This weekend, Clinton is joining his mentor, Ian Francis, for a two-day training demonstration at the Queensland State Equestrian Centre (QSEC) in Caboolture, Queensland, December 19th and 20th. The event marks the first time Clinton and Ian have held an event together in Australia and will be Clinton’s first public event in his home country […]
Congratulations to Our Newest Certified Clinicians!
Clinton and the Downunder Horsemanship team are sending out a huge congratulations to Mitch Gassen and Shayla Smock for earning their Certified Clinician titles. The two horsemen spent 18 months learning the Method at the Downunder Horsemanship Ranch and impressed Clinton with their ability to train a horse and teach people, and most importantly, their […]
We’re a month away from Clinton’s three-day Fundamentals Clinic in Ocala, Florida. The clinic is being held at the beautiful Florida Horse Park and is open to spectators. The class is full with 20 participants, and Clinton will step the riders and their horses through the exercises in the Fundamentals Series. It’s a great way […]
Clinton is inviting horsemen from around the world to bring their horses to his ranch and stay as long as they’d like. RV hookups are available and each horse receives his own individual run that’s attached to a lockable storage area. While at the ranch, you have full use of the covered arena, round arena, […]
Like any problem you’re having with your horse that involves him not wanting to be where you want him to go, make the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult. You’ll do that by hustling the horse’s feet where he wants to be (outside the arena) and letting him rest where you want him […]
Demo Horses Needed for Western States Horse Expo Pomona
Clinton is bringing the Method to the 2016 Western States Horse Expo in Pomona, California, February 5 – 7. So that the audience gets the most out of his demonstrations and has a good idea of how to apply the Method with their own horses, Clinton is looking for local problem horses to work with […]
While you’re in the present-giving mood this holiday season, give you and your horse the gift of a better partnership by enrolling in a clinic. Downunder Horsemanship offers a variety of clinics and clinicians who can help you get results with your horse. Clinic with Clinton. Clinton is instructing two levels of horsemanship clinics in […]
In this month’s lesson, Clinton shares a training technique he’s been using since he apprenticed with Gordon McKinlay that improves a horse’s steering, gets him softer and suppler, and using the thinking side of his brain. The exercises can be used on horses of all training levels — finished horses to colts with a handful […]
Stop dreaming of having a career in which you can make a good living teaching others the Method when you can start earning it now! Our scholarship program to the Clinician Academy is helping horsemen from around the country pay for their way into the Academy course and giving them life skills to draw on […]
I often get asked if it’s OK to tie a horse in the trailer using my rope halter. The answer is absolutely. I tie all my horses in the trailer using my halter and lead rope and an Aussie Tie Ring. Whenever you tie a horse using a rope halter, make sure the halter is […]