B Diamond Ranch

06/04/2025

This one, the participants have called her Coco. First ride at work with James Barnes she’s also from Beartooth Quarter Horses

06/04/2025

James Barnes putting first rides on a couple colts at work! These nice 2 yr olds are from Beartooth Quarter Horses

05/29/2025

Sweaty horses make good horses

05/23/2025

05/20/2025

Stop Holding On

"In the making of a Hackamore or Bridle Horse, the quality of the finished product will depend greatly on the timing and feel offered by the hands on the reins. We can use different bits, hackamores or other devices tied at different angles to develop a head set or certain responses, but the maintenance is going to come down to how well we can present and maintain a feel with our hands. If it was easy anybody could do it, but it isn’t and that is why we have to work to figure it out. What we can learn from other horseman may work at certain times, but because every situation may be different we need to develop our judgment, so we are able to compensate under any circumstance.

One thing that makes a lot of situations difficult for the horse is when the person holds steady pressure on the reins for a complete maneuver. We can only pull or send a signal and expect the horse to respond as the foot or feet are on the ground or leaving the ground. The horse can not redirect a foot that is falling. If we are pulling as the horses’ foot is coming down, they can only wear the pull until the foot is on the ground again and then reposition for a change. This is the point that the horse can easily learn to push on our hands. It is important that we slack or relax the pressure on the reins when the horse can comply and get in time with the feet to apply pressure when the horse can comply. A big percent of the problems people have handling their horses is a result of their feel and timing not being compatible to the horse, causing problems with head position and or being hard mouthed.

An insecure horse may require a light, steady..." ~ Martin Black

Read more here: https://martinblack.net/martin-black-articles/stop-holding-on.html

04/20/2025

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04/07/2025

"Horsemanship is a strange type of lifestyle that chooses a person. It’s more of an inner compulsion rather than a deliberate choice. It’s a maniacal choice, really. It doesn’t pencil out financially, and there are no health benefits, paid vacations or sick days. You supply all your own gear and risk your life and the soundness of your body regularly." — Jolyn Young

02/13/2025

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