Tip of the Month for December
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month, New Updated Training Library, Online Horse Master Clips and Free Training Advice
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. December 15, 2008-
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month:
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 (she recently won Equine Affaire’s Exceptional Equestrian Educator award) 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 . . .
“Just because it's cold doesn't mean you should put up with dirty tack. Use a crock pot in your tack room to warm up your tack oil before cleaning time. You'll have nice warm oil to clean and keep your tack protected and it will absorb more easily than the cold variety.”
--Julie Goodnight
New Updated Training Library, New Online Horse Master Clips and Free Training Advice:
Find more tips and answers to frequently asked training questions on Julie’s newly updated Training Library. You’ll find more than 200 articles, audios, videos and answered questions at http://juliegoodnight.com/q&a.php
You’ll also find clips from Goodnight’s award-winning television show, Horse Master and articles related to each episode on the http://www.horsemaster.tv site. You can subscribe to Julie’s http://www.youtube.com/juliegoodnight channel and talk about the episodes on her blog. Visit http://www.horsemaster.juliegoodnight.com/episodes.html to see previews of the all new episodes that will air in January and February, 2009. The latest episodes were taped on location at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Watch as Goodnight rides a horse into the surf for the horse’s first time. She also helps a young English rider learn the reining maneuvers that her Goodnight-trained Quarter Horse knows how to perform (the episode is featured in the January/February issue of America’s Horse with a cover reference), teaches a rider to feel when to post on her horse’s trotting diagonals, works with a mule who doesn’t want to trot on, helps a breeder prepare her young Friesian for breed evaluation, and helps a horse owner administer medications to a head-shy horse.
Also, sign up to receive more Questions and Answers every month with Julie’s free e-newsletter. Sign up at http://juliegoodnight.com/articles/ and ask friends to sign up, too.
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).
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Equine Affaire Names Julie Goodnight Exceptional Equestrian Educator During 2008 Massachusetts Pfizer Fantasia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Equine Affaire Names Julie Goodnight “Exceptional Equestrian Educator” During 2008 Massachusetts Pfizer Fantasia
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 Julie Goodnight:
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2008equineaffaireeeetrophy.JPG
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2008equineaffaireeeeawardpresentation.JPG
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2008equineaffaireeeejuliewithtrophy.JPG
Photo credit: Tony DeCosta
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. November 17, 2008— PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. November 17, 2008— Equine Affaire officials presented Julie Goodnight with their “Exceptional Equestrian Educator Award” Friday November 14, 2008 during the event’s sold-out night show, Pfizer Fantasia. The award was presented by Equine Affaire’s Program Manager Coagi Long, President Eugenia Snyder and Vice-President Terri Sharp (left to right in photo with Goodnight).
“It’s an incredible honor to be presented with this award at such a prestigious event,” Goodnight says. “I was delighted that so many of my friends were present to share the moment with me.”
Goodnight is focused on education and dedicates her time to help horse owners through her presentations, clinics, television show and articles. With more than 30 years of work in the equine industry, Julie is dedicated to teaching and learning.
“First and foremost, I’m an educator—secondly, I’m a horse trainer,” she says. “To have an impact on the horses, you have to educate the people who work with them every day. I am a passionate student of horse behavior, riding and training so it’s a natural step for me to want to share what I’ve learned.”
Equine Affaire, Inc. (http://www.equineaffaire.com <http://www.equineaffaire.com> ) was established in 1993 to create a first-class, education-oriented horsemen's convention that would be second-to-none. Since its start, Goodnight has appeared at 19 of the company’s horse expos. Julie will celebrate her 20th Equine Affaire in Pomona, Calif. Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, 2009.
About Julie Goodnight: Goodnight is an internationally respected trainer and clinician with experience in many types of training. She grew up riding ponies and horses on an Orlando farm and competed in hunter jumpers throughout her youth. Goodnight counts horses among her earliest friends; she spent many summer days hanging out in the horse pasture and studying how the horses moved and interacted. During her college days in New Mexico, Goodnight earned extra money by warming up Thoroughbreds on the racetrack. The cowgirl felt at home in the west and soon hit the trails and studying Western disciplines. Always the adventurer, she began leading riders through the Rocky Mountains. As a natural teacher, Goodnight decided to make horses her life's work-and to teach people how to work with horses safely and with kindness. Showing her dedication to teaching and safety, Goodnight earned her Master Instructor and Clinician ranking with the Certified Horsemanship Association (the association she continues to represent as International Spokesperson).
Now, Goodnight teaches riders how to be their horse's leader and to excel in whichever equestrian sport they choose. Her varied background and training in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt starting, cutting, and wilderness riding make her a well-rounded instructor. She teaches horse owners around the world how to establish great relationships with their horses through her Clinic Tour, Horse Master with Julie Goodnight television show, expo appearances and her many how-to DVDs.
Goodnight is now best known for her award-winning television show airing weekly on RFD-TV—Horse Master with Julie Goodnight. Through the show, Goodnight hopes to help all riders master their equestrian dreams and skills. As "The Horse Master," Goodnight shares the wisdom she's gained by reaching her master-level CHA status and encourages all horse people to become the leaders/masters their horses want and deserve. Natural horsemanship is founded on understanding horse behavior and the idea that horses look for leadership, direction and assurance that they're safe and acting appropriately. Goodnight strives to teach you how to master that ideal and emphasizes the importance of life-long learning.
On television and in her clinics, Goodnight has an upbeat and logical style of teaching. She has a unique ability to bridge natural horsemanship techniques with the principles of classical riding. Her training and teaching techniques are frequent features of The Trail Rider, America's Horse, Horse & Rider, and many other excellent equine publications and websites.
Goodnight resides near Salida, Colorado at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead--an avid National Versatility Ranch Horse competitor and the CEO of Monarch Mountain ski resort.
Photo Credit: Tony DeCosta. Tony has been photographing equestrians and their horses for over 20 years. He has photographed equestrian competitions at the highest levels - including the Olympic Games in Atlanta and International equestrian events in Canada, France, England, Germany and Switzerland. As one of only 300 photographers recognized by the International Alliance of Equine Journalists, Tony regularly sees his work published in leading national and regional equine magazines. For information about Tony’s work or stock photos, call 603-889-7677 or e-mail horsesinmotion@lycos.com <mailto:horsesinmotion@lycos.com> .
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Equine Affaire Names Julie Goodnight “Exceptional Equestrian Educator” During 2008 Massachusetts Pfizer Fantasia
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 Julie Goodnight:
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2008equineaffaireeeetrophy.JPG
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2008equineaffaireeeeawardpresentation.JPG
http://juliegoodnight.com/images/2008equineaffaireeeejuliewithtrophy.JPG
Photo credit: Tony DeCosta
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. November 17, 2008— PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. November 17, 2008— Equine Affaire officials presented Julie Goodnight with their “Exceptional Equestrian Educator Award” Friday November 14, 2008 during the event’s sold-out night show, Pfizer Fantasia. The award was presented by Equine Affaire’s Program Manager Coagi Long, President Eugenia Snyder and Vice-President Terri Sharp (left to right in photo with Goodnight).
“It’s an incredible honor to be presented with this award at such a prestigious event,” Goodnight says. “I was delighted that so many of my friends were present to share the moment with me.”
Goodnight is focused on education and dedicates her time to help horse owners through her presentations, clinics, television show and articles. With more than 30 years of work in the equine industry, Julie is dedicated to teaching and learning.
“First and foremost, I’m an educator—secondly, I’m a horse trainer,” she says. “To have an impact on the horses, you have to educate the people who work with them every day. I am a passionate student of horse behavior, riding and training so it’s a natural step for me to want to share what I’ve learned.”
Equine Affaire, Inc. (http://www.equineaffaire.com <http://www.equineaffaire.com> ) was established in 1993 to create a first-class, education-oriented horsemen's convention that would be second-to-none. Since its start, Goodnight has appeared at 19 of the company’s horse expos. Julie will celebrate her 20th Equine Affaire in Pomona, Calif. Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, 2009.
About Julie Goodnight: Goodnight is an internationally respected trainer and clinician with experience in many types of training. She grew up riding ponies and horses on an Orlando farm and competed in hunter jumpers throughout her youth. Goodnight counts horses among her earliest friends; she spent many summer days hanging out in the horse pasture and studying how the horses moved and interacted. During her college days in New Mexico, Goodnight earned extra money by warming up Thoroughbreds on the racetrack. The cowgirl felt at home in the west and soon hit the trails and studying Western disciplines. Always the adventurer, she began leading riders through the Rocky Mountains. As a natural teacher, Goodnight decided to make horses her life's work-and to teach people how to work with horses safely and with kindness. Showing her dedication to teaching and safety, Goodnight earned her Master Instructor and Clinician ranking with the Certified Horsemanship Association (the association she continues to represent as International Spokesperson).
Now, Goodnight teaches riders how to be their horse's leader and to excel in whichever equestrian sport they choose. Her varied background and training in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt starting, cutting, and wilderness riding make her a well-rounded instructor. She teaches horse owners around the world how to establish great relationships with their horses through her Clinic Tour, Horse Master with Julie Goodnight television show, expo appearances and her many how-to DVDs.
