Friday, October 17, 2008

Julie Goodnight Announces CHA Member Discount; Releases Perfect Practice Exercise Cards; Announces 2009 Clinic Tour Dates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please include the Perfect Practice Exercise Cards in your new products section. Review copies available.
 
Julie Goodnight Announces CHA Member Discount; Releases Perfect Practice Exercise Cards; Announces 2009 Clinic Tour Dates
 
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397
Poncha Springs CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
fax (719) 530-0939
 
Click here for a high-resolution photo of the Perfect Practice Exercise Cards:
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/perfectpracticeset.jpg
 
Click here for a high-resolution image of the Clinic Tour tickets:
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2009highrestickets.jpg
 
Click here for a high-resolution photo of Julie Goodnight:
http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
 
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. October 17, 2008—Julie Goodnight offers Certified Horsemanship Association Members a 20% discount on her many instructional products—including DVDs, training tools and gear. Members may call 800-225-8827 to place their orders and ask for the “CHA Discount.” Members must be listed on the current CHA roster as found at http://chainstructors.com
 
Goodnight’s announcement of the permanent CHA member discount coincides with her release of her first arena exercise booklet, Perfect Practice: Exercise Cards (MSRP $14.95, $11.95 for CHA members). The booklet accompanies her Goodnight Principles of Riding Perfect Practice DVD (MSRP $39.95, $31.95 for CHA members) and helps remind any avid rider how to perform the many educational exercises first shown on the DVD. The 54-page, spiral-bound booklet may be purchased alone or purchased with the DVD. The booklet shows pictures of each exercise with a complete written description on the back of each card. It’s conveniently sized to fit in your pocket—so you’ll have it with you as you ride. Goodnight says this booklet will be beneficial for all riders who want to improve their balance and learn how use their cues and aids more effectively.
 
“I’ve been involved with CHA for nearly 15 years and have great respect for the organization’s mission to promote safe and effective instruction,” Goodnight says. “This is a small way I can help instructors add to their teaching tools and, in turn, help riders in all disciplines. Most of my products focus on training and educating riders. CHA members will find useful exercises and effective teaching techniques--in the DVDs, posters and books—for use in their lessons.”
 
Goodnight has long been associated with the Certified Horsemanship Association and is currently the association’s International Spokesperson. Find out more about Goodnight’s complete line of groundwork and riding DVDs as well as her training halters, leads and tools at http://juliegoodnight.com/products
 
And see Julie Goodnight live during her 2009 Clinic Tour. Registration is now open for riders and tickets are on sale for those who would like to watch: Buy tickets online at http://juliegoodnight.com/clinicreg.html
 
2009 Clinic Tour Dates:

March 7-8, 2009
Berkshire Equestrian Center               
www.berkshireequestriancenter.com
<http://www.berkshireequestriancenter.com>
40 Perry’s Peak Rd
Richmond, MA 01254
413-698-3200
 
April 18-19, 2009
Rocking V
www.rockingvequinecenter.com
<http://www.rockingvequinecenter.com>
7325 SW 93rd
Wakarusa, KS 66564
 
April 25-26, 2009
Campbell Springs Farm                        
www.campbellspringsfarm.com
<http://www.campbellspringsfarm.com>
12830 River Rd
Chesterfield, VA 23838
804-590-3400
 
May 9-10, 2009
RNR Ranch & Tack
www.rnrranchandtack.com <http://www.rnrranchandtack.com>  
2697 Nevers Dam Rd
St Croix, WI 54024                                    
 
May 16-17, 2009
Tally Ho Farms                                    
620 Franklin Church Rd
Dillsburg, PA 17019
717-432-8855
 
May 30-31, 2009
Wolf Creek Equestrian Centre
www.wolfcreekequestrian.com
<http://www.wolfcreekequestrian.com>            
3684 S Bailey Rd
North Jackson, OH 44451
330-538-0155
 
June 6-7, 2009
Ironwood Equestrian Park                        
9625 Florin Rd
Sacramento, CA 95829
916-368-7477
 
June 27-28, 2009
Saddle Up! Foundation                        
www.saddleupfoundation.org
<http://www.saddleupfoundation.org>
11152 E Daley Circle
Parker, CO 80134
303-788-1666
 
July 25-26, 2009
Maui Equestrian Facility                        
www.mauiequestrianfacility.com
<http://www.mauiequestrianfacility.com>
1742 Omaopio Rd
Kula, HI 96790
808-205-7393


Sept 26-27,2009                                    

www.sunsetranchcabins.com <http://www.sunsetranchcabins.com>

4186 E Hwy 160

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

970-264-0086


Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com and http://www.horsemaster.tv for more information about Julie Goodnight and her Horse Master television show.
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Please consider the new DVD for your magazine’s new product or media review section.
 
