Get Out of Your Rut

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If you feel like you and your horse are stuck doing the same old routine and don’t look forward to training sessions, you’re in need of a good challenge and some inspiration. The Intermediate Clinic will do both! Clinton and his clinicians will work with you in the arena, on the trail and over obstacles to test the foundation you’ve put on your horse and teach you how to advance your horsemanship. The clinic will be held at the Downunder Horsemanship Ranch in Stephenville, Texas, November 10th – 20th.

Exercises covered during the clinic include:

Groundwork Exercises:

  1. Changing Sides
  2. Run Up and Rub
  3. Desensitizing to Plastic Bags
  4. Slap and Tap
  5. Changing Eyes
  6. Touch and Rub
  7. Outback Exercise
  8. C-Pattern
  9. Throw to a Stop
  10. Sidepassing on the Fence
  11. Leading Behind
  12. Turn and Go
  13. Circle Driving Transitions
  14. Line Driving
  15. Circle Driving Transitions on the Long Line
  16. Bridle Bending

Riding Exercises:

  1. Vertical Flexion at the Walk
  2. Cloverleaf Exercise
  3. Yield and Bend
  4. Post ‘N Circle
  5. Yield the Hindquarters on the Fence
  6. Yield the Hindquarters and Sidepass on the Fence
  7. Rollbacks on the Fence Stage One
  8. Vertical Flexion at the Trot
  9. Shoulder In/Shoulder Out
  10. Serpentine Exercise
  11. Yield the Hindquarters and Bring the Front End Through
  12. Down and Around
  13. Bending With Vertical
  14. Leads Exercise
  15. Sidepass From a Standstill on the Fence
  16. Stop on Whoa
  17. Draw to a Walk Transitions

The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and include an hour-and-a-half lunch break. Extra one-on-one help will be available daily before the clinic begins and after the clinic ends.

If you’re interested in participating in the clinic, download the clinic application. Cost to participate is $1,250 for No Worries Club members and $2,500 for non-members.

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