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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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Training Tips
August 26, 2025

Training Tip: Must-Have Obstacles: Log Circle

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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Walkabout Tours
August 26, 2025

Victory Riding Academy

When Clinton brings the Walkabout Tour presented by Ritchie Industries to Waterloo, Iowa, next week, Victory Riding Academy will be joining our team as the Ritchie Charity Ball Toss group. The non-profit organization is based in Omaha, Nebraska, and offers equine-assisted programs to veterans, first-responders, department of corrections officers, school groups and teams. “From aiding veterans […]

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Method Ambassadors
August 26, 2025

Meet Method Ambassador Morgan Foster

Morgan grew up riding horses before she could walk, which suited her well since she came into the world obsessed with them. Her childhood was spent showing on the American Quarter Horse Association circuit, participating in 4-H, riding trails and camping on horseback. “My mom is just as passionate about horses as I am and […]

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Training Tips
August 19, 2025

Training Tip: Adding Speed When Backing Your Horse Up

Question: How would you get a horse to back up instantly with a little pressure? My horse backs up so slowly and won’t back up unless I give a lot of pressure or use a whip to guide him. Answer: It sounds like it’s time to enter the Do It Now Stage of training. When […]

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