ABOUT US

SCOTT THOMPSON

Scott Thompson grew up in Marietta, Georgia riding horses with his sister and worked as a wrangler at Piney River Ranch near Beaver Creek, Colorado for three years.

Scott is currently the Director of the horse program at Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville, Georgia. He manages a herd of 20 horses and guides guests on trail rides through the gorgeous northwest Georgia countryside. Corporate groups can participate in team building rodeos which emphasize newly acquired ranch skills including roping and horseback games.

Scott is an avid reader of horse training books and articles and attends clinics when his schedule allows. He presently owns two Quarter Horses, Buster and Star Bar Crystal, and is using natural horsemanship techniques in the training of both horses. He recently helped form a new association for the preservation of vaquero-style horsemanship called the Southeast Buckaroo Association.

DANA THOMPSON

Dana Thompson grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and started showing hunters at the age of 5.

At 13, she acquired her first purebred Arabian, T.H. Bolshoi+, and began a successful career as a junior rider showing on the Arabian circuit. She earned multiple championships in several regions in saddleseat and stockseat equitation, english pleasure, western pleasure and hunter under saddle. Her junior years culminated in Thompson earning her Saddleseat Equitation medal and U.S. Arabian National Top Ten honors in Country English Pleasure Amateur Owner to Ride. Bolshoi+ also earned his Legion of Honor.

Dana is currently training her next show horse, a palomino Quarter Horse, in western pleasure using natural horsemanship training methods.

HISTORY OF GHC

After attending a natural horsemanship clinic in February of 2002, the Thompsons became passionate about learning the training techniques to communicate more effectively with their horses.

At the same time as natural horsemanship was being recognized worldwide and more clinicians were joining the movement, the Thompsons were realizing the need for a centralized source where enthusiasts could find a clinic in their area without having to search each clinicians' website. GotHorsemanship.com was created to provide a friendly community for natural horsemanship followers.

Suggestions are always welcome! Please email the Thompsons at info@gothorsemanship.com.