Buck brannaman

(All attempts at explaining what I learned at the Buck clinic are just that... I might "mis-speak". The best thing is to attend a Buck clinic ;) I've really been pondering what I learned at the Buck clinic. And I think this year I have really focused on the word "Balance". In my opinion, this is what riding is really all about. And it isn't just about the rider, it is also about the horse. A balanced horse has an engaged hind end. For the hind end to engage, the withers must rise. When this…

Country music played over the intercom as I entered the crowded arena at the National Equestrian Center. At least two dozen people donning chaps and cowboy hats were guiding their horses dressed in western tack in small circles, waving brightly colored flags around like orchestra conductors. “I am totally out of place,” I thought as I […]

Horses completely changed my life. They are one of the great mysteries and miracles of my pathway into my sovereignty, and last night I was able to revisit that early passion I felt for them. A lit…

What I am looking for when I am riding a horse of any level, a green colt or an experienced bridle horse, is for him to stay centered underneath me. When I'm riding, I draw an imaginary rectangle around my horse; there is a line in front of his nose, one on each side of...

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These folks who say, ‘Nah, I don’t need all that fancy riding stuff. I just want to trail ride.’ That’s like saying, ‘I’m going to die out in the trees instead of in the arena.’ --Buck Brannaman

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Groundwork takes the rider step-by-step from 'halter to saddle' working with your colt from the ground. This DVD is 2 hours long and in it Buck Brannaman takes a 2-year-old colt through his Round Pen Process. Groundwork gives an introduction to halter breaking, leading, mannering, longeing, driving, and saddling, always with your's and your colt's safety in mind.

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