the mounting block and stand patiently for his rider, Monty remarks that Lucca’s brain, not just his body, is big. (S14, Ep 7/12)
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Bonita is a big beautiful thoroughbred who was discarded as a polo horse due to her highly sensitive nature. Bonita manifests her desperation in the round pen as Monty begins his process of rebuilding her trust and cooperation.(S14, Ep 8/12)
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Responding to Monty’s gentle prompts, Bonita emerges from her defensive panic and finds comfort and safety in partnership. (S14, Ep 9/12)
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Fabuloso is a big horse with a timid heart who cannot be approached with clippers in hand. After a Join-Up, Monty uses an electric toothbrush to incrementally habituate the gelding to the feared sound of clippers. (S14, Ep 10/12)
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One of 3 mustang herd mates brought to Monty for gentling, Casey is frightened of the sights and sounds of the human world. Monty uses his "Lake and Stream" method to help Casey get over his fear of plastic tarpaulins. (S14, Ep 11/12)
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Monty guides Casey, a wild mustang, through an incremental process of habituation. As Monty causes Casey no pain, he is able to win the horse’s complete trust. (S14, Ep 12/12)
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Charlotte’s second day with Monty is transformative; she experiences a mannequin rider on her back, Monty’s expert long lining method, and finally her first live rider. (S13, Ep 2/12)
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Koa comes with a reputation of taking 4 hours to load into a trailer. After Monty loads her easily into an trailer, he learns that she is afraid of tight spaces such as narrow trailers. (S13, Ep 3/13)
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Koa and Charlotte learn to load into a narrow-door, step-up trailer that does not have a ramp. Koa learns to follow the Dually Halter through the narrow door. (S13, Ep 4/13)
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Hudson is a very expressive 2 year old thoroughbred who has been rescued and adopted, and comes to Monty to learn basic skills and be started under saddle. (S13, Ep 5/13)
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Hudson is back for more sessions with Monty. First the lively colt learns to carry a saddle, then he carries his first rider who is actually an Ardall mannequin strapped to the saddle (S13, Ep 6/13)
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Monty begins by teaching the energetic filly to follow her handler’s lead, using a Dually Halter. When Monty puts a surcingle on Alma, she bucks furiously and doesn’t want to stop. (S13, Ep7/13)
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Monty starts the second session with a Join-Up and uses "Diaphragmatic Breathing" to bring Alma in close to him. (S13, Ep 8/13)
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Meg is a small mare captured wild in the American West and brought to Monty’s farm to be gentled one month ago. (S13, Ep 9/13)
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Monty introduces and Joins Up with thoroughbred filly Ashely’s Sandcastle. Monty then discusses the filly and her training with trainer-in-training & award winning jockey Vinzenz Schiergen. (S13, Ep 10/13)
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Lovely thoroughbred mare Skye returns for a second day with Monty, learning to follow the reins as she yields to the subtle pressure of Monty’s cues and turns to and fro with ease and grace. (S13, Ep 12/12)
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JoJo Part Two: Monty Roberts spends another day working on an untamed horse and gets him to accept a rider. (S10, Ep 11/12)
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Monty Roberts works with actor Martin Clunes on a horse that is scared of the farrier. (S10, Ep 12/12)
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In this episode, Monty Roberts works on a spooky thoroughbred mare called Mona Lisa who was rescued from slaughter. (S10, Ep 8/12)
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This episode is Part One working on Jojo a wild horse who Monty wants to learn to accept the saddle. (S10, Ep 10/12)
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Horse Whisperer Monty Roberts using his Join-Up techniques works on a horse called Uno that is scared of plastic. (S10, Ep 9/12)
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Trainer Monty Roberts works on Diago, an American mustang with a huge personality and lots of ability (S10, Ep 7/12)
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Marley is a wild mare learning to be tame in Monty’s Gentling Wild Horses Course. (S12, Ep 1/12).
