Washington Horse Events

This will be their third time coming to Butlerhill
Great clinic with multiple repeat customers
Horsemanship, de-spooking, mounted Self Defense and Confidence Clinic at
Butlerhill

$275.00 9:00am to 4:00pm both days Saturday evening potluck BBQ, must pay clinic fee in advance. $25.00 haul in fee or $30.00 for stall per night due day of clinic. Please text or email your name and email address to Patrick at yexele@wavecable.com or 360-990-2572 to make payment arrangements.

7478 butlerhill road
Burlington Washington

Saturday clinic includes
Ground work and ground manners
despooking and trail training
Understanding and Moving the body parts of the horse
Principals of taking your horse through obstacles
starting mounted shooting and firearm training
Saturday night BBQ

Sunday Clinic includes:
Moving the body parts of your horse.
Principals of taking your horse through and over obstacles, despooking and trail training.
Firearm training
How to react and ride in a stressful situation.
How to decide if someone is a threat and skills on what to do about it.
What to do if attacked from behind.
What to do if attacked from the front.
What to do if someone grabs your reigns.
How to strike an assailant from horseback.
How to bring your 1000+ pound partner to the fight.
How to articulate your actions should you be involved in a violent encounter.
And more!

Meet the instructors:
Retired Mounter Officer David Claridge served with the Tempe Police Department (AZ) for 20 years. During that time he rode with the Mounted Unit part time and full time for 16 years. During his time on the unit he became AZPOST certified as a mounted instructor, and worked as a primary trainer for the police horses and Officers. He is an excellent instructor from whom one can learn horseback self defense.

Officer Ted Noel III has served 20 years with the Tempe Police department. During that time he was the master trainer for the Mounted Unit for several years. Officer Noel has taught and written several mounted police schools, training officers to ride and do the job from horseback. Our "Trail Safe" riding clinic is his brain child. Officer Noel became AZPOST certified as a mounted instructor