Julie Goodnight Releases New “Bit Basics” DVD—Special Pre-release Pricing
 
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397
Poncha Springs CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
fax (719) 530-0939
 
High Resolution Photos to Download:
http://www.juliegoodnight.com/images/bitbasics.jpg
 
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. October 17, 2008—Julie Goodnight announces the third DVD in her “From the Ground” series—Bit Basics: Accepting and Responding to Bit Pressure, presented by Myler Bits USA. The 120-minute DVD is available at a special savings for pre-orders placed through October 31, 2008 and will be sent in early November 2008. The DVD is available for $34.95—a savings of $5 off the official price (MSRP $39.95). The DVD—in combination with the leather bitting equipment you need to teach your horse to give to bit pressure—is on sale for $59.95—a savings of $20 (MSRP $79.95) when you order at http://juliegoodnight.com/products in October.
 
Goodnight says that many horse owners have asked her about the right bits for their horses and how to introduce a bit properly—without pain for the horse. When used correctly, a bit helps riders communicate clear cues to their horse and achieve maneuvers and training difficult to teach. To answer the common bit questions, Goodnight planned an in-depth DVD training session. On the Bit Basics DVD, she works with a young filly that hadn’t previously had a bit in her mouth and a 13-year-old gelding that had learned to avoid bit pressure. The two horses show you what it takes to teach a bit to give to bit pressure from the start and how to rehab a horse with a traumatic past. By working with both horses, Goodnight demonstrates how to handle most any bit-related training problem. She explains how bits work, the equipment you’ll need and how to get started in your own training process.
 
Goodnight says “the young filly learned how to respond to lateral then vertical pressure on the bit. She ‘got it’ right away. I sent her home with a good start and she was light and responsive in the mouth. She also had her very own Myler snaffle to use as her training progresses. I also wanted to show how to use the same process on a broke horse with engrained bitting problems. The older horse had learned extreme tactics to avoid pressure on his mouth. He was hollowed his back, carried his head high, tossed his head, fought the bit and often ran off. He tried hard to do the right thing and after only 6 training sessions, I was able to ride him and have a glimpse of how he would be after a month of good work.”
 
Read more of Goodnight’s thoughts about bits on her blog at:
http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/2008/10/whats-in-mouth.html
http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/2008/10/good-day-it-s-been-very-hectic-week-for.html
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com and http://www.horsemaster.tv for more information about Julie Goodnight and her Horse Master television show.
Find out more about Myler Bits USA at: http://mylerbits.com
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Tip of the Month for October

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Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month  
 
Contact:   
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc./ Horse
Master with Julie Goodnight RFD-TV Show  
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531  
press@juliegoodnight.com   

PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. October 17, 2008- Have you ever had an ad drop out at the
last moment-or a space that didn't sell before printing deadline? Or has someone
turned in a story that's just a little too short? Julie Goodnight to the rescue.
Goodnight-known for her clear communication in print and on her new RFD-TV show, Horse
Master with Julie Goodnight-provides a tip each month for use when you, as an editor,
need just a little more content or a great quip to fill out your magazine. Tips may be
edited for style, length and content. Content is provided free of charge. Here's a tip to
help you when you're in a layout crunch . . .

Set Up For Success: set up cones to help you plan transitions
There’s an old saying in horsemanship: “All of training occurs in transitions.” A transition occurs any time you ask your horse to speed up or slow down—it is in the asking and your horse’s compliance that the training occurs. Be precise with your transitions and try to execute them at a specific place. I like to keep markers set up around my arena, using cones or brightly colored duct tape on the fence, marking the mid-point on each side, as well as quarter marks on the long sides. This way, I can execute my upward and downward transitions right on the marks and learn more about my horse’s preparation/response time and how precisely he follows my cues. Remember, practice does not make perfect—only perfect practice makes perfect!

 
Find more tips at Julie's websites:   
http://www.JulieGoodnight.com
http://www.horsemaster.tv
http://www.youtube.com/juliegoodnight
and during Julie Goodnight's weekly TV show
on RFD-TV (Wednesdays at 5:30 EST).
 
--Julie Goodnight