Ultimate Horse Course I
June 15-21, 2012

Just imagine the improvement that you and your horse could enjoy with consistent, uninterrupted, and quality instruction invested in your partnership! Add to this the support and guidance of Richard’s coaching through each new challenge, and this is what will transpire at this years “Ultimate Horse Course!” With a week devoted to progressive horsemanship, we’ll cover everything from ground work to trail riding, confidence building, and cattle working. Richard’s goal is to elevate your current horsemanship experience to a new level of knowledge and leadership.
Cost: $1,700

"The Ultimate Horse Course offers many diverse experiences; arena work, trails, and cattle work. These experiences, paired with Richard’s knowledge and great communication, build the skill and confidence of both horse and rider. I'm looking forward to the new challenges and lessons 2011 will bring!"
--Cathy Felter

Ultimate Horse Course II
June 22-28, 2012

This course was such a success last year that we are offering it again! Richard will be spending a week helping good riders reach for the next level of horsemanship. All riders must have attended a Richard Winters Ultimate Horse Course or an Advancing Horsemanship Clinic with Richard. Participants need to be comfortable and confident trotting and loping their horses consistently in a group setting. Richard will challenge each participant to “step up to the plate” and be the horseman their horse deserves.
Cost: $1,700

We will incorporate the following riding options throughout the week:

  • Riding Arena - 100x200

  • Gymkhana Field - 4 acres

  • Cow Arena - 150x250

  • Polo Arena - 200x300

  • The Las Padres National Forest. Richard’s goal is to elevate your current horsemanship experience to a new level of knowledge and leadership. 

Richard enjoys all of his meals in the dining hall, with the participants so he is available throughout the week. If you are unable to bring your own horse you can lease a Thacher horse for $50 per day! (An additional $250 for the week.)



Here’s what past participants have to say:


"It is obvious that Mr. Winters is the consummate horseman, instructor, and disciple of the natural horsemanship movement. What I observed was a man who is an outstanding teacher. Mr. Winters so structured the course that all riding levels could be accommodated at the same time. Mr. Winters, ever the watchful teacher, helped all of us on an individual basis to attain our goals for the course. Yet we all learned by what he was teaching the others."                                                       
-Ronald A. Griffin, M.D.


"I had seen the Richard Winters Horsemanship program on RFD-TV and was very impressed with Richards' ability to clearly communicate his ideas to his audience. True to his tv program, he was even better in person. With such a mixture of riding ability, age and discipline, he was able to offer something for everyone attending the clinic. After a full week of nothing but "horse", I certainly have come away from this clinic with a better understanding of my horse and have gained the much needed confidence in my ability to communicate and handle him."                                     
-Ginny Smith 


"Richard, we can’t thank you enough for all that you shared with our horses and us during our 5 days of your Ultimate Horse Course I. You are truly amazing with your ability to multi-task such individual instruction with everyone during the group sessions. The week went by so fast and we are amazed how much we accomplished. Now we are able to really see how important it is to build foundation principles with our horses – as we saw how it paid off later in the week when it transferred to practical situations (like the cow work). Your energetic enthusiasm and positive attitude with us made for a fun9filled week and showed us how cross training with arena work can be fun as well as make us better trail riders!

Cheryl, you play such an intricate part of the Horsemanship Program – believe me we know how much work it takes behind the scenes to make a program like this come together so successfully! And, your warm and friendly personality made us feel so welcome. What a surprise and special touch you added with the gift for the 3 cancer survivors! You two will be in our prayers for continued success in sharing “horsemanship and the Word of God throughout the years to come.
Many thanks and blessings."
-Bonnie & Warren Belisle 2011


Plan now to join us this summer! 

For a fee of $1,700 we provide lodging for you and your horse, meals, and hands on instruction from Richard Winters daily! 



Please call Richard or Cheryl at 805-640-0956 to register. 
Visa and MasterCard accepted.


Richard Winters Horsemanship
    5025 Thacher Road     
Ojai, California 93023
(805) 640-0956
richard@wintersranch.com

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