Nov 26, 2019
Jonathan Field Horsemanship Revisits
I first interviewed Jonathan Field over four years ago. Earlier this year I had heard he performed a TEDex talk in San Juan. It was one of those deals where you tell yourself, "I've got to listen to that sometime." Time kept getting away from me and I put it off a couple of...
Nov 12, 2019
Teach Judge Compete with Your Horse
It’s been an interesting couple of months for me. In 8 weeks I’ve taught some horse owners basic horsemanship, competed in a trail trial, and then judged others competing.
As I went through this unplanned process, I got to see the three phases of competing from several points of...
Oct 29, 2019
Comanche the Horse of Little Big Horn
Janet Barrett wrote a fascinating book about Comanche, the sole surviving horse of the Battle of Little Big Horn, The story begins with Captain Myles Keogh an Irish immigrant who was a soldier for hire. After riding for the Pope in Italy, he came to America to fight in the...
Oct 15, 2019
The Masterson Method with Will Friday
Will Friday is a Masterson Method Certified Practitioner. I ran across Will Friday at the Skills of the Rancho this summer. The Skills celebrates the tradition of the Californio Bridlehorse. I was walking around the stables when I saw this man doing what looked like a cross...
Oct 1, 2019
Learning From the Basics
Recently I attended a Working Ranch Cattle Clinic and before we began on the cattle, we went over learning basic maneuvers. It surprised me how much I learned reviewing these very basic exercises. While working on the simple things like small circles, yielding hind and forequarters, and...