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He propounded common sense horse training methods, and even today, his supporters claim him to be one of very few horse trainers to have had this kind of far-reaching effect. According to the 1919 publication, 'Memoirs of Miami Valley (Ohio) Vol 1' ( Page 627): [ 1 ] "Beery Correspondence School for Horsemanship is a most unusual enterprise ...
A horse being trained on the longe line. Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. . Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities, ranging anywhere from equine sports such as horse racing, dressage, or jumping, to therapeutic horseback riding for ...
Marvin Earl "Monty" Roberts MVO (born May 14, 1935) is an American horse trainer who promotes his techniques of natural horsemanship through his Join-Up International organization, named after the core concept of his training method.
A horse is a unique individual and sometimes impossible to value. Horse value is usually used as a pre-qualification pricing factor related to the issuance of equine insurance or purchase. [1] An objective evaluation of a horse's attributes such as: conformation, disposition, training level, pedigree, intellect and temperament. The health ...
Fine harness – American competition with high-stepping driving horses; Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart; Pleasure driving – A horse show class involving horses pulling carts; Roadster – type of horse racing; Scurry driving — High speed obstacle competition
In the capriole (meaning leap of a goat), the horse jumps from a raised position of the forehand straight up into the air, kicks out with the hind legs, and lands more or less on all four legs at the same time. It requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly, and is considered the most difficult of all the airs above the ground.
Kikkuli was the Hurrian "master horse trainer [assussanni] of the land of Mitanni" (LÚ A-AŠ-ŠU-UŠ-ŠA-AN-NI ŠA KUR URU MI-IT-TA-AN-NI) and author of a chariot horse training text written primarily in the Hittite language (as well as an Old Indo-Aryan language as seen in numerals and loan-words), dating to the Hittite New Kingdom (around 1400 BCE).
Carl A. Nafzger (born August 29, 1941) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horse racing, he was a champion rodeo bull rider. Nafzger trained Unbridled, who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic. In 1990, he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and the Big Sport of Turfdom Award.