 Gonzales Horse Training is a family owned and operated business.Gilbert, his wife Charlotte and their children Richard 15 and Jessi 14 all assist in the training and day to day working of their business.
Gilbert uses resistance-free training techniques. As for his horsemanship, Gilbert takes his philosophy from the Vaquero style of riding, the way of the Spanish Cowboys...The authentic vaquero way is the way of patience. The most important part of training is to train the owners. Horses already know how to walk, trot, canter, make flying lead changes, side-pass, half-pass stand, lay down, eat etc... We have to learn how to ask the horse to do those things with us on their backs. Once you climb on a horse's back, the mechanics change.
We never get on a horse before the foundation is built. If you do not have a foundation built with your horse and a problem arises how do you start it over? There has to be beginning. There never is an end until you or the horse die. Because they as well as the owner (rider) are always in training. Every ride is training. Even bomb-proof 24 year-olds can develop ISSUES. The colt that Gilbert is working in the photo on this page at the time was 2 years old. This was at one of Gilbert's clinics.The colt had NEVER been worked before. If you are interested in attending one of Gilbert's clinics please click on our Contact Us page. |
This event was webcast LIVE on HorseCity.com, but you can still watch! Click here to watch as Gilbert Gonzales, Brock Griffith and Phil Rogers compete in the Colt Starting Challenge
