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Kalley Krickeberg Versatile Horsewoman

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Kalley Krickeberg Versatile Horsewoman

Kalley KrickebergKalley Krickeberg was raised on a cattle farm in Illinois.  From using the horses on the farm, she moved up to riding and training OTTB in playing polo.  As a farm girl, Kalley was active in 4H before moving on to other disciplines.  Kalley rode dressage, jumping, and reining.  She also trained and rode horses in cutting and learned how to train a horse at liberty.

Kalley Krickeberg calls her program the “Balanced Horse Training”.  She brings what she has learned from the many disciplines she has studied together to build a solid horsemanship program.  Because of her variety of experience, Kalley is not “locked in” to one set of rules or mantra and can look for the solution that best fits the horse.

Horsemanship Tip

Increasing the Degrees of Difficulty

According to Kalley, there are four ways to increase the degrees of difficulty:  Position, Length of Time in Position, Speed, and Environment.  Kalley explains how to use the ways to improve your horse.

As a Contributing Editor & Equine Advisor to the APHA magazine, Chrome, Kalley provides advice in her column “Keepin It Fresh”.

You can follow Kalley Krickeberg on Facebook at Kalley Krickeberg Training Barn and at her website KalleyKrickeberg.com

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Episode #115

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Early Californios

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Skills of the Early Californios Rancho


Early CaliforniosThe more I learn about the Early Californios the more I am impressed with their horsemanship.  There is a show coming up in Santa Barbara that, if you are anywhere close, you will surely want to see.  The Early Californio Skills of the Rancho Show is taking place June 5th-7th at the Earl Warren Showgrounds and admission for spectators is FREE!  On today’s show we have  Bruce Sandifer who has been a student of the Early Californios for some time.  Bruce explains some of the origins of this unique style of horsemanship. The Early Californios evolved a little differently than the cowboy horsemanship that was going on in other parts of the country.  The traditions and equipment they use are kept alive by the California Bridlehorse Association.

The event in Santa Barbara will him in conjunction with a working equitation show organized by the USWEA.  What is really cool about this show is that the equitation judges will grade the Early Californio tradition riders in their equitation.  Then, the cow people (sorry, not sure what they are called) will judge the working equitation riders in their cow work.  It is guaranteed to be a lot of fun.

Early Californios Skills of the RanchoAlong with the show there will be all kinds of vendors – bit makers, tack, clothing, even a bootmaker.  If you are like me, you really don’t need a reason to visit Santa Barbara, but just in case you do, this is it!

Links mentioned in the show

Skills of the Rancho Facebook Event Page

California Bridlehorse Association

Bruce Sandifer’s Website

Books Bruce Mentioned to Learn More

United States Working Equitation Association

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I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

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Episode #061

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Working Equitation Training

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Working Equitation Training

Working Equitation trainingWe take the show on the road for some Working Equitation Training.  The Working Equitation International Association of USA (WEIAUSA) held a Working Equitation training event in Mira Loma, California.  The group invited Portuguese world-class trainer Nuno Matos to help in the working equitation training.  Six trainers spent five full days learning about the sport.

From an earlier Whoa Podcast on Working Equitation we spoke with Tarrin Warren (See episode #42).  From that meeting we contacted the organizers to ask if we could participate in the schooling show and experience for ourselves and our audience what working equitation was all about.  They did us one better by inviting us to arrive a day earlier and get some working equitation training.

We took our recorder and produced a variety of interviews from organizers, trainers, and even the judge of the schooling show.  There is a wide variety great horsemanship information in this show.

Working Equitation trainingAfter spending a day getting some working equitation training, Ranae and I participated in the schooling show.  Ranae competed on Dusty in the Introductory division and I competed on Jessie in the Novice division.  We also created several videos of our runs and some excellent runs by several of the trainers.  You can find those on our YouTube Channel.

Thanks to Julie Alonzo, Vice-Chair of WEIAUSA, Barbara Price, WEIAUSA “L” Judge.  And, special thanks to the trainers who helped us out in our working equitation training: Roy Pelkey, Reta Conner, Robin Bond, Tarrin Warren, and of course, Nuno Matos.

Links

Working Equitation International Assn. of USA

Working Equitation Southern California

Reta Conner

Robin Bond

Tarrin Warren

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Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  It could be feeding or supplementation.  It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots.  We cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors.  We talk about movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

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We have well over 90 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 let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  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 – just look for WhoaPodcast.

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

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #054

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