Description of up-coming clinics and retreats:

Come 'Celebrate the Horse' - April 2, 2011

Enjoy a day full of inspiration, riding tips, great food, good friends, and plain 'ol FUN!  This will be the fourth annual 'Celebrate the Horse', held at the T&T arena in Haines, Oregon.  Here is just a sampling of what we have in store in 2010:

• Greg Gommersal from Idaho - Saddle Fit - Riding Western, English, or Bareback...How to Allow Your Horse to Move.     Greg will also have a wonderful display of true Californio/SE Oregon-type trappings, such as rawhide bosals, reins, horse hair mecates, and mohair cinches
• Mike Watkins ~ Equine Massage Therapy -  Do you want to learn how to soften and lengthen your horse’s muscles for longer strides and more efficient movement with increased blood circulation and reduce fatigue before, during and after riding? IMike has conducted seminars at some of the top horse Expo’s in the Pacific Northwest. His clients include Al Dunning - World Famous Cutting / Reigning Horse Champion, Deb Renger - multiple qualifier in the Canadian Rodeo Finals and Josh Lyons-World Famous Horse Clinician.
• Kathy Hopkins ~ The Naked Horse - If you are like me, you probably don't give as much attention to learning about the functions of the hoof and foot as you should!  Join Kathy as she discusses and demonstrates how Applied Equine Podiatry works to develop a healthy hoof and a happy horse.  
• Alice Trindle from Haines - This year the theme of 'Celebrate the Horse' will be "Preparing & Evaluating Your Horse's Bravery Leve".  Alice will be demonstrating with several  horses various ground work skills, utilizing the lariat, ponying another horse safely, and dragging obstacles...all to prepare you and your horse to become a BRAVE team!
•  Nancy's Hand-Tied Halters - Nancy will display her fine halter and leads, plus beautiful leather work
• Spirit Ranch Andalusians ~ Traditions, breeding, temperament, and a bit of Doma Vaquera
• Ty Sumner Horse Training ~ Ty was Alice's apprentice in 2008 and is now offering an opportunity to have your horse trained light, soft, and thoughtfully right here in Baker valley. 
• WW Cinch ~ Kathy Ward & Christie Wilde bring their life-long involvement with horses to the hand-made mohair cinches they make.  Mohair, which is from Angora goats, breathes well, and wicks moisture away from the skin of the horse.
• FREE Lunch!  For the first 50 people through the door, we'd like to serve you lunch.  Come early and stay all day! 
• Linda Smith's Shearing Corral ~ Featuring Linda's comfy, warm, sheepskin products 
•   Come visit with representatives from D&B Supply and Del's about products and nutrition.

April 15-17, 2011  Western Idaho Horse Expo 

Alice will be returning to the Idaho Horse Expo, and with the same format from 2008... YOU CAN RIDE WITH HER!  These will be a series of little 'Mini-Clinics' with the topic ~ Preparing for the Trail ~ Safe, Brave, & Fun!

• Preparing Your Horse Obstacles
• The importance of focus, breathing, and balance
• Group Riding - Benefits of socializing, rating, and FUN!
• Watch the Idaho Horse Council's web site for all the details! expo.idahohorsecouncil.com/

 May 8-12, 2011     2 - 3 or 5 Day Work in Hand Clinic 

Focus & Format:  This is will mark the second year we will offer an intensive look at the Work in Hand postures, developing self-carriage and self-confidence in both horse and rider.  Maneuvers we will practice include: Shoulder-in on circle and on a square; Haunches -in and Half-pass postures on the track, on the diagonal, and on a circle; Liberty and on-line work with the surcingle;  You will be offered the opportunity to bring a young horse, perhaps not yet under saddle, as well as an older schooling horse.  We truly TAKE the TIME for both you and the horse to understand.

          (Pending)    Trainers Workshop 

Focus & Format:  Many people are interested in starting their young horses under saddle, but few people have taken the time to truly prepare themselves and the horse for a positive experience.  Join Alice for weekend as she shares and demonstrates such topics as: Mindful use of the round pen; Use of the lariat, flag, whip and other tools; Working from atop another horse; Proper ponying - not dragging!  Tools to evaluate a horse for purchase.  This will be a great opportunity for anyone planning on taking the Colt to Horsemanship clinic, June 19 - 23, 2010, or for folks looking to expand their colt training skills and awareness.

June 24 - 25, 2011   3-Day Riding Clinic       Emmett, Idaho  

Focus & Format: This will be a series of three - 1/2 day clinics, tailored to fit everyone's needs.  The morning clinics will be for people who may be new to Alice and just starting or newly returning to the pursuit of horsemanship.  Time will be spent on ground school maneuvers, and the riding portion will work on transferring those basics up into the saddle.  The afternoon sessions will be geared for folks who have ridden with Alice previously, and/or are comfortable at the walk, trot, and canter.  Specific attention will be paid to developing a softness throughout all transitions.

