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“Being around horses has been as natural to me as breathing,” Cox says in his book, Ride the Journey.
While Australia shaped the young Cox, it was with an eye toward returning to the United States that he honed his horsemanship skills competing in Pony Club, camp drafting (similar to working cow horse), and working for large ranches. He started his first colt in his early teens and went on to excel in his horsemanship studies at Longreach Pastoral College. His dream was to find a way to make a living working with horses — preferably in the United States.
At eighteen, he took the first step to fulfilling that dream and headed back to America. Following some ranch work in Florida, Cox began training mustangs for the Bureau of Land Management. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s Cox took in horses to train and began to devise what has become his trademark program – a step-by-step progression of skills for all levels of horsemen to improve their horsemanship.
His program has proved to be immensely popular with people of all ages and skill levels. It requires no gimmicks or special equipment but rather commitments to understanding the horse, devoting time, self-examination and honesty about one’s own limitations.
With his Chris Cox Horsemanship television show on RFD TV, the nationwide Come Ride the Journey Tour stops and appearances at equine expos and events, Cox has touched the lives of many a horse enthusiast and shown them there’s a straight-forward, practical way to gain a better relationship with their horses. Those who saw him win back-to-back championships at the 2007 and 2008 Road to the Horse Colt Starting contests witnessed the effectiveness of his methods and his clear passion for horses.
Cox is not only a successful clinician; he trains and competes at the highest levels of cutting horse competition. At his ranch he often has over twenty horses in training even as he juggles his demanding clinic, touring and competition schedules.
At his Diamond Double C Ranch near Mineral Wells, Texas, Cox offers progressive six-day horsemanship clinics several times a year. And in 2008 he added nationwide three-day clinics to make it even easier for those throughout the country to get first-hand instruction directly from him.
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| mammothhorsefrk | Hi! | 0 | Jun 30 2009, 12:25 AM EDT by mammothhorsefrk | ||
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Hi Chris, i have a lot of respect for you, the same as you have a lot of respect for horses. Horses are a new journey, that of which we need to cut back the bushes, and instead of using a machette, you use scissors, delicate and precise. I love the way that you train horses, and when i get a horse, i will make sure that i use each and every one of your lessons. do you have any secret tips that i could use while i have my lessons?
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| rlynng44 | Your fav's | 0 | Aug 3 2008, 9:34 PM EDT by rlynng44 | ||
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Hello Chris!
I asked you in Tunica , what your favorite Western was...and you replied..."Lonesome Dove" So now I have to ask,... ( as we quote the movie almost daily).... Which is your favorite quote from the movie,..or better yet..quote(s)!!! Here are some of mine.. "What he do? Aggravate you?" ..... (I said this when I came back from the bathroom in Tunica , and you were demonstrating your technique that you haven't preformed in front of a live audience in 15 yrs)... "She's mine...bought and paid for" "Speak a little louder Gus...maybe they'll ride them right over to us!" "Lori Darlin" K...your turn....OH YES...What is your favorite horse name? I've thanked you profusely in person and on another thread on here,..I don't want to embarrass myself or you any more! "You gave him your horse , but not your name..".... OK i'll stop!!! |
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