Product Description
2-weeks of training, to have your horse backed, started under saddle or re-restarted with MW Equestrian in Tauranga, valued at $1200. Thank you to Mark Weedon for donating this auction item.
Mark Weedon has been a horse starter for the past eight years, working in New Zealand, Ireland, Holland, and Denmark. He prides himself on having a calm, compassionate and confident approach to his training. He continues to travel back to Denmark, for two months each winter, to start horses for Riders Cup.
CHOOSE FROM:
- STARTING
Horses undergo a four to six-week training programme to give them the best possible start for their future. Mark has worked with a huge variety of sizes and breeds of horses.
By the end of the programme horses should:
- Tie up
- Pick up their feet
- Walk, trot, canter, halt under saddle
- Know their canter leads
- Be ride-able in an open paddock, not just the arena
- Be using a jointed, full cheek snaffle
You can also ask for additional requirements, such as riding bit-less or bareback.
- BACKING
We offer initial backing, if you desire it for your young horses. Generally, the initial backing is completed over a span of two weeks. We offer this as an option prior to them being fully broken in, before returning for additional work once they are further developed.
- RE-STARTING / PROBLEM HORSES
If your horse has been deemed dangerous or unsafe, Mark is happy to make his own assessment and offer a plan for solving these issues and a way to move forward. Mark has a wide range of experience with the many different undesirable behaviours that can present themselves.
Once you have made sure that aspects of their health that could be causing their objections have been checked (back, teeth, feet, etc), please contact Mark and explain the full extent of your horses behaviour, so that a fair assessment can be made.
Additional time can be booked in, from $500 per week. Mark Weedon generally suggests a 6-weeks of training.