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Under Monty’s direction, students in his “Gentling Wild Horses” class groom feral Marley’s tangled locks and teach her to follow a trained horse to the round pen.(S12, Ep 2/12).
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Mithral is a roan grey thoroughbred who is not hesitating to push, bite, or strike his human handlers. In Monty’s hands, Mithral shows himself to be a willing learner.(S12, Ep 3/12).
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Lord Admiral, known as Lad, is a thoroughbred who gained 500,000 Youtube followers as a racehorse. Monty uses several different methods to introduce Lad to a correct way of going.(S12, Ep 4/12).
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Former racehorse Lord Admiral, known as Lad, returns for more work on his head and neck position. Monty uses long lines to incrementally guide Lad into a more balanced & athletic frame (S12, Ep 5/12).
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Gruffalo is a nine year old riding horse & a beautiful mover,but is resistant to being mounted & spooky as well. Monty uses an incremental approach to work Gruffalo through these issues.(S12, Ep 6/12)
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Monti is a chestnut Section D Welsh Cob, four years of age & extra sensitive about life. Monty gains the horse's trust with a Join-Up, then goes about building up his confidence. (S12, Ep 7/12)
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Celtic Design is a young gelding brought to Monty for his first saddle and rider. He is accompanied by a small pony, who waits patiently outside the round pen until the ride is finished. (S12,Ep 8/12)
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Poppy is a young mare fresh off the racetrack and ready to be retrained and adopted through the Monty Roberts Mustang and Transition Horse Program. (S12, Ep 9/12)
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Bo is a retired Standardbred harness racing horse who has had experiences that have made him extremely protective of his ears and mouth, so he can’t be bridled. (S12. Ep 10/12)
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Mounted on a gentle gelding, Monty continues his Centaur method to gently persuade former harness racing horse Bo to let his ears be handled. (S12. Ep 11/12)
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Boone is a mischievous and very clever roan mule who has a phobia about fly spray. Monty works gradually and incrementally to help Boone feel better about being sprayed. (S12, Ep 12/12)
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Mowgli is a clever young mule from HorseWorld, available for adoption, that Monty starts under saddle with an Ardall mannequin rider and then a live rider.(S11, Ep 1/12)
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Thor is a nervous and suspicious horse who was rescued in a very underfed state; Monty habituates him to scary plastic and earns his trust. (S11, Ep 2/12)
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A calm little horse, Pablo responds confidently to Monty’s Join-Up and long lining and makes the first ride look easy. (S11, Ep 3/12)
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Bob is an ex-racehorse who has a reputation of being very hard to load, Monty tries some new things to change the horse’s mind about trailers and cause him to load enthusiastically (S11, Ep 4/12)
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While touring Poland, Monty Roberts works to restore the trust of Dream, a horse who has learned to express hostility towards humans. (S11, Ep 5/12)
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On tour in Poland, Monty employs a home-made dummy rider in starting a gelding named Good Luck under saddle. (S11, Ep 6/12)
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At Flag Is Up Farms, Monty begins to rehabilitate a young racehorse who has learned bad habits such as rearing with a rider. (S11, Ep 7/12)
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Monty continues to rehabilitate a fractious racehorse and achieves his stated goals of having her back into the starting gate and break from it with a gallop.(S11, Ep 8/12)
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Smokey is a Quarter Horse colt bred to work cattle, and accepts his first saddle and rider without resistance to fear.(S11, Ep 9/12)
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Monty enters the Gentling Pen to Join-Up with and befriend Cinder, a horse who was untouched until he was brought to Flag Is Up Farms to participate in the Gentling Wild Horses class (S11, Ep 10/12)
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Jim is an elegant Friesian stallion who has had some foot issues and has learned to kick at farriers. Monty work with Jim to teach him the benefits of holding still . (S11, Ep 11/12)
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Apple is a 3 year old American Saddlebred filly who came to Monty to learn some basic skills and raise her likelihood of finding a permanent, loving home. (S11, Ep 12/12)
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