Goodnight is now best known for her award-winning television show airing weekly on RFD-TV—Horse Master with Julie Goodnight. Through the show, Goodnight hopes to help all riders master their equestrian dreams and skills. As "The Horse Master," Goodnight shares the wisdom she's gained by reaching her master-level CHA status and encourages all horse people to become the leaders/masters their horses want and deserve. Natural horsemanship is founded on understanding horse behavior and the idea that horses look for leadership, direction and assurance that they're safe and acting appropriately. Goodnight strives to teach you how to master that ideal and emphasizes the importance of life-long learning.
On television and in her clinics, Goodnight has an upbeat and logical style of teaching. She has a unique ability to bridge natural horsemanship techniques with the principles of classical riding. Her training and teaching techniques are frequent features of The Trail Rider, America's Horse, Horse & Rider, and many other excellent equine publications and websites.
Goodnight resides near Salida, Colorado at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead--an avid National Versatility Ranch Horse competitor and the CEO of Monarch Mountain ski resort.
Photo Credit: Tony DeCosta. Tony has been photographing equestrians and their horses for over 20 years. He has photographed equestrian competitions at the highest levels - including the Olympic Games in Atlanta and International equestrian events in Canada, France, England, Germany and Switzerland. As one of only 300 photographers recognized by the International Alliance of Equine Journalists, Tony regularly sees his work published in leading national and regional equine magazines. For information about Tony’s work or stock photos, call 603-889-7677 or e-mail horsesinmotion@lycos.com <mailto:horsesinmotion@lycos.com> .
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Julie Goodnight Announces Goodnight Rope Reins; Offers Special Discount Packages for Christmas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please include the Goodnight Rope Reins in your new products section.
Julie Goodnight Announces Goodnight Rope Reins; Offers Special Discount Packages for Christmas
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 Julie Goodnight:
http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
Click here for a high-resolution photo of Goodnight Rope Reins in action or as a cutout:
http://www.juliegoodnight.com/images/Goodnightropereinscutout.jpg
http://www.juliegoodnight.com/images/Goodnightropereinshighres.jpg
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. November 7, 2008—Julie Goodnight’s custom-designed rope reins give the feel of popular rope mecates without complicating knots to tie. The 10-foot, marine-quality rope reins sell for $59.95 and are available now. Goodnight also announces special discount packages (including the reins) just in time for Christmas shopping. See the new reins and all the product combinations at: http://juliegoodnight.com/products.html
Goodnight says she designed the reins for rider’s comfort, ease of use and control. The reins are made from the same high-quality rope used in Goodnight’s Rope Couture lead ropes—the soft weave and oval shape conforms perfectly to rider’s the hands and is easy to grip; the smooth outer rope makes adjusting the reins easy and aids in better communication with your horse. The heavy weight of the rope gives the rider a steady feel. The center marker, made of contrasting braided cord, helps riders keep the reins even and allows them to shorten and lengthen reins easily then return to a typical and even rein length. Spliced connectors give a perfect weight and drape to the rein to maximize feel; horses receive a pre-signal whenever the rein is moved slightly. The unique and stylish quick connectors are braided from cord and make attaching the reins to any bit a breeze. Handcrafted in the USA, these reins come in five colors: tan, black, turquoise, green and raspberry.
“After thirty years of teaching and training, I’ve seen what riders need to help ride with better hands and what horses need from their riders to be more comfortable and do their jobs well,” Goodnight says. “My custom designed single-loop rope reins are the perfect length for most horses and styles of riding. Plus, the design helps riders handle their reins more effectively and develop a soft feel. The weight and quality of the marine rope gives riders a perfect feel and the unique quick-connectors are stylish and easy to use and also enhance the feel in the horse’s mouth. It gives the horse the ability to respond to a pre-signal. With a high demand from our customers for a rein made from the same rope as my popular training leads—a rope I looked long and hard to find—I am really excited about the great feedback we’re already getting.”
Goodnight’s Rope Reins are included in several of the discount packages designed for easy Christmas gift giving. Goodnight rounded up the most popular educational and tack tools and grouped them to make shopping easy. Choose from packages for the Fit Rider (to help you keep in shape through the winter months), the Equipment Junkies (including the most popular training tools), Winter Workshop (to help you work with your horse—even if riding isn’t an option), and Arena Workouts (giving you a fresh list of techniques to practice so you’ll be ready for next spring’s show season). Each package is priced lower than if you were to buy each item separately. See the full list at http://juliegoodnight.com/products.html#grndpkg or download Goodnight’s new catalog— http://www.horsemaster.juliegoodnight.com/images/2008cataloglow.pdf
—for details.
Christmas Discount Packages:
Ultra Complete Groundwork (INCLUDES NEW BIT BASICS DVD AND BITTING SYSTEM), $239.95/$244.95 (SAVE $40)
This one’s for the horse owner who wants to establish leadership and build a confident relationship with their horse. This package has all the gear and instructional DVDs to get you started. Includes: premium halter (choice of color); 12’ or 15’ training lead (choice of color; $5 extra for 15’ lead); training flag; Round Pen Reasoning DVD; Lead Line Leadership DVD; Bit Basics DVD; Goodnight Bitting System
Ultra Complete Rider, $259.95 (SAVE $50) (Now includes Perfect Practice Exercise Cards) For the perennial student who can never learn too much, this package is focused on skill building and riding theory—for riders of all levels. Includes: Goodnight’s Principles of Riding Series, five DVDs; Private Lessons CDs, Build Your Confidence
CD; Exercise Ball & Chart; Perfect Practice Exercise Card
Fit Rider, $98.95 (SAVE $20)
Do you know a rider who never gets enough saddle time? Help them stay fit for riding while on the ground. Includes: Perfect Practice DVD (GPR vol. 3); Perfect Practice Exercise Cards; exercise ball and chart; Private Lessons CD
Back to Basics, $89.95 (SAVE $15)
For the new rider or the experienced-but-not-formerly-educated rider that needs foundational training in fundamental riding skills and the theory behind riding. Includes: Balance & Rhythm DVD (GPR vol. 1); Communication & Control from
the Saddle DVD (GPR vol. 2); Private Lessons CD
Contemplative Rider, $76.95 (SAVE $12)
This one’s for the rider who likes to study and ponder. These books and CDs provide hours of relaxing and inspiring lessons. Includes: Build Your Confidence CD; Private Lessons CD; Ride with Confidence book; Centered Riding book
Winter Workshop, $74.95 (SAVE $15)
Do you know a horse owner who’s looking for a great winter project? This package will keep you busy with ground exercises to establish authority and communication with the horse. Includes: Goodnight Training Flag; Lead Line Leadership DVD
Arena Workouts, $34.95 (SAVE $5)
For the rider who loves to practice or teach others, this two-CD set and a handy pocket guide will give you dozens of exercises to practice and teach to friends and students. Includes: Private Lessons CD; Perfect Practice Exercise Cards
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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Julie Goodnight Travels to 9 States For 2009 Clinic Tour
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Julie Goodnight
Julie Goodnight Travels to 9 States For 2009 Clinic Tour
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 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. November 7, 2008—Julie Goodnight travels to Massachusetts, Kansas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Colorado, and Hawaii during her 2009 Clinic Tour. Each two-day clinic provides an opportunity for horse owners to ride with Goodnight and learn her Straightforward Horsemanship techniques (improving horsemanship skills and learning to be their horses’ leaders on the ground and while riding). Audiences are also invited—to watch and learn in a friendly environment for a nominal cost. Clinics are open to 10-15 riders ($400 per horse and rider pair) and unlimited audiences ($20 pre-order or $25 adult tickets at the door; $10 for youths 18 and under at the door).
“I’m really excited about all the great places my Clinic Tour will take me this year!” Goodnight says. “In addition to many of my favorite sites—I try to return to Hawaii and the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts each year—I’m visiting some new areas of the country. Kansas, Virginia and Pennsylvania will be new stops for me. I’ve had requests for clinics from very enthusiastic riders and I am eager to work with the many horses and riders I’ll meet across the country.
“Horsemanship clinics are a great opportunity for me to work up-close and personal with riders and their mounts. I love helping riders achieve their goals and have a more satisfying relationship with their horse. The sense of accomplishment and satisfaction they feel at the end of a clinic is all the thanks I need!”
Ride with Julie: Julie's clinics are informative and personal. At each clinic, you'll have the opportunity to work with your horse under Julie's close supervision. You'll get the one-on-one attention you want to help you achieve your riding goals or overcome obstacles. Pre-registration is required. Bring your horse and work with Julie to improve your horsemanship. Stabling is available for a nominal fee; school horses are available at some clinic locales. Register to Ride with Julie now at http://juliegoodnight.com/clinicreg.html
Be in the Audience: This is the best way to gain valuable, see-it-for-yourself training skills at an affordable cost. Don't have a horse? Spectators get the same personal attention and are included in the clinic. You'll be welcome to ask questions and get clarification then take the new info home to work with your horse. Come to watch, learn and network. Clinics run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Bring a chair, a notebook and all your questions. Lunch is available on site.
