Ranching/Horsemanship Clinic
- 5 day clinic Hands on - In person clinics taught by Lem & Melonie Lewis of Lewis Equine, LLC. All ages and both men and women are accepted. Minors must have a parent or guardian accompany. There is only a food cost for parent/guardian.
- Participants stay on property and food and lodging are provided.
- Students arrive on the property the day before and 5:00-7:00 pm arrival time is preferable, please let us know if you will need to arrive earlier or later so we can accommodate.
- We conduct class during the day and evenings will be spent reviewing skills learned or just visiting around the fire.
- Students lodging is bunkhouse style and/or camping and meals are prepared and served family style with everyone expected to participate. Sometimes we are cooking and eating at the camp fire.
- Travel
- Our ranching/horsemanship clinics are held at our Burnet, Tx facility at 920 County Road 112, Burnet, Tx 78611. Fly into Austin Bergstrom International (AUS).
- Clinics may include but not limited to the following:
- 1) Horse care which includes
- · Catching, feeding and handling horses
- · Moving horses to paddocks, stall care, doctoring, hoof care.
- · Introduction to various styles of tack including saddles, bits, spurs, ropes, etc.
- · How to properly evaluate a horse to ride, how to saddle and tack up.
- · Groundwork and horse training
- · Horsemanship and riding skills
- · Roping
- · Cattle work
- · Trail Riding
- 2) Ranch water – how to evaluate water, pumps, plumbing, water troughs, float systems, etc.
- · Use of tools and equipment to repair plumping.
- · Water troughs and float systems
- · This also includes some basic electrical introduction.
- 3) Fence work overview
- · Tear down and building standard ranch fencing from start to finish
- · Time and student interest permitting we will get into some basic welding.
- · Electrical fencing
- 4) Truck/trailer work – trailer evaluation and safety,
- · Hooking up to different styles of trailers.
- · Moving trailer including backing up and parking.
- · Loading/unloading horses and tack.
- · How to haul a horse safely.
- · Trailer maintenance and recommended equipment.
- 5) Tractor work
- · Operation,
- · Maintenance
- · Moving dirt, round bales, etc.
- · Using PTO and shredder
- Cost: $2,600 per person - lodging, food, horses and equipment included.
- 235lb weight limit for horse back riding.