This is the training method that I use with basically all of my horses. There are lots of other methods and approaches out there but I find that this works best for me.
Once a horse has finished foal games this is the method I follow to get Classical Horses blupped and bolded.
Remember to always do a lesson every day as well.
Remember to always do a lesson every day as well.
Training schedule:
- Short Trot rides
- Speed training
- Dressage training
- Showjumping comps to bold Speed and Dressage
- Once you're not gaining anything from Showjumping comps complete the Jumping training
- Cross Country comps
- Once you've not gaining anything from Cross Country comps complete the Stamina training
- Gallop and Trot comps until you're not gaining anything
- Gallop training
- Trot training
- Long Steep Slope rides and Long Gallop rides to finish bolding
Following this I usually get my horses bolded and blupped by the age of 10 years. The horse usually picks up his 20 wins quite easily from the Showjumping and Cross Country comps. I then do Beach Rides if required.
Lucy
Looking to train a Western Horse? See our post on Training Methods for Western Horses.
haven't worked this yet but...looks ok
ReplyDeleteI have a question...right after you finish foal games, you can't do half of this stuff. So what do you do in the meantime?
ReplyDeleteYou play with the companion - that's why I put that first.
ReplyDeleteOr if you don't have a companion that offers skills, do your Short Trot rides until your horse is 2 and you can start their training.
Lucy
What comps would be the best to get my 20 wins in for Aussies?? Thanks!! check me out gymunicorn on the international! :)
ReplyDeletehow do you get it all done before 10 years it usually takes like 2 years for me to get one bar done
ReplyDeleteMy horses tend to wear a Chronos Timer. It is still possible to BLUP quite easily without one by the age of 10 - but not to bold all skills.
ReplyDeleteDo you continue to play w/ a companion and do nothing else until there is no skill gain? Or do you just play with the companion until it is possible to start rides?
ReplyDeleteIdeally keep playing with them until no more skills are gained - this will take you a few years though.
ReplyDeleteIf you only want to BLUP do rides right from the beginning. You can do rides immediately after finishing foal games.
At what age should you stop playing with your horse and begin training it?
ReplyDeleteThat depends on what you want to do with your horse.
ReplyDeleteIf you're skilling it then you need to keep playing until you gain no more skills from the companion. If you're BLUPping only then start training as soon as you can at 2 years old.
Does the order of what you do things still matter? I.e. groom -> 1,5 hour pasture -> train etc? Or is it arbitrary?
ReplyDeleteYes the order does matter. If you train them without 100% morale it uses up more energy, so that's why you should groom at the beginning of the day.
ReplyDeleteIf you feed them when they have more energy left, they gain more energy than if you feed them with no energy left.
It's best to have a play around and see what works best for you and your horses.
Does this work with Friesians as well? They usually are Classical horses although I have seen people put them into Western Riding instead!
ReplyDeleteGranny Sue
If you are training a skiller(hope-to-be), how much longer does it take to reach 100BLUP?
ReplyDeleteHow long do you do the dressage/jumping/etc training for? (ex. 1 hr 2 hrs 3 hrs ETC)
ReplyDeletei am using this method to train my horses and it is going very well now thank you a lot!
ReplyDeleteHi. I would like to thank you for this method. My only complaint is that without a C. Timer my horses are fully bolded and at 100 BLUP by the age of 13 years. Do you have any tips for me? Does using a WoY and C. Timer help or is it a waste?
ReplyDeleteAnother thing all of my horses have 94+ stars yet their total skills never get to 2,000. I've looked at the top players horses and they have the same things as me yet they have over 2,000 in skills. Am I doing something wrong? If you could PM me your answers that would be great. On international howrse my username is diablogurl791. Thanks!
A Chronos Timer will always help as it means you can train twice as fast. I can BLUP a horse by the age of 10 but not fully bold them, so don't worry, you're not doing anything wrong.
ReplyDeleteOnly use a WoY if you want your horse to gain more skills from lessons. I don't use one if I'm just BLUPping.