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. Early-bird discounts are available if you register before December 31st—get a $25 Goodnight gift certificate for registering or save $80 off your tuition when you pay in full. Spectator tickets make great stocking stuffers! Buy tickets or register to ride 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
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
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
May 30-31, 2009
Wolf Creek Equestrian Centre
www.wolfcreekequestrian.com <http://www.wolfcreekequestrian.com>
3684 S Bailey Rd
North Jackson, OH 44451
June 6-7, 2009
Ironwood Equestrian Park
9625 Florin Rd
Sacramento, CA 95829
June 27-28, 2009
Saddle Up! Foundation
www.saddleupfoundation.org <http://www.saddleupfoundation.org>
11152 E Daley Circle
Parker, CO 80134
July 25-26, 2009
Maui Equestrian Facility
www.mauiequestrianfacility.com <http://www.mauiequestrianfacility.com>
1742 Omaopio Rd
Kula, HI 96790
Sept 26-27,2009
www.sunsetranchcabins.com <http://www.sunsetranchcabins.com>
4186 E Hwy 160
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
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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Julie Goodnight
Julie Goodnight Travels to 9 States For 2009 Clinic Tour
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 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. November 7, 2008—Julie Goodnight travels to Massachusetts, Kansas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Colorado, and Hawaii during her 2009 Clinic Tour. Each two-day clinic provides an opportunity for horse owners to ride with Goodnight and learn her Straightforward Horsemanship techniques (improving horsemanship skills and learning to be their horses’ leaders on the ground and while riding). Audiences are also invited—to watch and learn in a friendly environment for a nominal cost. Clinics are open to 10-15 riders ($400 per horse and rider pair) and unlimited audiences ($20 pre-order or $25 adult tickets at the door; $10 for youths 18 and under at the door).
“I’m really excited about all the great places my Clinic Tour will take me this year!” Goodnight says. “In addition to many of my favorite sites—I try to return to Hawaii and the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts each year—I’m visiting some new areas of the country. Kansas, Virginia and Pennsylvania will be new stops for me. I’ve had requests for clinics from very enthusiastic riders and I am eager to work with the many horses and riders I’ll meet across the country.
“Horsemanship clinics are a great opportunity for me to work up-close and personal with riders and their mounts. I love helping riders achieve their goals and have a more satisfying relationship with their horse. The sense of accomplishment and satisfaction they feel at the end of a clinic is all the thanks I need!”
Ride with Julie: Julie's clinics are informative and personal. At each clinic, you'll have the opportunity to work with your horse under Julie's close supervision. You'll get the one-on-one attention you want to help you achieve your riding goals or overcome obstacles. Pre-registration is required. Bring your horse and work with Julie to improve your horsemanship. Stabling is available for a nominal fee; school horses are available at some clinic locales. Register to Ride with Julie now at http://juliegoodnight.com/clinicreg.html
Be in the Audience: This is the best way to gain valuable, see-it-for-yourself training skills at an affordable cost. Don't have a horse? Spectators get the same personal attention and are included in the clinic. You'll be welcome to ask questions and get clarification then take the new info home to work with your horse. Come to watch, learn and network. Clinics run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Bring a chair, a notebook and all your questions. Lunch is available on site.
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. Early-bird discounts are available if you register before December 31st—get a $25 Goodnight gift certificate for registering or save $80 off your tuition when you pay in full. Spectator tickets make great stocking stuffers! Buy tickets or register to ride 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
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
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
May 30-31, 2009
Wolf Creek Equestrian Centre
www.wolfcreekequestrian.com <http://www.wolfcreekequestrian.com>
3684 S Bailey Rd
North Jackson, OH 44451
June 6-7, 2009
Ironwood Equestrian Park
9625 Florin Rd
Sacramento, CA 95829
June 27-28, 2009
Saddle Up! Foundation
www.saddleupfoundation.org <http://www.saddleupfoundation.org>
11152 E Daley Circle
Parker, CO 80134
July 25-26, 2009
Maui Equestrian Facility
www.mauiequestrianfacility.com <http://www.mauiequestrianfacility.com>
1742 Omaopio Rd
Kula, HI 96790
Sept 26-27,2009
www.sunsetranchcabins.com <http://www.sunsetranchcabins.com>
4186 E Hwy 160
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
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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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 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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Julie Goodnight Releases New ³Bit Basics=?ISO-8859-1?B?siA=?=DVD=?ISO-8859-1?B?iw==?=Special Pre-release Pricing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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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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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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
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
Friday, September 26, 2008
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month for September
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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. September 23, 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 . . .
A Bit of Comfort
“When connecting reins to the bit, I prefer to use a leather to leather connection for softness and a better feel. While having metal snaps in the ends of your reins is convenient for changing reins and repositioning your reins, the constant clinking of metal on metal can be irritating to your horse and makes it difficult to have a soft and steady feel on the reins. Some leather reins have a quick connect feature made of leather, which may not be as quick and convenient as a snap, but will give you a better feel on your horse’s mouth.”
Find more tips at Julie’s websites: www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com/> and www.horsemaster.tv
--Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
Monday, July 21, 2008
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month--For July, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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 <mailto:press@juliegoodnight.com>
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. July 20, 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 . . .
Bridle path trimming
Here’s a quick tip about clipping your horse’s bridle path. Although bridle path length varies in expectations with breed and discipline, in general, less is more. For Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred type horses, the bridle path should be fairly short—just long enough to accommodate the headstall of the bridle. For gaited breeds and the more ’upright’ breeds, such as Arabians, Morgans and Saddlebreds, the bridle path is often cut long to enhance the look of the horse’s long, elegant neck.
If you are unsure about the proper length of bridle path to cut, gently lay the horse’s ear back on his neck and make sure the bridle path is not longer than the horse’s ear. To make the mane lay nicely over the horse’s neck, at the wither-end of the bridle path, cut a 45º angle underneath the mane. Always make sure your clippers are clean and oiled so you get the best cut the first time.
Find more tips at Julie’s websites: www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com/> and www.horsemaster.tv
--Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
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 <mailto:press@juliegoodnight.com>
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. July 20, 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 . . .
Bridle path trimming
Here’s a quick tip about clipping your horse’s bridle path. Although bridle path length varies in expectations with breed and discipline, in general, less is more. For Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred type horses, the bridle path should be fairly short—just long enough to accommodate the headstall of the bridle. For gaited breeds and the more ’upright’ breeds, such as Arabians, Morgans and Saddlebreds, the bridle path is often cut long to enhance the look of the horse’s long, elegant neck.
If you are unsure about the proper length of bridle path to cut, gently lay the horse’s ear back on his neck and make sure the bridle path is not longer than the horse’s ear. To make the mane lay nicely over the horse’s neck, at the wither-end of the bridle path, cut a 45º angle underneath the mane. Always make sure your clippers are clean and oiled so you get the best cut the first time.
Find more tips at Julie’s websites: www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com/> and www.horsemaster.tv
--Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Julie Goodnight's Award-winning Horse Master TV Show Offers Affordable Advertising Options
For Immediate Release
Contact: Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
Heidi Nyland, Marketing Director
press@juliegoodnight.com
Phone: 800-225-8827
Julie Goodnight’s Award-winning Horse Master TV Show Offers Affordable Advertising Options
Poncha Springs, CO: June 26, 2008: Interested in advertising during an RFD-TV show? If you think television advertising is too expensive for your company, think again. Julie Goodnight offers special advertising packages to help small business owners market products during the award-winning Horse Master show. Advertising packages start at just $500 a month and allow you to reach hundreds of thousands of viewers. Contact 800-225-8827 or horsemaster@juliegoodnight.com today to find out how your company can enter the multi-media age for less than the cost of a print ad.
Let your company make its television debut by advertising within this award-winning program with targeted horse-enthusiast viewers. Goodnight’s crew can help you tape commercials and find qualified and dependable video editors—or opt for your logo and contact information to be shown without investing in commercial production. This is a great way to get started! Ask about short commercials and product placement opportunities to help your product be seen during the show. Additional sponsorship options including Goodnight’s endorsement are also available. See the attached “Affordable Advertising Options” for specific options or ask for a sponsorship kit.
Horse Master with Julie Goodnight stands out by telling a horse and rider’s story in every episode. After hearing that a horse and rider aren’t meeting their goals, Goodnight evaluates the situation then works with the pair. By the end of each episode, viewers get to know the horse and owner, learn new horsemanship skills, and see the team’s dramatic improvement. Goodnight leads viewers through the entire process while clearly explaining what’s gone wrong and what can be done to solve the problem. Whether you want to learn to work as a team with your own horse or you’re simply interested in horses, tune in to see horse training in a fun-to-watch form.
Horse Master and Julie Goodnight are sponsored by:
Nutramax, http://www.nutramaxlabs.com/products/animal/cosequin/cosequineHorses.asp <http://www.nutramaxlabs.com/products/animal/cosequin/cosequineHorses.asp>
Circle Y Saddles, http://www.circley.com <http://www.circley.com>
CONTACT BILLBOARD $500 per month (2 month minimum)
¨ Your contact information (name, web site URL, phone number), logo and still product photo is seen for five seconds during a Horse Master commercial break. You provide a high-resolution photo and company logo—no other production costs!
¨ You receive a link from the popular horsemaster.tv episode page for each episode your advertisement airs. This is the same page where site viewers go to preview clips of the show and find Julie’s valuable articles that accompany each episode.
¨ Buy in bulk! If you commit to a six-month contract, reduce your cost by 10%
EXTENDED CONTACT BILLBOARD $750 per month (2 month minimum)
¨ Your contact information (name, web site URL, phone number), logo and two still product photos are seen for ten seconds during a Horse Master commercial break. You provide a high-resolution photo and company logo—no other production costs!
¨ You receive a link from the popular horsemaster.tv episode page for each episode your advertisement airs. This is the same page where site viewers go to preview clips of the show and find Julie’s valuable articles that accompany each episode.
