When you meet a new person, you begin learning things about him or her immediately. You ask questions, you talk, you listen. The longer you know...
The junction between the poll and the atlas is the most important junction in the horse. It’s through this portal that the nervous system, which sends...
Richard Winters – Many years ago I lived right across the street from the national reined cow horse Hall of Fame member Tommy Sondgroff. I was...
Barbra Schulte – Recently I revisited my Insights Interview with Dr. Jim Loehr, “How to Find True Success in Riding.” During the Q&A portion of the...
Al Dunning – To teach your horse to move off a neck-rein while keeping proper form is a mindful process. It requires that you, as the...
Photos Courtesy of Ross Hecox Dick Pieper I’m going to be able to establish this attitude of willingness and cooperation in almost every horse to a...
Monty Bruce – I get asked the question often: What size of arena do you prefer to train in? My answer: The bigger the better. In...
Sandy Collier – Reining patterns typically call for large, fast circles (executed at a gallop), and small slow circles (at a controlled lope). Circles on both...
Driving through Kentucky recently, I passed breathtaking farms – acres and acres of meticulously manicured pastures, lined with white Kentucky-style four board fences that seemed to...
Dressage is the only way to naturally train Western horses of any breed. After all, a horse is a horse! You don’t have to train differently...