Isidro Espinoza Horsemanship

02/01/2025

😍This is better than I ever could have hoped for!

We are almost halfway through our 🐎Mustang Gentling Blueprint (MGB) course and the participants are blowing us away! 🌬️

Isidro and I can’t get over the skill, dedication, enthusiasm and successes of our participants! We are having the best time coaching and guiding them.

🫶🏼Here are some words from Lynn, one of our course participants:

“I can easily walk up and halter him now! …a week ago I was unsuccessfully trying to rope this horse, this course has been amazing for me and Jack!”

We have decided to do another course sooner than we originally planned due to the overwhelming interest. 🤩

👉🏼If you want to be notified first when we open enrollment please get on our waiting list! Link in comments.

📷 This picture is one of the many mustangs used in the course. We don’t just show you one horse. You get to watch real training in real time of dozens of real mustangs we trained.

Hope to see you in the next course! We are taking a smaller amount of participants this time. ⏰

01/30/2025

These are our stories.

They may be uncomfortable for some, but nonetheless they are our truths.

We do not share our political views or opinions on here. This is our page to reflect our business and passion for the American Mustang.

However, what is currently happening hits very very close to home for us. Here are our stories and lived experiences. You draw your own conclusions and opinions.

Isidro is a Mexican immigrant. My grandfather was a Mexican immigrant (oddly enough, from the same place in Mexico 😳).

I met Isidro while he was working as farm help at Winbak Farm in Maryland. He was here on an H2A guest worker program. Stayed here 10mths every year and back in Mexico for 2mths. Seasonal work, if you will.

As part of their agreement the farm had to have an open ad for American workers to come and apply for the same positions. Sometimes they would come and they maybe lasted a week. The work was too hard. In agriculture, overtime doesn’t start until you hit 60hrs a week minimum. They didn’t even have to do that. They simply could not find American workers willing to do the job (and it paid well).

To the Mexicans, this was a cake job, it was easy. Their families all lived well back in Mexico with the money they earned. They were willing to spend 10mths away from their families in order to give them a comfortable life.

Isidro had been doing this for several years when I met him. He wanted to quit because he really struggled being away from his family. To the farm he was a massive asset. He was incredibly skilled with the horses and was always given the most difficult to work with. When I moved back to CA to go to nursing school, he was went back to Mexico. We spent almost 2yrs apart waiting for him to get his green card. I wouldn’t wish the pain of that separation on anyone.

Twice since we have been together Isidro became grievously injured. Both times his mother wanted to come so she could help me with the kids (while I worked) and care for him. I desperately could have used her help. They spent THOUSANDS trying to get a visitor visa, and were denied. You don’t get your money back either. They have strong ties in Mexico, own property and a large family. They have no desire to stay here. But a mother can’t even visit her injured son?

Another time we were drowning in work and building a ranch. Isidro wanted to bring one of his brothers to visit and help him build some things. Again, tons of money applying…denied.

On the other hand. We had an intern from Portugal come. She is also a German citizen and said she used her German citizenship to apply for a visitor visa because it would get approved. The Portugal citizenship wasn’t as secure to obtain a US Visa. But if you’re from Germany, no problem. She was a phenomenal intern, hard working, dedicated, incredibly talented and respectful.

We have had a Working Student from Canada too. She made money here, never paid taxes, no problem getting visas and coming in and out of this country. She knew all the ways to hide how she made money here too. Probably one of the most dishonest, sneaky and hateful people we have ever met. Thank goodness she can come and go as she pleases! She quit because the little bit of work she did was too hard.

The Latino immigrants we know are incredibly hard working. They are good people. They do not deserve to be treated like garbage because the door is constantly slammed in their face.

There was a wonderful, “illegal” Mexican woman who watched my young son when I went through Nursing school. She took care of him like family. I don’t know what I would have done without her. She learned English from her kids who were in school. One of her sons is brilliant and about to graduate nursing school. We need nurses soooo much in this country! She is an asset to this country. She does not deserve to be kicked out by a system that favors a different race.

People cheered when the government took Japanese Americans and put them into camps. Took their land and property. We used to train out of a ranch that was one of those properties. A white family made it an Arabian breeding farm after the government took it from a Japanese family. They never got their land back.

