Montana Center for Horsemanship

17/03/2025

MCH Head Horsemanship Instructor, Eric Hoffmann, and Haras de la Cense Instructor, Caroline Godin, are both judges for this year's Road to the Horse competition. We are lucky to have two incredible horsemen as part of our instructional team.

Five individuals as unique as the event itself judge the world’s best c**t starters at horsemanship’s most prestigious event. Each judge on the panel is an expert in their discipline, bringing with them a mix of fresh perspectives and seasoned expertise. By selecting individuals from varied back...

10/03/2025

The countdown to the sale is on and we have less than 20 days!
Interested in learning more about **tchallengeandsale?

You can find all the information you need including the catalog, sale videos, donors, and student bios on the c**t sale webpage (https://www.umwestern.edu/c**t-challenge-sale/)!

These students have worked so hard all year to prepare these horses and we are proud of what they have accomplished!

03/03/2025

The sale videos for all of the Montana Western's C**t Challenge & Sale c**ts are posted! Be sure to follow along on their page as sale weekend quickly approaches!

March 28-29, 2025 at Montana Center for Horsemanship, Dillon Montana

03/03/2025

Scenes from Second year 📸

The 2nd year Natural Horsemanship students are hard at work perfecting their dressage test at a part of the Harmony With Your Horse class!

18/02/2025

‼️Want a chance to ride with MCH instructors and develop your horsemanship? Here’s your chance.

We are excited to be hosting a brand new, 3-day clinic on July 25-27, 2025! This is a unique opportunity to enhance your horsemanship skills and have one-on-one instruction to improve your horse.

The beginner class will focus on fundamentals on the ground and in the saddle. The intermediate class will build on the fundamentals and dig into refinement.

Feel free to shoot us a message with any questions, or head to our website: https://www.montanacenterforhorsemanship.org/ to register!

13/02/2025

Women & Wine Horsemanship Camp
July 17-20, 2025
Montana Center for Horsemanship

Montana Center for Horsemanship is excited to host a unique horsemanship experience designed for women to connect with their horses, the land, and each other.

Participants will have the opportunity to strengthen a relationship with their horse through horsemanship fundamentals, on the ground and in the saddle. You will learn and practice new techniques in the arena before venturing out in the hills of Montana where they can apply these new methods in a natural environment. The unique beauty of Southwest Montana allows for a relaxing and fun environment to develop their horsemanship skills and build a relationship of confident and respect with their horse.

Visit https://www.montanacenterforhorsemanship.org/clinics for more information and to register for this event!

10/02/2025

❄️Montana winter really hit this week but the students are still braving the cold. It helps when we have great views like this!

**tchallengeandsale horses are looking great with the sale coming up soon!

04/02/2025

It was a chilly morning at MCH but the 3rd year students were still hard at work prepping for their final! Stops, spins, and lead changes are all part of the reining pattern that the students will showcase on Wednesday and these horses are looking great!

30/01/2025

In the book, True Horsemanship Through Feel (Bill Dorrance and Leslie Desmond, p. 276) the question was asked, “If there is one main thing that people can do to learn this {horsemanship}, what would you say that is?

Dorrance responds, “...it takes time to learn about feel. It takes even more time to learn how to operate with feel, and a good horseman knows this. Those aren’t the same thing. One (the concept of feel) is just ideas that have no experience behind them, and the other is the experience you get from doing something successfully. That’s the part that becomes your knowledge.

There’s a lot of value in the independence a person gains from this. After that, your better
judgement comes in about how to progress up the line from there on your own, using the experiences you’ve added onto your foundation. And where you’d be thinking or speaking about the progress of your learning, it’s no different for a horse.”

We think his response aligns well with our vision at MCH, giving students the knowledge, foundation, and experience to become independent thinkers and good horsemen.

We’d love to hear what this quote brings to mind for you!

28/01/2025

In case you missed it, we are always proud to be the home for Montana Western's C**t Challenge & Sale! Check out the article for all the details below!

UMW and MCH Host 2025 C**t Challenge & Sale at University of Montana Western. Welcome to the University of Montana Western, a remarkably different kind of university where you can get a world-class education surrounded by everything that makes Montana extraordinary. UMW offers an unparalleled value....

24/01/2025

‼️ Exciting Updates and New Events‼️

We are thrilled to finally get to share what we have been working on behind the scenes!

Montana Center for Horsemanship will be hosting two new and exciting events this summer that we want you to be a part of:

Women and Wine Camp: July 17-20
🐴🍷 A unique horsemanship experience designed for women to connect with their horses, the land, and each other. Spend four days at MCH building your horsemanship skills, connecting with like-minded women, and enjoying southwestern Montana.

Horsemanship Clinic: July 25-27
🐎 3-day horsemanship clinic, taught by MCH instructors, designed to enhance your horsemanship skills. Both beginner and intermediate classes available.

💻 Check out our newly updated website: montanacenterforhorsemanship.org. Details for both events, as well as registration, are listed under the clinics tab.

22/01/2025

☀️ This cold snap has us dreaming of warmer weather ☀️
We have some really exciting new events in the works for this summer! Keep an eye out for updates so you can take advantage of some incredible learning opportunities, sunshine, and great horses!

09/01/2025

Introduction series: la Cense Method

The la Cense Method is a progressive, step-by-step approach that blends the best of traditional horsemanship with the art and skill of training and riding horses - all in a manner that works with a horse’s behavior, instincts, and personality.

By replicating the instinctive language horses use to communicate with each other, the la Cense Method encourages an effective method of communication between humans and horses.

With the la Cense Method, students spend a fair amount of time on groundwork, building a foundation of resect that will correlate directly to the communication in the saddle. We believe that softness, willingness, and trust is built on the ground first.

We are excited to be working on some short instructional videos (coming soon) to give you the foundational pieces of the la Cense method and how you can apply it to your horsemanship.