MacDonald Performance Training

08/28/2025

We are very happy with how Renaldo did in a competitive group of horses and riders!

08/26/2025

We are a bit late posting a show update up from our past two cutting shows. Tye and his horses have continued to do well each show. With Mia and Noodles both scoring 73's at the last Vaughn show and Noodles taking second in the $5,000 NH class on Sunday. Tye and Renaldo won the cowhorse bridle open class on Saturday at the Never Sweat Ranch and Tye and Noodles won the $5,000 NH on Sunday!

We would also like to congratulate Brian Lasswell and RoyZe on their class win for the Never Won a Buckle class on Saturday at the historic Never Sweat Ranch with a 74 and for taking second in the $500 Limited Rider class with a 72! We can't wait to see this duo only get better together from here!

08/17/2025

Tye and Renaldo won the bridle spectacular today at the CMRCHA Rosebud Futurity! We couldn’t be happier. It was a tight and competitive group of riders.

Of course, we’d like to thank Karen Fellerhoff for the opportunity to train and show such a horse as Renaldo!

Photos from the show to come.

08/12/2025

Thanks to all of the working equitation people that came to our cattle working clinic. You are a lovely bunch of people, I enjoyed working with you! Good luck and I hope to see you in the future.

08/09/2025

The duo

"Stop making all of your favorite images B&W"

"Try and stop me" 😏🙌🏻

Loving this shot of Tye Macdonald!

08/09/2025

We have this very cute little filly in training that is currently looking for a new home. She is by Metallic Malice and out of a Jerry Lees Surprise (NRHA LTE $44,600; PE >$586k by Surprise Enterprise) mare who won $3000 in the 1D barrels before getting injured.

Raven is only two but should have the stuff and is quick footed, light, and sensitive. She is one we would be happy to keep in the barn as a performance prospect.

Reach out with questions or to come see her in person. We will be working on getting a sales video pulled together over the next few weeks as well so stay posted for that.

08/07/2025

Got our photos back from the Deer Lodge CMRCHA show of Tye and Renaldo.

I have always loved watching this duo, whether at home or in the show arena, Renaldo always goes above and beyond for Tye and has from the beginning. - Alyson

07/31/2025

Tye and “Noodles” (Reyvioli) also doing their thing!

1- Tye Macdonald on "Reyvioli"

07/31/2025

Just Tye and Knowingly Smart, “Mia”, doing there thing!

2- Tye Macdonald on "Knowingly Smart"

07/27/2025

Better photos to follow, but we’d like to congratulate Brian Lasswell on his 72 scoring run today! This is a powerhouse of a horse but Brian made it look easy!

Tye also scored a 73 on Mia and Noodles this weekend and got second in a large class with Noodles!

04/07/2025

Yesterday was the end to our winter clinic series and we would like to thank everyone who came to one of our clinics this past season! I am always amazed to see the progress everyone makes over a weekend and sometimes just throughout a day. We appreciate all of our clients who show up, even when it’s cold, and enjoy meeting new people who decide to come join us and of course, love seeing all of you who are regulars!

Wishing everyone the best as the show season kicks off fully! As always, we have availability for private lessons, either individual or group, and may organize a regular group cow practice sometime midweek to keep everyone well practiced through the summer season.

04/01/2025

It's April 1st which means show season is coming up in a big hurry! Because it's a hassle to have to look at all the different show association pages and websites, I pulled together a list of all the shows we plan to attend or think our clients would be interested in. Some of the associations haven't finalized dates or location yet so I tried to highlight those. If you see an "oopses" or know of any other shows that should be added. Please let me know! Also, if anyone would like this emailed directly to you, just reach out about that as well. Hope this is useful!