Mike dragging Log at Road To The Horse

Over the years, Mike has given a good number of clinics around the world, from elegant farms in Italy, Ireland, and all over the USA, to Arizona prisons where he teaches detainees the art of gentling Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mustangs. At this juncture, however, he finds himself hard pressed to travel because of all the horses he continually has in training.

"It's just not fair to the owners and trainers who've put their trust in me to run off and leave their horses in somebody else's care," he says. "That's really why I've started trying to put everything down in writing and on video tape… so that I can share as much information as possible with as many people as I can without leaving my horses behind."

In March of 2008 Mike competed at the "Road To The Horse" event in Murfreesboro, TN. He didn't win but he said, "It's the most fun I've had in a long time." After only 2 1/2 hrs of handling an untouched colt over 2 days, Mike rode his horse in just a halter through the obstacle course that included dragging a log, going over a tarp and jump.

 

Spinning without the bridle