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We appreciate you
including "us 'in your plans. I will
spread the word on the FREE Clinics. You guys
do such a nice job. Getting the horses broke and
confident in themselves while maintaining
elegance. This talent is a "gift". Sharing this
with other horseman is awesome. Thank
you!!
You guys take extra
great care of your horses and are constantly
putting your minds to use in the "Big picture".
I appreciate your wisdom and positive
attitudes.
My best ~Gordon
Downey
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Truly
Priceless
Sire: Only Blue Sky
Dam: Slew of Grace
Bred/Owned by Stephanie Moore Shown by Nancy Sue
Ryan 2007 Southern Belle HUS LL Reserve Champion
(tie)
Robin,
I wanted to say thank you for the
really good advice you gave me during our
lessons. My yearling went to his very first
horse show and was just so good, he listened to
his cues and settled in extremely well and acted
like he had been to shows all his life.. Your
advice on whoaing, and space really helped.
Stephanie,
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Robin and Roger,
I am writing to once again thank you for the
wonderful longe line clinics that you put on in
the spring of 2006. I attended 3 of the 4
clinics and I learned a lot. I spoke with you at
one of the clinics about retraining my 2 year
old and your advice was to not retrain him but
incorporate things I had learned into his
training. That was excellent advice.
I took my 2 year old dun gelding to the KY IBHA
show this past weekend and I was very pleased
with his behavior. He had not been off the farm
since last June and he is a pretty high energy
horse so I was not sure what to expect. Your
approach to longe line about being calm and
keeping your horse calm works well with him and
even though we did not win I was thrilled with
how he behaved. I also was calmer while showing
which is a big improvement for me as I get very
nervous before and while showing. I even had a
couple people comment on how calm and in control
I looked in the show arena! I also showed Sparky
in the halter classes to practice standing and
patience and he did well with that also.
I am hoping to show my buckskin yearling gelding
at the September shows. I have not spent the
amount of time with him that I would have liked
to but I am hoping to remedy that. He has a good
start but we have a ways to go. I did take him
to the show just to get him out and he had a few
rough moments but we got through it.
I hope all is well with both of you and once
again a sincere thanks,
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Mike
Alexander received a longe line for
attending all the clinics in our winter
series. The results of his first show are
in...Congratulations to Mike on winning 1st
out of 16 his first time out!
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Hi Robin
I was able to attend one of your LL clinics in
February and I thought I'd comment on how useful
some of the advice was that you gave has been.
Our mare had a nice colt this May and one thing
I have been very adamant about is not standing
to close to him to let him chew on me. I stand
back by his hip and rub his back, and I really
am not having too much trouble with the chewing
thing. It did seem like simple common sense
advice, but I probably wouldn't have thought of
it had I not went to the clinic. I always think
of how you said why stand there and tempt them,
and that makes a lot of sense. Wish I could have
made it down for more of your clinics, but other
commitments and family came up. But anyway, just
wanted to comment on how useful that advice has
been, along with the rest of what you covered.
Wish you much luck with your show season-
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Aloha, 2006 APHA Gelding owned by
Michelle Steigmeyer of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Shown by Mike Carlson of Monticello,
Indiana
Indiana Paint Horse Association Futurity
Champion - Three firsts and one second out
of 9
Indiana Paint Horse Association SSA
Unanimous Futurity Champion - 4 firsts out
of 14
Illinois Paint Horse Association
Breeder's Futurity Reserve Champion out of
21
'At the clinic you told me he needed to
be acclimated so I spent all summer taking
him to shows. By the time my trainer got
him he acted like a seasoned veteran show
horse. I practiced your technique to
get him to jog right next to me all summer!
By the time the futurities rolled around he
was a pro. A couple clucks and he'd pitter
patter right next to me. I looked straight
ahead and walked slowly and he'd be
jogging beside me. I'm so proud of him! I
can't believe I have a horse like this in my
pasture!I know I'll be coming to
more of your clinics. It's so great to meet
other forum members and to watch other
horses.'
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One
of our 2005 Longe Line stars who completed
our "Yearling
Head Start Get Ready To Ride" program
making the transition to working under
saddle a breeze. Started by Cole Baker of
Ocala, Florida he said, "The very first time
I rode him he went off just like he did on
the longe line. He already knew how to move
like a show horse... I just had to teach him
the buttons. He was aimed at the Reichert
Slot class but got too big so we switched
him to English."
- 2006 NSBA World Champion BCF
Silver 2 Year Old Hunter Under Saddle
- BCF Gold 2 Year Old Hunter
Under Saddle-3rd
- Reichert Celebration 2 Year Old
Hunter Under Saddle-4th
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“Just got
back and it was well worth the money. No I take that
back…it paid for itself in the first ten minutes!
Everything after that was bonus. Every farm, barn,
riding instructor, 4-H leader, trainer and horse lover
should have a video of instruction from the Gollehons
and their Building Block System. Robin and Roger did a
fantastic job of explaining and taking time to make
their program clear and able to be applied to any level
of horseman. From the basics of common sense to more
advanced techniques of performance enhancement, this was
a great clinic for anyone that attended. Thank you to
Robin and Roger for taking the time to share your
experience and expertise.”
~Michelle Steigmeyer Fort Wayne, Indiana.
“We talked all the way home about the seminar and have
both practiced diligently since. I can’t wait to do the
practice session each day and it’s so fun to see the
difference in the yearlings from session to session. And
it’s so easy! Robin and Roger have a great building
block program and we’ll be using it’s pieces for years
to come.”
~Wayne & Khris Fields
“Thanks for putting on such a nice clinic! I got so much
out of it. My yearlings are already better. It will be
so relieving to be able to wear clean white shirts at a
horse show and not have my yearling all over me!”
~Erin Thacker, Martinsville, Indiana
“Thanks so much for putting on this clinic! It was truly
a great experience and I can’t wait to start working
with Parker and my other yearlings. I wouldn’t hesitate
to take another trip down. Thanks again.”
~Jamie Van Linn, Neenah, Wisconsin
“My yearling is a changed horse in just two weeks! I
keep pinching myself! Thanks again…participating in your
clinic was the best Mother’s Day gift that my husband
Pat and the kids could have given me!”
~Marion Welsh, West Point, Indiana
“Thank you so much for the fantastic job you did
yesterday. We feel like we know where to go with our
yearling now and we’re certainly happy about being able
to work with these young horses without hurting them.
You have a great operation founded on strong principles.
We’ll keep you up to date on Bella’s progress. We’ll be
taking cues from her but hope she continues to progress
as quickly as she did yesterday.”
~Jim and Jennifer Dettmer, Huntington, Indiana
www.dettmersrisingsun.com
“Aside from the whole show ring aspect, it gave me some
new ideas on how to make the transition to starting a
horse under saddle easier and ways to teach them about
self-carriage…something I hadn’t been able to figure out
when dealing with a horse on the line. Instead I had
always viewed that as a sign that I just needed to start
riding to develop that aspect.
~Shannon

Mini clinics in
May 2006. Robin is demonstrating with One Hot
Superstar, a 2005 Black AQHA Gelding by
One Hot Invitation
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