Episode 303: Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier Pt 2: Starting Young Horses

This is part 2 of a three part conversation with Michaela Hempen and Carmen Heritier. In the spring of 2024 Carmen sent her three year old quarter horse mare, Malu, to Michaela for three months of training.

In Part 1 we introduced Carmen and Malu, and then Michaela talked about the early steps in her training. Malu was a well-prepared horse, so the training flowed along. Part 1 ended with a question about adding leg speed and that’s where we begin in this episode. How do you get transitions into trot and canter?

We also talk about the squashed road kill lesson, but you will have to listen to the episode top find out what that is.