 (June 11-16; Oct. 15-20, 2011)   6-Day Colt to Horsemanship Clinics  

Focus & Format: There simply is not a better opportunity around to put a soft, willing start on your young horse, or to re-start with the proper foundation.  The focus is on taking the time for the horse and human to understand how to work together, and to offer a variety of situations that allow the human to become a good leader.  Round pen work; Lariat, ropes, flags, tarps, car wash, bridges for obstacles; Working from atop another horse; Herd work; Surcingle & liberty;  Format: Alice will work with the young horses in the morning, while everyone observes, for at least the first few days.  In the afternoon, students work the same skills on their schooling/older horse.  Later in the week, the students are working with and riding their colts.  Fun...Safety...and Understanding!

 (June 18-19; July 16-17; August 13-14)     Trail Clinic at Eastern Slope Ranch                   These clinics to be held at Eastern Slope Ranch near Baker City, on their ever changing Trail Obstacle Course, are designed to be a series of advancing classes.  However, you can join in at anytime.  Alice has a way of presenting the elements needed to have a safe, flowing, and fun run through these varied obstacles, that helps both horse and rider develop confidence.  Whether your plans are for partaking in some trail riding competitions, or just enjoying the mountains...You will find these clinics as a great investment!

Real Mountain Trails...Add a couple of days on to your classes at Eastern Slope, and head to the Elkhorn Mountains with Alice and Susan.  

   July 1-3, 2011  Girlfriend Getaway  

Focus & Format:  Here's a great opportunity to GET AWAY with some your friends, spend time laughing, riding, and enjoying the company of just girls!  Gather together a few of your friends for a private time at the T&T Ranch sharing the western bunkhouse, eating Susan's wonderful meals, Marion's deserts (just a few!), practicing safe horsemanship with Alice, and taking in the beauty of eastern Oregon.

 July 16-17, 2011   Trail Clinic at Eastern Slope Ranch  

Focus & Format: These clinics to be held at Eastern Slope Ranch near Baker City, on their ever changing Trail Obstacle Course, are designed to be a series of advancing classes.  However, you can join in at anytime.  Alice has a way of presenting the elements needed to have a safe, flowing, and fun run through these varied obstacles, that helps both horse and rider develop confidence.  Whether your plans are for partaking in some trail riding competitions, or just enjoying the mountains...You will find these clinics as a great investment!

Real Mountain Trails...Add a couple of days on to your classes at Eastern Slope, and head to the Elkhorn Mountains with Alice and Susan.  

  July 22-24, 2011  & July 25 & 26, 2011   Hamilton, Montana

Focus & Format:  Join Alice in one of her favorite spots...Hamilton, Montana at Janie and Steve Vogt's arena.  The format for the 3-day clinic will allow for individual attention, as well as group riding, all with a focus on accomplishing the basics brilliantly!  "The most difficult piece of music to play beautifully is often the most simple."  As always, Alice will discuss extensively your responsibility of good posture to create a balanced, light, and soft relationship with your horse.  Private Lessons are available on July 25th & 26th.  Sign up for an hour of special attention! 

Pending           Doma Vaquera Clinic

Focus & Format: This will be a fun weekend to learn about the traditions of the Doma Vaquera - The Spanish Cowboy.  Alice will walk you through the traditions of the Doma Vaquera basico patterns, and the garrocha.  She will work with the group to develop a willing partnership with their horses, both on the ground and in the saddle, to develop the basic movements.  Everyone will dance with the garrocha, and ride a basico pattern.  

 August 6-8, 2011    3 Day Cows and Mountains Clinic

  Focus & Format: Three days of great fun, connecting your horse to cattle work, and then relaxing for nice afternoon mountain rides.  You and your horse will learn how to read cattle, position for effortless haunch-turns, develop a 'rodera' in the big field, and cut cattle from the herd.  Slow, easy, and true ranch-type cattle work.  Then enjoy the Elkhorn Mts., cantering up hills, and extraordinary views.  

  August 13-14, 2011  Trail Clinic at Eastern Slope Ranch   

Focus & Format: These clinics to be held at Eastern Slope Ranch near Baker City, on their ever changing Trail Obstacle Course, are designed to be a series of advancing classes.  However, you can join in at anytime.  Alice has a way of presenting the elements needed to have a safe, flowing, and fun run through these varied obstacles, that helps both horse and rider develop confidence.  Whether your plans are for partaking in some trail riding competitions, or just enjoying the mountains...You will find these clinics as a great investment!

Real Mountain Trails...Add a couple of days on to your classes at Eastern Slope, and head to the Elkhorn Mountains with Alice and Susan.  

