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Method Ambassadors
September 9, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Trent Burch

Trent spent his childhood riding his grandparents’ horses and started rodeoing and busting broncs in high school. It wasn’t until he met his wife, Claire, that he learned horsemanship and began working with horses on a professional level. Claire was an established trainer when she and Trent crossed paths, and she believed strongly in the […]

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Method Ambassadors
September 2, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Maddison Burkhart

Maddison was raised in northern California, where she grew up loving horses. While she didn’t have a horse of her own, she rode her imaginary horse everywhere, carried a horse encyclopedia around with her that she could recite inside and out, and loved the movie, Spirit. She got to ride a horse for the first […]

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Method Ambassadors
August 26, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Morgan Foster

Morgan grew up riding horses before she could walk, which suited her well since she came into the world obsessed with them. Her childhood was spent showing on the American Quarter Horse Association circuit, participating in 4-H, riding trails and camping on horseback. “My mom is just as passionate about horses as I am and […]

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Method Ambassadors
August 19, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Synda Hunting

Synda has been involved with horses her whole life. She grew up riding her family’s horses on old canal banks and got into team sorting and barrel racing when she was older. Her grandfather was a trainer and often fixed problem horses and bought horses, retrained them and then sold them to good homes. Synda […]

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Method Ambassadors
August 12, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Matt Loertscher

Matt spent summers on his father’s farm in Southeastern Idaho. His family used their horses for working cattle, hunting and roping. “The horsemanship I grew up with was the old Western mentality of the John Wayne movies, where if a horse was giving you trouble, you bit his ear, hopped on him and hoped for […]

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Method Ambassadors
August 5, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Rachel Johnk

Rachel was born and raised in Spain, in a small region that is nestled in the Pyrenees Mountain range. Her parents are missionaries, and the family lived on an old farm that came with three Arabian horses. The horses weren’t trained, but they captivated Rachel who was born loving everything to do with horses. “My […]

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Method Ambassadors
July 29, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Adam O’Daniel

Adam got his start in the equine industry after he graduated high school. He’d always been interested in horses, but he’d only ever ridden friends’ horses a handful of times. When he saw an opportunity to work at a performance horse ranch in Oklahoma, he took it. The farm, located just east of Oklahoma City, […]

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Method Ambassadors
July 22, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Jessica Shepherd

Jessica was raised on a dairy farm in northern Minnesota, where she grew up trail riding with her family and participated in 4-H. She dabbled in a variety of disciplines, trying western pleasure and then focused on running barrels. “I realized I couldn’t afford to rodeo, so I got into the English world and quickly […]

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Method Ambassadors
July 15, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Katlyn Triano

Katlyn got her first horse when she was in high school and hasn’t been without a horse since. Her first horse, Sally, a Quarter Horse cross mare, had a spicy personality. “She was super hot and everything a first horse shouldn’t be, but I loved her. I think we worked well together because I rode […]

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Method Ambassadors
July 8, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Mindy Vance

Mindy was in the saddle and riding horses before she could walk. Her parents are avid riders, and she grew up exploring trails with them. In grade school, she started taking riding lessons and competing in gymkhanas. Later on, she got involved in rodeo queen contests, going as far as to compete at PRCA rodeos, […]

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