Training Tip: Transfer Confidence to Your Horse on the Trail, Part 1
When it comes to teaching an inexperienced horse how to be confident on the trail, it should come as no surprise that the rider plays a key role. A rider’s level of confidence and ability to be a good leader directly transfer to the horse. If the rider is confident and an active leader, the […]
In the September No Worries Club exclusive, Clinton is back in Scottsdale, Arizona to work with the group of No Worries Club members and Method Ambassador Rick Badousek. He’s ready to test the group’s riding skills before heading out on the trail. In part one, Clinton took the group through a series of groundwork exercises. […]
Mindy, Clinton’s Australian Quarter Horse mare who helped the trainer build Downunder Horsemanship, celebrated her birthday on Sunday. With the help of his parents, Clinton purchased the liver chestnut mare in 1993 when she was just a weanling. The pair went on to earn third-place honors at the 1997 Australia National Reining Horse Association Futurity. […]
Madison grew up on a small ranch just outside of Pendleton, Oregon, where her parents got her involved with horses at a young age. By the time she was 9, she had a horse of her own and enjoyed exploring trails and competing in schooling shows. Throughout her middle-school and teenage years, she participated in […]
Question: My husband brought home a cute project mare. She does well at all the Fundamentals exercises, but she has a deathly fear of plastic bags, only when a human is involved, though. She strikes and rears if it is going to touch her. We have had four or five three-hour sessions and it’s a […]
Our team is busy making preparations for the Open House on Saturday, October 2nd. We’ve got Barrett Baber booked as live entertainment, food trucks ready to come in and all necessities squared away. Now we just need the first weekend in October to hurry up and get here!
Jennifer grew up in California as the typical horse-crazy girl, dreaming of riding horses and owning a horse of her own. When she was 8, her girl scout troop volunteered at a therapeutic riding center and Jennifer was in heaven. “That was the beginning of my horsemanship journey,” Jennifer says. She continued to volunteer at […]
Just like people, horses’ attitudes and abilities vary from one individual to the other. Some horses are more naturally talented at a certain task than others. Sometimes the hardest thing for people to realize is that not every horse suits every course. For example, I used to breed reining and cow horses, but not every […]