Your horses may have 94 stars but they will need to have top inborn skills in order to make 2000 skills. They would need to be bred with tears from 100 BLUP parents. You need to do lessons every day and using a WoY will double the gains from lessons. You also need to play with your horses companion so it gains the maximum 60 skills from that too.
Lucy
don't you finish gallop and trot training?
ReplyDeleteadd me on howrse Lumos Hallow
I'm on International Howrse as hmheather :)
ReplyDeletedo you do lessons every day to? or do you skip those?
how long do the foal games take?
ReplyDeletei've been training my horse Ħɛαят σғ Ǥσℓ∂ 90* for as long as i can, and his gallop and trot skills arent bolded when everything else is, and its been like that even after entering 16 galloping races and 10 trot races. he has 1900.87 skills and he is 16 years and 2 months. he is a 1482.20 gp, 90 star, less than 5 from +100 blup gypsy vanner. copy and paste the code below into the site bar or whatever to see him.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.howrse.com/elevage/chevaux/cheval?id=25317182
my international howrse account name is stormyblood, and so is my canadian account name. feel free to add me.
never mind the http doesnt work
ReplyDeleteHmm... not sure if the author is still around, but I have a question.
ReplyDeleteI have a 1 year and 8 month old Irish Hunter (1st Generation, from Gaïa and Ouranos). I've been doing 30 min in all three rides since she was able to do them, however, should I keep doing this until she can train, or no? Thanks.
answer for the 1 yr 8 month irish hunter breeder.
ReplyDeleteno, the author said when to do them in the schedule. (showjumping and short trot)... (cross-country and gallop and trot)... (long steep-slope and long gallop)
Would it be possible to update this now companions are no longer available?
ReplyDeleteSomeone has asked me to train their horse, I have never done this!! Should there be a schedule? I told them I have never done it before but they make me -_- help
ReplyDeletewill this work for paint horses
ReplyDelete#Anonymous #2
ReplyDeletefor 1 yr 6 months, I followed the old games, and just substituted games with taking the horse on really long rides, (dont use their whole energy)
P.S. I'm HorseLuvv on howrse
This is the BEST training method EVER! My horse was BLUPed, fully trained, and BOLDed by 8 years old! Thanks soooo much for this!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I used the foal training methods and it turned out beautifully! I am now going to use this on the same horse, but I wont finish before I run out of aging points! Ugh! Anyway, Thanx!
ReplyDeleteLucy:
ReplyDeleteMy horses have been tending to take a lot longer BLUPing and bolding than I've heard it should. I'm wondering if this is because I'm doing lessons everyday. Is this the case?
Thank you!
Hi Blue - doing lessons shouldn't slow you down too much. I always do lessons with my horses as it gives you vital extra skills and equus!
ReplyDeleteA typical day for me: Groom, Water, Lesson, Turnip, Feed, Train down to ~2% energy, Stroke, Carrot.
Feeding your horse when it still has about 70-80% energy actually gives you more energy than if you feed at the end of the day.
Don't worry if it's taking a bit longer though. I can usually get horses without any BM items BLUPed by 10 years old but not always bolded. Remember if you use items like a Chronos Timer or Achilles Heel then that will speed up the training process.
This is great! My mare with C.Timer was BULPed, Bolded and had 20 wins by exactally 10 years. I tried it with her foal who didnt have a C.Timer and it took till 18 years 4 months to full BULP, Bold and get his 20 wins.
ReplyDeleteWhen you use a shower you can do 10hr dressage with CT that's 40, 40, & 20. What do you to on the last day?
ReplyDeleteWhat does ~2% mean?
ReplyDeleteIts working so far for my Knabbstrupper Musical Angel See me on the international version in samberry
ReplyDeletemusical angel is doing faboulous because of this
ReplyDeleteDoes training a horse in dressage first work for Paint horses? Also, I have some good horses, but they don't ever win comps. I tend to breed paints, so I do a lot of gallop races. I have horses who have 600 skills at age 5 and still they get 4th and 5th with the occasional 2nd or 1st. This has happened with multiple horses. Am I doing something wrong? If you want to see an example of mine, go to international and search In Three Days Time, with no fancy letters. She is three and has 800 points, yet she often gets 4th or 5th. Thanks for the help!
