Archive for It's About The Horse The Free Forum for those Doing Parelli - and a whole lot More! "Anything forced and misunderstood can never be beautiful." Xenophon (430-355 B.C.),
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CoolsLadyInRed
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Chris Cox in Madison,WiI had a great time...even though I went alone.  I learned so much this weekend. CC has a young guy working with him. Like a protege, I guess. Clayton approached CC at a previous WI tour stop years ago and asked to work for him. CC liked him and took him on. Clayton did many of the demos with Chis sitting on horseback telling him what to do and not to do. (CC had an injury in a plane crash about a month ago) iI thought in the beginning I wasn't learning as much but because the young guy did make mistakes I learned a ton!!!
On the 2nd day there were 2 people that felt they needed help with their fears. The first gal really did great. Her paint horse was well trained and she had a great seat. The horse was never bothered by crowd noise, calm. She just had anxiety about when her horse wasn't perfectly behaved. Her horse did fantastic. The 2nd person was a fella. This poor guy bought a horse because....when he went to Montana or wherever to hunt elk the people used mules. I guess the mules were getting sparse and he liked to ride a mule while he hunted. Never had rode in his life b4 this. So he bought a 5 year old horse that had some fair training and he trailered this horse to Montana to hunt. But he was afraid he wasn't a good enough rider for the horse is what I understood. This black QH was pushy and walked all over the guy. CC interviewed him and the guy told him he had never in his life cantered and had to hang on to the horn to trot, with 2 hands. I think everyone was wondering why he owned a horse in the first place? the guy bought this horse to replace a well trained mule for hunting and the horse didn't get ridden in between time. Long story. Anyway....in the round pen the horse had lots of holes in his foundation. Bucked and kicked at anything around his feet and was spooked by any noise in the audience. Eventually after CC and Clayton worked some of the bugs out the guy got on. He had no boots by the way. Eventually CC had the fella riding in the RP with no bridle and cantering. It took a while before letting go of the saddle horn but when he got balanced ....I am leaving so much out. Chris taught him to post a trot and how to balance himself in the saddle. Eventually the guy was cantering with his arms out at his side and the crowd went wild for him . Very sweet.
Lots on balance and a good foundation on the horse. Everything for the most part was easy to understand and seemed like any one could apply.
There were points in the sessions you could hear a pin drop. I think the people that were there really wanted to learn what CC had to offer.
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jackspark
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Wish I could have been with ya! 
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CoolsLadyInRed
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Me, too, Nancy. Wouldn't it be fun for all of us to attend a clinic together or a tour stop somewhere??? It would be lots of talking on our part, for sure! 
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