Find It On the No Worries Club: Conquering Invisible Monsters
You’re riding your horse down the trail on a big, loose rein when you feel his body tighten. “Uh oh,” you think to yourself, just as he shimmies sideways and snorts. You desperately scan the area where he’s focusing his attention, trying to figure out what horse-eating monster must be lurking nearby.
Collection is important in order for your horse to do any sort of maneuver well. True collection—not forcing a horse’s body into a specific frame—begins with a horse’s hindquarters. In order for a horse to collect, he has to have impulsion, meaning that he’s working off his hindquarters. When a horse moves with impulsion, he […]
Clinton and the Downunder Horsemanship crew will head south to Conroe, Texas in January to bring the Method to the Lone Star Convention & Expo Center. While Clinton and his clinicians will work with local horses in demonstrations that vary from getting the right start with a colt to desensitizing a spooky horse, his performance […]
As the Method is being used by more and more horsemen around the world, our Professional and Certified Clinicians are busy booking international private lessons and clinics. While the thought of setting up a lesson with a clinician may seem daunting, they work with you to make the process as easy as possible. Our clinicians […]
Our Method Ambassadors play a vital role in sharing the Method and helping horsemen around the world develop fun, safe partnerships with their horses. Our ambassadors are passionate about Downunder Horsemanship and have received hands-on training at the ranch and have passed rigorous testing to ensure they can execute and teach the Fundamentals level of […]
Improve Your Horse’s Comfort; Improve His Performance
Take the pressure off your horse’s back with Clinton’s PRS (pressure release system) saddle pad. During his early years of training horses in Australia, Clinton became frustrated with soreness problems he experienced with dry spots on his horses’ backs. He was determined to remedy the situation, and made his first prototype pad by hand in […]
By Kimberly Reyes This is my APHA mare Misty. I am teaching her the tricks as instructed by the Trick Training Series. Currently, she is learning the one-legged bow and coming along wonderfully!
Teaching Young Horses How to Confidently Load in the Trailer
How do you go about teaching a young horse how to safely get on and get off a trailer? When should you begin teaching your horse how to trailer? What additional safety precautions do you need to take when trailering young horses? Clinton answers these questions and takes on the entire subject of teaching young […]
Spend Two Days Learning With Clinton and Ian Francis
When Clinton and Ian Francis join forces at the Queensland State Equestrian Centre in Caboolture this December, they’ll be bringing a new line-up of training demonstrations to the bi-annual event. Demonstration topics will range from starting colts to training at the advanced levels of horsemanship. Saturday, December 14th: 8 a.m.