Tommy Thompson Cow Horses

Tommy Thompson Cow Horses Cowhorse trainer by trade,currently living the Arizona dream… extremely competitive head horses for lower number ropers. I also start performance babies.

Luxury horses for roping arena that can do it all too. Ask about lessons and clinics. Tommy Thompson Cow Horses is located in Morristown, Az just outside of Wickenburg; the team roping capital of the world. Tommy builds rope horses the right way with an emphasis on a user-friendly horse who is totally safe in the box. Tommy is also a world champion cowhorse trainer and builds traditional bridle ho

rses, starting in the snaffle bit and advancing through the hackamore, two rein and bridle stages. Advanced horses are able to compete as rope horses and in NRHA, NCHA, NRCHA and AQHA competitions. He understands how horses think and applies this knowledge to make horses that can take pressure and stay broke. We’d love to have your rope horse prospects, NRCHA, NCHA prospects or your yearlings and two year olds to prepare for the big sales. FULL SERVICE FACILITY
While our main focus is the rope horses, cowhorses and cutters, we are a full service facility. We offer, boarding, breeding services, sale prep, consignments and training of all breeds in a wide variety of disciplines: general riding/tune-ups, problems, c**t starting, reining, cutting, cowhorse, speed events, roping, ranch horse versatility, driving, dressage and team penning and sorting. LESSONS AND COACHING
We also offer lessons for every level of rider, from the youth or adult beginner to the advanced showman. Tommy has a degree in education and has studied sports psychology, this background along with his competitive career in high school, college and as a professional makes him a good coach. He really enjoys working with students to help them to reach their goals, especially those students who are willing to work hard and want to excel. Tommy has numerous students that have achieved success whether in the show pen, rodeo arena or meeting or exceeding personal goals. CLINICS
Tommy is available for clinics on site or off.

I’ve been doing this a long time! I was nine years old in this picture taken of the first c**t that I started. Natrona, ...
09/05/2026

I’ve been doing this a long time! I was nine years old in this picture taken of the first c**t that I started. Natrona, Wy 1978

09/04/2026
09/03/2026

Good morning. I’ve been posting some shorter videos, now it’s time to test your attention span. This was the first ride on a young gelding that had been on the waitlist, and they decided to try to start him themselves… to make a long story short, they tried to get a young man up on him and in the mounting process the c**t freaked out, entered into a Mach 10 spin, pulled some serious G’s, and the kid launched into orbit and ended up on the ground…and that’s where that ended. So I guess this is technically his second “ride” if you count that one. This gelding was terrified when I started working with him and you’ll see him start to have a flashback moment when I step on, but he quickly realized things are different now and let me work him through it. That is also why the extra work mounting and dismounting at the end.

Hic A Roo
09/02/2026

Hic A Roo

09/02/2026

This was some more cool footage Megan got in the reach lift. This is Barstool, the Famoso Starlight son we sold last year. Great horse.

Nic Elan
09/02/2026

Nic Elan

09/01/2026

I thought this clip tied in perfectly after yesterday’s video and the share of the picture with Dougie, so it was worth a reshare. Horse training is partially about teaching certain behaviors, but a LOT of it is teaching a horse how to cope with pressure. There are innumerable things horses - as prey animals - perceive as pressure that we - as predators - can’t even fathom. As trainers, we need to be empathetic enough to recognize what IS pressure to the horse, even when it doesn’t make sense to us. Empathy doesn’t mean removing every pressure, lowering every expectation, or never holding a horse accountable for its response. It means being a partner and an educator who can see their perspective and work through it together. Our job is to help the horse learn how to actively think while under pressure, to develop a language with them that communicates what we’re asking, how they can respond, and most importantly, that there is ALWAYS a way out that they as an individual CAN find. The goal isn’t to create a life where the horse never feels pressure. That’s impossible. The goal is to develop a horse that has the tools and confidence to cope with it.

Doug Williamson on ARC Sparkin Chics “Bucky” and I on Spoonful of Spice “Nada” at the Stallion Stakes; Megan took this p...
09/01/2026

Doug Williamson on ARC Sparkin Chics “Bucky” and I on Spoonful of Spice “Nada” at the Stallion Stakes; Megan took this picture nearly 15 years ago. Doug was a close mentor and friend, and sure do miss him. I worked for Dougie in 2002 during the time when he won the Snaffle Bit on Doc at Night aka “Tango.”

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38807 N 271st
Morristown, AZ
85342

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Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 8pm
Sunday 9am - 7pm

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(661) 496-8729

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