¨ Buy in bulk! If you commit to a six-month contract, reduce your cost by 10%
SHOW ADVERTISER $1,000/mo (2 month minimum)
ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. ASK HEIDI NYLAND@JULIEGOODNIGHT.COM FOR A SPONSORSHIP KIT FOR PACKAGES INCLUDING JULIE’S ENDORSEMENT, TRADE SHOW BENEFITS, ETC.
Questions? Ideas? Need more information? Contact Heidi Nyland, Producer/ Marketing Director at 303-903-1349, heidi@juliegoodnight.com
Contact: Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
Heidi Nyland, Marketing Director
press@juliegoodnight.com
Phone: 800-225-8827
Julie Goodnight’s Award-winning Horse Master TV Show Offers Affordable Advertising Options
Poncha Springs, CO: June 26, 2008: Interested in advertising during an RFD-TV show? If you think television advertising is too expensive for your company, think again. Julie Goodnight offers special advertising packages to help small business owners market products during the award-winning Horse Master show. Advertising packages start at just $500 a month and allow you to reach hundreds of thousands of viewers. Contact 800-225-8827 or horsemaster@juliegoodnight.com today to find out how your company can enter the multi-media age for less than the cost of a print ad.
Let your company make its television debut by advertising within this award-winning program with targeted horse-enthusiast viewers. Goodnight’s crew can help you tape commercials and find qualified and dependable video editors—or opt for your logo and contact information to be shown without investing in commercial production. This is a great way to get started! Ask about short commercials and product placement opportunities to help your product be seen during the show. Additional sponsorship options including Goodnight’s endorsement are also available. See the attached “Affordable Advertising Options” for specific options or ask for a sponsorship kit.
Horse Master with Julie Goodnight stands out by telling a horse and rider’s story in every episode. After hearing that a horse and rider aren’t meeting their goals, Goodnight evaluates the situation then works with the pair. By the end of each episode, viewers get to know the horse and owner, learn new horsemanship skills, and see the team’s dramatic improvement. Goodnight leads viewers through the entire process while clearly explaining what’s gone wrong and what can be done to solve the problem. Whether you want to learn to work as a team with your own horse or you’re simply interested in horses, tune in to see horse training in a fun-to-watch form.
Horse Master and Julie Goodnight are sponsored by:
Nutramax, http://www.nutramaxlabs.com/products/animal/cosequin/cosequineHorses.asp <http://www.nutramaxlabs.com/products/animal/cosequin/cosequineHorses.asp>
Circle Y Saddles, http://www.circley.com <http://www.circley.com>
Affordable Advertising Options
Thank you for your interest in advertising on Horse Master with Julie Goodnight! We have an affordable option to help your product and company be seen on TV. Horse Master airs three times a week 52 weeks a year and boasts approximately 125,000 viewers each week. That’s approximately 500,000 views of your commercial or company contact and logo each month! And that’s many more impressions than you’ll receive with most any horse magazine in a printed ad, at a fraction of the cost.
PRODUCT PLACEMENT $250 per episode (as approved and selected by the show producer and scheduled before a shoot—six episode minimum)
- Your product is seen or used within a Horse Master episode
- Viewers see your contact information (company name, web site and phone number) in the rolling credits and know how to find the products viewed during the show
CONTACT BILLBOARD $500 per month (2 month minimum)
¨ Your contact information (name, web site URL, phone number), logo and still product photo is seen for five seconds during a Horse Master commercial break. You provide a high-resolution photo and company logo—no other production costs!
¨ You receive a link from the popular horsemaster.tv episode page for each episode your advertisement airs. This is the same page where site viewers go to preview clips of the show and find Julie’s valuable articles that accompany each episode.
¨ Buy in bulk! If you commit to a six-month contract, reduce your cost by 10%
EXTENDED CONTACT BILLBOARD $750 per month (2 month minimum)
¨ Your contact information (name, web site URL, phone number), logo and two still product photos are seen for ten seconds during a Horse Master commercial break. You provide a high-resolution photo and company logo—no other production costs!
¨ You receive a link from the popular horsemaster.tv episode page for each episode your advertisement airs. This is the same page where site viewers go to preview clips of the show and find Julie’s valuable articles that accompany each episode.
¨ Buy in bulk! If you commit to a six-month contract, reduce your cost by 10%
SHOW ADVERTISER $1,000/mo (2 month minimum)
- One 30-second commercial per episode—you provide edited and ready commercial (3 impressions per week, ~12 impressions per month).
- You receive a link from the popular horsemaster.tv episode page for each episode your advertisement airs. This is the same page where site viewers go to preview clips of the show and find Julie’s valuable articles that accompany each episode.
- Buy in bulk! If you commit to a one-year contract, reduce your cost by 10%
ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. ASK HEIDI NYLAND@JULIEGOODNIGHT.COM FOR A SPONSORSHIP KIT FOR PACKAGES INCLUDING JULIE’S ENDORSEMENT, TRADE SHOW BENEFITS, ETC.
Questions? Ideas? Need more information? Contact Heidi Nyland, Producer/ Marketing Director at 303-903-1349, heidi@juliegoodnight.com
Monday, June 23, 2008
Julie Goodnight's Horse Master TV Show wins Telly Award, Announces Advertising Availability for 2009 Shows
For Immediate Release
Contact: Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
Heidi Nyland
press@juliegoodnight.com
Phone: 303-903-1349
High resolution photo available by e-mailing: heidi@juliegoodnight.com
Julie Goodnight’s Horse Master TV Show wins Telly Award, Announces Advertising Availability for 2009 Shows
Poncha Springs, CO -- (June 23, 2008) Horse Master with Julie Goodnight—in an episode featuring Nashville artist Templeton Thompson—wins a 2008 Telly Award. Goodnight’s show, starring Goodnight, produced and directed by Heidi Nyland, and edited by Bo Roberts of HorseCity.com, was one of over 14,000 entries from all 50 states and around the world. Less than 25 percent of entrants earn an award. This award marks the second win for Horse Master during its premiere year airing on RFD-TV (watch on Dish channel 9398 or 231 or Direct TV channel 379 every Wednesday at 5:30 EST). Horse Master with Julie Goodnight was awarded an Aegis Film Production Award in the spring.
The winning episode, “A Bit of Nashville,” was taped at the Florida Carriage Museum and Resort (www.fcmr.org) in Weirsdale, Florida. It features Goodnight teaching Thompson’s (www.templetonthompson.com) horse to accept a curb bit so the singer can ride with one hand and hold a microphone. Watch the show as it airs for the first time June 25, and June 29, 2008. Learn more about each episode as Goodnight discusses “behind-the-scenes” details and see Youtube.com clips from the episodes on her blog: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/
More shows from the Florida shoot air throughout July, 2008: July 2, 2008, The Horse Master teaches a young barrel racer to stop without pulling; July 9, 2008, The Horse Master helps an Arabian mare calm down before being trained to accept a saddle; July 16, 2008, The Horse Master teaches a rescued horse to accept a bit for the first time; July 23, 2008, The Horse Master helps a western pleasure rider achieve a naturally-low headset. Visit http://www.horsemaster.tv <http://www.horsemaster.tv> for more information on each episode.
Horse Master with Julie Goodnight stands out by telling a horse and rider’s story in every episode. After hearing that a horse and rider aren’t meeting their goals, Goodnight evaluates the situation then works with the pair. By the end of each episode, viewers get to know the horse and owner, learn new horsemanship skills and see the team’s dramatic improvement. Goodnight leads viewers through the entire process while clearly explaining what’s gone wrong and what can be done to solve the problem. Whether you want to learn to work as a team with your own horse or you’re simply interested in horses, tune in to see horse training in a fun-to-watch form.
About the Telly Awards:Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest film and video productions, and groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films. Fellow award winners include production companies working for the nationally and internationally known Miami Dolphins, NBC Universal, PGA TOUR Productions, Steve & Barry's, and The Disneyland Resort.
Interested in advertising during the RFD-TV show?
Limited commercial advertising space is available during Goodnight’s show. Let your company make its television debut by advertising within this award-winning program with targeted horse-enthusiast viewers. Contact heidi@juliegoodnight.com for affordable advertising rates. Goodnight’s crew can help you tape your commercials and work with you to find qualified and dependable video editors. Worried about making the switch from print to television advertising? Ask about 10-second commercials and product placement opportunities to help your product be seen during the show.
More about Goodnight:You know Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while taping her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Mountain Ski Area.
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com> and http://www.horsemaster.tv <http://www.horsemaster.tv> for more information about the show, or to shop at Goodnight’s online store—stocked with DVDs, training supplies and logo wear. Media: Sign up for Goodnight’s press release list and free Tip of the Month column at http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html <http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html>
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Contact: Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
Heidi Nyland
press@juliegoodnight.com
Phone: 303-903-1349
High resolution photo available by e-mailing: heidi@juliegoodnight.com
Julie Goodnight’s Horse Master TV Show wins Telly Award, Announces Advertising Availability for 2009 Shows
Poncha Springs, CO -- (June 23, 2008) Horse Master with Julie Goodnight—in an episode featuring Nashville artist Templeton Thompson—wins a 2008 Telly Award. Goodnight’s show, starring Goodnight, produced and directed by Heidi Nyland, and edited by Bo Roberts of HorseCity.com, was one of over 14,000 entries from all 50 states and around the world. Less than 25 percent of entrants earn an award. This award marks the second win for Horse Master during its premiere year airing on RFD-TV (watch on Dish channel 9398 or 231 or Direct TV channel 379 every Wednesday at 5:30 EST). Horse Master with Julie Goodnight was awarded an Aegis Film Production Award in the spring.
