This Week on In Stride

Sinead Halpin-Maynard sits down with Julie Goodnight to talk about her path from horse-crazy kid to clinician and TV host, why so many riders lean on the reins, and how the latest science on horse behavior is changing the way we train.

Meet the Guest: Julie Goodnight

Julie Goodnight is an internationally renowned horse trainer and clinician who started her own training business in 1985. She produced and hosted Horse Master with Julie Goodnight, a how-to training series that aired weekly on RFD-TV for 11 years and ran for 260 episodes. Julie holds the Certified Horsemanship Association's highest level of certification, Master Clinic Instructor, and has served as its international spokesperson. Equine Affaire named her its Exceptional Equestrian Educator. She has written for Horse & Rider and Horse Illustrated and hosts the award-winning podcast Ride On with Julie Goodnight.

In This Episode, Sinead and Julie Discuss:

Why reins should back up a cue instead of being the cue, and what happens when Julie pulls the bridle off a rider's push-button horse
The difference between contact and connection, and what riders can learn from Western horses that are taught to come off contact and carry themselves
Seeing behavior without judgment, and why a horse's "problem" is usually a response they learned from their rider
Julie's seven aids, her 10-minute loose-rein warm-up, and the racetrack moment that taught her never to pick a fight with a horse

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