Posts Tagged ‘colts’


New Tips to Halter Break Your Colt

November 13, 2019
Tiffany Schwenke

Recently, while working to halter break a colt, my dad decided to try something new. He decided to teach this one to lead with his mom in the round corral. My dad is 69 years old and been working with horses his entire life. He is a true horseman as he knows he is still […]


A Well Trained Mind Directs Circumstance. Ground Work for Weanlings

October 30, 2019
Tiffany Schwenke

Fall is here. For many that means pumpkin spice and sweaters, but for us at North Four Mile Creek it means it is time to wean the foals. Days to come will be filled with working and playing with them. The foals all have their own personalities and they all have to have some basic […]


Halter-Breaking While Mounted; Part 2

June 30, 2016
Savanna Simmons

In my first post I wrote about halter-breaking and the benefits of creating a soft feel while being aboard a saddle horse. Being on a saddle horse also puts the cowboy above the colt, as will be the case upon finally riding the colt. That colt gets used to a person petting on them from […]


Halter-breaking While Mounted; Part 1

June 14, 2016
by Savanna Simmons

The cowboys of the ranch by which we’re employed were contracted in February to start several colts for an outside source. Two of the cowboys started halter-breaking the colts for the first few days from atop trusty mounts. Doing so gives the human a few advantages and makes starting smoother on both horse and human. […]


Colts And Kids

June 18, 2015
Jolyn Young

While in high school and on breaks from college, I started colts for a handy lady named Laurie Robustellini in northern California. She started backyard horses, performance colts, racing mules, re-started older problem horses, and tuned up horses for her clients. If it had hair and would fit under a saddle, Laurie would mess around […]