My grandfather built multiple businesses, bought a house, paid taxes and worked his tail off. Three of his four children served in the military, one was in Vietnam. That one was my dad, who was the first in his family to graduate college. He got a Master Degree in Nursing and was Professor of the Year multiple times for University of Phoenix plus ran the Emergency Response programs in both Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Another retired from the Air Force then worked for and retired from the Post Office. All have worked hard and paid taxes contributing to the economy. All had children serve in the military and do many tours in our wars overseas.

Guess what, my grandfather was here “illegally” too. He was fortunate to become a citizen through the 1987 Amnesty.

I wonder what would have become if he had not been able to stay. Would I even be here. Would we have been able to help all the wild mustangs, burros and people we have helped? Would I have saved all the lives I saved as an RN?

Probably not.

📷 picture is me picking out my first mustang in 2009. The one that set me on this trajectory.

01/29/2025

So many things in horse training are also lessons in life. How many people do you know go through life reacting to everything that happens to them? They are victims of life, constantly feeling like bad stuff just happens to them. Mindset shift would be to realize you are actually the one in control. This is a terrifying thing for many. How scary to realize your circumstance is entirely on you. But also, how exciting and freeing to realize you ARE in control. Same with horses. Do you simply react to what they are doing or are you controlling the outcome by being proactive so the bad things never happen?

01/26/2025

We wanted to say a huge congratulations to Ashen and Canyon State Horsemanship, LLC!

This was Ashen’s first ever actual makeover and she picked a doozy! The Mustang Magic is held during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. It is a very intense environment and super competitive.

Ashen did a fantastic job training this little grulla mare. She handled the environment extremely well and has a great foundation to excel in her new home. CSH Chia was one of the most consistent mustangs all weekend.

They Top Ten in three of the four preliminary classes which is a big accomplishment against trainers with lots more experience under their belts.

In this past year Ashen has trained four different mustangs for four very different competitions.Each one getting better and better. She even learned to ride English, jump, do dressage and working equitation on a mustang she only had for 3mths from wild! She really pushed herself out of her comfort zone in so many ways in the past year.

She is determined and hard working. Please go give her a follow because this young trainer is one to watch! 👀

🥰We are proud of you Ashen! You’re gonna be the one to beat very soon!!!!

You have already achieved the hardest thing. Making a happy, safe and healthy mustang. That is always the priority over competitions. 🙌🏼👏👊🏼🫶🏼

01/19/2025

I absolutely love Mel Robbins book that a dear friend recommended.

For a long time now, thanks in large part to our friend Dr Shelley Appleton here, I have a strict block protocol.

My take is, if I block those who are nasty, rude, critical with zero credibility, etc. then it makes room for the people whom our approach aligns with.

It is always the people who can’t or haven’t, who criticize those who can and do. They are also usually complete cowards in person. That’s fine, let them.

Let me protect my peace and be here for those who really matter to us. All of you!

My last video I have already blocked several people including a top famous clinician being a lemming 😂. All over a funny video! So silly.

You do you boo, and we will do us here on our page. You won’t see us on their pages or posts. Not our place, they are on their journeys.

Let them.

Trolls, Mudslingers, and Lemmings

If you put yourself out there in the world in any way, one thing is certain: you’re going to encounter trolls, mudslingers, and their hordes of lemmings.

These are the names I give to certain personalities who play roles in the dark side of social media. They specialise in harmful words and actions, or in intensifying the level of harm towards targets on social media.

I often wonder how many brilliant people remain silent in this world because of their fear of these toxic online personalities. I have witnessed the distress they can cause, and this post is dedicated to every single person who has ever experienced the torture of being a target.

Let me tell you more about them.

Trolls are provokers. They come in many forms and are out to annoy, frustrate, or pick a fight. Their engagement is never constructive. It might be argumentative behaviour, with or without an agenda. Sometimes they appear to be in some unknown contest with you or out to win, but it always goes beyond proving a point because for a troll, it is personal. They are online hecklers, and it’s all too easy to act that way behind a keyboard.

