Where to Stand While Free Lunging a Horse

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Kelli and this is Covey and on behalf of Expert Village, we are going to show you my options and techniques on how to free lunge your horse. So when you are free lunging your horse, you are going to bring her into the round pen and we are going to let her go. She is probably going to follow me but I'm going to let her go and we are going to be standing in the center. So when she is going around I'm going to be following her around the circle as she is going around. So I'm always going to try to keep myself at her shoulder to keep her going forward or going in that direction. Cause if I get too far in front of her when she free lunges, she is going to want to turn around and go the other way. If I get too far behind her, she is going to want to stop or slow down. So we are going to be standing here in the middle following her around and we are just going to make sure we stay right at her shoulder. So the thing you want to keep in mind when you are free lunging your horse and you are staying in the center, you want to make sure that they stay out away from you. This would be a lot safer for you if they tend to get a little crazier or bucking around you don't want them to come in and run at you. Cause that could be really dangerous if she walked up to me right now. But so you just want to make sure that you are always paying attention to where you horse is and your surrounding in case they happen to startle. So that is why you always want to keep them going around the outer perimeter of the round pin so that they would not run at you or no one would get hurt. So that is where you want to stand when you free lunge your horse. "