Bridle Bit Horsemanship

Bridle Bit Horsemanship Bridle Bit Horsemanship is a full-service equine facility. The Bridle Bit team is made up of Amy and Steve LeSatz. We are proud to be family owned and operated.

We are passionate about horses and helping the people that own them! The Bridle Bit team is made up of Amy, Steve, and Ben LeSatz. When you deal with us, you can be assured that we take the reputation of the family and the business into all we do. Our mission at Bridle Bit is to provide you with the tools necessary to delevop an amazing partnership with your horse. We are a full-service equine ope

ration with services that include horsemanship clinics, horsemanship lessons, and finding you your next equine partner. We also support you and your horse with high quality feed and tack. We strive to do all this with honor and integrity in an honest no-nonsense atmosphere. BRIDLE BIT HORSEMANSHIP IS A FULL-SERVICE EQUINE FACILITY!
- Clinics for riders of all skill levels. Our clinics include horsemanship, c**t starting, cow-working, ranch roping, problem solving and trail.
- Private & Group Lessons
- Horse training
- Bridle Bit stocks Double Diamond Halter Products (halters, lead ropes, mecates and lass ropes), Jeremiah Watt Products (bits and spurs) and Wild West Braiding Products (bosals, hangers, hair mecates and rawhide products) high-quality tack.
- We have been dealers for ADM Animal Nutrition feed products for over 20 years and stock many of their equine feeds.
- Facility consultation design & problem solving.
- ...and more! If it has to do with you and your horse, we can help!

07/11/2025

Cold drinks and cookies will be served. Cash Bar Open.......Hope you all can join us !

Thank you Nancy for hosting such a great clinic! Thanks to all who came!
06/29/2025

Thank you Nancy for hosting such a great clinic! Thanks to all who came!

Going to be a beautiful day for our clinic in Elbert! Come by if you are in the area! Shenanigans Ranch
06/28/2025

Going to be a beautiful day for our clinic in Elbert! Come by if you are in the area!
Shenanigans Ranch

That’s a wrap! Wonderful clinic host, great participants and cool horses! Thanks Alisa for having us!
06/14/2025

That’s a wrap! Wonderful clinic host, great participants and cool horses! Thanks Alisa for having us!

Fun first day at the Craig CO horsemanship clinic! If you live in this area we would love to have you stop by tomorrow!...
06/13/2025

Fun first day at the Craig CO horsemanship clinic! If you live in this area we would love to have you stop by tomorrow! Text me for address, 970-978-9724.

Checking cows @ the Double C in Fort Laramie. Come join us at our ranching experience clinics! Check out the dates on o...
06/08/2025

Checking cows @ the Double C in Fort Laramie. Come join us at our ranching experience clinics! Check out the dates on our website www.bridle-bit.com or email us to set up a date that works for you to “make the circle” checking and moving cattle! [email protected]

Clinic OpportunitiesComing to an arena or pasture near you!Loveland, CO June7Refining Our Horsemanship hosted by Roger a...
05/26/2025

Clinic Opportunities
Coming to an arena or pasture near you!

Loveland, CO June7
Refining Our Horsemanship hosted by Roger and Anne Bates. Nice big outdoor arena with views of The Devil’s Backbone and foothills near Masonville. The clinic’s emphasis is on finding holes, building relationships, and refining skills needed to advance riders toward their goals. Whether you ride in the arena, on the trail, or on cattle, we will explore ways to work with our horse, through groundwork and in the saddle to get you on the right path for success. Bring a list of things you would like to work on! Riders and horses of all levels welcomed.

Craig, CO June 13 &14
Horsemanship Clinic at Alisa Comstock's riding school. The clinic’s emphasis is on finding holes, building relationships, and refining skills needed to advance riders toward their goals. Whether you ride in the arena, on the trail, or on cattle, we will explore ways to work with our horse, through groundwork and in the saddle to get you on the right path for success. Bring a list of things you would like to work on! Riders and horses of all levels welcomed.

