Intermediate Clinic Kicks Off

We’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of Clinton’s Intermediate Clinic participants. The 10-day clinic begins Monday, November 3rd and runs through Thursday, November 13th. The participants each had to submit a video working with their horse, proving they were sufficient at the Fundamentals level of the Method, to be accepted into the clinic. They’ll begin each morning of the clinic discussing the philosophy of horsemanship with Clinton in the classroom and then focus on groundwork until lunch. After a lunch break they’ll be in the saddle until 5. Clinton will have them working with their horses in the arena, on the trail and over his obstacle course. The focus in the Intermediate Clinic is placed on gaining control and softening the horse’s five body parts (head and neck, poll, shoulders, ribcage and hindquarters). Clinton often says to think of the horse’s body parts as hinges that need oiled every day. The softer your horse is throughout his body and the better you can move each individual body part, the better overall control you’ll have and the more you can accomplish with him. The participants will work on groundwork exercises like Sidepassing, Bridle Bending and Line Driving, and riding exercises like Rollbacks, Shoulder In/Shoulder Out, Vertical Flexion and Draw to a Walk Transitions.