With Mindy Bower If you are creative, you can find ways to prepare you and your horse for demanding jobs, such as roping, where there are many variables to keep track of, by simulating complicated situations. If riding in one hand, and if roping or any other aspect of making a bridle horse is part of […]
With Mindy Bower Backing in a serpentine is a great exercise for discovering problems in your horse’s bend and flexion. It can help your leads, straighten out a horse that is backing crooked, and can improve your turnarounds as well as your timing and balance in general. It is a helpful way to develop […]
With Bryan Neubert Many times we find that horses have a side that they are comfortable with us on and a side that they would rather not have us. For many of us, knowing how to address this can be a difficult challenge. And, knowing that the horse is most likely imbalanced because he is […]
With Bryan Neubert At a recent clinic Bryan demonstrated how he might get a colt used to a rope touching him on the hind legs and around the flank, something that Bryan likes to do when he is halterbreaking his young horses. “This is something I do on every horse, it’s a pretty standard deal for me,” […]
Written by EHC 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 […]
With Bryan Neubert “I learned this the hard way. A lot of times in the winter I start colts, when there isn’t much to do with the cattle. There is usually snow on the ground, and it’s cold and muddy. If you get your hands wet, then they crack. You’d rather not get your gloves all muddy, […]
With Mindy Bower Transitions on Ground Help Transitions Under Saddle This exercise is all about getting to your horse’s feet before you get on. There are many groundwork exercises that free up different parts of your horse. This exercise is a sort of “extra credit” thing to do with your colt or older saddle horse […]
With Mindy Bower A simple thing that many people miss Situation: When I first watched Ginsor’s owner work him on the ground, the first word that came to mind was “sloggy.” While this is not a real word, it carried the feeling of what I was seeing. His owner was having a very difficult time […]