Join Buckaroo Leather at the Light Hands Horsemanship

 

Light Hands Horsemanship

May 30th - June 2nd 2013

Santa Ynez. Ca

 

Light Hands Horsemanship is the brain child of these great horsemen, Dr. Robert M Miller, Eitan Beth-Halachmy (Cowboy Dressage), Lester Buckley, and Jon Ensign. This innovative concept and format in the teaching of horsemanship was born from horsemen and women asking these clinicians... “Ok, you have shown us how to start a young horse, now what?” or “This is great to see such an advanced horse but how do we get there?

Always listening to the needs of their horse public the four of them decided to form a group of horseman in a clinic setting that will take you from “Birth to the Advanced Horse.”

Each of these clinicians are unique and committed to their particular field of teaching and training.   One of the things that they all have in common and will stress in their presentations, is the use and development of “LIGHTNESS.”

“LIGHTNESS” is their cornerstone, it is what all 9 clinicians strive for from their “first touch thru advanced training”. You will see “lightness” from the hand held touch of a lead line to the hand and rein communication of the advanced horse and rider.


Values:
Listen before speaking.
Observe before acting.


Empathize before judging.

Lead by example.

Look inward for answers.
Commit to lifelong learning and self-improvement.

From Dr. Robert Miller

....."The horse is one of the most perceptive , most reactive, most responsive, most aware, and fastest learners of all creatures. Why then has it been the subject of so much severity, the recipient of so much pain, the victim of overuse of tools such as the whip, the spur, and the bit?

If we learn the principles of teaching and scientifically correct means of communication with another species, then we can train horses with the LIGHTEST of stimuli, produced with our hands, our voice, our seat, our legs."

Along with the cornerstone clinicians this event will have our good friend horse trainers Richard Winters and Sarah Winters.  Richard and Sarah will be presenting a colt starting demonstration with a beautiful young Andalusian. Sarah will be teaming up with legendary horseman Jack Brainard for an advanced horsemanship demonstration you won't want to miss.

Also in attendance will be trainers Jack Brainard, Sheila Varian, Mary Ann Kennedy, and Rick Lamb will be the MC.

This event is sponsored by Spalding Laboratory and is in its seventh year. This event always sells outs, if you are interested in this event I encourage you to visit the Light Hands Horsemanship website. You can check clinic schedules, clinic topics, learn more about the trainers and more. This event will also have good old fashioned camp fire stories, a Santa Maria Barbecue and vendors, like Buckaroo Leather.

Buckaroo Leather will be there all through out the event with our quality leather horse tack on display to touch, smell and see the quality craftsmanship up close. We look forward to being apart of this event and look forward to see you all there!






 
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Justin Dunn and Our Sidepull Bridle at Mustang Magic Makeover

 Justin Dunn and Cinnamon Girl

photo by Ory Photography

wearing the Buckaroo bitless sidepull 

Buckaroo Leather is honored and excited to have horse trainer Justin Dunn and his horse Cinnamon Girl use our sidepull bitless bridle to compete at the Mustang Magic Makeover.

Mustang Magic will return to the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in Fort Worth, Texas on January 24-26 2013.

The Mustang Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with the BLM, created this Extreme Mustang Makeover event in order to recognize and highlight the value of Mustangs through a national training competition. This event gives the public a unique opportunity to see the results of wild horses becoming trained mounts. The purpose of the Extreme Mustang Makeover is to showcase the beauty, versatility and trainability of the rugged horses that roam freely on public lands throughout the West, where they are protected by the BLM under Federal law.

 Cinnamon Girl and the Buckaroo Bitless Sidepull

by Ory Photography 

This Extreme Mustang Makeover competition will feature 20 wild Mustangs and trainers, like Justin, from across the country to compete for a purse of $10,000.  Competitions like Handling & Conditioning, Compulsory Maneuvers, Trail and Reining Pattern classes and a Freestyle Finals performance. 

And the most exciting part is at the end of the competition all competing Mustangs will be up for adoption by the public through competitive bids on Saturday, January 26th.

Buckaroo Leather looks forward to working with Justin in the future and we wish him good luck in this Mustang competition.

Follow Justin and the competition by visiting the Extreme Mustang Makeover website here.

Justin Heading up to the elk camp, with a pack horse and two saddle horses.

Justin and many other horse trainers like him use the bitless bridle in competition and every day riding. Justin has many years of experience using the sidepull and has been very successful in training and communicating with horses, especially the American Mustang.

Click here to listen to an informative interview with Justin and learn more about him by visiting his website.  

http://dunnshighcountry.com

Originally the sidepull bridle was designed as a training headstall and to give some relief from the bit when needed. Many riders are using them now in everyday riding, once they, and their horse, have been trained, evaluated and or advised by a professional trainer, like Justin.

Buckaroo Leather offers many styles of the bitless bridles. All our leather horse tack is hand crafted here in the U.S. Buckaroo Leather loves to do custom orders too!

Buckaroo Pro SidePull-Stainless 

 

 
SidePull Bitless Bridle Set

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Buckaroo Leather is Attending The Pomona Horse Expo

The Pomona Horse Expo is January 31st- February 2nd in Pomona California. Will you be attending?? Buckaroo Leather Products will be rumbling up in our wagon to this great horse event.

The Buckaroo Leather Traveling Roadshow will have its wagon full of all your favorite American Leather Horse Tack. Buckaroo John will be showing his handcrafted leather horse tack like the famous AAA Wade Buckaroo Ranch Saddle, the Breast Cancer Awareness Cinch and Breast Collar, Great Basin Splitear Headstalls, our famous lined leather reins, headstalls, breast collars and much much more. 

Come by our "wagon" booth # 7013 in building #7 to touch, feel and see for yourself the amazing quality of all these American handcrafted leather horse tack pieces. And while you are here at the horse expo come see our good friends, horse trainer Richard Winters and the Working Horse Magazine.

The Pomona Horse Expo is not only a great place for amazing horse tack but it is a great place to learn from gifted horse clinicians too. Horse Clinicians like horse trainers Richard Winters and Raye Lochert, overall World Champion in Mounted shooting, Kenda Lenseigne and NRCHA World Champion Sarah Winters will be on hand to share their knowledge of horses and horse training. To see more of all the clinicians attending click here.

The Pomona Horse Expo offers a variety of events for all horse enthusiasts.

Trail Symposium- politicians and concerned horsemen combine resources to address land use issues.

Breed Demonstrations- Every year meet a select group of Breeds brought to you by the national registries representing the confirmation, temperament and qualities unique to each breed in full regalia.

Young Rider Park- A welcoming event for youngsters of all ages featuring clinicians for the young rides, games, and contests and much more.

Book Corral- Meet the authors of your favorite equestrian book.

Horse Expo University-an educational environment where experts from universities all around the country meet with attendees to discuss varying topics such as nutrition, breeding, soundness, conformation and more.

Art Show-An area on the trade show floor dedicated to talented equestrian artists.

For more information on all the activities and events at the Pomona Horse Expo visit their website here.








Our family has been dedicated for 30 years in serving the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality American made leather horse tack....... Buckaroo John Brand 
Buckaroo Leather, The Brand to Demand 
Visit Our Unique Store Today 
Buckaroo Leather Shopping Site