The winning episode, “A Bit of Nashville,” was taped at the Florida Carriage Museum and Resort (www.fcmr.org) in Weirsdale, Florida. It features Goodnight teaching Thompson’s (www.templetonthompson.com) horse to accept a curb bit so the singer can ride with one hand and hold a microphone. Watch the show as it airs for the first time June 25, and June 29, 2008. Learn more about each episode as Goodnight discusses “behind-the-scenes” details and see Youtube.com clips from the episodes on her blog: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/
More shows from the Florida shoot air throughout July, 2008: July 2, 2008, The Horse Master teaches a young barrel racer to stop without pulling; July 9, 2008, The Horse Master helps an Arabian mare calm down before being trained to accept a saddle; July 16, 2008, The Horse Master teaches a rescued horse to accept a bit for the first time; July 23, 2008, The Horse Master helps a western pleasure rider achieve a naturally-low headset. Visit http://www.horsemaster.tv <http://www.horsemaster.tv> for more information on each episode.
Horse Master with Julie Goodnight stands out by telling a horse and rider’s story in every episode. After hearing that a horse and rider aren’t meeting their goals, Goodnight evaluates the situation then works with the pair. By the end of each episode, viewers get to know the horse and owner, learn new horsemanship skills and see the team’s dramatic improvement. Goodnight leads viewers through the entire process while clearly explaining what’s gone wrong and what can be done to solve the problem. Whether you want to learn to work as a team with your own horse or you’re simply interested in horses, tune in to see horse training in a fun-to-watch form.
About the Telly Awards:Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest film and video productions, and groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films. Fellow award winners include production companies working for the nationally and internationally known Miami Dolphins, NBC Universal, PGA TOUR Productions, Steve & Barry's, and The Disneyland Resort.
Interested in advertising during the RFD-TV show?
Limited commercial advertising space is available during Goodnight’s show. Let your company make its television debut by advertising within this award-winning program with targeted horse-enthusiast viewers. Contact heidi@juliegoodnight.com for affordable advertising rates. Goodnight’s crew can help you tape your commercials and work with you to find qualified and dependable video editors. Worried about making the switch from print to television advertising? Ask about 10-second commercials and product placement opportunities to help your product be seen during the show.
More about Goodnight:You know Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while taping her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Mountain Ski Area.
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com> and http://www.horsemaster.tv <http://www.horsemaster.tv> for more information about the show, or to shop at Goodnight’s online store—stocked with DVDs, training supplies and logo wear. Media: Sign up for Goodnight’s press release list and free Tip of the Month column at http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html <http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html>
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month for May
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. May 15, 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 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 one of 12 tips to help you when you’re in a layout crunch . . .
The Right Fit
Is your horse’s halter too snug or too loose? Does it hang down around his nose or squeeze his face, rubbing the hair away? Do you fit a rope halter the same as a webbed halter? How do you know if you horse’s halter fits or what size halter he should wear? These are all legitimate questions and it is important to have a halter that fits your horse just right—for his comfort and his safety.
Whether you use a rope halter, nylon or leather halter, the fit should be the same. The cheek rings of the webbed halter and the cheek knots of the rope halter should sit about one finger’s width below the bottom of the cheek bone. If the noseband gets much lower, it could cause damage to the sensitive cartilage of the nose. The noseband should not fit snugly, but should not be so loose that he could get a hoof stuck in there when he scratches his face with his foot. You should have at least two finger’s width between the noseband and your horse’s jaw. More information on equipment and training can be found in articles and on instructional videos available at www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.JulieGoodnight.com> .
END OF SHORT VERSION, PROCEED AS SPACE ALLOWS.
Usually halters come in basic sizes: yearling, small horse (cob size), regular horse (most horses fit into this category), large horse (Warmblood or draft crosses), draft and mule. The average horse typically wears a regular horse size; if your horse’s head is very small and dished, he may need a small horse size, but keep in mind that you do not want the halter to be tight and uncomfortable for your horse.
Rope halters can be a little trickier to fit correctly on the horse. When you put the rope halter on, be sure to pull the throat knot all the way up to the horse’s throat, then tie it off. This should place the cheek knots just below the cheek bones and keep the upper piece above his jowl—not going across it. If there is too much room in the noseband because your horse has a very refined head, you can loosen the fiador knot under the chin and work it up to tighten the noseband. Or you can use electrical tape to tape around the fiador knot to make the noseband smaller.
Turning out horse in halters is not recommended because of the chance of your horse getting hung up on something. Horses should never be turned loose with a rope halter on because it is easier for them to get hung up and they will not break. If a horse must be turned out with a halter on, make sure that is has a leather breakaway strap at the top so your horse can break safely away if he gets snagged.
Finally, when you trailer your horse, make sure he is in a breakaway halter and never trailer a horse in a rope halter. If your horse falls and or you are in a wreck, you want him to break free. Most halters made for trailering are made of leather because they are more breakable. Most rope halters are made with climbing rope which is not breakable for the horse. Also, you want your horse to be as comfortable as possible in the trailer and not pulling against the rope halter when he gets off balance.
For more information on this and many other important topics, please check out the archived articles on my website.
--Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. May 15, 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 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 one of 12 tips to help you when you’re in a layout crunch . . .
The Right Fit
Is your horse’s halter too snug or too loose? Does it hang down around his nose or squeeze his face, rubbing the hair away? Do you fit a rope halter the same as a webbed halter? How do you know if you horse’s halter fits or what size halter he should wear? These are all legitimate questions and it is important to have a halter that fits your horse just right—for his comfort and his safety.
Whether you use a rope halter, nylon or leather halter, the fit should be the same. The cheek rings of the webbed halter and the cheek knots of the rope halter should sit about one finger’s width below the bottom of the cheek bone. If the noseband gets much lower, it could cause damage to the sensitive cartilage of the nose. The noseband should not fit snugly, but should not be so loose that he could get a hoof stuck in there when he scratches his face with his foot. You should have at least two finger’s width between the noseband and your horse’s jaw. More information on equipment and training can be found in articles and on instructional videos available at www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.JulieGoodnight.com> .
END OF SHORT VERSION, PROCEED AS SPACE ALLOWS.
Usually halters come in basic sizes: yearling, small horse (cob size), regular horse (most horses fit into this category), large horse (Warmblood or draft crosses), draft and mule. The average horse typically wears a regular horse size; if your horse’s head is very small and dished, he may need a small horse size, but keep in mind that you do not want the halter to be tight and uncomfortable for your horse.
Rope halters can be a little trickier to fit correctly on the horse. When you put the rope halter on, be sure to pull the throat knot all the way up to the horse’s throat, then tie it off. This should place the cheek knots just below the cheek bones and keep the upper piece above his jowl—not going across it. If there is too much room in the noseband because your horse has a very refined head, you can loosen the fiador knot under the chin and work it up to tighten the noseband. Or you can use electrical tape to tape around the fiador knot to make the noseband smaller.
Turning out horse in halters is not recommended because of the chance of your horse getting hung up on something. Horses should never be turned loose with a rope halter on because it is easier for them to get hung up and they will not break. If a horse must be turned out with a halter on, make sure that is has a leather breakaway strap at the top so your horse can break safely away if he gets snagged.
Finally, when you trailer your horse, make sure he is in a breakaway halter and never trailer a horse in a rope halter. If your horse falls and or you are in a wreck, you want him to break free. Most halters made for trailering are made of leather because they are more breakable. Most rope halters are made with climbing rope which is not breakable for the horse. Also, you want your horse to be as comfortable as possible in the trailer and not pulling against the rope halter when he gets off balance.
For more information on this and many other important topics, please check out the archived articles on my website.
--Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Julie Goodnight Announces Daily Blog: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Julie Goodnight Announces Daily Blog: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com
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/newsroom.html <http://www.juliegoodnight.com/press/HMDVDCOs1s1.jpg>
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. May 13, 2008—Julie Goodnight announces the start of her daily web log. The blog —available to view at http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com or by clicking on links at www.juliegoodnight.com and www.horsemaster.tv— will highlight Goodnight’s travels and provide a forum for her to share behind-the-scenes facts about her training and Horse Master with Julie Goodnight television show production. Click here to subscribe to the blog and be notified when Goodnight posts new material: http://feeds.feedburner.com/JulieGoodnightOnTheRoad
Goodnight—known for her easy to understand teaching style and her appearances at horse expos everywhere—has had multiple clinic attendees and television show viewers ask “what is it like to be a full-time horse trainer?” With her blog, Goodnight will have a forum to discuss her own training strategies as she works with her versatility ranch horse prospect, Dually. Throughout the summer, Goodnight will write about her training sessions with Dually. She’ll also keep readers updated about what she’s teaching at clinics and what new television show episodes will feature. She’ll also post video previews of her upcoming shows.
Goodnight has already logged multiple entries and welcomes your comments to each day’s story. You’re welcome to comment and add to the blog community! Simply click on the “comments” link beneath each post and you can type a sentence or a full essay. Or, click to see what others are saying. This is your chance to communicate with the well-known horse trainer and get a glimpse into her day-to-day routine.
More about Goodnight:
You know Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while filming for her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Mountain Ski Area.
