Get Out of Your Rut
If you feel like you and your horse are stuck doing the same old routine and don’t look forward to training sessions, you’re in need of a good challenge and some inspiration. The Intermediate Clinic will do both! Clinton and his clinicians will work with you in the arena, on the trail and over obstacles to test the foundation you’ve put on your horse and teach you how to advance your horsemanship. The clinic will be held at the Downunder Horsemanship Ranch in Stephenville, Texas, November 10th – 20th.
Exercises covered during the clinic include:
Groundwork Exercises:
- Changing Sides
- Run Up and Rub
- Desensitizing to Plastic Bags
- Slap and Tap
- Changing Eyes
- Touch and Rub
- Outback Exercise
- C-Pattern
- Throw to a Stop
- Sidepassing on the Fence
- Leading Behind
- Turn and Go
- Circle Driving Transitions
- Line Driving
- Circle Driving Transitions on the Long Line
- Bridle Bending
Riding Exercises:
- Vertical Flexion at the Walk
- Cloverleaf Exercise
- Yield and Bend
- Post ‘N Circle
- Yield the Hindquarters on the Fence
- Yield the Hindquarters and Sidepass on the Fence
- Rollbacks on the Fence Stage One
- Vertical Flexion at the Trot
- Shoulder In/Shoulder Out
- Serpentine Exercise
- Yield the Hindquarters and Bring the Front End Through
- Down and Around
- Bending With Vertical
- Leads Exercise
- Sidepass From a Standstill on the Fence
- Stop on Whoa
- Draw to a Walk Transitions
The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and include an hour-and-a-half lunch break. Extra one-on-one help will be available daily before the clinic begins and after the clinic ends.
If you’re interested in participating in the clinic, download the clinic application. Cost to participate is $1,250 for No Worries Club members and $2,500 for non-members.
