This adorable 2023 colt, En Ferno 75, is learning all the big boy things, and taking everything in stride. Here’s his first day under saddle. He is so kind and quiet. I can’t wait to see where life takes us. Stay tuned for more!
What’s in my barn, tack wise, is something I often get asked. I just hosted a 3-day summer workshop and the gals that attended asked me to build out this list, and the places they can get “the things”, so here goes! You’ll find links to all of these things by clicking on them –
In this ride with Cosmo, I talk about so many things essential to good horsemanship, helping a horse with alley troubles, and so much more. You will want to watch this 40 minute ride. I promise. There are so many nuggets of info here!
Barrel racers, tend to obsess about the pattern. So I created a handy diagram to help you make yours the best, fastest, and cleanest it can be! For years, I struggled big-time on how to turn the second barrel. I had trouble understanding how to keep my knee in front of the barrel, and how
How do you help a ratey horse free up? How do you help a free-running horse, rate up? In this video below, I’ll share a few of my tips. One thing I want you to note; I don’t often ask my really ratey horse, Dino, to gather up and get soft. I want to know
Today we'll wrap up this video series on the basics of collection. I hope you've all found it helpful in your journey with your horses. In case you missed them, here's part 1, part 2, and part 3.
We’re covering more ground in our series on collection today! A couple things to note — in the video below: Cosmo wasn’t perfect with her lateral flexions. We are still working on those, and eventually they’ll become just right. But I won’t pick at her, because that will ruin all the try this mare has.
In our continuing series on creating a collected horse, the next thing we need to talk about is how to carry what the horse is learning on the ground to the saddle. Below, in the video, I get on Luna and show you how collection begins to look from their back. Make note that there’s
Keep in mind, you only have about 10 minutes of quality time to train at the lope. Due to this, I do most of my softening work at the walk.
Over the course of the next four weeks, I’m going to share with you, the basics of collection. This series will show you where I start, and how I progress. As we delve further into collection, I’ll show you how this relates to the barrel pattern. I need to start by saying this: I believe
When choosing a horse trainer the options can be endless. With this article, I aim to help you decide what’s important to you, what’s important to your horse, and highlight some things you will want to look for to find a good fit for you. There are a lot of handy horsemen in this world
The last thing any horse really wants to do is fidget. No, seriously, think about it. If you’ve watched them in the pasture, when they’re not eating, they’re lazing, and if they’re young and full of energy, they’ll play for a bit and go back to eating or lazing. They’d rather be at peace than bothered, and to me, a horse that paws is a horse that’s bothered.
We like our horses to tune into our seat and our body, so we can use the reins and our legs to refine the cues we give them for turnarounds, rollbacks, spins, or gathering up so we can do a canter pirouette (or swap directions quickly to corral an unruly bull come fall). Plus, anyone else can use "whoa"...