"If you want a calm horse, stay calm, if you want a patient horse, be patient." Horses That Work specializes in putting a quiet start on young or old horses.
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While starting horses under saddle we use a quiet but firm method of c**t starting. We also can help you if you have a horse that could use a quieter mind set or a horse that just needs that little but of finishing in certain areas.
If you don’t follow this page yet, go do it! It’s the official Extreme Cowboy Association page and there’s a lot of great things happening on it all the time from tips to upcoming events around the world. Not to mention, the live feed for our Worlds show at the end of October in Texas, and daily placings during that show too!
“Timing and feel. It’s a life long deal.” - Trevor Mertes
Trevor often says this at his clinics, and it’s one of the most important things to remember as a horseman. The horses will learn until they pass away, and so will we, when we allow ourselves to.
We can always learn a new approach, or way to help the horse through what they’re going through, by doing less in order to achieve more.
The Finals here at IPE 2024 were great to watch, judge and announce! Thank you to all who came out in the novice and open division!
We’re all definitely having fun after day two here at the IPE Lighthorse & Miniature Horse Show!!!
Had a great time at the Chilliwack fair putting on the extreme cowboy races for them this past weekend!
Brought drifter along for part of his get into shape program before worlds and entered one of the 3 man ranch sortings the fair was putting on. Ended up drawing a good team and we pulled off a win! All the teams there were great and fun to ride with and try our hand at something different.
Extreme Cowboy Clinic!
FALKLAND, BC - August 23, 24, 25
This is a family friendly clinic the weekend prior to Armstrong fair and is always one of the best! There’s both levels available for all 3 days. This type of clinic is a great way to improve your horsemanship through obstacles, in a fun environment!
LEVEL 1 - is anyone who hasn’t taken a clinic prior with myself and is a great spot for beginners, green horses, new comers to the sport and all levels of riding. We start on the ground with a series of exercises to help build the trust and connection with your horse. We then build that into how we ride to have a clear connection with trust while riding. From there we use the trust and connection that we’ve built to work through new obstacles that relate to all aspects of riding. Whether it be dark corners in an arena, creek crossings, new banners being hung at a show, or in an obstacle sport itself. (Most people choose to stay in level 1 for around 3 clinics because it’s so much fun)
LEVEL 2 - This is for people who have participated in at least one level 1 clinic prior. Here we’ll work on piecing together an advanced level of horsemanship through combining a few obstacles, while working deeper at moving their feet when and where we want to get to their mind and build an ultimate connection. This level is for those wanting to advance themselves in any sport, as well as those that want to compete, or already are competing, in Extreme Cowboy competitions.
Price is $350 per rider.
Of that $150 is a non refundable deposit if not enough notice is given to fill the spot. The full amount is required 20 days prior and the same rule applies to the above of your place can not be filled.
Level 2 runs 9am - 12pm
Level 1 runs 1 pm - 4pm
PM for any questions, currently half full at the moment.
Total of 12 riders between the two sessions.
Over night pens available at $15 per horse per night.
Want to further your knowledge and see what the clinic could be all about? Head to the website www.HorsesThatWork.ca and sign up for the monthly subscription and receive a 7 day free trial to access all the current training videos!
Who wants a T-shirt?! People have been asking for some shirts and things lately, so here’s your chance! Ladies fitted T’s and men’s T’s , $35 each and they can come in white as well if you’d rather that! Message to order
It was great to be able to travel around too all the different horse expos this spring!
Remember, If you want a confident horse on obstacles, take them away when they scared and save their life. This gets us out of their way to allow the obstacles to be their idea. Once they understand that we’ll save their life when they get scared, they’ll go into anything new boldly and trusting you as a rider.
What’s one thing you learned at a clinic or expo clinic this past spring?!
Once again there will be a tri-fair challenge this summer as the Abbotsford Fair, Chilliwack Fair and Armstrong Fair are teaming up again!! We’ll be putting on the Extreme Cowboy portion of it again so be sure to go to the EXCA website ( https://www.extremecowboyraces.com/membership.htm ) get an international membership so you can get your Rulebook and card in time! Make sure you get your entries in for all three fairs as well at this awesome website designed for the tri fair challenge too! Here’s the link! https://bcsummerexhibitionseries.com/
Had a great time here in penticton the last 4 days and am looking forward to being back in September as well! Thank you to everyone who came out!
Here’s some pictures from Saturdays obstacles clinic at the Horse Expo Canada last weekend 😊 Sundays should be up in the next few days as well so keep checking back at Krystinas site for those as well
Who says clinicians don’t have fun meeting other ones?! Also, who recognizes this legend? Had a great time down at the Can-Am All Breeds Equine Expo in Chilliwack visiting with Jay O' Jay Horsemanship as well as at Horse Expo Canada in Red Deer last weekend. He trains and gives lessons out of Logan Lake, BC as well as offers some overnighting and riding around their place there, go check them out!
Had a great week giving lessons last week leading up to fun clinic over this past weekend!
If you’re in Alberta for Horse Expo Canada clinics the next three days are 10:30am, and 9am the following two days!
