MT Pockets LLC - Horsemanship Lessons & Colt Starting

MT Pockets LLC - Horsemanship Lessons & Colt Starting Building better partnerships between horse and rider through consistency and feel. Offering Groundwork, C**t Starts, and Lessons.

Focused on safe, willing horses you can depend on. Welcome to MT Pockets (Empty Pockets) Performance Horses. I learned to break out and train horses under the supervision of Mike Simmons at M&L Ranch in Wisconsin for about 5 years. My mother supported my dreams and I showed at the Open Show and State 4-H levels for 10 years with a horse that has more heart than natural talent. I fell in love with

Showmanship, Horsemanship, Equitation, and Trail. Once I was riding under M&L Ranch I learned to enjoy western pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle. My goals for myself and my up and coming horses are to show at the AQHA level for Showmanship, Equitation, Ranch, and Reining. My main goal here as trainer is to help rider and horse accomplish their goals and then some. The best feeling is watching a team you help create succeed in the world. I would consider my training to be more pressure and release, but also use positive reinforcement. I am constantly learning new ways to better assist and train each horse. No two horses and two riders are the same! The most important word is Whoa, if we don't have a whoa then we go back to the basics. Thank you for taking the time and checking my page out, any questions do reach out!

I just went through my different albums of messages over the past few weeks that got missed. If you haven't heard back f...
08/31/2026

I just went through my different albums of messages over the past few weeks that got missed.

If you haven't heard back from me, please, please reach back out again, you aren't pestering me.... I'm a one man show juggling life, big kid job, kids, lesson schedules, and training horses.

Also, I'm just a girl .... ❤️

Love supporting another small local business ❤️ If anyone would love a hat, reach out and I can send you the different d...
08/28/2026

Love supporting another small local business ❤️

If anyone would love a hat, reach out and I can send you the different designs of hats to pick from. Will make another order if we have enough interest.

They are $30 each.

Got out of service this weekend with the best friend, best mares, and bestest dog. The most spoiled set of trail ponies ...
08/24/2026

Got out of service this weekend with the best friend, best mares, and bestest dog.

The most spoiled set of trail ponies you'll ever meet, but boy do they earn the special treatment. I love having such amazing and versatile horses and a friend to share these adventures with. 💕

Nix is here for a C**t Start and his mother has done an amazing job on his groundwork already. He is so unique that I fe...
08/20/2026

Nix is here for a C**t Start and his mother has done an amazing job on his groundwork already. He is so unique that I felt he deserved a little post about his breed.

Mangalarga Marchador
Brazilian
These horses have been bred in Brazil for over 200 years. They have a population of over 500,000-700,000 horses in Brazil. Nix is estimated to be one of 425 or so from the initial importation of 70 into the United States in the 2000s.

08/17/2026

Aleeyah and Bradley participated in the 4H Horse Show and the Ranch Show the weekend before and this past weekend MT Pockets Show group went to 406 Arena's last show of the year.

Love the amazing opportunities our youth get and big thanks to 406 Arena for offering a Show Series. ❤️

08/03/2026

One of the things I believe in most as an instructor is building correct muscle memory from the very beginning.

When young riders learn the right position, rhythm, and feel early on, they're developing skills that stay with them for years. Life gets busy—school, sports, work, college—but those fundamentals have a way of coming back. I've seen riders step away from horses for years and, because they learned correctly from the start, they settle back into the saddle much faster than someone learning those skills for the first time as an adult.

Here's great evidence of that theory, I grew up wakeboarding if I wasn't at a horse show, but haven't done it in over 10 years. Getting back into it was all thanks to muscle memory.

Lynsee made it back to Wisconsin to be my niece Grace's first horse. ❤️ I got Lynsee for my 8th grade Christmas present....
07/27/2026

Lynsee made it back to Wisconsin to be my niece Grace's first horse. ❤️

I got Lynsee for my 8th grade Christmas present. We have accomplished a lot together in 20 years, we placed really well in 4H, she's taken good care of my son Bradley, and we have a decent amount of Montana trail miles.

Super happy she gets to be loved by a little girl in her retirement.

🚨 Reminder 🚨No lessons July 27th through August 7th. I have limited openings for c**t starts, reach out with any questio...
07/26/2026

🚨 Reminder 🚨

No lessons July 27th through August 7th.

I have limited openings for c**t starts, reach out with any questions!

07/23/2026

Archie had a one month C**t Start last fall and then came back for 2 months this spring/summer.

He's been one I've had to redesign some of the ways I ask to do things. He's a very opinionated gelding, but once we get on the same page he's a joy to be around.

We took him for his first show in July at the 406 Arena and he did phenomenal with the different atmosphere.

He's even Aleeyah approved. Videos of her riding at the end.

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354 US Highway 89
Vaughn, MT
59487

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 8pm
Tuesday 2pm - 8pm
Wednesday 2pm - 8pm
Thursday 2pm - 8pm

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