Mudslingers, on the other hand, are far nastier. They are out to smear and do damage. You witness the darkest of personality traits when you see these identities in action. They are malicious and indifferent to the truth. If it hurts, humiliates, or shames, it gives them power. They target you to make themselves feel powerful and to inflict as much pain as possible. It is always personal, but they rarely have accounts under their own actual names. If they can draw you into battle, even better—they are masters of nastiness and you just stepped into their realm. They are unbeatable because lying is not a problem and you will always lose because if they are not winning they will just deflect and project and suddenly you are the harasser.

Now to the lemmings who jump on the bandwagon. Lemmings are the ones who hit ‘like,’ ‘love,’ or ‘laugh’ reactions on the posts and comments of trolls and mudslingers. They ‘clap,’ ‘cheer,’ ‘agree,’ and share the posts. While they may lack the maliciousness to instigate an attack, they intensify the pain.

There’s a world of difference between being punched in the face and the powerlessness you feel reading things about yourself that are untrue or twisted to shame or humiliate. Add the lemmings amplifying the hurt, and you start to understand why online bullying can lead to real-life tragedy for individuals and their families.

Then there are people like me—battle-hardened Generation X-ers who have lived through the frontier of developing electronic communications and social media and have experienced firsthand the rise of toxic behaviour through these channels. From emails to discussion forums to social media and beyond. The power of the keyboard to inflict and cause harm.

I’ve been told I’m ugly, fat, stupid, corrupt, abusive, neglectful … you name it. I’ve been made fun of, threatened, belittled, and harassed. The last troll email I received said I was such a bad university lecturer in pharmacy that I had to become a crap horse trainer! It was such a weird attempt at hurting me, as I have more university teaching awards than anything else in my résumé! They should have taken a leaf out of the book of one of my university student one year who commented on a biannual anonymous student feedback report that I, quote, “needed a new wardrobe as they were sick of seeing me wear the same awful clothes all the time.” At least the wardrobe accusation made me slightly paranoid I needed to go shopping!

I tend to collect my hate mail and social media attacks because I discovered you can actually do something good with it. In my course—Teaching People How to Work with Horses—I’ve included a module on the reality of working in a field that draws attention. To be someone who helps others means putting yourself out there as a potential target. You can never cease being amazed at the motives and reasons you can become a target and the venom of the pursuit. You become the "Man in the Arena," from Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quote. For some reason, letting others read the meanness, hate, and ridicule thrown at me gives them great insight. We get to look at the examples and reflect on them. I show how I can get hundreds of lovely messages each year, but I will remember word for word the nasty one and how to turn that around. Everyone is always surprised I get targeted, something many don’t realise, but no one is immune. I am proof you can go out of your way not to upset anyone, and you’ll still upset people. It can be the way you write, what you look like, how you have made them feel about themselves, the assumptions people make—you can make people jealous—and so on. You cannot outmanoeuvre the complex human mind, its wounds and biases. Instead, I share my wisdom of how I have learned to handle it, and it tends to give others some peace of mind—not to mention some are so shocking they are actually funny.

So, what advice can I give you from a life in the arena?

1. Firstly, I have made myself a rule that if I see a troll or mudslinger in action targeting another, I don’t become a lemming. Even if I think the person they’re attacking might not be doing the right thing by their horse, I know positive change isn’t created by making anyone feel threatened, attacked, or defensive. I can achieve far more by making friends—or at least inspiring curiosity—than by bullying. There’s a big difference between condemning a practice and making it personal. If I sense someone’s actions aren’t about the horse at all but are just an ego-driven power trip, I don’t engage. I don’t feed the algorithm by giving it attention. This kind of behaviour creates more resistance to change than actual change.

2. I don’t feed trolls or mudslingers that target me. I block them. I can’t control their behaviour, but I can control my reaction. You can’t defend yourself against people who don’t care whether what they write is true. Their goal is to drag you into their realm of nastiness. I’m not nasty, and I won’t poison my soul with toxicity. I’m too busy doing things that give me meaning and purpose. As motivational speaker Mel Robbins says, ‘Let them.’ Let people be who they are; let them say what they want; let people judge you. It is both a mindset and a strategy for dealing with situations where other people’s behaviour might upset, frustrate, hurt, or confuse you. The core idea is to let go of the need to control others and instead focus on maintaining your peace and perspective.

