Versatile Horsemanship

Versatile Horsemanship www.VersatileHorses.com
Elliot & Caitie Holtzman

Starting and Training Performance Horses of Various Breeds & Disciplines. Retreat-style Clinics. Lessons.

Virtual Education. Entertainment. Versatile Horsemanship, LLC is owned and operated by Elliot and Caitie Holtzman. We are a low-key horse training operation with the goal of teaching and training through furthering our educations and bettering our own handiness about horses. We work one-on-one with our clients and their horses to help them achieve their goals and to help enable them to successfully and safely handle, work at Liberty, and/or ride their own horses.

"Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses." โ€”Kobe BryantAre you working towards you dreams and your...
02/16/2025

"Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses." โ€”Kobe Bryant

Are you working towards you dreams and your goals? Are you taking chances and risking failure?

Or are you making excuses and staying comfortable?

The choice is yours.

๐Ÿ“ธ Rebecca Carlisle Photography
Wallapeรฑo ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ with Elliot at Platinum P Ranch Show



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Our Working Equitation- Introductory Clinic with Doreen Annette Atkinson is off to an excellent start! Thank you ALL for...
02/16/2025

Our Working Equitation- Introductory Clinic with Doreen Annette Atkinson is off to an excellent start!

Thank you ALL for joining us today! We are looking forward to tomorrow and many thanks to Doreen for her insight and sharing her knowledge!

Ridersโ€”you guys were amazing today! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ”ฅ

If youโ€™re interested in this equestrian sport at all, PLEASE do not hesitate to come out tomorrow and audit, weโ€™re having a blast! Text me or Elliot for directions, 972-571-6104 or 940-465-3777.

Tomorrowโ€™s lunch will be chicken and dumplings incase anyone is wondering!๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ”๐ŸฅŸ

Platinum Bigstar (Huey)๐Ÿ’›4yo AQHA/APHA palomino gelding NRHA and NRBC By Platinum Vintage Out of a daughter of ARC Gunnab...
02/14/2025

Platinum Bigstar (Huey)๐Ÿ’›
4yo AQHA/APHA palomino gelding
NRHA and NRBC

By Platinum Vintage
Out of a daughter of ARC Gunnabeabigstar whose dam was a Rooster x Reminic mare

โœ… Ready to continue being seasoned in the show pen
โœ… Has been ridden in night show performances and demonstrations at horse expos
โœ… Has the Liberty training foundation
โœ… Rides outside on the ranch and is brave to obstacles
โœ… Started as a Reiner, is now gearing toward Cow Horse and Versatility Ranch Horse
โœ… Dabbled in Working Equation and Western Dressage and he is AWESOME ๐Ÿ˜Ž
โœ… Fun, kind, quick footed gelding with a great stop!

Heโ€™s sound, we welcome PPEโ€™s!

Would love to keep him in our program OR continue to coach YOU through showing and enjoying him!

Price has been reduced from website listing
Nocona, Texas
โ˜Ž๏ธ Text or call Elliot at 972-571-6104

๐ŸŽฅ โ„น๏ธ: versatilehorses.com/huey

๐Ÿ“ธPC:
Rebecca Carlisle Photography
Dusty Saddles Photography
Caitie Holtzman

โค๏ธโค๏ธ Happy Valentineโ€™s Day from our two resident troublemakersโ€” the ponies. โ˜บ๏ธ๐ŸคฃArchie the Welsh Cob + Wasabi the tiny Co...
02/14/2025

โค๏ธโค๏ธ Happy Valentineโ€™s Day from our two resident troublemakersโ€” the ponies. โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ

Archie the Welsh Cob + Wasabi the tiny Cow Horse

๐ŸŽถ In the words of Travis Trittโ€”
โ€œI smell T-R-O-U-B-L-Eโ€ ๐Ÿคจ

It's felt so good to get back in the show pen this year! ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ™ŒElliot and Wallapeรฑo were the Open Champions ๐Ÿ† at the Platinu...
02/13/2025

It's felt so good to get back in the show pen this year! ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ™Œ

Elliot and Wallapeรฑo were the Open Champions ๐Ÿ† at the Platinum P Ranch Horse Show right here in Nocona, Texas!

Their next event is the first weekend in March. We won't be at that one, but we hope you all will go and check it out!

Thank you Rebecca Carlisle Photography ๐Ÿ“ธ

I had ONE SUNDAY ride time open up in our Working Equitation- Introductory Clinic with Doreen Annette Atkinson THIS week...
02/13/2025

I had ONE SUNDAY ride time open up in our Working Equitation- Introductory Clinic with Doreen Annette Atkinson THIS weekend!

If you'd like to take the spot, please send me an email to [email protected] or shoot a text to me at 940-465-3777 and we will get you in the clinic.

Clinic is held here at Versatile Horsemanship in Nocona, Texas.

02/12/2025

I had ONE SUNDAY ride time open up for this Working Equitation- Introductory Clinic with Doreen Annette Atkinson THIS weekend!

If you'd like to take the spot, please send me an email to [email protected] and we will get you sorted out.

