WHOA: Teaching Your Horse To Stop

Teaching your horse to stop consistently and beginning the sliding stop.

This classic is so good the techniques were featured in Horse Illustrated.

In these videos, Stacy teaches you the three cues she uses to stop her horses. She then shows you step-by-stephow to teach the cues. To ensure that you see the process clearly Stacy uses four different horses with varying training levels.

  • 2 hours long
  • Shows beginning (horse who doesn't stop with Whoa) through beginning the sliding stop
  • Explains in detail improving the stop with the bridle, verbal cue, and rider leg cues
  • Gives exercises for improving the back up

"WHOA! Teaching Your Horse To Stop DVD is excellent. Stacy does a great job breaking it down and giving exercises to do in a logical order with logical steps. I've watched it twice so far and will be reviewing it often."-Susan


Course Curriculum


  Mounted Beginning Work
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Your Instructor


Stacy Westfall
Stacy Westfall

Great insight and an effective teaching style have made Stacy Westfall one of the most popular and sought-after clinicians in the horse industry.

Stacy Westfall is an AQHA and NRHA Freestyle Reining Champion who dazzled the horse world by winning top-level competitions while riding both bridleless and bareback. Her famous Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Reining Championship ride, seen by millions on the Internet, led worldwide acclaim and appearances on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

In addition to her accomplishments within the reining arena, Stacy Westfall was the first woman to win the highly competitive Road to the Horse colt starting competition. In 2012 Stacy was also inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.


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