Horseman’s Corner Radio

Now, here's more with Buster McLaury.    "I don't know anything about it. I don't know what a horse whisperer is. But he said, I do know the horse is screaming all the time. Nobody's listening."   That's an interesting way of putting it, and I think you're absolutely right.    "Yeah, the horse tells us, you know, how he feels about things. And they have the same emotions we do. They get sure and u...

New Mexico Horsewoman and trainer Tray Pelster on how she likes to start horses.   "I like to do a lot of ground work so I don't have to deal with as much crap on top of them. I have the time to spend with them when I was training horses under people. You have 30 days so you spend across the board from a lot of my trainers on average about a week, week and a half in the round pin and then you just...

Mark Bolender, a pioneer of Extreme and Mountain Trail riding, builds training around equine instincts, patience, and mutual trust. His core philosophy emphasizes allowing horses to think independently rather than relying blindly on the rider resulting in a bold and confident partnership.   Years ago, the late Howard Hale asked Washington horse trainer Mark Bolender what his number one rules are w...

Another golden gem from the archives of the late Howard Hale, this one on safety.   Christy Landwehr is the CEO of the Certified Horsemanship Association.   There's a program to get people who are working with people and horses as professionals certified. What are some of the problems you run into there?   "I would say some of the biggest things is we get very, very comfortable around horses when...

Now here's the late Howard Hale with Cal Middleton asking him a question on safety around horses.   Cal Middleton is a horseman and clinician from Missouri. What do you need to do to be safe around a horse, Cal?   "The truth is if we want to be safe on a horse or around a horse, our first goal needs to be to make the horse feel safe. Because when the horse feels safe, we're on the right track. It...

Here's Ron Knodle and the late Howard Hale.    What are some of the differences you run into, though, with the Mustangs that you might not see with a domestic horse?    "About the only difference, Howard, is the first few days, or the first few workings that you're around the Mustang. They're brought in out of the wild, and they're not used to seeing a human, but maybe for a mile or two miles away...

Now here's an archived interview with the late Howard Hale and Brian Neubert, Altruist, California horseman and trainer. Howard had just asked him about what he learned from working with Mustangs.   "Thinking about becoming more efficient all the time so I can get more done with less effort. And, oh, they sent me all over the country and quite a bit to Texas and you went to Florida and all over th...

We're talking to Ramzi Hughes, Anchor Brand Ranch. I wanted to ask you about your philosophy of working with horses.   "What we do, I kind of narrow my favorite breeds down to the American Quarter Horse and a regular old Mustang. That's kind of a mixture of what we've got. Those Mustangs are tough and they go like crazy and the kids can break them and ride them and use them for ranch horses, but t...

Today, a special treat from the archives of the late Howard Hale.   Our guest today is Justin Dunn. He's a Colorado horseman (now training out of North Carolina). Give us some of your background and how you got started, will you, Justin?    "Started with training other people's horses and found that I had a knack for it. Got into taking people on trail rides down there in South Texas, and then dec...

Is the saddle an important piece of the equation when it comes to overall horsemanship, Van?   "Yes sir, what I'm looking for in a saddle of course, you hit the nail right on the head and I want to find a top quality saddle made by a very reputable and very top quality saddle manufacturer. And the reason why is that they're generally going to work a little bit harder with the saddle tree manufactu...

Here's horse trainer Becky Amio on saddle fit.   "What I was finding is I was struggling with saddle fit, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I was having a hard time with saddles going up Colt's neck, and I was also having a problem with side-to-side slip, and then I was having a problem with the seat itself on the saddle that I had been using for many years was putting me in a position tha...

California horsewoman and barrel racing clinician Sharon Camarillo has designed a lot of saddles for years for the barrel racing industry.   What goes into designing a good barrel racing saddle?    "I never believe in just a saddle for barrel racing, even though, you know, we need a lighter weight saddle, but we still need a saddle that's a good tool that gives us good balance because barrel racin...

Howard asked J.D. Wing in an interview years ago whether or not it was important to think about your horse's comfort when selecting your equipment.   "Absolutely."   "I was guilty of it as anyone when I was younger and didn't have a whole lot of money, and never really worried about how my saddle fit my horse or anything like that. And then I had all these issues coming up. My horse would quit sto...

Jeff Gollehon is with us. He has Grizzly Saddlery at Great Falls, Montana. It's a full service shop, but they also make custom saddles, and he finds a problem with saddle fit that's a little bit different and kind of interesting.   "One of the things that is, to me, that I have found over my career that is probably one of the most important things, the stirp slot on the tree, on the underside of t...

Join co-host Nelseena Lehmann as she asks our guest, Vaughn Knudsen about the keys to great horsemanship.

On this interview, the late Howard Hale had Ron Knodle, the unknown horseman, talking about his training methods. Let's check in on that conversation. Nebraska horseman Ron Knodle is our guest today.   Ron, give us some of your thoughts about how you ought to use your hands and your legs, particularly on that young horse that you're starting. The two-handed stuff, whether you're in a hackamore or...

The timing of the release is everything.

We have horseman and clinician Brian Neubert on the program today.   After more than 20 years of training these colts, is there anything new that you've learned? Well, I don't know if it's something new, but more sensitive to the importance of observing, detecting the horse efforts toward what I want to accomplish. It's whole thing really amounts to encouraging thoughts and actions you want and di...

We asked Larry Reinhold from Lone Tree Ranch, what age of horses do you use there?    "I've said for years it takes about a seven year old horse because there's a lot of fellas, a lot of people can sure turn out a good broke horse, you know, and the horse is three or four years old. A good rider can get on them and keep them going the right direction. But, you know, when you're putting kids on the...

The same question today that we've been asking the rest of the horsemen this week, what age do you start your horses?    Today we're going to dig into the Howard Hale archives, and pull up an interview from Bruce Sandifer.    So how old do you like to start your horses, Bruce?    LISTEN IN!

Now let's check in with this archived interview with the late Howard Hale and Oregon trainer and horseman Mike Bridges. The same question today that we've been asking the rest of the horsemen this week. What age do you start your horses?   "When I was a kid and a young man, you didn't start horses till they were five, six years old. Sometimes four, but most horses were five or six when they were s...