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Meet Jaz Poco
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For those of you who may be starting a youngster,
stay tuned to Ride! magazine and my website for a monthly training
calendar with tips and exercises on working with babies. I
have a brand new yearling filly from
Jaz Ranch
in Oregon. "Jaz"
will be a long-term training project for me on how to use foundation
training to do ultimate colt-starting. I got Jaz last week and
she had barely been handled, so I will be documenting on starting a
baby from scratch. She has an amazing mind and I am very excited
about working with her.
We have also learned that the my first book,
Building Your Dream Horse, which is being published by Wiley
Books from their Howell Equestrian division, will be released in
February '05. Co-authored with Allison Houston, the book is
about 250 pages and is an comprehensive guide to my Ultimate
Foundation Training program. It covers all the primary
training exercises we do here at the ranch and also provides an
overview on understanding horses and horsemanship. We are also
in discussion with Wiley in hopes of producing a second book on
colt-starting, for release in 2006. This is Jaz when she was
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Other news from the ranch, noted clinician and
specialist in the bio-mechanics of riding,
Donna Snyder-Smith
has
just moved her base of operations to our ranch. Donna and I
have been doing combined clinics over the last year and have found
that my foundation training techniques and her riding instruction
really mesh beautifully. Donna and I will continue to offer
clinics together and she is also offering private clinics and
lessons as well. We are all excited about working more closely
with Donna as she is a truly wonderful horsewoman and professional.
Anne and I returned a couple of weeks ago from
Ride the West in Spokane.
This is the third year of this Northwest horse expo, and I remain
impressed with the quality of the show and work they do. If
you have not been, you should attend next year if you can.
It's a great forum for horse owners and lovers. Additionally I
just finished another appearance at
UC
Davis' Annual Horse Day Symposium. Davis is one of the top
veterinary teaching hospitals in the nation and once a year they
hold a weekend educational event that is open to everyone. They
cover nutrition, wellness\illness, training, breeding, hoofcare...
you name it. They always have a great line up of presenters
and this year was another wonderful symposium.
And for the many people who have been crying out
for the pull-back video... it's almost done! Check on the
website periodically over the next few weeks - you should see it
available to order online shortly! It's a terrific video, we
got delayed in resolving some audio issues but production is
complete and we expect inventory any time now.
Anyone looking for a
nice horse? We have not had any for sale for awhile, but
currently have 5 horses at the ranch that are available. Check
out the
Sale page
for more information.
And I would like to again invite any of you that have a horse that I
helped you train (either at the ranch or by attending a clinic or
expo), please consider sending us a current photograph of you and
your horse, with a short blurb (your name, horse's name and a short
paragraph) about how you two are doing now. We'd like to add a
new section to the website with some real-life stories. Please
e-mail those to my website administrator at
mybandwidth@yahoo.com.
Charles Wilhelm
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