Ivy Starnes - Ivy's Glide Gait

13/11/2025

Pretzel went from only gaiting one or two steps to holding his gait on a completely loose rein in just 15 rides!!! Fifteen rides spread out over two months!!!
Your horse can learn to do this too! To get this kind of loose rein gaiting, you need to train speed control on a loose rein first and so lots of stop and praise for every little bit of gait.
Come to one of my upcoming clinics to learn more! I'll also be including all of Pretzel's rides on my private Facebook group!
-Sonoita, AZ, Nov 14-16
-Ben Wheeler, Texas, November 29 (one day clinic)
2025
-Williston, Florida - February 20-22, 2026 (registration is open, comment if you would like more info)
-Ava, Illinois (near St. Louis) - April 10-12, 2026
-Midwest Horse Fair, Madison, Wisconsin - April 17-19, 2026
-College Station, Texas - May 8-10, 2026
-Oak Harbor, Washington - May 29-31, 2026
-Clayton, California (near Oakland) - June 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 11-13, 2026
-Potential clinic in Spain- September 18-20
-Opening for Europe clinic September 25-27
-North Branch, Minnesota - October 2-4

13/11/2025

Firefly is amazing! She is getting so strong doing exercises like this. This all developed from her leaning back. She has so much try!

13/11/2025

Look at this great article in Horse Illustrated magazine!!! I took this photo they used as the article cover image!!!!

12/11/2025

12/11/2025

How can you get gait in just a few rides? You focus on consistency. You focus on softness, and you stop and praise for any little progress! This all adds up to getting consistent gait.
To learn how to do this, contact me for your virtual lesson or go to one of my upcoming clinics!
-Sonoita, AZ, Nov 14-16
-Ben Wheeler, Texas, November 29 (one day clinic)
2025
-Williston, Florida - February 20-22, 2026 (registration is open, comment if you would like more info)
-Ava, Illinois (near St. Louis) - April 10-12, 2026
-Midwest Horse Fair, Madison, Wisconsin - April 17-19, 2026
-College Station, Texas - May 8-10, 2026
-Oak Harbor, Washington - May 29-31, 2026
-Clayton, California (near Oakland) - June 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 11-13, 2026
-Potential clinic in Spain- September 18-20
-Opening for Europe clinic September 25-27
-North Branch, Minnesota - October 2-4

12/11/2025

Ben Wheeler, Texas
One day gaited Clinic
https://ivyshorses.com/product/been-wheeler-clinic/

10/11/2025

Arizona clinic this weekend!!! Still have rider spots and room for auditors! Comment for the link!

09/11/2025

07/11/2025

North Texas friends,
I'm looking for a boarding spot for my retired mare, Serenity. She's an easy keeper, but does need blanketing in the winter on the cold days. She would do wonderful with just pasture board.
She is about 20 years old, gets along with all horses, is very mild mannered and has no vices.
𝗜'𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 $𝟮𝟬𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.

06/11/2025

Change can happen very quickly. This mare changed in three thirty minute sessions. She went from bracing and constantly changing her speed and pacing everywhere, to being much softer and starting to gait. I focused on riding in a circle, working on softness and speed control, and stopping and praising for any progress. This mare's training videos will be online on my private training group soon!
Here's my clinic schedule as well.
-Sonoita, AZ, Nov 14-16
-Ben Wheeler, Texas, November 29 (one day clinic)
2025
-Williston, Florida - February 20-22, 2026 (registration is open, comment if you would like more info)
-Ava, Illinois (near St. Louis) - April 10-12, 2026
-Midwest Horse Fair, Madison, Wisconsin - April 17-19, 2026
-College Station, Texas - May 8-10, 2026
-Oak Harbor, Washington - May 29-31, 2026
-Clayton, California (near Oakland) - June 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 11-13, 2026
-Potential clinic in Spain- September 18-20
-Opening for Europe clinic September 25-27
-North Branch, Minnesota - October 2-4

06/11/2025

I need your gaited horse questions! I am doing a podcast later and we need all your questions about gaited horses!
Comment your best questions about gaited horses.

06/11/2025

Pretzel is now holding his smooth gait for 2.5 minutes!!! He came for training doing mostly pace and trot and only a step or two of gait.
Now, 12 rides later (each ride about 20-30 minutes long), he's gaiting fantastic!
I'll be sharing his video journey on my private Facebook group. Comment of you are interested in joining. It is $200, a one time payment and you are in for life!
Here's my clinic schedule as well.
-Sonoita, AZ, Nov 14-16
-Ben Wheeler, Texas, November 29 (one day clinic)
2026
-Williston, Florida - February 20-22, 2026 (registration is open, comment if you would like more info)
-Ava, Illinois (near St. Louis) - April 10-12, 2026
-Midwest Horse Fair, Madison, Wisconsin - April 17-19, 2026
-College Station, Texas - May 8-10, 2026
-Oak Harbor, Washington - May 29-31, 2026
-Clayton, California (near Oakland) - June 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 5-7, 2026
-United Kingdom - September 11-13, 2026
-Potential clinic in Spain- September 18-20
-Opening for Europe clinic September 25-27
-North Branch, Minnesota - October 2-4