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Open House Preparations Underway

Our team is busy making preparations for the Open House on Saturday, October 2nd. We’ve got Barrett Baber booked as live entertainment, food trucks ready to come in and all necessities squared away. Now we just need the first weekend in October to hurry up and get here!

New Downunder Horsemanship Office Hours

Starting this week, our office is operating under new hours. We’ll be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Meet 2021 Method Ambassador Jennifer Jones

Jennifer grew up in California as the typical horse-crazy girl, dreaming of riding horses and owning a horse of her own. When she was 8, her girl scout troop volunteered at a therapeutic riding center and Jennifer was in heaven. “That was the beginning of my horsemanship journey,” Jennifer says. She continued to volunteer at […]

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Training Tip: What’s Your Horse’s Passion?

Just like people, horses’ attitudes and abilities vary from one individual to the other. Some horses are more naturally talented at a certain task than others. Sometimes the hardest thing for people to realize is that not every horse suits every course. For example, I used to breed reining and cow horses, but not every […]

Colt Starting Demo Horse Needed

At the Dripping Springs, Texas Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries, Clinton will work with one of his Professional Clinicians to demonstrate how he prepares a horse to be ridden for the first time. An unstarted horse from the area will be brought to the tour for Clinton and his clinician to work with. During […]

Meet 2021 Method Ambassador Audrey Liddle

Missy, a sweet-natured pony with horrible ground manners, led Audrey to the Method and eventually to her career as a Method Ambassador. Audrey’s grandparents bought the pony for Audrey and her sister when the girls were young. Audrey had been in the saddle since she could walk and started taking western riding lessons when she […]

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Training Tip: Rollbacks on the Fence Issue

Question: When we’re doing rollbacks on the fence, my horse, Austin, a 4-year-old Appendix Quarter Horse, will stick his head over the fence rather than tucking it in and stopping. The fence is 5-feet high and sturdy, and even when he has bumped his nose against it a few times he still has trouble rolling […]

2023 Clinician Academy Course Half Full

The past couple of Clinician Academy classes have filled quickly, and the 2023 course is on the same track. Now that Clinton is only accepting 10 horsemen into the Academy each year, the participation spots are more coveted than ever before. During the Academy, students are instructed five days a week and are tested over […]