Taking your horse down the trail can be some of the best fun you have with him. It’s hard to beat riding a well-trained horse in pretty country. Trail riding can be as relaxing or as challenging as you desire and it creates a better partnership between you and your horse. Plus, it’s just plain […]
If you want to change your horse, you must first change the way you interact with him. “When you interact with your horse in a way that he understands, you’ll get results. But if you keep doing the same thing, you’ll keep getting the same results. Your horsemanship won’t improve by chance – it takes […]
Method Ambassador Tammra Minteer started her first horse when she was 39. “I did it the old cowboy way, where you do a little groundwork and then jump on,” the Wyoming horsewoman says. The filly she was working with bucked her off several times, but Tammra gamely dusted herself off and got back in the […]
Find it on the No Worries Club Website: The Cigar Exercise
When it comes to teaching his horses how to do flying lead changes, Clinton relies on the Cigar Exercise to prepare the horses for the maneuver. The exercise gets its name from the cigar-shaped pattern you’ll ride your horse in, teaching him to pick up his shoulders and position his body for a lead change. […]
Training Tip: A Great Partnership Requires Daily Maintenance
Unfortunately, respect is non-transferable. Just because I have earned a horse’s respect does not mean I can hand him over to you and he will respect you the same way. Each person is responsible for gaining each horse’s respect. That frustrates many people because they spend a lot of money on a well-trained horse and […]
Clinton is bringing the Method to Lake St. Louis, Missouri this weekend for our last Walkabout Tour of the year! Presented by Ritchie Industries, the tour will take place at the National Equestrian Center and feature a new lineup of training demos that includes: Colt starting Training on the trail Introducing a horse to obstacles […]
On Friday before our last Walkabout Tour of the year, ADM will be hosting a meet and greet with Clinton at the Cottleville Farm and Home Supply in Cottleville, Missouri. Clinton will be at the store Friday, August 25th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Method Ambassador Ely Meggitt grew up in Australia’s Northern Territory with a love for horses and a passion for learning horsemanship. As a young girl, she took riding lessons, learning both English and western disciplines. Ely had a natural ability with horses and progressed quickly. By the time she was a teenager, she was giving […]
A talented group of horsemen is signed up to attend the 2018 Clinician Academy. Clinton and his clinicians are excited to welcome the horsemen to the ranch this coming April to share their knowledge with them and help them refine their skills. During the seven-week program, horsemen will train their personal horses through the Fundamentals […]
Find it on the No Worries Club: Horse Gets Nervous About Unloading Out of the Trailer
A No Worries Club member asks Clinton: “Chance loads easily now into our four-horse slant trailer; however, he has a new problem that has begun this year. He gets really nervous when we try to back him out of it. He almost sits on his rump when he gets to the halfway point. Then, when […]