A mechanical cow is a device used to train horses and riders about handling cattle. Cows are expensive, working them takes off profitable fat, they can get injured and they need to be rotated frequently because they burn out on being worked aggressively. Nothing matches a real cow but a…
Here in New Mexico one of the best known and liked trainers is Randall Davis. He does gentle colt starting and gives clinics throughout the Southwest. I’ve always like his natural horsemanship approach. For example he says “Directing a horse is not getting him to go somewhere, but providing somewhere…
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Ray Hunt (1929-2009) is considered one of the pioneers of the natural horsemanship movement that has had such a huge impact on horse training today. In the 1950s Ray had a problem horse that bucked. He asked Tom Dorrance for help, which worked, and the horse Hondo became the hackamore…
Draft Horses are just horses but they are BIG. A typical horse is in excess of 2,000 pounds (vs. 1000-1200 pounds for a usual horse). They have been bred for heavy tasks like pulling logs, pulling wagons or plowing but despite their size they are gentle. Historians say they originated…