3. I’m grounded in who I am. I gather evidence about myself and my abilities. No one judges me more thoroughly than I do, and I trust myself. I’m not afraid of feedback or criticism and can learn lessons even from bad encounters. I also trust my inner circle—the people I love and who love me. Plus, I leave the question of whether I’m a good horse trainer up to the horses. If I were a crap horse trainer, they would let me know loud and clear. Therefore, if people want to judge me from a mudslinger post, again, I let them.

4. Finally, there’s the "fair’s fair" rule. If I am not someone’s cup of tea, there is a high likelihood they are not my cup of tea either. I accept that not everyone who meets me or my work will agree with it, or like or appreciate me. I am at peace with that. All I can do is attempt to be the best person and professional I aspire to be. How others perceive me depends on many factors beyond my control, and I have learned to accept that.

Navigating people is undeniably hard. Add horses into the mix, and you amplify ego, identity, power, control, and every insecurity tenfold. Horses bring out both the best and worst in people. Platforms and keyboards allow damage and pain to be inflicted from a distance. Mental and emotional pain can sometimes hurt more than physical assault, and sadly, some people enjoy inflicting it on others. Learn to recognise what’s really happening. See trolls and mudslingers for who they are, no matter how much moral virtue they claim to have. There are better ways to create change. Inspiring curiosity is far more effective than ridicule.

To end, I return to Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” quote for all of us who are courageous enough to stand in the arena—our imperfect selves—helping others and putting ourselves out there, knowing we may become targets … but if we do, we’ll handle it with an understanding of its intent and a way to navigate it. Learn to be grounded in your own integrity, your own measures, and trust others to see that shine through, because the people that will get you will see it.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

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01/14/2025

Introducing one of our Mustang Champions - Western Challenge Vegas 2024 horses named IEH Vegas. He is a 3yo gelding from Roberts Mountain, HMA in NV. We are excited for the privilege of working with this fun handsome fella. Mustang Challenge Mustang Champions

01/13/2025

Ways to help equestrians and horses effected by the fires in Southern California!

Hello "Beyond the Herd" family- Michelle (director) here, dropping in from Los Angeles. It has been a turbulent week in LA, the fires have been devastating and relentless, but our equine community here has been nothing short of amazing. For those looking to help, I wanted to share two vetted options for ways to donate directly to the relief efforts:

FLEET OF ANGELS, directed by Elaine Nash, is directly distributing money to where it is most needed for feed and care for equine victims of our devastating fires here. Please go to http://www.fleetofangels.org/ and click the DONATE button!

There's also a local feed and tack store, DaMoors, which is collecting monetary donations to help feed and bring supplies directly to the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. They are also taking pre-orders for crewneck sweatshirts that say "Equestrian Strong"

01/13/2025

With competition season looming around the corner we will be posting some great training videos 🎥on YouTube to help you!

What better way to spend this time than learning some new skills and polishing up old ones?

☝️This first series we will show you the steps we take to teach a horse to drag.

Even if you never plan on dragging anything with your horse, learning this can help with a multitude of things:

📍Not reacting when something touches their back legs, feet or rump
📍Needing to pony another horse
📍Being good with you picking up things and putting them down from their back
📍Being good with something getting caught in their tail and dragging it behind them

➕Plus many more!

How many of you have had one of the above happen and your horse freaked out❓

👍Important rule of thumb: if your horse freaks out when you are riding or leading and dragging something, DROP IT! It's safer to drop it than hold on.

👉Video in comments, make sure and hit that subscribe button so you don't miss any new videos!

01/12/2025

01/11/2025

This Problem Is Rampant In The Horse World😔

“She’s just a b@*$h”

“He’s cold backed so you gotta work the snot out of him first”

“She has an attitude….is “spicy🌶️”…..”hot”….insert any multitude of descriptors”

“He exploded and bucked me off ‘out of the blue’”

Or maybe….just maybe🤨, that horse is in pain.

But but but, the vet checked ✅ her out and said she was fine.

