So there is a big name clinician doing a three day horsemanship clinic down the road and I dropped by to see how it was. It was $50 per day to audit. The last time the clinician was here a few years ago it was $25 a day. I decided to pass on it and figured I would buy a training video from my wish list instead ( Read more... )

Has anyone participated in one of his clinics? I'm riding in the clinic on April 28, in Caledon, ON ( Read more... )

Quick, friends! What is the best way to clean rubber reins? Mine are light blue, so they aren't as dirty as white rubber reins get, but I need to get them as clean as possible before a clinic on Saturday ( Read more... )

I have really enjoyed reading Aussie trainer Ross Jacobs' web site and blog over the last few years - he's reliably interesting and thought provoking and very happy to discuss the things he posts about ( Read more... )

The show I am currently attending has been sponsoring, along with Practical Horseman magazine, a series of clinics here on the show grounds. I missed the early ones on modeling and a mounted water jump clinic, but was able to attend the "Ask the Judges" talk tonight and I thought I would share some of the highlights with everyone here ( Read more... )

I just realised the year was about to end and I had only got one of the four horsemanship clinics I attended this year written up and accompanying photos posted, so I have just done an epic catch up, which means if anyone else is in a quiet office waiting to go home for New Years, you can distract yourselves with some of these:

Tom and Sarah ( Read more... )

Martin Black is an old-school cowboy and one of the finest horse trainers alive so it was a real pleasure to spend a few days in France last week watching him teach his approach to horsemanship.

I've typed up my extensive notes, uploaded a bunch of pictures and posted the whole lot here. It was a pretty interesting few days and if horsemanship or ( Read more... )

Forget 'horse whispering.' Chris Irwin straight up talks to them ( Read more... )

Okay, so I manage Saddle Creek Ranch. Which is owned by Vic Bennett and Janet Hutchison ( Read more... )

So I really want to have Elaine Banfield come and do a clinic at my barn. Apparently, she knows my coach Susan really well and told me she'd love to do a clinic at the stables ( Read more... )