Giant Cheeseball:

Now, I will say Clinton's choice of words in some of his jokes was not exactly appealing to me, but some of his jokes I thought were pretty funny

 i thought he was very funny, but, a couple times he went too far....did you catch the joke about not worrying about the chinese tourists falling off horses in the grand canyon (or something like that), because there's lots of them, so, it doesn't matter if they lose a few?

my friends and i kind of just looked at each other with a, "did he really just say what i think he said?" look.

i guess with comedy you have to take the risk telling a joke and sometimes it doesn't work.  what can i say, i'm not funny.  i do love humour though.

i am going to look up the ken mcnabb clinic.  i wouldn't be taking my horse to it, cuz we don't have a horse trailer. 

sorry, i got no problem with swearing (as long as it's not over the top. (i hate too much gratuitous swearing), but, i have little tolerance for racism and sexism.  ask my husband, he tries his stupid jokes on me too often and can't understand why i don't think they're funny.

saturday, we were on the opposite side and sunday in the center (bottom of the u shape)

we tried to jump and scream for prizes but we weren't in the right areas

did you or your friend win anything?

--gail

Stacy Westfall puts on great clinics. She is a disciplined rider with roots in reining and does amazing things with well trained horses. Her clinics are rather sparse, but worth the time if one comes to your area.

My personal favorite is Andrea Fapanni. If you want to learn how to train a horse, and if your skill level is advanced, his DVD series are invaluable.

I've enjoyed Clinton, Parelli, Lyons, Cameron and the others, but find that their focus is on the beginning rider and they really don't go into good equitation. I like Chris Cox because he does do some more advanced techniques. I enjoyed a clinic at the Equine Affaire in Pomona, Ca where Chris demoed his reining horse riding in english gear. After doing some basic dressage and jumping activities, he took his horse into a sliding stop and roll-back that was amazing!

Mark Sellers
Horse Health Matters

I've heard of every one of those clinicians- they're all good. My biggest point is that I try my best to learn something from everyone. It doesn't matter to me if they're English or Western, I want to at least learn one thing from them. I just like Clinton the best because I've learned SO many things from him. I think the most important thing to do is to take what you can from everyone and use it, or just learn something new and have a go at it. It never hurts to learn something new, and that's my goal when I'm watching any clinician! I think I saw a video once of Chris Cox doing cutting in an English saddle, I must say, he's got an amazing seat! :)

i am taking a horsemanship class right now--ground work with your horse.

one of our homework assignments is to watch different trainers on youtube without the sound.  it's amazing how they are so much alike, yet it's all about branding...do it the "clinton anderson" way or "parelli" or whatever and they are doing the same things.

which is good as our instructor is doing it the "clinton anderson" way cuz that's the one i've seen live, but, others recognize the "parelli" method.

whatever it is, the training has changed from 30 years ago when i was a horse crazy, sucking all the knowledge in, teenager. and i like it!!

I'm the type of learner that must understand the how and why of something– not just "do this because this is how it's properly done". There are scores of clinicians for horse training – but I love Buck Brannaman for his way with horses. Jane Savoie bridges horse training and riding by helping me understand the mechanics of the horse's movements. But for strictly riding clinicians, and in my opinion there are very few, there is no one like Colleen Kelly (colleenkellyriderbiomechanics.com/) whose specialty is biomechanics — how the human body sitting on the horse affects every movement the horse makes. Her list of accomplishments is phenomenal and her work applies to riders of ALL disciplines. She takes the hoity-toity out of dressage but her students are Olympians. A two-day clinic with Colleen was the best money I have ever spent on a horse clinic for myself. I look forward to the next time she's in my area.