Unless your vet did a full body scan, full x-rays 🩻 , and ultrasound the whole horse, or honestly a necropsy, how can they possibly know that? They get to see the horse a small snippet in time. Generally, have no baseline reference, and many just want to tell you what you want to hear so they can go to the horse down the road trying to die ☠️ of colic or make it home at a reasonable hour before their spouse divorces them.

It’s not fair to put that whole responsibility on them. It’s ultimately on you. You KNOW something is not right. Trust yourself.

🐴Horses can’t just speak 🗣️ to tell us what is wrong. S**t, humans speak and we still can’t figure out what is wrong with them 😂!Then throw in your stoic 💪🏼mustang and figuring things out makes it even harder.

There is hope! There is hope in education 📕 .

Some pretty cool, 😎 super smart people with a lot of letters behind their name, took notice and have studied this.

Meet Dr. Sue Dyson who created the 24 Behaviors Of The Ridden Horse In Pain.

I will link an amazing video about this in comments along with her website and checklist ✍️ . We reference this often when we are working with a “problem horse” or a wild one who is struggling with training. It is a useful tool for everyone.

ADVERSE BEHAVIOR is a symptom of the problem. It is NOT the problem itself. Your job is to become lead investigator 🕵️ and not disciplinarian.

Your job is to LISTEN, OBSERVE and REMOVE EMOTION. Here are just a few things to consider:

1. Treat for ulcers. I don’t care if they have zero typical signs of ulcers. If your horse has adverse behavior changes, they got ulcers. AGGRESSIVELY treat for ulcers too. Omeprazole is no longer the go to treatment. Which is a good thing because that gastrogard is ridiculously expensive. We have a program that works well for us but it is nuanced based on each individual horse. Here are some things we love and a lot of horses get them all for like 90 days or more. GutX, PharmAloe, Daily Gold, Sulcrafate, Succeed, ExcelEQ ProElite, NO SUGAR, no grain diet with tons of forage all day.

2. Check saddle fit. Just because YOU like your saddle, doesn’t mean it will fit your horse. It is not a complicated endeavor, truly. Keep it simple.

3. Get a decent saddle pad. That show blanket is NOT a saddle pad.

4. Learn what a balanced, healthy hoof looks like. Get a farrier who does too. AND KEEP UP WITH EVERY 4-6wk schedule. Don’t let those suckers get so long! It throws the whole horse off. Eight weeks is TOO long. Even better, learn to do it yourself and just do maintenance every few weeks.

5. Become a better rider. Learn dressage and how to use your body properly. Your horse can only put up with your lack of awareness of your crookedness, asymmetry in aid application, etc…..until they can’t anymore. NOTICE their asymmetry, imbalance, weakness, stiffness, etc and FIX it. Stall rest can be the worst treatment plan for many issues. Horses NEED to move.

It’s ok, you didn’t know 🥺. You have been around horses forever and this is the way it’s always been. You want to learn though and listen 👂to your horse. You have a strong desire to help your horse so you can both have the connection and partnership you always dreamed about. We hope this information helps you listen to your horse and achieve your dreams.

Remember! NOTHING is black and white!!! All behavior is information 📝 .

Gather as much information as you can and keep learning.

Your horse is counting on you.🥰

01/10/2025

Yes we still have our Patreon for those wanting to learn on a budget.

Patreon has done a ton of updates and we are starting to organize our Patreon now which is super exciting and will be so much easier for our members to navigate.

There are currently over 100 training videos in our Patreon! We post a new video each month.

Check it out!

Get more from Isidro Espinoza Horsemanship on Patreon

01/09/2025

🐴 What does your horse say about you ❓

In this time of new beginnings in the new year. What can you do to be introspective, reflective and intuitive 🧘 to work on yourself to improve your relationship with your horse?

We want to hear 👂 all about!

Comment below 👇

📷 Ldoddphotography

01/08/2025

Come see a screening in Chandler, AZ this month!

A short documentary about the intertwining lives, kinship, and mirrored adversity between Amber and Isidro Espinoza and wild mustangs.

