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Training Tips
June 29, 2021

Training Tip: Don’t Ruin Excellence in the Pursuit of Perfection

You have to learn how to read when a horse can’t make more improvement, meaning you’ve maxed out his ability. If you keep pushing a horse that’s reached his ability level, he’ll get frustrated and often will regress. There’s a fine line between knowing when a horse is chumping you and not putting in effort […]

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Academy
June 29, 2021

2023 Clinician Academy Filling Quickly

The past couple of Clinician Academy classes have filled quickly, and the 2023 course appears to be doing the same. Now that Clinton is only accepting 10 horsemen into the Academy each year, the participation spots are more coveted than ever before. Horsemen from all around the world attend the seven-week course that focuses on […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General
June 29, 2021

Put an End to Your Horse’s Trailer Phobia

As prey animals, with a flight or fight response, horses prefer to be in big, open spaces where they can easily see predators approaching them and then be able to make a quick getaway. You’ll never see a prey animal having a rest in a tight, narrow space because if a predator came along, he’d […]

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Training Tips
June 22, 2021

Training Tip: The Importance of School ‘Em and Fool ‘Em Shows

Question: I have been working my horse Dash, an 8-year-old POA, on the Fundamentals level of the Method for a couple months now. I’m a member of my high school equestrian team and during practice my horse does great (we drag logs and rope stuff and he’s never spooky), but when I get into the […]

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Academy Method Ambassadors
June 22, 2021

Congratulations to Our Newest Method Ambassadors

We welcomed the newest Method Ambassadors to our team last week at a certification ceremony to mark their successful completion of the Clinton Anderson Clinician Academy. The eight horsemen worked hard throughout the Academy to prove to Clinton that they have the skills necessary to train horses and students at the Fundamentals level of the […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General
June 22, 2021

You’re Invited: Ranch Open House

Get ready for some fun this fall! Clinton’s opening the gates to his new facility on Saturday, October 2nd. It’s your chance to spend the day with him, checking out the new barn while enjoying a couple of training demonstrations.

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Sponsors
June 22, 2021

Ritchie Celebrates 100 Years of Providing Fresh Water to Horses

By Ritchie Industries One hundred years ago, horses in the United States were primarily valued as beasts of burden for the raw power they brought to farms and transportation companies. The population of horses and mules in 1921 was over 25 million, just slightly under the peak of 26.4 million in 1915. The rapid development […]

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Sponsors
June 17, 2021

Ritchie: second to none for 100 years.

  For 100 Years, Ritchie has innovated waterers that are designed to ensure clean, fresh water is always available to horses, no matter the weather conditions. Plus, Ritchie offers two great lines of equine waterers to fit any horse owner preference.   Made in America and built to last, Ritchie and Classic Equine by Ritchie […]

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Training Tips
June 15, 2021

Training Tip: Be a Detective Around Your Horse

Being a true horseman is a lot like being a detective. You’re constantly evaluating your horse and checking him over—is there any defensiveness, stiffness, “oh no, don’t touch me there” spots, etc.? Let your horse tell you where he has holes in his training and what he needs help with. You can have a training […]

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Academy
June 15, 2021

Good Luck to Our Academy Students!

We’ve entered the seventh week of the 2021 Clinician Academy and that means the students have been busy demonstrating their ability to execute each of the Fundamentals groundwork and riding exercises to Clinton. Yesterday, the students completed their groundwork test, and today, they’ll focus on their riding test. A couple of weeks prior, all of […]

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