Ep. 39 Steve Rother, The Horse Teacher

Steve Rother first hit my radar years ago when I saw a video of him doing a demo at an expo. The skill and horsemanship was evident, but he also had a set of jokes that his horse was in on, as he mimicked characitures of different disciplines. A skilled horseman and a man after my own sense of humor has to be a guest, so here’s our chat. 

Steve’s written an e-book called “How Not to Ruin Your Horse”, he does liberty work, cow work stuff, has roped off of a Friesian, plays around with the garrocha, makes bridlehorses, has won 3 of the Canadian Mane Event Trainer’s Challenges, including the last one made up of previous winners, and more.
He teaches and reside on the beautiful Horse Creek Ranch in Eastern Washington where he travels some, but not too far, and gives 5 day horse camps there at his ranch. We talk about his courses, clinics, and online offerings, but we also get into how he started out. He was the kind of kid who would audit a clinic and bring his saddle just in case there was a tough one the owner couldn’t handle. His story about getting into liberty work begins with every trainer’s nightmare. He also shares with us his way of learning, which is to be very open and not afraid of messing it all up for a while.
Steve is one cool cat and I think if you close your eyes, you could imagine Mathew McConaughey being the person talking. Alright, alright, alright.
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