Wheatland, WY June 20-22
Branding Experience Clinic. Spend 3 days and two nights as a part of our crew. We’ll do things like checking pairs horseback the day before the branding. Then, gathering and sorting the day of the branding and helping with the branding. We will visit about what and why we do the things we do at branding time to maintain the safety and health of our calves. We’ll also discuss things like herd health, nutrition and what it takes to run a ranch to table cow/calf herd. Come see for yourself! Limited to two people per session. Meals, a room in our home, and a place for your horse are included. Please contact Amy to register for these awesome experiences. Amy’s Email.

Elbert, CO June 28 & 29
Refining Our Horsemanship Clinic. The clinic’s emphasis is on finding holes, building relationships, and refining skills needed to advance riders toward their goals. Whether you ride in the arena, on the trail, or on cattle, we will explore ways to work with our horse, through groundwork and in the saddle to get you on the right path for success. Bring a list of things you would like to work on! Riders and horses of all levels welcomed.

INDOOR ARENA

Go to Bridle-Bit.com for details

Don't like using websites? Won't use your credit card online?
We've got low-tech solutions for you!
Email Amy and she'll be happy to get you a reservation form and talk to you about other ways to pay for a clinic.

A Bridle Bit Horsemanship UpdateFor the week of May 25, 2025 Our undying gratitude for those that gave their all for our...
05/26/2025

A Bridle Bit Horsemanship Update
For the week of
May 25, 2025


Our undying gratitude for those that gave their all for our freedom!

Graduation
If you think about it, we are all graduating from something at numerous points in our lives. We graduate from the womb to the world, from Mom’s milk to solid food, from diapers to real underwear, from staying home with Mom to pre-school or school, from Kindergarten to First Grade, and so on and so forth. Looking at it from that perspective, it would be easy to just yawn and say, “oh well, just another graduation”. But how about instead of “oh well”, we said “YIPEE”, something to celebrate, something to take the time to really cherish.

We are graduating to different levels, up or down, with our horses all the time. When we’re able to ride consistently and we are paying attention to details, we can move from riding a horse like he’s green and needing a lot of help to riding him like he’s more finished. We can move from using the reins a lot to using them less and our seat and legs more. We can graduate from the snaffle bit headstall to the bosal hackamore. Graduating from, “I’m not sure what he’s going to do” to “he’s my good steady partner” should be celebrated.

This summer, as we get to spend more time outdoors with our horses, maybe we can look for those graduating places and take a little time to celebrate them. We get quite a lot of, “you should do this, and you shouldn’t do that”. Maybe it’s time we look for the good that’s happening in the relationship and partnership with our horses and be happy. Just a thought.

Many of you will remember Cora, our adopted granddaughter, who was in a bad car accident several years ago. We asked for prayers for her. We prayed for a miracle. Cora Anne Schaffner is graduating High School today! All our prayers were answered, the miracle happened. Cora not only survived the accident and all the months and years of rehabilitation, she’s thrived. She’s something to celebrate! We thank you for your prayers and wanted to let you know that they worked. Congratulations Cora!!!

Clinic OpportunitiesComing to an arena near you!Berthoud, CO May 17Obstacle Clinic at Two Spruce Farm We are guest clini...
04/28/2025

Clinic Opportunities
Coming to an arena near you!

Berthoud, CO May 17
Obstacle Clinic at Two Spruce Farm
We are guest clinicians at the Obstacle Clinic with Jody Marken at her Two Spruce Farm in Berthoud! Come join us as we help you expose your horse to some great obstacles in a very safe environment. Contact Jody @hotmail.com to get more info and sign up!

Pierce, CO May 18
Refining Our Horsemanship hosted by Stef Hoffman and Inspiration Riding Academy. Nice facility run by wonderful people. The clinic’s emphasis is on finding holes, building relationships, and refining skills needed to advance riders toward their goals. Whether you ride in the arena, on the trail, or on cattle, we will explore ways to work with our horse, through groundwork and in the saddle to get you on the right path for success. Bring a list of things you would like to work on! Riders and horses of all levels welcomed.

Loveland, CO May 24
Refining Our Horsemanship hosted by Roger and Anne Bates. Nice big outdoor arena with views of The Devil’s Backbone and foothills near Masonville. The clinic’s emphasis is on finding holes, building relationships, and refining skills needed to advance riders toward their goals. Whether you ride in the arena, on the trail, or on cattle, we will explore ways to work with our horse, through groundwork and in the saddle to get you on the right path for success. Bring a list of things you would like to work on! Riders and horses of all levels welcomed.

