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April 1 - May 17
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Downunder Horsemanship Ranch
Farmington,
AR
News Archive
No Worries Club
August 15, 2017
Clinton is Back with the AZRR in the August No Worries Club Exclusive
The Arizona Range Riders are serious about two things: learning the Method and having fun while doing it. Clinton visited the Arizona based Method meet-up group and worked with several of its members, helping them with problems they were having and offering advice so that they could refine maneuvers. In this lesson, Clinton helps Rose […]
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Method Ambassadors
August 15, 2017
Meet Method Ambassador Anna McCoy
Method Ambassador Anna McCoy learned to ride when she was 4 years old on a feisty pony named Duchess. She got her first horse, an Appaloosa mare named Spirit, at the age of 9. A week after becoming Spirit’s owner, the mare unexpectedly attacked Anna. The incident led the young horsewoman to Star K Farm, […]
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Clinician
August 15, 2017
Mich-A-Roos Perfect the Fundamentals
This summer, the Michigan based Method meet-up group, Mich-a-Roos, invited Professional Clinician Shayla Smock to work with them to improve their application of the Fundamentals exercises. Eight members of the group worked with Shayla over the course of four days. Here is what the horsemen had to say about their experience learning from Shayla: “I […]
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Sponsors
August 15, 2017
Forage Only
By Mike Barrett, PAS, ADM Equine Specialist Nutritionists and veterinarians agree, a horse’s digestive system is designed to process forage. Economists will say forage is the most economical way to feed horses. However, forages alone tend to short the modern horse that is larger framed and more athletic than the horse of yesterday in key […]
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Downunder Horsemanship - General
August 15, 2017
Reserve Your Hotel for the Ranch Rally
If you’re attending our last Ranch Rally this October, we encourage you to reserve your hotel room as soon as possible. With the 500 horsemen who will be joining us at the Rally and other events taking place in Stephenville at the same time, the city’s hotels are quickly filling for the weekend. For a […]
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Training Tips
August 8, 2017
Training Tip: Troubleshoot a Buddy-Sour Horse
Do you have a horse that behaves as long as he’s with his buddies, but as soon as he has to leave, he becomes hard to handle? The secret to overcoming this problem is to make the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult. If you’re riding with a group of horses, use them […]
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Downunder Horsemanship - General
August 8, 2017
Bringing Along Our Young Horses
The focus during the next couple of weeks at the ranch is on reviewing the Fundamentals groundwork exercises with the weanlings and teaching them important handling skills. “We began teaching the foals the Fundamentals groundwork exercises, except for roundpenning, when they are born. We worked with the foals consistently for five weeks until they knew […]
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Walkabout Tours
August 8, 2017
Wanted: Your Horse
We’re gearing up for our last Walkabout Tour of 2017, and we are on the hunt for two more horses to join our team. Clinton will be spending two days with horsemen in Lake St. Louis, Missouri at the National Equestrian Center, August 26th and 27th. During the two days, Clinton and his clinicians will […]
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Clinician
August 8, 2017
Congratulations to Josh Standen
We’re sending out a big congratulations to Josh Standen, our newest Certified Clinician! Josh completed the Clinician Academy last summer to become a Method Ambassador and was invited by Clinton to continue his education at the ranch. His outstanding skills as a horseman coupled with his outgoing personality make him a natural teacher. Josh is […]
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