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 mini-clinic and demo. The thing that struck me most about them, though, was how well they worked toget...

9 Sep 20241h 52min

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info.This is a long awaited episode! Leslie is someone that I truly get a kick out of. Her mind is very intelligent and complex. She's the author of one of the best horse books ever written, "True Horsemanship Through Feel", which she lovingly refers to as "Bill's Book". Leslie does have a benefit clinic coming up very soon, (late Sept and early Oct.) in Colorado. The host has been sick and the clinic hasn't ...

2 Sep 20243h 13min

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 Humane Horseman of the Year. Contrary to what many gaited trainers practice, they can be soft. There's n...

26 Aug 20242h 29min

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Patrick King is our first guest to come back and be on the podcast for a second time. He's a Classical Dressage clinician and trainer who also has a background in the more foundational type of horsemanship taught by one of his early mentors, Ray Hunt. Patrick and I talk horses, but a big chunck of this episode goes into the recent controversy of Olympian and recently embattled Dressage Rider, Charlotte Dujard...

19 Aug 20243h 47min

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 painting of the musculoskeletal system on the horse brings enlightenment and understanding in ways that nothing else co...

12 Aug 20242h 16min

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 listen to this one. Lee has written two books, Horsewoman: Notes on Living Well and Riding Better, and Love &am...

5 Aug 20242h 41min

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 with "Branding: Roping & Stock Handling Techniques in the Great Basin and Old California Traditions". If anyo...

29 Juli 20242h 18min

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 and in between. Richard ran the Creek Plantation in South Carolina most recently, and is now running his own program, B1 ...

22 Juli 20243h 10min