Horseman’s Corner Radio

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...

The Horseman's Corner is an original production of Howard Hale Broadcasting, on the air since 1994 with over 7,000 episodes with people involved in the world of horses. I'm Howard's son, Brian, and we welcome you to The Horseman's Corner. The Horseman's Corner is brought to you by Mantz Creek Horses of Douglas, Wyoming.   On today's program, Craig Carr from Colorado. So Craig, when do you start yo...

You bring those babies in, you ween them off their mom. First thing we do is toss a little rope around their neck, their foot, but just toss them that rope on there, start and roll the hind quarters in the beginning and allow them all the horses to learn how to come off of the feel to understand that that rope can touch them and it's not the end of the world and just start that mind kind of coming...

On the program today, bitmaker Tom Balding is gonna walk us through how to make a good snaffle bit.    "Well, you start with some quality material."   "When I had my welding shop in California, I did a lot. I was certified and did a lot of welding on aircraft parts and did a lot of fabricating of government aircraft parts and actually a lot of race car and motorcycles. I bought a lot of my materia...

Texas Horseman and clinician Craig Cameron is our guest today on an archived interview with the late Howard Hale.   You do a lot of clinics, Craig. See a lot of different people, and what are some of the things that they're doing with the bits that you think need to be maybe changed?   "I think they're trying to take that old shortcut there, you're going to try to get a bigger bit to try to make i...

Bill Oliver celebrated a birthday yesterday, and he has been a frequent guest on the Horseman's Corner Radio program sharing over 45 years of experience on horsemanship, education, covering the psychology and natural language of horses. Let's listen into an interview that Howard Hale did with them years ago, but still applies today.   Howard asked Bill what kind of bits he prefers.   "As far as bi...

Listen in for a few different perspectives on the old Snaffle Bit.

Good morning everybody, this is Van Hargis with Van Hargis Horsemanship and welcome to the Ranch Road. "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...

It's time to check in with Van Hargis and Van Hargis Horsemanship in Victoria, Texas. Van has a program called The Ranch Road. Here's an example.   "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...

The Horseman's Corner is brought to you by Mantz Creek Horses. That's M-A-N-T-Z Creek Horses . com.   More from that conversation with New Mexico custom cinch maker Tray Pelster.   Well, the custom cinch work that you're doing, is it unique? "I will say I've been to quite a few trade shows in my life.  I have not seen very many if at all custom cinch booths just that are strictly custom cinches, c...

Many farmers and ranchers, especially their wives, have second jobs or businesses that they run from their ranch. One such individual is Tray Pelster, a New Mexico horsewoman and entrepreneur who is creating customized cinches for your horse. Let's rejoin that conversation and learn more about Tray Pelster and Wild Cayuse Cinches.   It must be difficult to keep that balance of top quality with com...

Tray Pelster began training horses at an early age. Learn more about the New Mexico horsewoman who also operates her own business from the ranch! LISTEN IN!