The Walk to Trot Transition Without Losing Softness Oct 12, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden The walk to trot transition is a small thing that tells on you. Ask a horse up into the trot and, in that one stride, everything about where your ask lives becomes public: seat or heels, conversation ... Riding The Leyden Method Read more
Groundwork With Horses for Veterans: Why Slow Work Settles People Oct 11, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden The work looks like almost nothing from the rail. A person and a horse walk the length of a foggy arena, stop together, stand a while, back a few steps, walk again. No riding, no obstacles, no drama. ... Leadership Through Horsemanship Veterans & Resilience Read more
The Halt From First Principles: Teaching a Horse to Stop, Fundamentals First Oct 10, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden Strip the halt down to what it actually is: a thousand pounds of moving animal must become a thousand pounds of standing animal, willingly, within a stride or two, and remain standing. That is the who... Field Notes First Principles Read more
The Rule of Three Protocol: Leyden Mastery You Can Prove Oct 9, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden A student ties a quick-release knot cleanly, first try, and looks up for the sign-off. It was a good knot. They do not get the sign-off. At Leyden Horsemanship that moment is governed by the Rule of T... Foundations & Philosophy The Leyden Method Read more
True Unity: The Ideas in Tom Dorrance's Book Oct 8, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden Horsemen do not just argue about what is in True Unity . They argue about how to read it at all. Tom Dorrance’s only book, published in 1987 under the subtitle Willing Communication Between Horse and ... History of Horsemanship The Natural Horsemanship Movement Read more
In the News: Hoodline on Fleet Week Trail Rides at Ocean View Stables Oct 7, 2026 News Zachary Leyden Hoodline wrote up the Fleet Week trail rides at Ocean View Stables and named Leyden Horsemanship as the ranch's horsemanship program. In the News Veterans & Resilience Read more
The Calmest Person in the Room: Staying Calm Under Pressure as a Leader Oct 7, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden When something goes wrong at a barn, a gate left open, a horse loose with a lead rope trailing, watch where the horses look. They do not look at the loose horse for long. They look at the steadiest hu... Leadership Through Horsemanship Leading People Read more
In the News: U.S. Navy Photos From Heroes and Horses Oct 6, 2026 News Zachary Leyden The U.S. Navy published six photos on DVIDS of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen at Ocean View Stables during San Francisco Fleet Week. In the News Veterans & Resilience Read more
In the News: NBC Bay Area on Heroes and Horses at Fleet Week Oct 6, 2026 News Zachary Leyden NBC Bay Area covered Heroes and Horses, a first-of-its-kind Fleet Week day on horseback at Ocean View Stables in Daly City. In the News Veterans & Resilience Read more
Hooking On in the Round Pen: What Join-Up Really Looks Like Oct 6, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden There is a particular moment in the round pen that people remember for years. A loose horse that has been moving around you slows, bends its ribs toward the middle, and when you soften and step back, ... Groundwork The Leyden Method Read more
Cavalry Remount History: How Armies Bought and Bred Their Horses Oct 5, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden An army in the field consumed horses the way it consumed bread. Cavalry mounts went lame, artillery teams wore out, transport animals sickened in the mud, and every one of them had to be replaced or t... Cavalry & Working Horses History of Horsemanship Read more
Shut Down Horse vs Calm Horse: Why Shutdown Is Not Calm Oct 4, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden Two horses stand tied at the same rail while the farrier’s truck rattles in, a tarp snaps on the fence line, and a dog trots past. Neither horse moves. From thirty feet they look identical: quiet, pat... Reading the Horse The Leyden Method Read more
