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Train A Horse For Lead Changes and Departures Equine specialists at the Louisiana State University Ag Center teach us how to train a horse for lead changes. Lead changes are one of the most popular event for a western horse. “In this video, made possible by extension specialists at the Louisiana State University Ag Center, [...]

This is a quick clip from an online 2 year old western pleasure horse training clinic with multiple Western Pleasure World Champion Trainers, Cleve Wells, Rusty Green & Shane Dowdy. This is a quick tip from Cleve Wells on teaching a horse to lope properly in the side-pull. Video Rating: 5 / 5

To train your horse, one of the first things you need to do is to train the horse to give to pressure. You can begin to train your horse to move away from pressure on the ground before you even get on his back. Then once you are on his back he already knows what [...]

Western Pleasure Horse To ride and show your horse in the western pleasure class it’s important to understand what the western pleasure gaits are and what they look like. AQHA has released an excellent video showing these gaits. This is a great video from AQHA on the Western Pleasure Horse. Even though it is a [...]

All Around Horse Winning Your Class Begins with Choosing the Right Horse Showing to win begins with choosing the right horse.  Often we try to make the horse do the event we want them to  rather than choose a horse who is born with natural talent for the event in which we want to compete. [...]

We do a lot of work on the ground with our horses to desensitize them. [pb_carousel group="1"]  

I hope you’re having a great summer. Summer seems to have finally arrived here in the northwest. It’s nice to spend more time outdoors with our horses. By this time you should have gotten two emails at least from me and have seen two Free Videos from Mark Shaffer. I got some feedback that one [...]

Finally after months of work Rail and Pattern Horse is offering the first Online Horse Training Video Workshop. In This Video I Show You How to Register for the Horse Training Membership Site. In This Next Video I’ll Take You Into the Workshop Membership Site so You Can Look Around.

Horse Training Online Video Workshop How to Train Your Horse and Improve Your Horsemanship Skills Goes to an Online Video Format… New Technology now makes it possible to Learn How to Train Your Horse and Improve Your Horsemanship Skills from the comfort of your own home. Now you can watch an online video with How [...]

Pros and Cons of Your Horse in Full Time Horse Training with a Professional Horse Trainer In my previous post I listed three methods of  horse training and improving your horsemanship skills. The 3 methods to Get Your Horse Trained: Send them to a Professional Horse Trainer for Full Time Training Train Your Own Horse [...]