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Luke Gingerich
specializes in teaching Performance Liberty Horsemanship, combining relationship-based training with high-level performance.  His mission is to inspire and educate horsemen and women to better connect with and understand their horses, while both improving their relationship and achieving results.

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Demos

Includes a freestyle performance, general overview of Luke's program, and Q & A. Demos can be combined with clinics.




Intensive Clinics

If you are looking to not only improve your relationship with your horse, but to gain a thorough understanding of Luke’s approach, and how to apply these tools and principles to any horse you work with in the future, these clinics are for you!

Luke accepts six participants for his one-week intensive Performance Horsemanship

clinics, so they have a very personalized format, with plenty of individualized attention

for each  student and horse.

Each participant has two sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon with their horse.  Clinics begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. each day and there is a lunch break in between the morning and afternoon sessions..

Luke's work focuses on combining relationship-based training with an emphasis

on healthy biomechanics and high-level performance.

Luke often shares a demo at the beginning of the day, followed by participant sessions.

Luke's work focuses on combining relationship-based training with an emphasis on

healthy biomechanics and high-level performance.

Luke covers a wide range of topics, which may include, but are not limited to:

 

Building connection, focus, relaxation, and softness

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Increasing energetic awareness and understanding of body language

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Fundamental body control at liberty

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Incorporating clicker training / positive reinforcement

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Liberty circles and advanced liberty maneuvers such as the bow, lay down, sit up, Spanish walk, rear, liberty spin, cutting game, and more.

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Luke's approach for teaching advanced Performance Liberty principles: finding healthy, balanced movement, relaxation under pressure, collection at liberty, lateral work, lead changes, etc.

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Transferring Performance Liberty principles to ridden work (general horsemanship, dressage, reining, and bridleless riding).




In addition to learning from group clinic sessions with participants, students can also watch and learn from Luke's training sessions with his personal horses here at home, both during and after clinic hours.
 

 

 

 

Lessons
One hour private and semi-private (two participants) in-person lessons and

virtual lessons using Zoom or live video call (Facebook Messenger)
 

Click      to contact Luke Gingerich Horsemanship to schedule your demo, clinic, or lesson!

Luke's students say it best...

"Beautiful! Is there anything this partnership can't do? High-level reining, liberty, coaching,
and dressage; all done with attention to detail, excellence, and enthusiasm. Fun to watch.
A quote by Martha Beck that certainly applies here...


'The way you do anything, is the way you do everything'

                        ~ Andrea M.  ~ Andrea M. 

"I wanted to share some continued trailer loading success… A couple of weeks ago my barn friends asked if I’d help them with trailer loading with their mare, Lucy. I absolutely love helping people

with horse things but since I’m not a trainer I don’t have the opportunity often.

 

Lucy is a very similar personality to Cupcake, but she’s 22, with a lot more life experience

(good, bad and ugly… pretty bad before her current owners). They said Lucy hated the trailer

and would just shut down and refuse to move or engage, and it could take hours and every

trick in the book, with everyone ending up dripping in sweat.

 

We did ~6 sessions starting with ONLY ground work for the first three days, then me loading her, then her owner loading her with me helping/giving feedback, then just her owner with me only if needed.

You’d be SO proud!!! I felt so confident and was able to get them to be confident, too.

Lucy was thrilled to understand exactly what we wanted and to oblige: all she wants is to be treated fairly and to feel proud of herself, and she deserved to! 

Thanks for helping horses you haven’t even met!

 

Their goal was to go to a show this past weekend, and here is what they sent"...

'Lisa, thank you so much for all of your guidance and reassurance! Lucy trailered beautifully!

It helped make this a positive show experience!'

 

 

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~ Lisa K.

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