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Training Tips
September 16, 2025

Training Tip: Handling a Horse’s Legs

Question: Do you have any tips on getting a young horse to stand for the farrier? I’m training my 3-year-old gelding on my own and he does not like his back feet being touched. He tries to kick out.

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Downunder Horsemanship - General Walkabout Tours
September 16, 2025

And the Saddle Goes To …

We held our final Walkabout Tour in Waterloo, Iowa, at the beginning of the month, and we couldn’t have asked for a better sendoff. To celebrate the close of over two decades of unforgettable tours, we launched the Big Blue Sendoff Contest, giving horsemen the chance to win an Aussie Saddle by sharing their journey […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General Walkabout Tours
September 16, 2025

Gordon and April Schultz Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

At the Waterloo, Iowa Walkabout Tour, Clinton honored event managers and longtime team members Gordon and April Schultz with a Downunder Horsemanship Lifetime Achievement Award. The couple started their journey with Downunder Horsemanship as volunteers at the 2007 Walkabout Tour in St. Pual, Minnesota. Their work ethic and passion for the Method impressed the Downunder […]

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Sponsors Uncategorized
September 15, 2025

Know Your Climate Before Building

There’s a lot to think about when you’re planning to build a barn. From how best to position the barn on the property to what style of a barn you want to build. Your plans will quickly become detailed and extensive!

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Training Tips
September 9, 2025

Training Tip: Must-Have Obstacles: Small Gully

Having obstacles to work your horse over keeps training sessions fun and interesting for you and him. Plus, it allows you to work on practical skills you’ll need when you’re out exploring trails. If you’ve got a set budget to work with or only a limited area in which to build a course, there are […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General Walkabout Tours
September 9, 2025

Final Walkabout Tour in the Books

This past weekend in Waterloo, Iowa, we closed the chapter on an incredible era in Downunder Horsemanship’s history with our final Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries. We couldn’t have asked for a better send-off than the one we experienced with all of you. From the very first tour stop in 2001 to this past […]

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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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Training Tips
September 2, 2025

Training Tip: Horse Tosses Her Head When Backing Up

Question: Every time I ask my mare to back up, she throws her head everywhere. It makes me unable to get her to back up most of the time. How can I fix her throwing her head up and get her to back up nicely? Answer: I’d go back to the Fundamentals Series and make […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General Walkabout Tours
September 2, 2025

Here We Come, Waterloo!

This weekend marks a historic moment for Downunder Horsemanship as we gather in Waterloo, Iowa, for the final stop of our Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries. For more than two decades, the Walkabout Tour has been the ultimate way for horsemen to experience Clinton and the Method up close. The tour stops are filled […]

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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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