Focus & Format:  will gather the region's aspiring horseman for the annual T&T Horse Swim Party.  Mountain ride - Horse Swim - BBQ & Story Telling!

Six full days of treating yourself and your horse to ranch life.  We will do some schooling in the morning, aimed at developing a soft and willing partnership in both human and horses.  Then the afternoon will be off to the mountains, or out in the field & pen to play with cows.  We may even have a REAL JOB for you to do one day, moving cows in a mountain pasture.  The bunkhouse, with all its comforts will be waiting in the evening, along with the great food Susan has become famous for sharing!  Come immerse yourself in the culture of Eastern Oregon for a mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual experience.

Focus & Format: We have developed this clinic by popular demand!  Riding the mountain trails of Washington state is an activity that many folks love to do with their horses.  But often, a little situation turns into a bigger one, when we have not prepared ourselves or our horses for the "unexpected"!  This clinic will work on developing confidence and awareness in horse and rider, practice over and through obstacles, and actually take several trips to the mountains!

Focus & Format: The opportunity for a little "One-on-One" with Alice is very beneficial to every riding discipline.  If you are looking for suggestions on improving your relationship with your horse, from Half-pass to crossing creeks, a one-hour private lesson will guide you to new levels of willingness, softness, and respect.  

September 3-5, 2011  Girlfriend Getaway or Family Retreat?  

Focus & Format:  Here's a great opportunity to GET AWAY with some your friends or your family, spend time laughing, riding, and enjoying the company of one-another!  Gather together a few of your friends or Grandma, Mom, and Sisters (even Dad!) for a private time at the T&T Ranch sharing the western bunkhouse, eating Susan's wonderful meals, Marion's deserts (just a few!), practicing safe horsemanship with Alice, and taking in the beauty of eastern Oregon.

September 10-15, 2011       ANNUAL WOMEN'S RETREAT

This 6-day retreat has become an annual favorite, with gals returning year after year!  We play with cows, jump logs in the mountains, and tell great stories in the evening around the fire.  Life-long friends are made, and everything that is shared in Haines...Stays in Haines!  This year we will continue the format of giving each participant a private lesson, with a focus on learning, thinking, picturing, and developing 'feel' for and with the horse.  In a nutshell...developing our "Horseman's Protocol" into a habit.  IT IS SO MUCH FUN...GALS, PLEASE COME JOIN US IN HAINES!

September 24-26, 2011     3-Day Long-Line Clinic       Emmett, Idaho  

Focus & Format: This is a great way to prepare for winter riding.  As I was once told...Driving on the Long Lines can be the best Riding you will ever do!  We will work with our horses to first prepare for ropes to be on any part of their body, then move on to developing a light, soft, and willing posture from the ground ~ Driving on the long lines!

 October 1 & 2, 2011 Preparing You & Your Horse for the Lariat   

Focus & Format: Join Alice and some knowledgeable helpers as they walk you through ground skills to prepare your horse for use of the lariat, having ropes every where around them,  and dragging objects.  Plus, learn how to build a loop, toss and coil at lariat, and some basic swings and shots.   To be held at the T&T Ranch in Haines, Oregon.

October 8-12, 2010          Fall Relax, Unwind, and Reflect Retreat 

Fall is our favorite time of year.  The colors of eastern Oregon are brilliant.  You need a sweater in the mornings, but by noon you are toasty in the autumn sun.  It is a time to reflect on the year, enjoy the harvest of Oregon's bounty, and enjoy good friends and horses.  Come join us for six full days of treating yourself and your horse to ranch life.  We will do some schooling in the morning, aimed at developing a soft and willing partnership in both human and horses.  Then the afternoon will be off to the mountains, or out in the field & pen to play with cows.  The bunkhouse, with all its comforts will be waiting in the evening, along with the great food Susan has become famous for sharing!  Come immerse yourself in the culture of Eastern Oregon for a mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual experience.

October  15-20, 2011

 6-Day Colt to Horsemanship Clinic

Focus & Format: There simply is not a better opportunity around to put a soft, willing start on your young horse, or to re-start with the proper foundation.  The focus is on taking the time for the horse and human to understand how to work together, and to offer a variety of situations that allow the human to become a good leader.  Round pen work; Lariat, ropes, flags, tarps, car wash, bridges for obstacles; Working from atop another horse; Herd work; Surcingle & liberty;  Format: Alice will work with the young horses in the morning, while everyone observes, for at least the first few days.  In the afternoon, students work the same skills on their schooling/older horse.  Later in the week, the students are working with and riding their colts.  Fun...Safety...and Understanding!

*Non-refundable deposit is due one-month prior to first day of class. Total payment required first day of course/class/forum/workshop. No make-up for missed sessions.