Tag: Colt Starting

  • 106 Ben Longwell, True West Horsemanship

    Ben Longwell and his wife Natalie own and run True West Horsemanship. They had a base in her native New Zealand and now operate out of their ranch near Pendelton, OR. Ben teaches about traditional Buckaroo Horsemanship and lists the hackamore as his favorite bridle. I feel like I have known Ben for a while,…

  • 104 Steve Halfpenny, Light Hands Equitation

    Steve Halfpenny is a world renowned clinician, known for combining Natural Horsemanship and Classical Dressage into his Light Hands Equitation method. He got into horses as a young man for the most noble reason there is, to get closer to a girl. Before long the bug took and he turned his passion into his living.…

  • 103 Mark Lyon, Horseman

    Mark Lyon is one of those people I refer to as a horseman’s horseman. He’s highly skilled and I genuinely enjoy his take on things and the metaphors he uses to get his point across. Mark is on the road more often than not, but has gotten more regular on sharing videos on youtube. I’d…

  • Ep.100 Al Dunning, Living Legend

    To anyone in the Western Performance Horse World, Al Dunning needs no introduction. He and his group have won over 70 World Championships. He’s been at the top of everything from Western Pleasure to Reined Cowhorse, and has been a leader in our industry for over 50 years.  Al has served as President and Board…

  • 94 Brent Graef

    Brent Graef is a well known and respected clinician and horseman. He and his wife, Kris were kind enough to have this conversation with me. I think it will be evident right away how genuine Brent is in what he does and says. We begin talking about one of his main gigs these days, halter…

  • Ep 92 Tamara Lee Barrett

    Tamara Lee Barrett cut her teeth in the Hunter/Jumper world. A few years ago she could no longer stomach a lot of what she was seeing. Delving into Natural Horsemanship, Positive Reinforcement, and other modalities with the horse’s mental wellbeing at the forefront, she started a new path.  Today her training is centered around Connection,…

  • Ep. 82 Maddy Butcher, Writer, Film Maker, Founder Best Horse Practices Summit, and Buck the Trend

    Maddy Butcher worked for nearly two decades as a free-lance reporter for The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications covering sports, travel, business, front page, and investigative work. More recently, she’s dedicated her work almost exclusively to horse-related content. (But she still writes opinion pieces for the Washington Post.) Within the horse and ranching worlds,…

  • Ep. 80 Tik Maynard, International Eventer, Road to the Horse Champion, Author

    I was fortunate to be asked to be on the group discussion podcast, Compass Conversations, and Tik was also in the group. That’s how I met him and I’m glad I did. You meet a lot of talented horsemen and women. They’re not always people you actually want to spend time around. Tik’s fun, enthusiastic,…

  • Ep. 36 Becky Amio, Barrel Racer and Colt Starter

    Becky is from California and is a barrel racer. Despite those handicaps, she is quite the horsewoman. She is the only person ever inducted into the California Gymkhana Assoc. Hall of Fame and did it on a purebred Arab.  Becky has a bachelors and masters from Cal Poly, Pamona. She’s been a trainer’s assistant to…

  • Willow 4th Ride (Unexpected Blow Up)

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