Product Details

• Actors: Pat Parelli, Josh Lyons, Craig Cameron, JOSH LYONS, PAT PARELLI CRAIG CAMERON, 3 TOP TRAINERS & 3 UNTRAINED HORSES!
• Directors: JAY MICHAELSON JOE LITCHIE
• Producers: JAY MICHAELSON, JESSE LEGESSE, AMANDA MICALLEF, TOOTIE BAILEY BLAND
• Format: Color, Full Screen, Original recording, DVD Region, Value Price
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: FINAO FILMS MIO - ROPE THE MOON PRODUCTIONS in association w/MICHAELSON PRODUCTIONS
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00079F6P8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,482 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

IN A WHISPER horse training/colt starting challenge-ORIGINAL DVD COMES FACTORY WRAPPED/SEALED-DVD will play worldwide. An insightful & entertaining 2 hour training challenge featuring 3 of the best clinicians in the world; Craig Cameron Josh Lyons and Pat Parelli- takes place in historical Sundance Square in Ft Worth, TX- an environment that would be challenging for even a well trained, seasoned horse. This 1st ever contest was set up as fairly as possible so each trainer would be competing on equal ground; 6 horses from the same ranch, same age, equal breeding, same sex. The only human interaction the horses experienced in the first 2 years of life was being gelded- not the best working relationship! Pat Josh & Craig drew from a hat for 2 horses each & had 10 minutes to choose the horse they felt could best handle the challenge. The 3 horses they chose went to individual roundpens and from there the trainers were given just 2 ½ hours to work their horse in preparation for their challenge ride that would be judged based on the following: ? 1st- rail work or general handling ability, walk, jog and lope on the rail in both directions, turn backs, 360 degree turns in both directions, stopping & standing for 10 seconds and backing ? 2nd- obstacle course consisting of 7 obstacles 1. Walk through an hourglass cedar log path 2. Walk through a zigzag cedar log path 3. Walking over 3 cedar logs 4. Elevated jump or step over 5. Trot a "figure 8" around 2- 55 gallon barrels 6. Take a rope and drag a log around the arena 7. Rope a bale of hay and drag it around the arena ? 3rd- a free style giving each trainer the opportunity to do anything he felt his horse was ready for. All of this in front of nearly 2,500 spectators in the middle of Sundance Square in downtown Ft Worth, TX with 8 cameras capturing the action up close & personal. IT'S NOT ONLY ENTERTAINING & INFORMATIVE- IT'S SIMPLY AMAZING!

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Glimpse of Talented Trainers at Work!, October 15, 2005

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Invincible "Invincible" (Where Cowboys Still Ride) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IN A WHISPER DVD - colt starting - horse training challenge Craig Cameron Josh Lyons Pat Parelli (DVD)

A Glimpse of Talented Trainers at Work!, October 16, 2005
Reviewer: Invincible "Invincible" (Where Cowboys Still Ride) - See all my reviews
This training challenge was FANTASTIC! The horse trainers participating in this challenge were just a handful of the very gifted/skilled horse trainers in this world, and it was a real treat to watch these 3 men in particular work with their horses with such impressive skill- even the person who placed third in this challenge was able to achieve what an "average" trainer could only dream of in just 2 1/2 hours.
I have had the pleasure of attending clinics hosted by Monty Roberts, Pat Parelli, Clinton Anderson, Gawani Pony Boy, John Lyons, Craig Cameron, just to name a few, and have found that each & every one of these gifted trainers have an abundance of insight that adds yet another shining facet to our understanding of what it means to train a horse. The years of experience that these men have was obvious to see as they made it look easy - however, we all know it really isn't easy!
Due to the time constraints necessary to maintain a reasonable viewing time, the viewer will not see step-by-step training like the materials these trainers and others like them have available, but you will be able to see that these three trainers are definitely not "average" in any way!
The organizers of this challenge used Foundation Bred American Quarter Horses from one well known, respected, reputable ranch, all at the acceptable starting age & proper maturity for the Foundation Bred American Quarter Horse. All horses were healthy and unhandled to keep this competition as fair as possible so one trainer wouldn't have an advantage over the others.
Horse owners - don't pass this one by! This program is most definitely worthy of any horse owner's time, especially when it's something as good as this!! The filming, camera angles, lighting, sound and music were all excellent - top notch!
Hats off to the 'In A Whisper' training challenge creators and the trainers who participated; they made it worth every moment of viewing time for all viewers. It's no wonder why people that have watched this really do appreciate it! MADE IN AMERICA - LIKE GOOD COWBOYS!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "In A Whisper, February 27, 2006

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William R. Davis "Butch" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IN A WHISPER DVD - colt starting - horse training challenge Craig Cameron Josh Lyons Pat Parelli (DVD)

First, my order was filled promptly by the distributor.

I have watched the video and it was excellent as I knew it would be. I have seen Craig Cameron's work before and what he and the other three men accomplish working with a green horse is truly amazing, one could say miraculous. I was always taught that it takes a certain amount of man handling to "Break" a horse.

These men were able to gain the confidence of these animals in a very short time. I would recommend this to anyone.

I am sending the second copy to my cousin in Lousiana.

70 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A travesty, October 8, 2005

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H. Moffett (Harberton, Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IN A WHISPER DVD - colt starting - horse training challenge Craig Cameron Josh Lyons Pat Parelli (DVD)

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A horse is skeletally and muscularly immature until he is at least five years old- this is not airy fairy nonsense, but easily provable veterinary fact. A horse does not even get his full set of adult teeth until five years of age.

The programme that Parelli, Lyons and Cameron put these babies through, would knacker even an older horse that hadnt been in work for a while. Even the advertising hype from the website devoted to this film states "The In A Whisper Challenge takes place in the historical Sundance Square in the middle of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. An environment that would be challenging for even a well trained and seasoned horse."

What do you think those poor totally unprepared young bodies felt like after carrying a guy the size of Parelli for over an hour?

Would you take a ten year old kid, from some backwoods area, who has never been to a city before, or seen a crowd of people, and subject him, without any physical, never mind mental, preparation, to two and half hours hard labour, making him run round fast in circles, carrying a heavy weight, making him carry this heavy weight over jumps, and trail a bale of hay round the arena? Do you reckon that he could do this without any muscles aching to the point of being torn? 'Building up a relationhsip of trust for the future'- the commentator says on the DVD. I dont think so.

I am no animal rights activist, but a trainer of 37 years experience, teaching and lecturing worldwide. Parelli in particular, has the biggest ever platform to educate, with an organisation of, I am told, 250,000 members. There can be no horseman in history who has had such an opportunity. It is unbelievable to think that he has taken part in such an exploitative contest, without a single thought for the example he is setting to so many novice owners. Here in the UK, it is the novice owner mostly, who gets into Parelli Natural Horsemanship, because there are many adult riders who are buying horses for the first time and having learnt to ride at a riding school, and with no ground handling teaching, havent a clue how to actually handle a horse. Lyons and Cameron are every bit as guilty, but it is Parelli I am especially disgusted with, as the figurehead of the largest membership organisation in the equestrian world, and with it, bears a huge responsibility.

The Parelli distance learning system filled a much needed gap in the market, and, although I disagree with a lot of the techniques used, it has to be said that it has been very successful. But these are the owners who will hang on every word Parelli says, do as Parelli does, and if this DVD is seen by many of those riders, it could set back the education that we here in the UK, have been trying to inculcate in inexperienced riders, by a couple of decades.



Heather Moffett