SHF Natural Horsemanship GroundWork Clinic

Saturday, March 27. Starts at 10:30 SHF Indoor Arena. 6024 CR 605 Burleson, Tx 76028

817.800.8691 or barbara@spirithorsefarms.com for more information

 

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Introduction to Natural Horsemanship Groundwork Techniques

Directions: From I-35 and I-20 intersection south of Fort Worth
Take I-35 south 8 miles to the Renfro Exit
Turn Left (East) on Renfro. Go approximately 4.5 miles to CR 528. (Landmark: CR 528 is 1/10th mile past Mimi’s Grocery on the left)
Turn Left on CR 528 and go 1 mile to CR 605
Turn Right on CR 605. Go ¼ mile to S-cuve. You will see our arena on the left and entrance is just after first s-curve. There is a sign next to the entrance “Spirit Horse Farms.”

 

Come See how Natural Horsemanship Groundwork Techniques can help you!

Learn how to use basic groundwork methods to:

  1. Establish good communication and cooperation between you and your horse
  2. Get your horse warmed up and focused for the training
  3. Overcome your fear of your horse and vice versa
  4. Isolate problems with performance or attitude and find solutions

Using Groundwork to test for Soundness

  1. Learn how to use Groundwork to test a horse for soundess in body and mind prior to purchase.
  2. Learn how to pick the right horse based on size,, conformation, age, and suitability for your riding objectives.

Using Groundwork to prepare a young horse for riding

  1. Learn how to use groundwork techniques to take a young horse from beginning lunging up to blanketing, saddling, bridling and starting under saddle.
  2. We are showcasing a person who has only been doing this for 4 months on a 2 year old stallion

Using Groundwork for Rehabing/Diagnosing an Inured Horse

  1. Observe how groundwork techniques are used for diagnosing lameness problems and more
  2. See how you can use simple groundwork to rehab an injured horse.

Using Groundwork to Pinpoint and Resolve Behavior and Performance Problems

  1. You can use groundwork to isolate and resolve behavior and/or performance problems.
  2. We are taking feedback from the audience so we can focus on what you want to know.

    Training done right the First Time...

    We will take the time to train your horse right the first time. It doesn’t take longer…it just takes knowing how to do it right. We follow natural horsemanship training so that we use methods the horse understands. Your horse will learn how to be responsive and respectful. You will learn how to be a better rider without all the fear, stress, and frustration that comes with “sending your horse off to the trainer,” but ending up with unsatisfactory results

    While you are at the clinic, take time to talk to our trainers about evauluating and training your horse, as well as take a tour of our facility