Thank you!

Weโ€™ve got some equipment weโ€™re trying out for filming different content for our Subscriber Hub. Thanks to Mark Lyon of L...
02/12/2025

Weโ€™ve got some equipment weโ€™re trying out for filming different content for our Subscriber Hub.

Thanks to Mark Lyon of Lyon horses for the inspiration of this little gadget to sit on the fence, and our handy-dandy filming stand that attaches right to the round pen panel!

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Ranch Horse Clinic - Show Prep!Come ride with us as Elliot coaches you and your horse through the following classes...Ra...
02/11/2025

Ranch Horse Clinic - Show Prep!

Come ride with us as Elliot coaches you and your horse through the following classes...
Ranch Pleasure
Ranch Trail
Ranch Riding
Ranch Reining

The focus of this clinic is getting prepared to compete, fine tuning communication and connection with your horse, and learning how to better warm up and cool down with each class.
Elliot has been a successful competitor in both SHTX, OkSHA, and other ranch horse/versatility/stock horse events for several years with multiple horses that he has trained. He offers clarity and simplicity in his coaching style and truly wants to see you improve your score in the show pen and your horsemanship all around! He has a knack for meeting the horse and rider at the level that they're at and helping them advance from there.

The following weekend is a Ranch Horse Show at Platinum P Ranch, also in Nocona- but not at our facility.

The Details...
When: February 22 from 10am-4pm
Where: Versatile Horsemanship-15750 FM 1816 Nocona TX 76255
Who?: YOU + YOUR HORSE
Price: $150.00/ participant, bring your own lunch and your horse's coggins
Register: https://form.jotform.com/250408156042145
Stalls, Corrals, Lodging, and RV's are available and can be booked on the registration form.

02/10/2025

Today a year ago we set off into the Patagonia wilderness for 9 day epic race. Here is my full length documentary that I created, featuring Versatile Horsemanship, Warwick Schiller's Attuned Horsemanship, Circus Cowgirl. We were also fortunate that this film also won a Equs film award.
Thank God for the horse and the adventures along the way, click the link below to watch for free ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
https://youtu.be/tbZTVAil2YY?si=y_Y1_exy3EIFMYxw

02/08/2025

1 year ago today.
Some days it feels like they just left for the Gaucho Derby.

Hereโ€™s to Elliot, Dan, Warwick, and Kansas for completing the 2024 race!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

Grateful for our friend and sponsor, Ms. Trudy Midas of EspanaSilk Grooming Products ๐Ÿงผ โœจ Can you name the horses in this...
02/07/2025

Grateful for our friend and sponsor, Ms. Trudy Midas of EspanaSilk Grooming Products ๐Ÿงผ โœจ

Can you name the horses in this photo? Comment โฌ‡๏ธ

"๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต." - ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ...
02/05/2025

"๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต." - ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ

๐Ÿ“ธ Dusty Saddles Photography
๐ŸŒŽ Horses and Horsemen of the World Show produced by Double Dan Horsemanship at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿน Elliot Holtzman

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐„๐๐ƒ- Clinic- Roping & Mechanical Cow Work here at Versatile Horsemanship in Nocona, TexasJoin Mark Lyon of Lyon...
02/04/2025

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐„๐๐ƒ- Clinic- Roping & Mechanical Cow Work here at Versatile Horsemanship in Nocona, Texas

Join Mark Lyon of Lyon horses and Elliot Holtzman of Versatile Horsemanship for roping, work on the mechanical cow, and whip cracking.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ February 8-9, 2025 | 2 โœŒ๐Ÿป spots open

All levels welcome, if youโ€™re just starting out or have been at it for a bit, Mark and Elliot will meet you at yourโ€™s and your horseโ€™s level to help you improve.

๐Ÿ“ Register: https://form.jotform.com/242476030442146

โ„น๏ธ Info: https://www.facebook.com/share/15wjvRKkuA/?mibextid=wwXIfr

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ฏ? ๐–ฏ๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐–ณ๐–ง๐–จ๐–ฒ ๐—๐–พ๐–พ๐—„...-Tuning up and getting back to work post-show/event-Buildin...
02/03/2025

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ฏ?

๐–ฏ๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐–ณ๐–ง๐–จ๐–ฒ ๐—๐–พ๐–พ๐—„...
-Tuning up and getting back to work post-show/event
-Building a new Liberty Team
-Introducing a green horse to the arena/large space
-Subscriber-only Zoom call
-Planning for our next virtual clinic

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The Versatile Horsemanship Crew represented 8 Terry Ranch Horses, 1 Mustang, and 1 Andalusian at the Platinum P Ranch Ho...
02/02/2025

The Versatile Horsemanship Crew represented 8 Terry Ranch Horses, 1 Mustang, and 1 Andalusian at the Platinum P Ranch Horse Show in Nocona yesterday!

Yโ€™all. We had a great time and our horses showed up.
Thanks to Platinum P Ranch for hosting!