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com and http://www.horsemaster.tv for more information about the show, or to shop at Goodnight’s online store—stocked with DVDs, training supplies and logo wear. Sign up for Goodnight’s press release list and free Tip of the Month column at http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
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Julie Goodnight Announces Daily Blog: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com
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/newsroom.html <http://www.juliegoodnight.com/press/HMDVDCOs1s1.jpg>
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. May 13, 2008—Julie Goodnight announces the start of her daily web log. The blog —available to view at http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com or by clicking on links at www.juliegoodnight.com and www.horsemaster.tv— will highlight Goodnight’s travels and provide a forum for her to share behind-the-scenes facts about her training and Horse Master with Julie Goodnight television show production. Click here to subscribe to the blog and be notified when Goodnight posts new material: http://feeds.feedburner.com/JulieGoodnightOnTheRoad
Goodnight—known for her easy to understand teaching style and her appearances at horse expos everywhere—has had multiple clinic attendees and television show viewers ask “what is it like to be a full-time horse trainer?” With her blog, Goodnight will have a forum to discuss her own training strategies as she works with her versatility ranch horse prospect, Dually. Throughout the summer, Goodnight will write about her training sessions with Dually. She’ll also keep readers updated about what she’s teaching at clinics and what new television show episodes will feature. She’ll also post video previews of her upcoming shows.
Goodnight has already logged multiple entries and welcomes your comments to each day’s story. You’re welcome to comment and add to the blog community! Simply click on the “comments” link beneath each post and you can type a sentence or a full essay. Or, click to see what others are saying. This is your chance to communicate with the well-known horse trainer and get a glimpse into her day-to-day routine.
More about Goodnight:
You know Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while filming for her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Mountain Ski Area.
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com and http://www.horsemaster.tv for more information about the show, or to shop at Goodnight’s online store—stocked with DVDs, training supplies and logo wear. Sign up for Goodnight’s press release list and free Tip of the Month column at http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Wins Aegis Video Production Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Wins Aegis Video Production Award
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397
Poncha Springs CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
fax (719) 530-0939
press@juliegoodnight.com
High Resolution Photos to Download:
http://www.juliegoodnight.com/press/HMDVDCOs1s1.jpg
Photos of Goodnight and Nyland available upon request
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. May 1, 2008
— Julie Goodnight (of Poncha Springs, Colroado) and Heidi Nyland (of Longmont, Colorado) won a 2008 Aegis Finalist Award for production of a 28-minute episode of Goodnight’s television show, Horse Master (airing on RFD-TV each Wednesday at 5:30 EST). The Aegis Awards are the video industry's premier competition for peer recognition of outstanding video productions and non-network TV commercials.
"Horse Master with Julie Goodnight" was honored in the "Training / Education" category for its outstanding production quality by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country. The episode entitled “The Next Level,” showing longtime rider Sharon Gilbert (getting in shape after her recent surgery) and her horse Manassis (a dressage horse trained to the fourth-level) featured Goodnight teaching Gilbert to ride with collection and improve daily workouts in preparation for show season. The episode was filmed during the show’s premiere filming at Meadow Creek Farms in Longmont, Colorado. The episode is one of 24 Horse Master with Julie Goodnight episodes that began airing January 2, 2008.
A DVD of the entire Longmont, Colorado filming (including five episodes and bonus Quick Tips) is now available for $29.95 at http://juliegoodnight.com/products.html
More about Goodnight:
You know Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while filming for her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Mountain Ski Area.
About Nyland:
Through The Whole Picture, Heidi Nyland assists with production, editing, journalism, public relations writing, web design, and photography needs. Nyland holds a bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a master's degree in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Her horse-related stories, produced video segments and photographs are seen regularly in nationally respected equine publications and on RFD-TV. Nyland is also an author of Western Horseman's Legends and a photographer for The Revolution in Horsemanship. Her still photos have won multiple titles including awards from the Equine Photographer's Network and an AIM Award. She currently produces Horse Master with Julie Goodnight and manages Goodnight’s PR, marketing and photography needs. Find out more at www.wholepicture.org
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Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Wins Aegis Video Production Award
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397
Poncha Springs CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
fax (719) 530-0939
press@juliegoodnight.com
High Resolution Photos to Download:
http://www.juliegoodnight.com/press/HMDVDCOs1s1.jpg
Photos of Goodnight and Nyland available upon request
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. May 1, 2008
— Julie Goodnight (of Poncha Springs, Colroado) and Heidi Nyland (of Longmont, Colorado) won a 2008 Aegis Finalist Award for production of a 28-minute episode of Goodnight’s television show, Horse Master (airing on RFD-TV each Wednesday at 5:30 EST). The Aegis Awards are the video industry's premier competition for peer recognition of outstanding video productions and non-network TV commercials.
"Horse Master with Julie Goodnight" was honored in the "Training / Education" category for its outstanding production quality by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country. The episode entitled “The Next Level,” showing longtime rider Sharon Gilbert (getting in shape after her recent surgery) and her horse Manassis (a dressage horse trained to the fourth-level) featured Goodnight teaching Gilbert to ride with collection and improve daily workouts in preparation for show season. The episode was filmed during the show’s premiere filming at Meadow Creek Farms in Longmont, Colorado. The episode is one of 24 Horse Master with Julie Goodnight episodes that began airing January 2, 2008.
A DVD of the entire Longmont, Colorado filming (including five episodes and bonus Quick Tips) is now available for $29.95 at http://juliegoodnight.com/products.html
More about Goodnight:
You know Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while filming for her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, juliegoodnight.com and horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Mountain Ski Area.
About Nyland:
Through The Whole Picture, Heidi Nyland assists with production, editing, journalism, public relations writing, web design, and photography needs. Nyland holds a bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a master's degree in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Her horse-related stories, produced video segments and photographs are seen regularly in nationally respected equine publications and on RFD-TV. Nyland is also an author of Western Horseman's Legends and a photographer for The Revolution in Horsemanship. Her still photos have won multiple titles including awards from the Equine Photographer's Network and an AIM Award. She currently produces Horse Master with Julie Goodnight and manages Goodnight’s PR, marketing and photography needs. Find out more at www.wholepicture.org
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Circle Y Saddles Partners with Julie Goodnight
For immediate release.
Contact:
Circle Y-Anne Fordyce
361-293-3501 pafordyce@tuckersaddles.com <mailto:pafordyce@tuckersaddles.com>
Goodnight-Heidi Nyland
303-903-1349 press@juliegoodnight.com <mailto:heidi@juliegoodnight.com>
CIRCLE Y SADDLES PARTNERS WITH JULIE GOODNIGHT
(April 25, 2008) Yoakum, TX…Circle Y Saddles, Inc, America’s Leading Saddle Brand, welcomes internationally renowned clinician and trainer Julie Goodnight to its Team Of Champions. The Julie Goodnight and Circle Y partnership brings horse owners quality products and superior knowledge in saddles and their use. The original Flex2® saddles by Circle Y provide Goodnight, and her many fans, better fit and comfort for both horse and rider.
“I’m thrilled to be part of the Circle Y team,” Goodnight says. “I’ve ridden in so many comfortable Circle Y saddles over the years and I’m proud to officially endorse the line. I’ve been riding in the Flex2 at horse expos—the slightly flexible tree allows for plenty of support and weight distribution for the horse and puts me very close to the horse—in just the right spot on his back for a balanced ride and good control. The Flex2 saddles are light weight and are comfortable right out of the box. These are high-quality saddles at a great price.”
Goodnight has more than a quarter-century of experience, ranging from dressage and jumping to racing, reining, cutting, and wilderness riding. Her upbeat and logical style of teaching applies to her “Communicating Clearly with Horses and Riders” philosophy. Headlining at most of the horse expos and similar venues, Goodnight provides training and instruction to riders of many different disciplines. She is frequently featured in national magazines, and now has her own TV show, Horse Master With Julie Goodnight, seen on RFD-TV each Wednesday at 5:30 EST (available on Dish channel 231 or 9398 and DirecTV channel 379).
The Circle Y Flex2® tree technology is built into saddles for barrel racing, showing, competitive events, and for trail riding. The Flex2® tree conforms to the horse for better fit, and is lightweight-a plus for both horse and rider. Circle Y Saddles has long been recognized as the leader in style, innovation and craftsmanship. “Circle Y and Julie Goodnight are a natural fit. Her knowledge and ability to connect with riders and their horses, helps saddle buyers make informed decisions, ensuring they get the most pleasure and performance from their horse,” said Mark Jemelka, Vice President and General Manager of Circle Y Saddles.
For a free Circle Y catalog visit www.circley.com <http://www.circley.com/> . For more information about Julie Goodnight and Horse Master With Julie Goodnight visit www.juliegoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com/> and www.horsemaster.tv <http://www.horsemaster.tv>
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Monday, April 7, 2008
Julie Goodnight Releases First Horse Master DVD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Julie Goodnight Releases First Horse Master DVD
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/press/HMDVDCOs1s1.jpg
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. April 6, 2008—Julie Goodnight announces the release of her first Horse Master TV-Show DVD—a compilation of the five episodes filmed in Longmont, Colorado’s Meadow Creek Farms—now available at http://www.juliegoodnight.com/products.html for $29.95. As a bonus, if you purchase from April 15 to May 31, 2008, Goodnight will autograph your copy of the DVD!
