Find It on the No Worries Club: Don’t Overlook the Back Cinch
Tacking up your horse correctly isn’t just important for his and your comfort and ability to perform your best—in many cases, it’s vital to your safety. An often-overlooked piece of properly adjusted equipment is the back cinch on the saddle. Incorrectly doing up the back cinch can put your horse and you in a dangerous […]
June No Worries Club Exclusive: Troubleshooting Leads
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about leads is covered in this month’s No Worries Club video training session. Clinton explains why leads matter and how to tell if your horse is on the correct lead. You’ll learn exercises to encourage your horse to pick up the correct lead, and, if you compete, when to […]
We’re coming down to the wire for our Refer a Friend year-end awards, and as of right now, the race is wide open! On July 1st, we’ll be recognizing the top five No Worries Club members who have referred their friends to join the club over the past year. 1st place: Spend a day training […]
Training session four is getting underway in the Performance Horse Series: Reined Cow Horses. The first video to be released is a training session with 3-year-old stallion, Hulk. Clinton explains the warm-up exercise Hinging, works on Hulk’s responsiveness in the Advanced Rollbacks exercise, and then focuses on working a mechanical cow. No Worries Club members […]
This month’s lesson is all about grooming and building your horse’s confidence about standing quietly while you work around him. Regularly grooming your horse isn’t just about making him look good – it’s an important factor in ensuring he is healthy and happy. Throughout the training session, Clinton works with Zorro, a yearling at the […]
“Ian Francis used to tell me, ‘Training a horse is all about putting him in a mental or physical bind and allowing him to figure out the puzzle.’ The only way the horse can work on figuring out the puzzle is if he’s using the thinking side of his brain and is relaxed. If a […]
A new contest that focuses on setting and achieving horsemanship goals in the Method is up and running for No Worries Club members! A Method Ambassador will judge the entries, picking first place, second place and third place winners. Our winners will receive gift cards to the Downunder Horsemanship e-store, ranging from $100 to $50! […]
The verbal cue “whoa” should be used for one thing and one thing only – to tell a horse to stop. When a rider says, “whoa,” their horse should stop immediately. In a bonus clip to the third training session in the Performance Horses: Reined Cow Horses series, Clinton shares why it’s important to not […]
Clinton Introduces Austin to the Reined Cow Horse Series
In the newest installment of the Performance Horses: Reined Cow Horse Series, Clinton introduces No Worries Club members to Austin. At the time of filming, Austin was a 3-year-old that Clinton was preparing for the SRCHA Pre-Futurity. In the training session, Clinton works Austin on a cow and explains what he’s looking for Austin to […]
Find It on the No Worries Club: Teach Your Horse to Circle
While loping a horse in a circle may seem like an easy thing to do, it’s actually fairly difficult to achieve when riding one-handed on a loose rein. To prepare his horses to lope and eventually gallop circles in a reining pattern, he uses the exercise “Circle ‘N Circle” to lay a foundation that he […]