We all have different goals and desires from our horsemanship journey.

kids that don’t have somone to strict helping them stay safe and learning probably have the best deal going. They don’t care about much but having fun. No ego, no fear and no agenda except have fun. You might read that again. I believe we should be learning as much from them as we are trying to teach them.

I see young kids that there parents or coaches want them to win and be perfect and they don’t enjoy the horse as much for a while. Then they either understand and get into the ego horsemanship and get satisfaction out of winning or making a horse that they can show off their skills with.

Many of the ranch kids I see have a little of both but really have fun doing the horseback work on the ranch, get by with the horsemanship and get better as they go. They can take it where they want and still enjoy it for the rest of their life.

When I see people get horses and the direction they take I sometimes wonder if they are not just adding to the stress in life by spending lots of money and frustration chasing the ego style of horsemanship that it takes to compete in today’s horse world.

I see others who just don’t get caught up in what everyone else is doing and what’s in style and just enjoy the horse no matter what they are doing. That’s where I want to be.