The entire time we’ve been conducting horsemanship programs around the country, we’ve also been producing some of the very best horse trainers in the industry.  We’ve never stopped studying ways to produce new methods and improve on the ways they are taught.  As a result of these new changes, we are excited to bring you a suite of the worlds’ most comprehensive and effective horse training programs.  We could not be more excited about launching them and look forward to having you join our team of Lyons Legacy Trainers.
There are four steps to building and establishing your career as a Lyons Legacy Master Trainer. 

 

This one week course will be offered just once a year, and enrollment will be limited to a maximum of 10-12 students.  For admission into the program, applicants must be able to ride their own broke horse in a group of other horses in a safe and controlled manner.  They will be expected to ride their horse safely at a walk, trot and lope.  Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will then be eligible to advance to the next step, the certification course, which will further them on their way to becoming a “Lyons Legacy Master Trainer.”

 

 

 

One of the changes you may have noticed is our new and improved certification program.  We are now going to limit enrollment to only 3 to 5 students per course, and each session will last 2 weeks.  Each session will be separated by a 1 to 2 week break.  This should allow our trainers time to absorb all they have been working on and help to clarify those things in their own mind that they’ll need to “perfect” in the final 2 weeks of the course.  We really feel this new program will allow Josh the opportunity to spend more quality time with each trainer.  Our goal is to offer an even better environment here at our Cross Plains facility, where each trainer’s retention level should show remarked improvement.  The main purpose of these changes is to improve our overall program so that you, the trainer, will reach more of your goals and retain more of the information you’ve been given.  This should, ultimately, improve your business in a very significant way.  And, if you are accepted and complete the entire “Lyons Legacy Master Trainer Program”, this will open up enormous opportunities to you personally.

Topics covered include:

• Round pen work – understanding the first 20 steps
• Teaching the “come to you cue” and “turn and face you cue”
• Halter breaking without stress – saddling and the first few rides
• Building the right attitude for a “willing partner”
• Working with the aggressive horse
• Fixing head shy horses and ear clipping without a fight
• Advanced leading and building the “go forward cue”
• How to break a horse from pulling back and teaching to stand tied
• Trailer loading made easy
• Rope work and its’ importance to suppleness
• Handling the feet for the farrier
• Softening the shoulders and how to use shoulders to improve ground manners
• Controlling the speed of the inside shoulder
• Understanding the drive line
• Reverse arc circles and their importance
• Side-passing and diagonals made easy
• Elevating the shoulders through the withers
• Keeping the horse straight
• Starting the turnaround
• Controlling the speed of all gaits
• Disengagement and hip work
• Engaging the hindquarters and using them to get the horse collected
• Building the straight stop and starting the slide
• Picking up the correct lead and simple changes made easy
• Controlling the emotions of both, the horse and the rider/trainer
• Handling problems such as crossing scary objects

 

Step Three:  Accredited Trainer Course

The third level of our new training program is our accreditation course. Like the certification program, it will be run in the same manner.  The session will last a total of 4 weeks.  Each trainer will come for 2 weeks, have 1 to 2 weeks off to digest all they learned, and then return to fine tune all they can during the final 2 weeks before graduation.   Once again, enrollment will be limited to only 3 to 5 students to ensure complete attention from Josh to each and every detail that each trainer deserves.  This course will take the training to the next level of performance and will focus primarily on improving the level of finish work in both, the horse and the trainer.

Topics covered include:

• Refining shoulder work
• Building rib cage softness
• Collection made simple and understanding how to make a supple horse
• Perfecting diagonals
• Additional side passing maneuvers
• Full pass and half pass
• More straightness in your stops
• Using shoulders for speed control and how to elevate the shoulders
• Spins
• Rollbacks
• Canter pirouettes 
• Counter canter work and its’ advantages in all maneuvers
• Speed control at all gaits
• Rundowns made easy
• Softer and more advanced hip work
• Engaging the hindquarters in more complex maneuvers
• Leads made simple – amazing new exercises!!
• Simple and flying lead changes
• Getting the hip involved in your stop
• Building your slide in relaxed steps
• Controlling the speed through the drive line
• Setting up the pivot point in your spin
• Understanding and using the hip for speed in the spin
• Backing exercises to strengthen hindquarters
• How to use the back up in your training program
• Starting the cutting horse
• The importance of the riders’ collection and the horses’ collection
• How leg cues really work and understanding why they are so important
• Building confidence in both, the horse and the rider/trainer
• Learning how to ride “active” rather than “reactive”
• The importance of setting goals and how to start riding bridle less

 

 

Step Four:  Master Trainer Course
We will be offering our newest, “Lyons Legacy Master Trainer Course” to only a very few, hand selected applicants.  This program is just two weeks long and is designed to significantly equip our trainers with the skills they’ll need to build their businesses even more successfully than ever before.  We will focus on teaching you how to present your methods to greater audiences around the world and expand your network of clients in a more effective manner.  Graduates of the “Lyons Legacy Master Trainer Course” will have attained the highest level of training currently provided by Lyons Legacy, LLC., and will become eligible to be licensed, “Lyons Legacy Horsemanship Training Instructors.” Master Trainers will be given the opportunity to teach steps one through three in the courses outlined in this information.

Topics covered include:
Business planning and finding your specialty niche
Learning and understanding what business options are available
Learning the art of consulting
Improving your people skills
How to teach others more effectively and with less conflict
Marketing your website
Perfecting your leadership skills
Discovering how to speak in public confidently
Gaining confidence in all areas of working with the public
How you can help build confidence in others
Conducting the perfect clinic
How to contract clinics from beginning to end
How to motivate your hosts to ensure a more successful clinic
Acquiring sponsors and how to keep them