Backing a Serpentine
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 …
Horsemanship Basics
Make the Right Thing Comfortable
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 …
Catching Up on Rope Exposure
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 …
Words of Wisdom from Ray Hunt
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. …
Handle the Feet; Be Friends With Your Shoer
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 …
How Groundwork Relates to Riding Part 3
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 …
How Groundwork Relates to Riding Part 2
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 …