Lily Hughes with Taz
Kelly Jackson with Tesla
Kiki White with Gaucho๐Ÿ–ค
Melissa Barnett with Topper and Geronimo
Elliot Holtzman with Huey and Wally
Caitie Holtzman with Affy, Spade, and Cuban

It felt good to be back at it, showing horses with our people, seeing them all succeed, and looking forward to whatโ€™s ahead.
Elliot and I are proud of our team, all of whom were riding and showing their green horses!

Come ride and show with us this year!

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Nocona, TX
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A great start to our Roping and Mechanical Cow Work Clinic here at Versatile Horsemanship with Mark Lyon of Lyon horses and Elliot Holtzman #versatilehorsemanship #lyonhorses

Come see us at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo tonight along with some of the best for the Horses and Horsemen of the World show! ๐ŸŒŽ Double Dan Horsemanship Knights of Iceland Bobby Kerr Tomas Garcilazo CHARRO ON THE ROAD Lyon horses The Wranglers Drill Team

Come see us at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo tonight along with some of the best for the Horses and Horsemen of the World show! ๐ŸŒŽ Double Dan Horsemanship Knights of Iceland Bobby Kerr Tomas Garcilazo CHARRO ON THE ROAD Lyon horses The Wranglers Drill Team

Closing out 2024 with an incredible crew at our La Garrocha Horsemanship Clinic. Thank you all for coming and enjoying the beautiful weekend with us improving our horsemanship and having fun! ๐Ÿคฉ #makeitfun #horsemanship #lagarrocha #versatilehorsemanship

This group was on fire today! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ”ฅ #lagarrocha #horsemanship #versatilehorsemanship

This rising 4yo is the total package. He is ready to step into the show pen to season and has the ability, competitiveness, and willingness for multiple disciplines. The most kind boy. ๐Ÿ’› #dreamhorse #salehorses #versatilehorsemanship

Getting emโ€™ broke about equipment today. ๐Ÿšœ ๐Ÿšง #construction #heavyequipment #horsetrainer #ifyoubuildittheywillcome #brickbybrick #welcometomyempire #versatilehorsemanship

Whereโ€™s Wonton? Wallowing on the hay. #wontonweekly #whereswonton #barncat #versatilehorsemanship

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž. ๐Ÿ–ค ๐–ฃ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‹- ๐–ป๐–บ๐—’ ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐—’, ๐—‹๐–พ๐—€๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ 15 ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ, ๐—‹๐—‚๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ 2๐—’๐—ˆ, ๐–ฅ๐—‹๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ๐—‚๐–บ๐—‡ - ๐–ฐ๐—Ž๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐—Œ. ๐Ÿ’› ๐–ง๐—Ž๐–พ๐—’- ๐—‰๐–บ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐—ˆ ๐—€๐–พ๐—…๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€, ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐–ป๐—…๐–พ ๐—‹๐–พ๐—€๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ 14.3 ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ, ๐—‹๐—‚๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ 4๐—’๐—ˆ, ๐– ๐–ฐ๐–ง๐– /๐– ๐–ฏ๐–ง๐–  ๐ŸคŽ ๐– ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—- ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—‹๐–พ๐—… ๐—€๐–พ๐—…๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€, ๐–บ๐–ป๐—…๐–พ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐–ป๐–พ ๐—‹๐–พ๐—€๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ 15 ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ, 7๐—’๐—ˆ, ๐– ๐—“๐—๐–พ๐–ผ๐–บ- ๐– ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—…๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—‚๐–บ๐—‡/๐–ฐ๐—Ž๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Contact for more information โ„น๏ธ 972-571-6104 or 940-465-3777 ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Nocona, Texas #VersatileHorses #dreamhorse #forsale

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž. ๐–ก๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—„๐–พ. ๐–ฆ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—…๐–พ. ๐–ช๐—‚๐—‡๐–ฝ. ๐–ต๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐–พ. ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜, 7๐—’๐—ˆ ๐– ๐—“๐—๐–พ๐–ผ๐–บ ๐—€๐–พ๐—…๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ (๐– ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—…๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—‚๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—‘ ๐–ฐ๐–ง) โ„น๏ธ 972-571-6104 ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected] ๐ŸŒŽ Nocona, Texas #dreamhorse #azteca #versatilehorses #forsale #versatilehorsemanship

This horse is SO LIGHT! ๐Ÿชถ๐Ÿคฉ โ„น๏ธ 972-571-6104 or 940-465-3777 ๐Ÿ“ง [email protected] ๐ŸŒŽ Nocona, Texas #dreamhorse #forsale #versatilehorses #versatilehorsemanship

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„ ๐–๐€๐•๐„๐’ ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ˜Ž #versatilehorsemanship #MakeWaves #notexcuses

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Versatile Horsemanship, LLC is owned and operated by Elliot and Caitie Holtzman now located at Cross Creek Ranch in Gainesville, Texas. We are a low-key horse training operation with the goal of teaching and training through furthering our educations and bettering our own handiness about horses. We work one-on-one with our clients and their horses to help them achieve their goals and to help enable them to successfully and safely handle and ride their own horses. We offer c**t starting and training with the versatile performance horse in mind.