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Training Tip: Ditch Fear By Focusing On Gaining Control

On the Road to New York

Get your hands on one of our tour programs. Not only will you learn all about how Clinton established Downunder Horsemanship and get insider info on Diez, Marty and Phoenix, but you’ll be entered in incredible giveaways that include Method and Professional Series kits, mecate sets, DVDs and more! Each program has a number printed […]

Training Tip: Break Every Exercise Into Steps

It wasn’t until I started attending clinics and apprenticing under Australian horseman, Gordon McKinlay, that I realized that horses are just like humans – they don’t learn perfectly. When you first introduce a new lesson to a horse, he’s going to get confused, frustrated and maybe even agitated or nervous. And you know what? That’s […]

Training Tip: Stop The Excuses

Horses are phenomenal people trainers. They train us to do the goofiest things in the world. People make up the most ridiculous excuses for all the things their horses have trained them to do.

Training Tip: Don’t Let Your Emotions Get In The Way

Human emotions have no place in training horses. If you try to deal with a horse based on emotions, you won’t get the response you want because he won’t understand what you’re asking him to do. You have to be able to correct your horse and increase pressure without raising your emotion. Losing your temper […]

Sweeten a Barn Sour Horse

Challenge Yourself: Go Bridleless

Bridleless riding is often shrouded in mystic and treated as if it’s magical. Nothing could be further from the truth. In Go Bridleless, a three-disc DVD series that runs 5.5 hours, Clinton shows you step-by-step how to teach your horse to ride without a bridle. He demonstrates how to introduce the subject all the way […]

Training Tip: Respect Requires Daily Maintenance

Improve Your Groundwork With the May NWC DVD