Ray Hunt Colt Starting Series
More than 5 hours of hands - on instruction contained on 2 DVDs

These DVDs contain material and instruction rarely seen by any but Ray's personal friends. Here Ray works with colts at a depth not often seen in any horse training videotape. A major lesson to learn from Ray Hunt is that the beginning is not only the most interesting, but he most important part of a horse's education. Here you'll see all four colts achieve important "firsts" - first saddling, first bridling, first ride, first group ride, and on to beginning training exercises. This is what sets up a horse's career for success, no matter what breed or discipline. An important and unusual aspect of this video series is that it is presented almost in real time. Instead of just showing "before and after", leaving out what (and how long) it might take to achieve various training mileposts, what you see is what actually happened. Or as Ray would put it, you'll get to see "what happened before what happened, happened." All sequences were photographed using broadcast-quality cameras. Real-time duplication was used (SP mode) to preserve fidelity and to give long -lasting quality training tapes that you can enjoy over and over again.

Back To The Beginning
From the time it all began, Ray Hunt has tried to show the human how to approach the horse. Many have tried to emulate, which is the highest form of flattery, but none have had the feel, timing and balance which Ray works on still to this day. Ray is always working from where the horse is at, being aware of the horses physical and mental expression. There is nothing mystical, just a man with a passion for horses ever thinking, ever feeling, always working on how much less he can do to get the understanding come through.

A real treat! This DVD is a 60 minute demonstration of Ray's colt starting magic from the early 80s. You will not be disappointed in this valuable footage of the master.

Turning Loose with Ray Hunt
"It's hard to change the human. It's easy to change the horse, but it's hard to change the human." - Ray Hunt

Ray Hunt is a cowboy with a mission. One of the country's top horsemen, Hunt is a familiar American hero with a surprising slant on what horsemanship is all about. With unorthodox methods, he emphasizes cooperation and respect over coercion. Hunt not only out-cowboys the cowboys, but also persuades others that getting along with a horse means working on ourselves.

Using superb footage from colt-breaking clinics in Tennessee, Wyoming, Texas and Utah, TURNING LOOSE is an inspiring introduction to Hunt and his work that also offers significant and unexpected insights into human nature. The film includes interviews with both skeptics and converts, and reveals how Hunt himself changed from the muscle-and-guts cowboy he used to be, into a trainer who believes in "letting the horse come up with the ideas". As colts and riders learn together, achieving spectacular results in a brief period of time, the revolutionary nature of this ancient wisdom becomes increasingly evident.

Sharing what Hunt and others have learned from horses about finding harmony in life, TURNING LOOSE uncovers a way of being, with applications from education to interpersonal relations. As Ray Hunt puts it: "If I've helped the human, I've helped the horse. If I've helped the horse, I've helped the human."