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Welcome to Ride Every Stride with Van Hargis, a podcast about horsemanship . . . and more. Our goal is to educate, motivate, inspire, and entertain you through an exploration of everything h...
In today's episode I want to pay tribute to some very influential men and mentors. Allen Gammill my grandfather. He taught me several lesson...
In the most recent previous episodes we discussed The Path of Least Resistance, Forward Motion, The Control of Forward Motion and now it's t...
Last episode we continued a new series titled Nothing Beyond the Basics and spoke about forward motion and the control of forward motion as...
Today we will focus on the control of forward movement. Directional Control- left and right and turns. Turns or change of directions using t...
Today as we progress on the forward motion and obtaining it via the path of least resistance I'd like to address the use of the round pen fo...
Welcome back to Ride Every Stride. It's been quite a while since our last episode. Thank you all for your patience, continued encouragement...
You’ve probably heard me say this before, “Horses aren’t people.” You may have also rolled your eyes at me, because it seems obvious. Doesn’...
Don’t know what you can do unless you let go of comfort zone. It’s easy to hold onto what we know and stay in one spot, but unless you branc...
This episode wrangles with a topic brought up on Facebook by a great friend of mine, Steve Stevens up in North Texas. Now Steve asked over F...
As you all know, we love getting listener questions. By far the most common questions we get revolve around confidence, anxiety, and a slew...
If you’ve been around a while you know I love it when we get listener questions in. Recently, I got a few of the same question back to back—...
It’s easy to get wrapped up in negative thinking, even if it doesn’t seem like that big a deal. We might complain about the weather, it bein...
The coming episodes are going to be tackling a trend I’ve seen lately from our listener questions and the clinics I’ve been hosting–and it h...
As you should know, we love getting listener questions and feedback on the show. This episode is centered around one of those questions, and...
This week we are talking about setting your horse up for success, but really offering them a decision to make and being prepared for the res...
Horses and humans have a lot in common. For instance, aging. Just like we get old, slow down, have back pain, dietary problems, and need to...
Welcome back to Ride Every Stride—Laura and I know that it has been a while since we stepped behind the microphone, but we’re glad to be bac...
There comes a point in everyone’s life where they hit setbacks. Obstacles enter our path and sometimes they are easy to get around, and some...
97% of people involved with horses as of today are involved with them as a hobby. That means only 3% make their sole living off horsemanship...
Getting your horse back from a trainer, or bringing a new horse home for the first time is an incredibly important transition. If you listen...
I’ve been having some conversations lately around the nature of “bonding” with horses. I hear it all the time, “I can’t wait to get back hom...
There is a student of mine who has been taking lessons from me for years, and before that, her grandparents plopped her down in a saddle at...
I always used to think that lunging was a great idea for the right reasons, but I have to admit, my attitude towards lunging has changed. It...
I had the privilege of spending a week with Mr. Dorrance, watching and learning how he practiced horsemanship. One night at dinner I said, “...
We’re back with episode 60 of Ride Every Stride, our first show back in 2018. We want to thank all you listeners who’ve been nudging Laura a...
We travel around a lot to different expos and shows, and what I love most about traveling around is hearing stories from everyone I meet. So...
Well, we’ve been roughing it through a South Texas winter – which is to say we practically have our bathing suits on in the near 90 degree w...
I’m in high cotton this week, but the subject we’re bringing up gets me pretty upset. Last week we talked about Hurricane Harvey and evacuat...
Welcome back to Ride Every Stride! We’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, if you haven’t noticed, but we’re good to jump back in the saddle now. S...
This week we’re answering questions from two different listeners. Both still had questions after listening to previous episodes, and Laura a...
This episode is dedicated to that iconic symbol of all cowboys and cowgirls: the boot spur. Mine never come off my work boots. I check them...
Welcome back to Ride Every Stride – we’re in the thick of summer now and I thought it’d be good to have an episode about something you all h...
I’m often approached by those who consider me a saddle expert. And yes, I have designed saddles with manufacturers that I’m extremely proud...
We have another listener question that will be the focal point for this week’s episode. While I like to respond to these personally, sometim...
There’s a story I’m reminded of just about every day. It’s one that comes to mind when I’m pushing myself and my horses to be the absolute b...
We’re back from the pacific northwest where we’ve had some excellent clinics and met some great people. I fielded a fair amount of questions...
Some of my favorite questions are more philosophical in nature, and recently I’ve been asked an interesting one: How do you know if your hor...
If you’re familiar with our show you’ve heard me talk about horse’s herd instinct. You may have wondered though if that instinct still survi...
We’re tackling a pretty in depth question this week from another one of our listeners: how do you know when you’re ready to buy a horse? It...
We’ve been getting some great feedback about our show and some great questions have been flooding in. So this week we’ll be addressing a lis...
As some of you may know by now, I spent some time in New Zealand. While I was there I was fortunate enough to have Laurey McVicar take me un...
When I was much younger my sole aspiration was to become a calf roper. The absolute best one I could be. At the end of the day, I’d go pract...
Many of the questions I get from people can be traced back to a common issue: developing a horse’s responsiveness and respect. Again, I’ll b...
Everyone has a tying your horse up story. I’ve heard quite a few recently through online conversations I’ve been having with folks, and some...
I get asked frequently why someone's horse does or doesn’t do something. I usually have to answer this the same way every time: “Well, it de...
Sometimes we can find ourselves either overwhelmed or underwhelmed with information and what to do with it. There’s so much advice available...
This week I’m using a little acronym to explore the different ways we go about charting our path through horsemanship, and life in general:...
Laura and I explore a large intersection with horsemanship and humanship in this episode. It ties in with the idea of “New Year Resolutions....
I hope you and your horses have had an excellent start to the new year. The holidays are behind us and I’m excited about what 2017 has in st...
This week’s episode focuses on a topic some might find to be controversial. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that we ask a lot of the horses...