Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts
Monty Roberts goes on tour to help difficult horses over come their fears.
Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts
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Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts: S9 Ep1
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Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts: S9 Ep5
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Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts: S10 Ep1
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Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts: S10 Ep6
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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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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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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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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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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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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 6/12)
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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 Ep7/12)
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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 8/12)
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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 10/12)
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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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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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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. (S15 Ep 4/12)
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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. (S15, Ep 5/12)
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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. (S15 E6/12)
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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. (S15 E 7/12)
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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. (S15 E 8/12)
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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. (S15 E 9/12)
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Monty works with his neighbour'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. (S15 E 10/12)
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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. (S15 E 11/12)
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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. (S15 E 12/12)
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Monty rides Nice Chrome, his champion reining Quarter Horse, in a demonstration of advanced lead changes and pirouettes. (S16 E 1/12)
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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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As Monty says, a wild horse must investigate every possible way to evade a horse-eating lorry. Tokala was captured wild and shows a survivor’s guile and perseverance, while gradually being tamed.
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Cholula is a Quarter Horse/Lusitano filly blessed with beauty, intelligence, and a great attitude. In Part 1 she begins what Monty calls “The Starting Process” with Join-Up, saddling and long-lining.
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Quarter Horse/Lusitano filly Cholula completes the Starting Process with her first rider aboard. Certified Instructor Mandeep Chaudhary’s has hands on, while Monty provides advice and commentary.
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Talero is a wild colt, recently gentled in Monty’s Gentling Wild Horses class. He does his first Join-Up in the round pen, then begins an exercise designed to develop mutual trust with his handler.
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Talero’s trust in humans grows as he learns to walk across a large tarpaulin. A rope is looped around his ribs for the first time, readying him for a future saddle and rider.
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Maddie is a striking young warmblood, a quick learner and a lovely mover. In Part 1, Monty guides his student Tess Armani through the steps of preparing Maddie to accept a rider for the first time.
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