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Natural born eventer works for head rubs, treats

Natural Horsemanship veteran Farah DeJohnette’s methodology starts in the stall. The “home visit” figures right up there among other important details of buying a horse, from physical conformation to a clean bill of health. This is tantamount to choosing any breed, Warmblood, Thoroughbred or something else. Stating she has a “knack” for picking low-key Thoroughbreds in this way, DeJohnette says, “I go into the stall because that’s where the horse is who he is. This is where he lets down his track energy.” And the results speak for themselves. In her 20 years training horses through a method that gains […]