Do you wish you could see Goodnight's new TV show, but don't get RFD-TV? Episodes include desensitizing a spooky trail horse, building confidence in a scared horse and rider, collection for an advanced dressage rider, teaching ground manners to a young Andalusian, and helping a youth rider gain more control of the horse that is taking advantage of her. DVD also includes bonus features- "Quick Tips" from Julie Goodnight.
Goodnight—known for her easy to understand teaching style and her appearances at horse expos everywhere—works with a new equestrian and equine in each episode. You’ll get to know each rider and all she hopes to achieve with her horse. Next you’ll meet the horse—and see the problems that keep the rider’s goal from becoming reality. As the horse master, Goodnight steps in to work with each horse then trains the rider to be the best leader possible. Each rider gains skills and learns training tips to help her master her dreams.
Goodnight began the series on her own turf—in the heart of Colorado. In the premiere episode, filmed at Meadow Creek Farms in Longmont— http://www.meadowcreekfarms.net — Goodnight meets Pam and Spanky. Spanky often spooks on the trail and isn’t always a fun mount to rely upon. Goodnight teaches Pam how to use the flag to advance and retreat—teaching her horse to be calm with any scary stimulus. Pam also learns a head down cue to practice on the ground and from the saddle.
Next is Helen and her Friesian named Pieter. The pair is recuperating after two intense accidents. Goodnight helps Helen relax, create a plan, and begin to confidently work with her tall horse. You’ll see the spooks and learn how to teach your horse to relax with advance and retreat techniques.
After Sharon’s recent surgery, she’s excited to get in shape for show season and learn the skills she needs to be the best rider possible for her experienced dressage horse. Sharon looks to Goodnight to learn collection techniques. Stay tuned for a great story of a beautiful horse and his dedicated rider.
In the next episodes, Goodnight helps a youth rider learn to work with her new horse—and prepare for upcoming 4-H shows. She’ll help young Kelsey take charge—and avoid getting pushed and prodded by her too-friendly horse.
Watch Goodnight work with Pamela—a veteran horse owner with a youngster who is quite a handful. You’ll learn what to do with a pushy foal and how to teach a filly how to behave like a lady. Stop her from being pushy on the ground and start to teach her the manners you demand.
You’ll find great tips and lessons within each rider’s progress story. Join Julie Goodnight and learn how you can be the ultimate, confident, calm, and kind horse master.
Call to Action
Do you think you and your horse have the perfect story and problem for the Horse Master? Goodnight will film her next episodes at her home ranch in Colorado (filming June 10-12, 2008) and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (September 2-5, 2008). Download an application at http://www.horsemaster.tv
Limited commercial advertising space is still available. Contact horsemaster@juliegoodnight.com for information. Contracts are available for six months and one-year terms. Expand your product’s reach by branching out to TV advertising. Target your brand to women horse owners watching an all-female-produced show.
Review copies available by contacting press@juliegoodnight.com
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com and http://www.horsemaster.tv for more information about the show, or to shop at Goodnight’s online store—stocked with DVDs, training supplies and logo wear. Sign up for Goodnight’s press release list and Tip of the Month column at http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
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Julie Goodnight Releases First Horse Master DVD
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/press/HMDVDCOs1s1.jpg
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. April 6, 2008—Julie Goodnight announces the release of her first Horse Master TV-Show DVD—a compilation of the five episodes filmed in Longmont, Colorado’s Meadow Creek Farms—now available at http://www.juliegoodnight.com/products.html for $29.95. As a bonus, if you purchase from April 15 to May 31, 2008, Goodnight will autograph your copy of the DVD!
Do you wish you could see Goodnight's new TV show, but don't get RFD-TV? Episodes include desensitizing a spooky trail horse, building confidence in a scared horse and rider, collection for an advanced dressage rider, teaching ground manners to a young Andalusian, and helping a youth rider gain more control of the horse that is taking advantage of her. DVD also includes bonus features- "Quick Tips" from Julie Goodnight.
Goodnight—known for her easy to understand teaching style and her appearances at horse expos everywhere—works with a new equestrian and equine in each episode. You’ll get to know each rider and all she hopes to achieve with her horse. Next you’ll meet the horse—and see the problems that keep the rider’s goal from becoming reality. As the horse master, Goodnight steps in to work with each horse then trains the rider to be the best leader possible. Each rider gains skills and learns training tips to help her master her dreams.
Goodnight began the series on her own turf—in the heart of Colorado. In the premiere episode, filmed at Meadow Creek Farms in Longmont— http://www.meadowcreekfarms.net — Goodnight meets Pam and Spanky. Spanky often spooks on the trail and isn’t always a fun mount to rely upon. Goodnight teaches Pam how to use the flag to advance and retreat—teaching her horse to be calm with any scary stimulus. Pam also learns a head down cue to practice on the ground and from the saddle.
Next is Helen and her Friesian named Pieter. The pair is recuperating after two intense accidents. Goodnight helps Helen relax, create a plan, and begin to confidently work with her tall horse. You’ll see the spooks and learn how to teach your horse to relax with advance and retreat techniques.
After Sharon’s recent surgery, she’s excited to get in shape for show season and learn the skills she needs to be the best rider possible for her experienced dressage horse. Sharon looks to Goodnight to learn collection techniques. Stay tuned for a great story of a beautiful horse and his dedicated rider.
In the next episodes, Goodnight helps a youth rider learn to work with her new horse—and prepare for upcoming 4-H shows. She’ll help young Kelsey take charge—and avoid getting pushed and prodded by her too-friendly horse.
Watch Goodnight work with Pamela—a veteran horse owner with a youngster who is quite a handful. You’ll learn what to do with a pushy foal and how to teach a filly how to behave like a lady. Stop her from being pushy on the ground and start to teach her the manners you demand.
You’ll find great tips and lessons within each rider’s progress story. Join Julie Goodnight and learn how you can be the ultimate, confident, calm, and kind horse master.
Call to Action
Do you think you and your horse have the perfect story and problem for the Horse Master? Goodnight will film her next episodes at her home ranch in Colorado (filming June 10-12, 2008) and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (September 2-5, 2008). Download an application at http://www.horsemaster.tv
Limited commercial advertising space is still available. Contact horsemaster@juliegoodnight.com for information. Contracts are available for six months and one-year terms. Expand your product’s reach by branching out to TV advertising. Target your brand to women horse owners watching an all-female-produced show.
Review copies available by contacting press@juliegoodnight.com
Visit http://www.juliegoodnight.com and http://www.horsemaster.tv for more information about the show, or to shop at Goodnight’s online store—stocked with DVDs, training supplies and logo wear. Sign up for Goodnight’s press release list and Tip of the Month column at http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month for April
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month for April
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. April 5, 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 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 one of 12 tips to help you when you’re in a layout crunch . . .
Minding Manners at Feed Time
Is your horse cranky at feed time? Does he pin his ears, bare his teeth and stomp his feet? Or worse, does he grab the hay out of your arms and shove you aside? If your horse has bad manners at feed time, he may be displaying aggressive and dominant behavior because he thinks his actions are making you feed him. While this kind of behavior can be dangerous, it can also erode your authority with the horse and make him difficult to handle in other situations.
Horses establish dominance in the herd, in part, by controlling the feed—the dominant horse can take away the feed of a more subordinate horse. If your horse comes to believe his antics are making you surrender the feed to him, in his mind, that means he’s dominant. If your horse has bad feed-time manners, take a training flag with you and wave it at him; once he backs up and looks at you with his ears forward, throw him the feed and walk away. This and other behavioral problems are thoroughly explained in articles and on instructional videos available at www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.JulieGoodnight.com> .
END OF SHORT VERSION, PROCEED AS SPACE ALLOWS.
Horses develop this kind of bad behavior from anxiety over their feed and because they have been inadvertently rewarded for bad behavior. In the wild, horses eat small amounts all day long; constantly roaming in order to find suitable forage. In domestication, we have confined horses and generally feed them in two rations of very concentrated feed, leaving them to go for long periods without eating. For this reason, horses can have a lot of anxiety around feed time.
In acting out his anxiety, your horse one day arbitrarily displayed some emotional behavior, like pinning his ears or stomping his feet. Then someone came along and fed him and he made an association, right or wrong, between his bad behavior and getting fed. So the next day, he tried it again and low and behold, he got fed again! Remember, he doesn’t understand the human world and your plans and routine. He not only believes his antics are causing you to feed him, but he also thinks he’s taking away the food from you and in his world—that means he’s dominant.
Whatever your horse is doing at the moment you release him (or reward him) is what you are training him to do. That’s why timing is such a critical part of horse training. If you just take a few moments to back the horse up and wait for him to display respectful behavior before giving him the feed, his bad manners will disappear and he will become more respectful of you as his leader.
Learning to think like a horse, instead of a human is one of our most difficult challenges in working with horses. My groundwork videos give lots of information on horse behavior and specific exercises you can do with your horse, teaching you to be the leader your horse needs you to be.
For more information on this and many other important topics, please check out the archived articles on my website.
—Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month for April
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. April 5, 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 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 one of 12 tips to help you when you’re in a layout crunch . . .
Minding Manners at Feed Time
Is your horse cranky at feed time? Does he pin his ears, bare his teeth and stomp his feet? Or worse, does he grab the hay out of your arms and shove you aside? If your horse has bad manners at feed time, he may be displaying aggressive and dominant behavior because he thinks his actions are making you feed him. While this kind of behavior can be dangerous, it can also erode your authority with the horse and make him difficult to handle in other situations.
