Candid Training Demonstration

Knowing from the side of the speaker/trainer, I know that most demostrations are planned, structured, well prepared for, and to an extent, scripted and choreographed to get the best value out of the audience's time. We have a point to make, a message to get across, and we make sure our horses are able to demonstrate the things we will talk about. 

Problem is, knowing from the side of the student, it's not always helpful to watch a talented and educated horse perform things for the crowd that the trainer has prepared for months behind closed barn doors. I used to always ask myself, "but how did you get from zero to here?". Every video I watched, every tutorial, all showed horses that have already established these things. 

I have had so many people express to me how valuable watching the basics unfold in real time is to their learning.…