Adult Onset Horsemanship

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Mike and Christine Stokley own Big Creek Livestock near Lexington, Ky. They stand  the stallion Pepto Shine, have a small broodmare band, give lessons and clinics, and raise commercial cattle. I met them a couple of years ago and appreciated their knowledge and obvious experience during a cattle working mi...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. If you have any questions about gaited horses, soring, what gaited horses are all about, why they gait, what the difference gaits are, etc. this one will be right up your alley. Carl and his wife Tammy own Just Gait and travel around teaching a better way to handle gaited horses. Carl was awarded the 2022...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I was privileged to present alongside Gillian Higgins at The Masterson Method International Gathering, in Gillian's home of the United Kingdom, this past April of '24. Her talk was passionate, funny, and well thought out. Her demonstration with horses in the arena was also insightful and the pain...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Ep. 48 Lee McLean, Canadian Horsewoman, Author, and Sidesaddle Aficionado is Live. I feel like the content we've been producing on the Adult Onset Horsemanship Podcast has been something to be proud of. That being said, I think this is a pretty special episode that sets a new bar. You really need to l...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Gwynn Turnbull co-founded one of the most successful and cool events of our age, The Californios Ranch Roping & Stock Horse Contest. It ran for years and eventually she took lessons she'd learned in the film industry to produce, film, edit, and put out several very well liked videos, beginning wit...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. If you like episodes of two experienced trainers sharing war stories, lessons learned, strategies, what questions they ask themselves, what they see in the world of horses, and much more, this one's for you. Richard Boatwright hails from Florida originally, but he's cowboy'd on both coasts a...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I try not to use the platform for direct self-promotion very often. That being said, I am a business owner and my purpose in all of this is to help you get along better with your horses and still feed my family. Hopefully, this podcast has served to let you get a feel for Daniel's way of presenting in...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. A prime guest for a prime number, Patrick King is a product of two worlds. He apprenticed under Ray Hunt in his early 20s until Mark Russel brought him into the world of dressage. This might be the highest level and most technical episode we've had to date, but I think it will be enlightening to rider...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Jason Swick was just some guy I met at the Best Horse Practices Summit last fall and we started up a conversation while pulling cockleburrs out of a paint horse's tail behind the scenes. We hit it off immediately and I discovered a pretty unique and interesting guy in the horse world and warrior commu...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Join me for a long overdue episode with my friend Denis Stefan. Denis is from Romania and has been an actor over there since the early 2000s. Through acting he found horses and he's become a true horseman, spending the last 15 years training, instructing and doing exhibitions. He's done stunts fo...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Join me as I fulfill a wish and have a very satisfying conversation with one of my first heroes in this business.  Mike Kevil has worked with or for all of the legends. He was one of the first guys to come out with a colt starting book and video for Western Horseman. That video was fairly influential on me...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. "Van Hargis has been called one of today’s most versatile horsemen, a designation that reflects a lifetime devoted to learning-and communicating-the elements of superior horsemanship as applied in a variety of disciplines." Van is a veteran horse trainer, clinician, and expo presenter. He's...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. We continue our journey down the rabbit hole with Dr. King, Ret. Prof. Emeritus of Southern Illinois Univ. and founder of their Equine Program. Dr. King continues to share tales of her experiences and we talk specifically about reproduction in horses and some interesting oddities, as well as some specifics...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Sheryl King PhD. Dr. King founded the Equine Program at Southern Illinois University and is now a wonderful speaker and advocate for the Horse World. She served decades on the Illinois Equine Council and shares my love of myth busting. We talk about a lot of different topi...