Downunder News
Sort
Start Date Start Date
End Date Jan 7, 2025
Category All Categories
Reset
Search Search News

News Archive

Method Ambassadors
January 17, 2023

Meet Method Ambassador Maren Jochum

Maren was born with a love for horses. Everything about them fascinated her, but growing up behind the Berlin Wall in West Germany made it difficult to follow her passion. Dogs became her go-to horses so to speak and she contented herself with visiting stables any chance she had. “My dad would even go to […]

Read More
Training Tips
January 10, 2023

Training Tip: Get Quick About Reading What Your Horse Needs in the Moment

Good horsemen are always reading their horses and making adjustments according to what the horse needs to succeed in any particular moment. This tip has two parts to it. The first part is for people who go into training sessions fixated on working on one or two particular exercises and focus solely on the exercise […]

Read More
Walkabout Tours
January 10, 2023

Countdown to the First Walkabout Tour of 2023

Two months from now, our team will be in Lexington, Virginia, to hold the first Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries of the year. It’s been years since we’ve been to the Virginia Horse Center and we’re counting down the days to the event! Schedule of Events Saturday Schedule: 9:00 – 12:00 Colt Starting, Part […]

Read More
Method Ambassadors
January 10, 2023

Meet Method Ambassador Grant Grogan

Grant was raised in Alabama on his family’s cattle ranch. Although he was the first person in his family to have an interest in horses, it was a passion his parents encouraged. They got him a horse of his own when he was in the third grade. “Rusty was an 8-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, and […]

Read More
Walkabout Tours
January 3, 2023

Training Tip: Let Your Horse Digest Corrections

When you make a correction and your horse responds correctly, let him think about it. Literally stop and let the horse stand still and digest what just happened. You’ll find that if you give your horse a chance to process the situation, he’ll be less likely to make the mistake again. Too many people get […]

Read More
No Worries Club
January 3, 2023

First No Worries Journal of 2023 Available Now

The winter edition of the No Worries Journal is out for club members to enjoy. The first issue of 2023 features our newest Method Ambassadors and is full of training tips to help you excel with the Method. Among the training articles, you’ll find help for teaching your horse to sidepass over a log, master […]

Read More
Method Ambassadors
January 3, 2023

Meet Method Ambassador Chloe Bermel

Growing up in rural Minnesota, Chloe was riding before she could walk. “My mom started taking riding lessons and got her first horse, Magic, after she married my father. When I was born, she’d put me in the saddle with her, and when it was time for me to go down for a nap, she’d […]

Read More
Downunder Horsemanship - General Training Tips
December 27, 2022

Step-By-Step Directions to a Safe First Saddling

When it comes to ensuring a good start for a horse that sets the foundation for a successful career, how the first saddling goes is vital. If done correctly, it builds the horse’s confidence and sets him up for a successful career. If things go wrong, it can set his progress back a lot. “Plus,” […]

Read More
Training Tips
December 20, 2022

Training Tip: Build Your Horse’s Foundation at Home

When you change environments with your horse, meaning you take him to a new arena, haul him to a horse show or take him to a trail—anywhere you don’t normally ride him—you change horses. While your horse may be calm, quiet and obedient in your normal riding environment, when you take him away from home, […]

Read More
Method Ambassadors
December 20, 2022

Meet Our 2022 Fall Method Ambassadors

We’re excited to officially introduce our newest Method Ambassadors! Each horseman is certified to teach the Fundamentals level of the Method and offer public clinics and private lessons and accept horses for training. Learn more about each of the outstanding horsemen and contact them directly by visiting their websites. Chloe Bermel – Wagner, South Dakota […]

Read More