One of the exercises Clinton had the clinicians work on with the horses to build their confidence at the canter was the Cloverleaf Exercise. (Special thanks to parkerpeople5 for the photo!)

Jeff resting his horse after cantering. (Special thanks to mirandajean934 for the photo!)

Teens and Oregon Mustangs was our Ritchie Charity Ball Toss group and they sold all of the tennis balls to earn $4,980. Great job!

One of Clinton’s favorite parts of the tour is inviting all of the kids into the arena to race to pick up the tennis balls from the ball toss. (Special thanks to ali_savage_21 for the photo!)

During the spooky objects demo, Kristin used the Approach and Retreat Method to build this Paint’s confidence about a number of objects including plastic bags. (Special thanks to parkerpeople5 for the photo!)

Before long, she was able to move the plastic bags all over the horse’s body while he stood still and relaxed. (Special thanks to kat_42 for the photo!)

Kristin also desensitized the horse to the stock whip. (Special thanks to parkerpeople5 for the photo!)