Des Fountaine Horse Training

Des Fountaine Horse Training Riding lessons, Training, Marketing We specialize in teaching new riders the skills to compete at the National level.

With a combined training experience of over 40 years, Des Fountaine Training provide Horse training, marketing, evaluations and lessons for beginners to advanced riders. We take a limited number of horses in training and are able to spend more time meeting each horses individual needs on a daily basis.

-Want to know what your horse is thinking and why he is doing what he is doing?
-Learn how to r

ead a horses body language.
-Learn how to get a horse soft in your hands.
-Ring positioning: What is it and how do you do it. We teach these and many other skills on a daily basis to our riders. We also have a very good track record in turning difficult or hard to train horses around and having them compete successfully in high level competition. Call us to find out more about the various programs that we offer. We will have one to fit you and your horses needs.

07/10/2025
07/10/2025

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Effective aids are not exhausting to the rider or souring to the horse.
21/09/2025

Effective aids are not exhausting to the rider or souring to the horse.

No amount of intensity can make up for a lack of consistency.
31/01/2025

No amount of intensity can make up for a lack of consistency.

“There are colts I’ve loped in the first five or 10 rides and then there are some colts I didn’t lope for the first 60 r...
16/01/2025

“There are colts I’ve loped in the first five or 10 rides and then there are some colts I didn’t lope for the first 60 rides. It’s part of developing a feel for what your horse is thinking. A horse will tell you when he’s ready to go to the next step. It’s your job to listen to him and go to the next step when it’s time, not to push him to a step he’s not comfortable with.
𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. I’m here to make sure that he gets trained and goes on to be successful and help somebody else be successful. I’m on his time; he’s not on my time.”

Simplicity has nothing to do with depth. Working with horses is very simple, it's just not always easy.
29/12/2024

Simplicity has nothing to do with depth. Working with horses is very simple, it's just not always easy.

"Few know how much one needs to know in order to know how little one knows." " SocratesThis also applies to riding.
25/11/2024

"Few know how much one needs to know in order to know how little one knows." " Socrates
This also applies to riding.

A Trainer can get a horse to do some things, but a Horseman gets him to enjoy it"
19/04/2024

A Trainer can get a horse to do some things, but a Horseman gets him to enjoy it"

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