Written by Steve Bell This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.31 It’s been said there’s nothing like an honest day’s work, and at Martin Black’s Clinic on the Alvord Ranch you can experience this satisfaction and much more from the buckaroo point of view. In over a week you can gain a practical knowledge […]
Written by Allison Nicole Shultz This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.27 For most performance horses, the bulk of life is spent indoors to avoid risking accidents and mishaps that would postpone a show career. As a precautionary effort, life in a stall with daily turnout in a run or paddock alone is […]
Written by Miriam Pumehana Paisner Always close and lock the gates When horses are around For you will find they quickly know How to play Lost and Found. Horses are smarter than you think And definately smarter than me, Eyeballing that unlocked gate or hole in the fence They’ll head out, just to be free. […]
This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.16 “I have spent most of my life around horses. When I was growing up, my family farmed. We put our crops in and out with horses. Horses have always been a part of my life,” said Ray Hunt in his opening words to a crowd of […]
Written by Barbara Weiss All I wanted was a simple two-track. “Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Tai,” I said this out loud, as if my four-year-old Paint mare might understand words better than anything my seat or hands could communicate. “A two-year-old colt can do this. What is the problem?” Tai’s head bobbed up and down fast […]
Written by Constance Brown Last week in the pasture along the creek by the dying cottonwood thicket, I stood on my horse’s off side combing brambles from his tattered mane. Looking forward toward his head I saw the back of his right ear. Silhouetted against the blue Wyoming sky, it formed a perfect crescent. The […]
Barbara Weiss has been a student of Natural Horsemanship for five years. She has come to believe that Natural Horsemanship is the best path to training, riding, or simply “being” with a horse. Natural Horsemanship, she believes is about honest, thoughtful exploration between horse and rider. “If Wishes Were Horses” examines this kind of exploration. […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman A collection of memories from Eclectic Readers about the late Tom Dorrance. Connie Brown: I never knew Tom Dorrance but all of my “teachers” are horses and trainers from his lineage. He made a great contribution to the good for both horses and horsemen and horsewomen today. Every day I delight […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I grew up on a ranch in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. We ran cattle and did everything horseback except the fencing, irrigating and haying. I learned to cowboy from my father and uncles who learned from their father and so […]
Written by Eclectic Horseman 1. How did you get involved with horses? I was an eastern-born, California-raised “town kid,” the proverbial black sheep when it came to dreams and later my profession. I saved up three hundred bucks by the time I hit 12 and was allowed to buy my first horse. She cost $300, […]