Horsemanship Articles & Resources​

Manolo Mendez uses bamboo as an extension of his arm, to assist in his in-hand and ridden work.

Training in its purest form is not so much a strict method of training as a time-honoured philosophy of building

How short is too short and how long is too long? How much contact is the right amount to allow

When I train my horse, I ride the whole horse, knowing that as I create postures that are biomechanically correct

Just as we would never pressure a kindergarten child to jump straight into high school and expect them to be

Training a horse well is a marriage of feel and technique, and feel and technique must be blended together. If

The more our horse understands his work and is confident in his ability to deliver what is asked the more

Transitions are a big part of the horse’s learning curve, one of the most important steps on the road to

In-hand work is an integral part of my training, one that I use it with every horse, from green to