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Training Tips
October 22, 2024

Training Tip: Practice Transitions to Engage Your Horse

If you want your horse to be tuned in to you and be responsive to your cues, get in the habit of practicing transitions. Transitions are asking the horse to stop, slow down or speed up when you cue him to. They simultaneously work on the horse’s gas pedal and brakes and his overall suppleness. […]

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Walkabout Tours
October 22, 2024

2025 Walkabout Tour Dates and Locations

The Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries is coming to four locations next year. That’s right, we added an extra stop! The two-day events feature Clinton and our Professional Clinicians working with local horses as well as Clinton’s performance horses in a variety of training demonstrations. 2025 Tour Dates and Locations: March 15-16 at the […]

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Method Ambassadors
October 22, 2024

Method Ambassadors Receive Colt Starting Certification

At the beginning of October, we welcomed 16 horsemen to the Downunder Horsemanship Ranch to participate in our annual Colt Starting Clinic. Each year, Method Ambassadors are invited to attend the clinic to earn colt starting certification. The 10-day clinic is an intense course taught by Professional Clinician Jeff Davis with assistance from Professional Clinician […]

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Training Tips
October 15, 2024

Training Tip: Working With a Blind Horse

Question: I have a horse that had an eye removed. He is penned with horses that don’t ambush him on that side, so he doesn’t become as jumpy. He is good with being desensitized on that side, but he is really pushy with groundwork, even if I am talking to him so he knows where […]

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Walkabout Tours
October 15, 2024

Tips to Get Your Unmotivated Horse to Canter

The Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries is coming to the T. Ed Garrison Arena and Expo Center in Clemson, South Carolina, December 21 and 22. During the two-day event, Clinton and our Professional Clinicians will put on a variety of training demonstrations that range from colt starting to training performance horses. One of the […]

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Training Tips
October 8, 2024

Training Tip: Practice Transitions on the Trail

When training horses on the trail, focus on transitions on the way home to keep your horse engaged with you. Our usual approach is after letting the horses spend three or so minutes walking on a big, loose rein to relax, we start giving them little puzzles to solve. We might trot forward and then […]

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Clinton Anderson Performance Horses
October 8, 2024

Bailey Is a Ready-To-Go Futurity Horse

Bailey, a reined cow horse filly, will be available in the October 13th Solo Select Horses Online Sale. Bailey, registered as Miss Congenialityy, is by Stevie Rey Von out of Magic With Moves by Abrakadabracre. Stevie Rey Von won $420,903 in the show pen and has made a sensational start as a junior sire with […]

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No Worries Club
October 8, 2024

Fall Journal Out for No Worries Club Members

The fall issue of our quarterly No Worries Club magazine features our 2024 Method Ambassadors. You’ll get to learn all about the newest members of our team as well as read their thoughts about the intense course. This issue’s training articles include desensitizing a horse to vehicles, building confidence with the cowboy curtain obstacle, and […]

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Sponsors
October 7, 2024

Ritchie. Because every saved drop matters.

The benefits of adding a Ritchie to your operation extend far beyond saving you time and money. CONSERVE WATER Prevent water waste from spills, splashing and evaporation while providing clean water for your animals. PROTECT THE LAND Keep natural water clean and soil healthy for generations to come. SAVE ENERGY Energy efficiency keeps clean water […]

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Training Tips
October 1, 2024

Training Tip: Horse Ducks During the Cruising Lesson

Question: I have a training question about my 15-year-old Quarter Horse gelding. I’ve only had him for a year and really enjoy riding him, but there are some characteristics that I find challenging. I am still in the Fundamentals and am working through the Cruising Lesson. My horse doesn’t trot or canter in circles or […]

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