Category: Horses in Training

Video of Jupiter


Jupiter – Straightness and Balance

The onset of winter has caused a slight alteration of the training schedule for all the horses.  I have begun working Jupiter less frequently, but for longer sessions. He always comes to the gate to meet me, even when I am only coming to get one of the other horses, so it is a little…


Orion – Raising The Bar

Of late, I have starting to think that perhaps I have set my sights too low when it comes to Orion. By this I mean I have always maintained that all I needed or wanted from him was a horse I could ride into mock combat and be competitive in the medieval games we take…


Orion’s Police Horse Training

We spent the last weekend at a two-day workshop where the instructor, Jim Barrett of Police Horse Pros employed the training techniques used to desensitize horses for mounted police work to despook civilian mount. These techniques include groundwork, formation drills,  and sensory training where scary objects, sounds, and actions are gradually introduced to the horses…