by Terry Phelps | Apr 6, 2017 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Mason
Lori had this to say about her work with Mason in the clinic: Mason and I attended the Joel Conner clinic on March 18th and 19th. I entered Mason in the groundwork portion of the clinic. Mason did a wonderful job of moving out of my way while doing the...
by Terry Phelps | Apr 6, 2017 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, King
When King arrived at Safe Harbor, he was frightened of every noise and every person who approached him. Our efforts to gentle him and gain his trust are really showing and now you can hardly tell he is the same jumpy horse that came to us. Now when you approach his...
by Terry Phelps | Jan 27, 2017 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Stevie
Stevie left for Ellensburg last week to begin training with Joel Conner. He was a good boy, jumped right into the trailer and was calm and not stressed even though he was traveling alone. He arrived and settled in well. I spoke to Joel about him and he said that he is...
by Terry Phelps | Dec 19, 2016 | Anderson, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
I don’t know if I will be able to put into words how pleased I am with the work Joel Conner did with Anderson. Anderson and I had hit a pretty hard spot in our training this last summer and while I loved working with him, I knew that he needed a better hand to get him...
by Terry Phelps | Dec 6, 2016 | Jessel, Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Lacey
Jessel and Lacey made their way over to Ellensburg to start working with Joel Conner. They are both doing well and I checked in with Joel this week to see how the girls are doing. The plan is to give Lacey 90 days of professional training and let Jessel winter over...
by Terry Phelps | Dec 6, 2016 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Sophie
Sophie is just reaching about 40 rides this week in her training with Joel Conner. We were all very excited when Joel surprised us and brought Sophie over to ride in the clinic here at Safe Harbor. She looked AMAZING and while he explained about her...