Horseman’s Corner Radio

Trust and Confidence 22.10.2026 2:00 ↓

Welcome to The Ranch Road with Van Hargis of Van Hargis Horsemanship.   Today Van is talking about Trust and Confidence and how one leads to the other.

Saddle Selection Tips 07.10.2026 2:00 ↓

"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 manufacturers to make sure that all points of that saddle to be even."   "In other words, it's like ever...

Importance of Managing Risk 06.10.2026 2:00 ↓

"Would you consider yourself a good risk manager? I think about that every time that I work with a horse at any level. I don't care if I'm just tying one up to the hitching rail or if I'm putting one on the horse walker, if I'm about to step up in the saddle for the first time. Any time that I do anything with a horse in my mind, I'm managing risk.   A few years ago, I was asked, you know, what wa...

Whoa! with Van Hargis 05.10.2026 2:00 ↓

"For years I've earned a reputation of getting horses to be good stoppers at a fairly young age and people have always asked, well how do you get those little young horses to stop so big? And number one, I don't really work on it in particular, I just work on the basic fundamentals. Number one, I want every horse to understand first and foremost why they're going. It's less of all, you used to say...

A Million Trainers without a Clue 23.09.2026 2:00 ↓

Listen in to learn more about Mindy Bower of Simla, Colorado!

An Equine Tip from Jim Hicks 16.09.2026 2:00 ↓

Utah Horseman Jim Hicks on how he trains his horses to handle the situations that might be uncomfortable for them. "I want to create thinking horses that respond, that learn to think their way out of the problem versus horses that react and check out. And so what I have found for myself is that in doing that I need my horses familiar with the things that I'm going to expose them to so that when I...