Horses establish dominance in the herd, in part, by controlling the feed—the dominant horse can take away the feed of a more subordinate horse. If your horse comes to believe his antics are making you surrender the feed to him, in his mind, that means he’s dominant. If your horse has bad feed-time manners, take a training flag with you and wave it at him; once he backs up and looks at you with his ears forward, throw him the feed and walk away. This and other behavioral problems are thoroughly explained in articles and on instructional videos available at www.JulieGoodnight.com <http://www.JulieGoodnight.com> .
END OF SHORT VERSION, PROCEED AS SPACE ALLOWS.
Horses develop this kind of bad behavior from anxiety over their feed and because they have been inadvertently rewarded for bad behavior. In the wild, horses eat small amounts all day long; constantly roaming in order to find suitable forage. In domestication, we have confined horses and generally feed them in two rations of very concentrated feed, leaving them to go for long periods without eating. For this reason, horses can have a lot of anxiety around feed time.
In acting out his anxiety, your horse one day arbitrarily displayed some emotional behavior, like pinning his ears or stomping his feet. Then someone came along and fed him and he made an association, right or wrong, between his bad behavior and getting fed. So the next day, he tried it again and low and behold, he got fed again! Remember, he doesn’t understand the human world and your plans and routine. He not only believes his antics are causing you to feed him, but he also thinks he’s taking away the food from you and in his world—that means he’s dominant.
Whatever your horse is doing at the moment you release him (or reward him) is what you are training him to do. That’s why timing is such a critical part of horse training. If you just take a few moments to back the horse up and wait for him to display respectful behavior before giving him the feed, his bad manners will disappear and he will become more respectful of you as his leader.
Learning to think like a horse, instead of a human is one of our most difficult challenges in working with horses. My groundwork videos give lots of information on horse behavior and specific exercises you can do with your horse, teaching you to be the leader your horse needs you to be.
For more information on this and many other important topics, please check out the archived articles on my website.
—Julie Goodnight, juliegoodnight.com
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Stars Needed for Julie Goodnight's Horse Master TV Show/2008 Clinic Schedule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stars Needed for Julie Goodnight’s Horse Master TV Show/2008 Clinic Schedule
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com <mailto:press@juliegoodnight.com>
Photos available at: http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html <http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html>
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. April 1, 2008—Julie Goodnight brings her highly acclaimed new RFD-TV show, Horse Master, to Salida, Colorado (June 10-12, 2008) and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (September 2-4, 2008) to finish out her 2008 filming schedule. Applications— available at http://www.horsemaster.tv/images/HMapplicationpacket.doc —are still being accepted for the shoots and must be received by May 10, 2008. Julie would like to know about you and your horse and see a short video to show your problem or area to work on (completed applications and videos accepted via the Internet or e-mail to horsemaster@juliegoodnight.com. Only five horse and rider teams will be selected to work with Julie and be a part of each Horse Master shoot—applications will be reviewed and accepted on a first come basis. The shooting site will be closed to viewers and auditors. Apply today!
Julie Goodnight will also present un-filmed horsemanship clinics in Richmond, Massachusetts (May 3-4, 2008), Cool, California (May 17-18, 2008), Vancouver, Washington (June 7-8, 2008), and Colorado Springs, Colorado (June 28-29, 2008) and headline at horse expos such as Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio, the Minnesota Horse Fair in St. Paul, Minnesota, The Rocky Mountain Horse Expo in Vail, Colorado, the Equine Extravaganza in Raleigh, North Carolina, The Southwest Horse Expo in Ignacio, Colorado, the Women and Horses Expo in Sedalia, Missouri, and the CHA International Conference in Lexington, Kentucky (See dates below).
Clinics are open to the public to watch and audit. Clinics are limited to 15 riders (unlimited spectators) to ensure each horse and rider gets the individual attention they need to have greater success. Open to all disciplines of riding and breeds of horses, Goodnight’s clinic focuses on understanding and improving your relationship with your horse, learning more about horse behavior and training techniques and mastering critical riding skills. Each morning starts with a groundwork session to hone your communication with your horse then moves on to mounted work to improve your balance, rhythm and communication with the horse. Each horse and rider team works at their own pace and ability level. The primary goals for the clinic are to have a safe and fun experience while improving your horsemanship and gaining confidence. Spectators benefit tremendously from the clinic, watching all the horses and riders, asking questions and interacting with Julie and other clinic participants. For auditing tickets (for one or both days), or to apply to be on the waiting list for riding spots, reserve your space online at http://www.juliegoodnight.com/clinicreg.html or call 800-225-8827. You’ll love Julie’s friendly and clear teaching style and gain lots of information to take home to work with your own horse.
More about Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Filming:
We’re looking for a few good horses and their owners to star in the new weekly TV series, Horse Master with Julie Goodnight and airing each Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. MST on the nationally viewed RFD-TV. This show will feature one horse/rider team in each episode, chosen from applicants that have a problematic or difficult horse and/or want to learn a new skill in order to succeed with their usually pleasant mount. Each episode will revolve around a human with a horse problem or a horse with a human who needs to keep learning to master their horsemanship skills. We’re looking for a broad representation of horses, people, disciplines, breeds and issues. We’ll want to know about your horse’s history—about your relationship and the better “back story” the higher chances of being selected! This show is about the horse-human bond—the real story of a struggle and how to overcome and move on to live out dreams.
What to expect: If chosen, you and your horse will work one-on-one with nationally renowned natural horsemanship trainer Julie Goodnight — http://www.juliegoodnight.com / http://www.horsemaster.tv
Julie will work with the horse and teach you both how to work better together. You’ll have to make a commitment of two full days during the scheduled time, commit to having you and your horse present and prepared for the show (with our guidance) and to personal expenses for you and your horse (including your own wardrobe, travel expenses and board at the shot location if applicable).
Horse Master is coming to a town near you:
June 10, 11, 12—2008, Julie’s Ranch in Salida, Colorado
September 2, 3, 4—2008, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
**We also need volunteers at each shooting location to assist with rider check in, horse preparation and shooting needs.
The ideal human participant for Horse Master…
· Will have a dynamic personality with a huge investment in horses (emotional, time, energy and resources); perhaps new to horses or rode as a kid. Had a lifelong dream of having a horse and riding off into the sunset together—reality is not living up to the dream. Someone recovering from a horse wreck and struggling to get back to riding. Or a youth or older rider trying to get to the next horsemanship level.
· For some, philanthropic goals may have guided horse selection (rescue horse, PMU baby, Mustang, etc). If you have grand goals, but feel over your head, you may be perfect for the show.
· Or perhaps you’re a more experienced hand—or even a professional—who’s come across a horse that’s difficult or has such serious training issues that you’re at a loss as to what to do next. Or maybe you’re stuck and don’t know what to do to get to the next training or showing level. Something’s just not coming together and you need a boost.
· Maybe you got into horses with a naive view of what is involved in the training of a horse or building a relationship with him. Perhaps there has been a tendency to treat your horse like a pet.
The ideal horse participant… (May be a combo of several)
· Middle-aged, trained riding horse that’s spoiled, ill-mannered, no leading manners, no respect or deference to handler, may be ok under saddle but a problem on the ground. We’re looking for horses that won’t load in a trailer, are afraid to cross water, won’t move close for you to open a gate, don’t want to be near other horses, are barn or gate sour, are cinchy, are head shy, are clipper shy, move ahead of you while you’re leading, etc.
· Green horse—a novice rider bought a green broke 3-4 y/o and then began to systematically un-train him and now he is confused about what to do, how to respond to the bit, disobedient, etc. A horse who won’t pick up correct leads, won’t ride into corners, etc.
· Messed-up training—a horse that was a victim of poor or abusive training early in life and, as a result, has serious training issues. Such as: a barrel horse that won't go in the arena gate and runs off with rider; a rope horse that will not take the right lead, a team-penning horse that’s anxious and throwing his head.
If you think your horse and you have what it takes…
And would like to be a participant on Horse Master, please download an application at http://www.horsemaster.tv http://www.horsemaster.tv/images/HMapplicationpacket.doc
Julie Goodnight’s 2008 Spring/Summer Calendar
April 10-13, 2008 Equine Affaire, Columbus OH www.equineaffaire.com <http://www.equineaffaire.com>
April 25-27, 2008 Minnesota Horse Fair, St. Paul MN www.mnhorseexpo.org <http://www.mnhorseexpo.org>
May 3-4, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Richmond MA
May 17-18, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Cool CA
May 30-June 1 Rocky Mountain Horse Expo, Vail CO http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Vail-Eagle%20Valley/index.php <http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Vail-Eagle%20Valley/index.php>
June 7-8, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Vancouver WA
June 28-29, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Colorado Springs CO
July 11-13, 2008 Equine Extravaganza, Raleigh NC http://equineextravaganza.com/ <http://equineextravaganza.com/>
September 2-4 Horse Master filming at Martha’s Vineyard. Applications still accepted http://www.horsemaster.tv/images/HMapplicationpacket.doc
September 19-21 Southwest Horse Expo, Ignacio CO http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Southwest/index.php <http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Southwest/index.php>
October 24-26 Women & Horses Expo, Sedalia MO http://womenandhorsesexpo.com/WomenandHorsesHome.html <http://womenandhorsesexpo.com/WomenandHorsesHome.html>
Oct. 30-Nov 1 CHA International Conference, Lexington KY http://www.cha-ahse.org/ <http://www.cha-ahse.org/>
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