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Business Profile: Perrydale Trails and Rebecca Herron

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Perrydale Trails
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A Place to Train, Learn, and Enjoy Your Trail Horse How and why did you get started in business?After 25 years of judging, training, and instructing in the horse world, I wanted something different to do. Upon retiring from judging, my husband and I began camping and trail riding with …

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Trainer’s Corner: Does Your Horse Come to You?

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Come
My gelding Exodus learns to connect eyes and ears in a “whoa/stay” with liberty trainer Donna Kelleher. This connection becomes a powerful reward to a horse. Photo by Kim Roe

How to Create an Easy-to-Catch Horse One of the more satisfying moments in horse ownership is standing at a field gate, calling your horse, and have him break into a canter and come joyfully to you. By contrast, it’s frustrating to find yourself walking after a sour-faced horse who turns …

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Editor’s Postcard: What Makes a Horseman?

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true horsemanship
Photo by Kim Roe

It’s a Lifelong Trip horse·​man, noun, 14th century 1. a rider or driver of horses; especially: one whose skill is exceptional2. A person skilled in caring for or managing horses Merriam Webster Dictionary A long time ago I was at a dressage show sitting on my tack trunk in front of …

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Trail Savvy: Six Principles to Better Horsemanship

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Horsemanship
Photo Courtesy Robert Eversole

Ideas to Foster Growth, Resilience, and Effectiveness While doing clinics at Equifest in Kansas, I paused to check out the weekly Ty Evans newsletter. I’m glad I did. Ty posted a list of six principles of a high-performance mindset, gleaned from Justin Su’a, a mental performance coach for elite athletes. …

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Trail Savvy: Getting Past the Spook

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Ruger and the mule-eating stump. Photo by Robert Eversole

Prepare with a Pre-ride Checklist and Practiced Training We’ve all been there: headed down the trail and our mount suddenly decides to exit the area, posthaste. How we respond to that event determines whether the ride is over or if it’s no big deal.  My bestest boy mule, Ruger, encountered …

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Media Barn: New in Books – Riding Out

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Riding Out by Ingrid Klimke

Strategies for Training Outside the Arena By Ingrid Klimke Olympic gold medalist Ingrid Klimke has long encouraged competitive equestrians to spend time riding outside the arena. Klimke learned to love trail riding and working outside the ring from her father, the admired dressage master Reiner Klimke, who insisted it be …

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Trainer Profile: Ben Longwell of True West Horsemanship

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True West Horsemanship
Photo Credit Natalie Longwell

Helping Riders Build Trust and Feel with Their Horses What is your name and location? Ben Longwell of True West Horsemanship, LLC from Pendleton, Oregon. What disciplines do you train/teach? We teach horsemanship for all disciplines, helping riders build strong partnerships through clearer communication. We do ranch roping and emphasize …

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Media Barn: New in Books – A Horse by Nature

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Mary Ann Simonds

Managing Emotional and Mental Stress in Horses for Improved Welfare by Mary Ann Simonds Renowned wild horse ecologist and equine behaviorist Mary Ann Simonds provides a practical soup-to-nuts manual for understanding how horses think, feel, learn, communicate, and interact with each other and with humans. Integrating over 30 years of …

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Trainer’s Corner: Get the Most from Your Training Dollars

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Get the Most
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Have Clear Expectations and Good Communication Deciding to send your horse out for training is a huge commitment and financial expense. When you put your horse in training it’s important to define your expectations. Select a trainer who specializes in the discipline you’re interested in pursuing. For example, we train …

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The Cowboy & The Jump Jockey, How A Champion Racehorse Was Saved

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March 31, 2024 Solvang, California: Amazing stories unfold in the podcast episode #251 about how champion horses are made when the trainers get it right for the horse.  Born in the United Kingdom and famous in Germany for working with Monty Roberts on some remarkable horses, Simon Stokes is a fearless Jump Jockey and patient trainer. When the …

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