Here’s the Can-Am All Breeds Equine Expo schedule for the weekend!! If you’re around the lower mainland, and BC, come down for the weekend and check it out! And swing by and say hi as well!
We have a jam packed schedule for this weekend in Chilliwack!
Visit us online for ticket and vendor information!
https://www.canamequinewest.com/p/weekend-overview.html?m=1
Next weekend in Chilliwack, come check out Can-Am All Breeds Equine Expo!
The absolute best leather conditioner, and one of my longest running sponsors, is here at the Can-Am All Breeds Equine Expo here in Ancaster, Ontario! Make sure to go by the booth and meet Matthieu and pick some up if you’re here!
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Been having some fun doing demos at fairs this month! A Garrocha pole on fire has been one of my fun ones the past few years with colts in challenges I’ve done, figured it’s about time my stud got to play with fire as well. See you at IPE Lighthorse & Miniature Horse Show in two weeks!
Wildfires first time seeing this obstacle today. Within 15 minutes he had it figured out pretty decently
Life’s about the journey, not the drive. Make the time to go ride on that beach and pretend you’re in Mexico when really it’s just above freezing and you’re on Lake Michigan 😁
Don’t ever let your dreams of showing be determined by height and age! Rocky Mountain Horse Expo Mile High Select Sale
We’ve been having fun here at Hidden Hills Farm in Langley, BC the past week!
In case you weren’t aware, we’ve been on the road the past week to Texas for the EXCA world finals!! (It will be live-streamed again as well) But, like always, I’m taking the longer more scenic route to really soak it in and enjoy the trip! Here’s some view from southern Idaho where I stayed over at Horseman Haven Ranch. Some of the nicest people you can meet, great trails to ride on and there’s a hot spring just up the road.
It’s that time of year already! Whose all ready to shift into winter riding?? Make sure to get stocked up on Canadian Beeseal for oiling your saddle, and all leather products, before get stuck wet in the snow! Beeseal is one of my sponsors and I can’t say enough great stuff about Matthieu and this company he runs! You won’t find a better leather conditioner or saddle soap on the market! On top of that, I use Beeseal on all my wood cabinets in my horse trailer, leather couches, and as a hoof conditioner as well. Or even as lip chap when needed, because it’s all natural, it works on everything!!
Quick review of the new Dk Saddlery wade saddle I now ride, here at Extreme Cowboy Alberta Finals.
Ever wonder about crossing rivers, what to look for, where to cross? New video coming this week on the subscription to help figure some of the small pieces out.
Made this quick demo on tying a halter, last week while camped out on a bit of rain, at Lundbom Lake. Tying these halters is always a hit at the trail riding and beginner packing clinics we put on. Want to learn how to tie these quick halters? Head over to www.HorsesThatWork.ca and subscribe to the weekly videos and get the full instructional video on how to tie these.
To say we have fun when we get to the fairs would be an understatement! These kids did great playing around with their 4H steers on the obstacles, we’re going to start doing this at every fair as a new event 😏 Who else wants to try this!? Abbotsford Agrifair
Here’s our Extreme Cowboy demo tonight at the Abbotsford Agrifair!! It always great being able to spread this great sport around and getting more and more competitors involved 😊 #trythatinasmalltown #fair #4h
There’s two myths busted in this first ride video. FIRST- Stallions should not be “crazy and aggressive”! SECOND - First rides do not have to be rank Bronc rides! So many firsts in this video I’m not sure where to start! - first time this colts been to an arena - first ride - first time my stallions been turned loose in an arena (or round pen for that matter) while riding a colt But we’ll start with the second one first. This is my personal colt, wildfire, and this is his first ride. Number one, this isn’t the way I planned on doing his first ride, but the opportunity presented itself and I went with it, mainly for the horses sake. I love raising my own herd because it allows me to try new things without the pressure of a client, or at the risk of “ruining” a client horse. If I get into a wreck on my own horses, it’s fine, I’ll have the allotted time to fix it and work through it. I was working him at home in the round pen and a surprise thunder/hail storm rolled in. So I loaded Wildfire up with my stud and a futurity mare and headed to the arena. My thoughts were, he’s saddled so he might as well come and get exposed a bit. Once I got there I had him tied him and figured, we’ll he might as well see the arena a bit so I ponied him around for 10-15 minutes, and he had figured it out pretty good, considering he’d never been ponied. But he got to a pretty good spot and looked pretty good about life, and I figured there was no time like the present. I know I’ve laid a solid foundation in at home and was confident with what I’d done prior and earlier today. So I stepped off my stud and worked my way into the saddle on the colt (who’s a son of my stud, it was a real father son bonding moment) From there I sat on Wildfire and started moving his feet around and to see what I had working for me. He freed up and moved around at a walk pretty good, moving a foot here and there as needed. This is one of my own colts that I’ve been wo
Can’t believe it’s day 6 already here in Summerland and the last day of the clinics here!! Here’s a short clip from a kids only session here over the weekend. We always start with teaching and working through some solid foundational horsemanship before we start in on the obstacles, this is a great short sample of that. Go over and subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85872583 For more helpful video tips!!
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