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Horsetown USA Norco Horse Affair

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Horsetown USA Norco Horse Affair

Norco Horse AffairDo you love horse expos?  There is a new one on the West Coast, the Norco Horse Affair.  Norco is a city in Riverside  County, California that, by city ordinance “shall reflect a desired Western theme”.   In 2006, Norco received a federal trademark to call their home Horsetown USA.   The streets are set up with horse trails.  Storefronts and restaurants have hitching posts and pens for people who ride through town.


Fran Klovstad owns Thrifty Horse in Norco.  She teamed up with Liza Rogers of FirstTime Events to create the Norco Horse Affair, October 6-8 at the George Ingalls Equestrian Event Center.  They have a full schedule of clinicians, trainers, and presenters for the whole family.  Everything from dressage to western, and trick roping to freestyle and liberty, will be on display.  On Saturday night, October 7, there will be a Ladies Rodeo Night and there are plans for an All American Horse Competition.

Entertainment

Some of the musical acts include Christopher Thomas, featuring his single Rodeo Kid, the Sugar Daddies Barbershop Quartet, the Raining Horseshoe Band, and Texas House Party.

The best part is, they are charging $15 for a car load.  So pack up as many friends as you can into one vehicle and plan on a weekend of horses and horsemanship.

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Episode #113

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Lester Buckley Horsetrainer Clinician Breeder

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Lester BuckleyLester Buckley – Horsetrainer, Clinician, Breeder

Lester Buckley was not a trainer I was familiar with. Listener Robin Kane has been helping out getting guests for the show and she is hosting a clinic with Lester Buckley in Willits, Ca. at Berry Creek Ranch, August 18 – 20.  It’s great to learn from every trainer, and I wanted to find out Lester’s story.

We got a hold of Lester via Skype while he was waiting on a load of hay to arrive.  Lester lives in Kentucky and, boy, does he have a story to tell.  Lester worked on the King and Parker ranches.  One is in Texas, the other in Hawaii.  Both are very large cattle operations.  Lester gained a great deal of experience from riding on these to ranches and he talks about it on the show.

Lester attributes a lot of his early experience to riding horses at the ranch of Delwin Burch, cutting horse trainer and breeder.  The experience he gained there led him to learn more from Ray Hunt.  After earning a degree in equine science from Sul Ross State University in Texas he began working and training horses.  Lester also competed in cutting and captured the Reserve World Champion APHA Open Superstakes.

Wanting to learn more about classical horsemanship and precision movement, Lester Buckley turned to the German Equestrian School where he learned from some of the top trainers in Europe.

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Lester Buckley Website

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Have a problem with your horse?  Do you have a favorite trainer you would like to hear from?  Send us your question and the name of your favorite trainer and we’ll see if we can contact them and get you an answer.  Email John@whoapodcast.com or call on our message line (661) 368-5530 (toll charges may apply).

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We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and tell us how it works.  We are on Google Play too!  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter and Instagram– just look for WhoaPodcast.

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Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #112

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Doug Williamson Legendary Trainer

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Doug Williamson Legendary Trainer

Doug WilliamsonIt’s been a busy summer and in listening to some of the old shows, I came across this interview with Doug Williamson in 2015.  Doug was 73 at the time.  Now, he’s 75 and he’s like an Energizer Bunny.  He just keeps going and going!  Doug has trained 42 AQHA champions.  He’s been a horseback nearly all his life.

It’s one of the best parts of doing the podcast, I got to watch Doug work and ride a couple of horses, then he took a break.  We sat in his office surrounded by plaques, ribbons, trophies, and newspaper clippings.  Doug was proud of the things he has accomplished on a horse.  Doug has trained 42 AQHA champions.  But, he was also generous with his time and patiently answered some of my personal questions about horse training.  This interview with Doug Williamson remains one of my favorites.

Meeting Up with New Friends

Doug WilliamsonThere’s a horsemanship group called Golden State Horsemanship Club.  We had met up with some of the members when they hold their annual equestrian get-together at the Bar SZ Ranch Memorial Day Weekend.  (We experienced it three times and I would encourage you to check it out.)  Mike and Cynthia were embarking from Northern California for a 2-week horse vacation.  They are podcast listeners and wanted to stop over in Bakersfield and check out some of our riding areas.  It was great to get to ride with them and show off just a few of the wonderful places we get to ride.  We took them out to Ethel’s Old Corral and shared lunch and a beer.  Good times.

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John & Ranae

Episode #111

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2 and a Half Days to a Better Horse Summit

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Horse Summit Tackles How Horses Think

Horse SummitWhy do we need a horse summit to learn how they think?  Well, consider any relationship.  The more you know what the other side needs and how they operate, the more you can build the relationship through those needs.  Science has made huge strides in learning what actually goes on in a horse’s brain.  It’s not anecdotal.  It’s evidence based.  Dr. Stephen Peters is a neuroscientist working on the science of how horses think, feel, and learn.

Horse summitDr. Stephen Peters is a neuroscientist working on the science of how horses think, feel, and learn.  Dr. Peters teamed up with the famed horse trainer, Martin Black, and together wrote the book Evidence-Based Horsemanship.  Back in May of 2014, we interview Martin Black about the book and you can hear it here.  The theories Dr. Peters investigates are gaining acceptance throughout the horse industry.

Horse Summit in Durango, Colorado

Maddy Butcher is the founder and editor of many equine related websites including Best Horse Practices-dot-com and HorseHead-dot-info.  She sees real merit in theories of evidence-based horsemanship and, through her Best Horses Practices website, is producing the Best Horse Practices Summit.  The horse summit will be in Durango, Colorado, October 8-10 and will feature both academic speakers and horse trainers and behaviorists.

Maddy Butcher calls the horse summit a “TED talk for horse owners”.  “We wanted to offer something to horse owners and riders valuable to their interactions, and ideally improve the lives of horses,” she said.

Ranae and I are working on plans to attend the horse summit.  While Durango, Co is quite a distance from our home, we think the principles and techniques we’ll learn will make a lasting contribution to our horsemanship knowledge.

You can register for the Best Horse Practices Horse Summit here.  If you register before August 1, you will not only save money, you will be entered into a drawing for highest quality wool felt saddle pad from 5 Star Equine Products!

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John & Ranae

Episode #110

 

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Dr. Robert Miller Imprint Training & Horsemanship

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Dr. Robert M. Miller Imprint Training & Horsemanship

Dr. Robert MillerDr. Robert Miller graduated from Colorado State University and settled down in Thousand Oaks, California where he founded Conejo Valley Veterinary Clinic.  After 31 years in practice, he retired.  Dr. Miller is widely known as an expert in ethology, the study of animal behavior. More than 30 years ago he noticed the effect of imprint training on newborn foals.  While he retired from veterinary practice 30 years ago, he is far from idle.  Colleges, equine conventions, and horse organizations have asked him to speak and share his knowledge.   Dr. Robert Miller has visited every continent giving lectures about animal behavior.

Award Winning Knowledge

While still going strong on the lecture circuit, at age 90 he has won too many awards to mention here.  He was the Western Horseman Magazine, Horseman of the Year in 2012, he’s in the Western States Expo Hall of Fame, and was named Equine Continuing Educator of the Year in 2012 by Western Veterinary Conference.

Dr. Robert Miller Books and Videos

The author of 23 books and working on his 24th, Dr. Miller has written two books about the revolution in horsemanship and what it means to the industry.  His videos Early Learning and Understanding Horses are must-haves for every horse owner and breeder.  To find more of Dr. Robert Miller’s video and books go to RobertMMiller.com.

 

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You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at John@WhoaPodcast.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #109

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