Horse Training Techniques From The 1800's - What's Old Is New And What's New Is Old
Was he the world's greatest horse trainer of all time? Would his picture be in the horse trainer's Hall Of Fame? Perhaps. His name was Jesse Beery. Before he was twenty he became a world class horse trainer. He was so well known, there were more people who heard of him than didn't. Jesse Beery learned how to train horses almost entirely on his own because there were few people who knew how to train a horse.
Beery's parents discouraged horse training as a career but later okay'd his passion. From then on there was no stopping Beery from achieving greatness. Beery's first inclination to train horses happened when he drove a horse and buggy to a friend's house. As Beery exited the buggy the horse spooked and ran home. During that long walk home Beery was determined to make his horse stay put.
As he worked with his horse he discovered ways to get a horse to do what he wanted. Although nearly killed in training incidents and laughed at from friends and neighbors, Beery soon became THE authority on horse training. Beery's methods solved numerous problems with horses that seemed unsolvable. If a horse was hard to shoe, ran away, pulled while tied, spooky, and more...Beery knew how to fix it. As if his accomplishments weren't enough to keep him busy, Beery wrote a Horse Training manual describing how to do what he did.
Unfortunately, few copies exist today and those that do may be hard to read due to the poor condition of these very old books.
Beery's book may be available in used book stores if one is motivated to search. Be prepared for a time consuming search - but if a Beery book is found in good condition, be ready to pay a handsome price. There may be an alternative. Beery's book was recently revived by horse trainer .
Curry discovered Beery's book in a used book store by accident.
Curry says, "This is one of the most amazing books I've EVER read about horse training. Beery explains his methods so clearly it's like he's there with you...holding your hand...showing what to do. Every responsible horse owner should have a copy of this book - period!".
Horse Breeds - American Quarter Horse
The American Quarter Horse is the first breed of horse native to the United States.
The breed evolved when the bloodlines of horses brought to the New World were mixed.
Foundation American Quarter Horse stock originated from Arab, Turk and Barb breeds.
Selected Stallions and Mares were crossed with horses brought to Colonial America from England and Ireland in the 1600's.
This combination resulted in a compact, heavily muscled horse that evolved to fill the colonists passion for short distance racing.
The amazing power behind a quarter horse enabled this great animal to run short distances over a straightaway faster than any other horse with the fastest being named Celebrated American Running Horse.
The names for this breed has changed many times over the years until 1940 when a registry was formed to preserve the breed which officially became the American Quarter Horse Association.
In the year 1674 in...
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Is Your Horse an Angel in Disguise?
Minneapolis, Minnesota, (ContentDesk) October 13, 2005 -- The Angel Animals Network (AAN) is sponsoring a worldwide 2005 Angel Horses Contest to collect true stories about horses who have performed acts of compassion, protection, healing, courage, or have been part of a miraculous or mystical experience. This contest was created to honor the beneficial relationships between humans and horses. One grand prize of $250 will be awarded to the first-place winning contestant. A second-place prize of $25.00 will be awarded to 5 contestants. Ten stories will be chosen as honorable mentions.
There is no entry fee. Entries will be judged by a panel of authors and advocates who work for the welfare of animals. Submissions must be postmarked on or by December 15, 2005 to be eligible. E-mail story and entry form to e-mail protected from spam bots or fax to 952-925-4729 or post-mail to Angel Animals Network, P.O. Box 26354, Minneapolis, MN 55426.When writing a story for the Angel Horses Contest,...
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Hollywood Horse Stories
A recent Hollywood rumor was that Tobey Maguire injured his back during the making of Sea Biscuit doing horseback riding scenes, making him unable to star in the sequel to Spider-Man. Although it turned out to be false, he rode a mechanical horse in the film, many actors have had close calls working with horses. One example was Michael Caine, whose first movie Zulu (1964) required him to ride a horse after a hunting expedition, which after several embarrassing takes almost bought his career to a premature end. "I thought you said you had riding lessons!" said the angry director. "I did!" said the beleaguered star.
"And the first thing I learned was I never wanted to ride one of these bloody things again!" He wasn't the only one. Jack Nicholson took a hard fall in The Missouri Breaks (1976) which he shrugged off saying,"It would have hurt if I was a real person instead of a movie star." Some performers get along famously with their horses, the relationship can go on for years....
Hollywood Horse Stories
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