2024 Festival Circuit

Checkout our Trailer Here:
https://vimeo.com/952462496

01/07/2025

🥳Let's start the New Year off achieving fun goals and obtaining new skills with your horse(s)!

New Videos for our Perpetual Training Toolbox video training library plus our all new challenges are UP!

💪NEW CHALLENGE for the New Year! Join this month's Challenge! The prize for the winner is a gallon of ExcelEQ ProElite (over $100 value!)

Community Page👩‍💻 - The community part of the PTT membership and is where you will find fun challenges, chat with other PTT members and IEH, plus share your struggles, get help and share your successes.

🎥NEW VIDEOS - This month's new videos are:

🕹Steering Off Leg: Isolating Cues - In this video our assistant trainer Ashen from Canyon State Horsemanship, LLC shows you how to teach your horse to steer solely off leg pressure under saddle.

⭕️Lessons In The Roundpen: Line up & Focus - In this video we go over how important it is for your horse to line up straight and see how I handle a young mustang struggling with focus. We also added a ton of new videos to the Lessons In The Roundpen segment of the toolbox.

🐾Teaching The Backup: Three Methods - In this video we go over how to teach your horse to back up on the ground three different important ways. This video is part of the challenge videos and can be found under the NEW "Challenge Videos" section of the toolbox.

We are excited to start this new year off with you 🙌and hope you join our fun monthly challenges to "challenge" your horsemanship and make 2025 your best year yet!

💰To help you achieve this and give you a little extra motivation we are giving a New Year's Discount of 25% off the Toolbox!!! Use code: NEWYEAR2025

⁉️What are you waiting for⁉️

Make 2025 YOUR year! 🤩

Don't look 👀 back!

👉Link in bio and comments.

📷Gregorio Photography

12/30/2024

Wow!🤯

I cannot believe I am making this post already!!!!!

We have ONE 😲 spot remaining to fill our first ever Mustang Gentling Blueprint (MGB) Course!!!!🥰

We are so excited to bring this amazing learning opportunity to passionate mustang enthusiasts.

If you think YOU are ready for this adventure and want to snag that last spot before someone else, type GO! In the comments and we will message you the info!

2025 is gonna be the best year yet! 🥳

12/29/2024

O.M.G. 😲🥹🥰

BEYOND THE HERD has received an exciting EARLY INVITATION into the prestigious and Academy Award-Qualifying 14th Annual American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (AmDocs) for 2025.

We'll be headed to this incredible festival in Palm Springs in the new year, mark your calendars for March 27th-31st and stay tuned for official screening dates and times.

https://www.amdocfilmfest.com/

12/27/2024

🥳Let’s have a little New Years FUN 🤩

Is my Kentucky Extreme Mustang Makeover 2025 mare hiding something?!?! 🤰

We are like 99.9% sure sweet Mora here has a little surprise for us 🥰

Soooooo, let’s have some fun with it!

We want you to guess when she will deliver and what color the foal will be! TWO ways to win!

Comment your guess for:
1. The date Mora will foal
2. What color the foal will be
3. Like & follow our page PLUS the pages tagged below to qualify to win!

Prizes will be your pick of the following (we will pick several winners):
📌 Custom halter and lead from Ridge Creek Tack
📌 A year of our Perpetual Training Toolbox subscription video training library!
📌 ExcelEQ ProElite or ExcelK9 from Excel Supplements
📌 Hay Chix half bale hay net
📌 1 gallon GutX from 100X Equine
📌 25lb bag of Daily Red Fortified from Redmond Equine
📌 Bag of Equalizer from Western Wildling Holistics

WHY these prizes?

Because they are the things we are using on Mora plus feeding her. Can we take a minute to admire how amazing she looks 😍 and that ProElite shine?!?!

🧾All the codes:
Excel Supplements: Espinoza5 (5% off)
Ridge Creek Tack: IEH10 (10% off)
Redmond Equine: IEH-AZ (15% off)
Hay Chix: Espinoza20 (20% off)

👉🏼Deets:
4yo mare gathered from Jacarilla Territory in NM this past July 2024. Bay with faint star, 14.3hh

🤩Fun ends January 1st so get your guesses in! Prizes awarded after she pops!