WELLBORN QUARTER HORSES, LLC
WELLBORN, FLORIDA

Despite two colic surgeries in 2004, and a fractured forehead in 2010, Secret (at age 21) is sounder, happier, and healthier than ever.  Due, in large part, to the unparalleled "gymnasticizing" program taught by Mark Russell, author of "Lessons in Lightness".  After many years (decades, really) of riding with other trainers and clinicians, there is no doubt that Mark has forever changed the way we approach and "train" our horses.    Interestingly Joe didn't have horses growing up, so he learned as an adult, and credits Wayne Perkins and John Harms for starting him off on the right path.  Instead of making, Joe learned about asking.  Joe teaches each horse to follow a feel (first in a round pen) and then on our obstacle course. Since a horse trailer is just another obstacle, any horse will load (and unload) quietly and easily, even when the handler is on the roof! But the horse must be rewarded for each "try" even if the try was barely perceptible! to the human.  Joe teaches his students to be alert for the smallest "try", and once this is accomplished, the horse and human are true partners. Wellborn Quarter Horses - Wellborn, Florida , exit at Wellborn (exit #292), go north on County Road 137 for 6/10 mile, see curve in the road sign (yellow), slow down, and make right into our driveway. See sign "Wellborn Quarter Horses", white fence, palm trees.