Then in June....
June 7-8 Horsemanship in LaPorte, CO hosted by Alex Parsaye
2 half days and privates offered at this one!
June 13-14 Horsemanship in Craig, CO hosted by Alisa Comstock
2 half days and private offered at this one too!
June 20-22 Our 2nd annual Branding Clinic! Limited to 2 participants - see more info on our website or contact us directly
June 27-29 - Horsemanship in Elbert, CO hosted by Nancy Miller
Free demo, potluck, 2 1/2 day clinics and privates! Whew! Fun packed weekend!

Go to Bridle-Bit.com for details
Contact Amy with questions or to add your town to the list
Don't like using websites? Won't use your credit card online?
We've got low-tech solutions for you!
Email Amy and she'll be happy to get you a reservation form and talk to you about other ways to pay for a clinic.

What Lies Beneath This past week we had the opportunity to work with some really nice people with really nice horses. T...
04/28/2025

What Lies Beneath

This past week we had the opportunity to work with some really nice people with really nice horses. These people are trying really hard to make a connection with their horse and the horses are trying really hard to figure out what their human wants from them. But something was missing. The connections were not as good as they will one day be. Why?

Tom Dorrance called it “FEEL”. All the exercises in the world, all the mechanical manipulations of our horse won’t get us what that one little word will get us once we figure out what that is. Figuring out what real feel between a horse and its handler is takes a lot. It takes a lot of the human letting go of things inside that cause it to need to control. People have a hard time doing their thing and then letting the horse respond by doing their thing. We hang in there too long. We’re looking for the foot or the ear or the eye instead of the thought.

So often we are thinking so hard about what should be done that we miss what needs to be done. We’ve got the guy or gal from the video playing in our head. We want to hold our hand just right, move our feet a certain way, look at a particular part of the horse. And we miss it. We leave the horse and how he’s feeling about what we’re asking out of the picture. No matter what we do, it’s not what we do or how we do it that matters to the horse. What matters to the horse is how it feels. We have to dance. We need to be in rhythm, in time. We need to offer the horse a feel that he can follow and then we need to get out of the way and let him do it.

Sometimes, especially with a horse that’s been worked mechanically, the horse will do what he thinks he should be doing and misses what we are really asking him to do. Like the horse that we ask to walk a circle around us that heads out to the end of our lead rope at a trot or lope. That’s what he did to stay out of trouble before, so that’s where he goes. We have to interrupt those patterns with something that feels different to them in order to break that cycle of behavior. We need to think about what he’s feeling so we can offer a feel that gets him thinking differently. Once he begins to think about us and what we’re offering, he can think his way through instead of just reacting mechanically.

The connection that lies beneath everything we do with our horse is critical to the communication we look for. Without that connection, developed through feel, we’re likely to be working like a robot, with a robot. We’re not working with horses to create robots. The outside of a horse is still good for the inside of the human. It’s when the inside of the human connects with the inside of the horse that we find the value of what lies beneath all we feel with our horse.

04/13/2025

Clinic Opportunities
Coming to an arena near you!

Loveland April 19
Refining Our Horsemanship hosted by Roger and Anne Bates and held in the beautiful Devil's Backbone neighborhood. This clinic will be an awesome opportunity to get you and your horse started on the right track for the summer riding season. Roger and Anne are gracious hosts and the arena is big enough to really move around in!

Longmont April 26
Refining Our Horsemanship hosted by Christy Jemail and Nanner Fisher and held at Nanner's Orvilla West Farm. This clinic will be a fantastic opportunity to get you and your horse in tune with each other. Diverse riding areas provide lots of chances to really get some exposure and refine your communication with each other.

Go to Bridle-Bit.com for details
Contact Amy with questions or to add your town to the list
Don't like using websites? Won't use your credit card online?
We've got low-tech solutions for you!
Email Amy and she'll be happy to get you a reservation form and talk to you about other ways to pay for a clinic.

Address

Wheatland, WY

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+19709789724

Website

http://bridlebit.wordpress.com/

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