• Address: South of I-20 off of Dennis Road, Weatherford, TX 76087 (map)
• Date Posted: 10/25/09

Chad N. Horton
Mobile: 254-679-1265
E-mail: hortonchad@aim.com

All services also available at your home or facility, as well as mine.

Starting Young Horses

Horse Training for Barrel Racing and/or Pole Bending.

Personal, private instruction for basic horsemanship, as well as arena disciplines specializing in, beginner to competitor, barrel racing and pole bending.


• Utilizing a life-time of horse experience.

• Observe and oversee the temperament and physical condition of the horses in training.

• Oversee and modify feed and supplement programs tailored for the demands of a performance horse.

• Rehabilitating “problem” arena horses and retraining horses to break bad habits.

• Keep records documenting horse health, diet and behavior.

• Instruct riders in handling specific horses during competition.

• Conduct training programs in order to develop and maintain desired horse behaviors for competition.

• Evaluate horses in order to determine their temperaments, abilities, and aptitude for training.

• Feed and exercise horses, and provide other general care such as cleaning and maintaining holding and performance areas.

• Observe horses’ physical conditions in order to detect illness or unhealthy conditions requiring medical care.

• Administer prescribed medications to horses.

• Marketing performance horses.

• Demonstrating performance horses in their perspective event to showcase a horse for marketing purposes.

Rates:

Starting Young Horses (per horse) at my place:

$550 / month for 30 days, includes boarding and hay, you supply grain, horses rode 5 days a week;
or
$750 / 30 RIDES, includes boarding and hay, you supply grain.
or
$30/day - you pick how many, includes boarding and hay, you supply grain.

Starting Young Horses (per horse) at your place: (mileage/driving time included within 25-mile radius; you provide hay and feed; if further than 25-mile radius, then either multiple horses required or additional mileage/driving fee applies).

$550 / month for 30 days, horses rode 5 days a week;
or
$750 / 30 RIDES.
or
$30/day.

Training for Barrels and/or Pole Bending: $750/month. Hauling, exhibitions and entry fees are not included and will be billed to client only if previously agreed upon or requested.


Instruction/Lessons $30/hour at my place / $40/hour at an outside location, 2-hour minimum within 30 mile radius; 3-hour minimum for 30- to 60-mile radius.


Additional Skills:

Horses – Talented performance horse trainer with strong background in starting horses, with success training horses for arena disciplines to include barrel racing, roping and pole bending.

Ranch – Calving, doctoring, personnel management, roping, welding, CDL, building and maintenance, hunting guide, caretaker, fencing, marketing livestock, managing pasture grounds.

Farm – Experienced in tractors and all equipment operating, farm ground management (Hay and grains), irrigation, and irrigation systems. Attention to detail.


Chad N. Horton
Mobile: 254-679-1265
E-mail: hortonchad@aim.com