ReplyDeleteHi how would i go about doing this for horses training in western?
ReplyDeleteIm working on my two fillies that are pretty great! The foal games work excellent, but i recommend an Achilles heel... it helps with training tons!
ReplyDeleteThis is Awesome My Stallion has won 2 comps and hes still doing this
ReplyDeleteWill this still work for horses that are in Western? Please PM me, I am i_luv_horses_23 on international. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIs there a method for Western? My Nokota crosses need a method.
ReplyDeleteyes for the training cuz the bars are the same, but you'll need to find the corresponding comps
ReplyDeleteYeah. There should be a western method.
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy! I was wondering if you had a western training schedule, or know of a good one? This is really helpful for my classically trained horses and I'm super excited you posted it lol. Anyways, thanks so much!:)
ReplyDeletePaige, I know I'm not Lucy, but for each english comp, there's a matching one as western, same skills needed, I found out cuz of a friend:)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Lucy! I use this for all my horses:)
ReplyDeletewhat breed of horses do you have? because this dose not work very well for my Thoroughbreds.
ReplyDeleteHI078
Hi, guys please add me. I'm on the international as CrystalMare.
ReplyDeleteHow long is a short Trot ride? 30 min to an hour?
ReplyDeleteMy account is dragon184 on international howrse!
Yes, short rides are either 30 mins or an hour. Long rides are 1 and a half hours or longer.
ReplyDeleteLucy
This Training schedule helped me alot, My horse Anna-Belle had 20 wins by the time she was 10 years, i also did the foal games with her. She has 2,681.8 Skills and her GP was 2,080.5 She's fully BLUPed and i Love her. Your a Great Help Lucy :)
ReplyDeleteThis works SOO amazingly! I have a 100 BLUP horse now! FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! Yay! Thanks Lucy!
ReplyDeletePS For the ppl with problems, JUST follow the Schedule! Works perfecto!
Does this work well for arabians?
ReplyDeleteUhm, I work on all of my skills and do rides and then do comps, is that good?
ReplyDeleteDo you use any BMI ???
ReplyDeleteWhat would be good for Paint Horses?
ReplyDeleteMessage me on the International Server - ChaosWolf
Thanks!
What would work best (Comps.. Training... etc.) for French Trotters? - Deadly
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean to do one every day, or does it mean to do one until it's finished and then move on to the others? x_x
ReplyDeleteHow long should I train for, 2 hrs, 3 hrs, 30 mins?
ReplyDeleteI think this is perfect for all horses!! It works every time...
ReplyDeleteHey, do you do these one at a time, or whatever? Sorry im very confused:p
ReplyDeleteBrought a foal today, followed through with these steps and she was completely bolded by 9 years and 8 months! Bulped as soon as she hit 10. Amazing, thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis method is great! It worked for me! It was the first time I ever got a horse fully BLUPped and bolded in only 10 years. Thanks so much! Mine blupped exactly as she turned 10.
ReplyDeleteIt helps, for those who have not found success in this method yet, to give your horse a Water of Youth, a Chronos' Timer, and Achilles Heel.
I used a method very similiar to this and it works great! I haven't used this mehtod yet but from what I have heard this method shoudl work really well.
ReplyDeleteThis method is amazing! My horses has so much skill and he isn't even fully bolded yet!
ReplyDeleteHow can I incorporate a lesson each day? For example, in what part of the schedule should I do a lesson?
ReplyDeleteWait, I am very confused. If you do this do you do all of that every day. How long do you train in each disipline every day. Its probably obvious but...
ReplyDeleteThis sucks who wants to wait so long
ReplyDeleteAnd now it gets complicated..
ReplyDeleteyep
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