Horse Training Tips

Here's an Example of a Successful Horse Training Plan You can ride horses for a lifetime and never actually start a horse.  Certainly you train a horse whenever you do anything with the horse, but in this article I'm thinking of "training a horse" as "starting a horse".  Recently I had a chance to talk with horse trainer Jodi Brassard about the effort and the planning that … [Read more...] about A Successful Horse Training Plan

A Lesson from a Peter Campbell Colt Starting Clinic Sadly, Peter Campbell passed away about 10 days after this article was published.  I have never met a clinician more dedicated to the horse than Peter.  The paint gelding pictured with Peter at left was a rescue horse from Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society.  Peter offered to halve his normal colt starting fee for this horse, … [Read more...] about Six Lessons from a Peter Campbell Clinic

"Now Wait Just a Minute" -- a Review of an Eclectic Horseman Article When we're working with our horses, we're always dealing with reaction time.  If our horse makes a mistake, should we react right away?  Should we act before the mistake happens to prevent any mistakes?  In an article called "Now Wait Just a Minute," in Eclectic Horseman, trainer Jeff Derby describes how … [Read more...] about On Waiting – Eclectic Horseman Article