Why Veterans and Horses Understand Each Other Jul 23, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden A man walks into a round pen for the first time in years. He has led people under fire. He has no idea how to catch the horse standing twenty feet away, and the horse has no idea he was ever anyone. F... Leadership Through Horsemanship Veterans & Resilience Read more
Pressure and Release Leadership: A Horseman's Guide for Managers Jul 19, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden Watch a good hand ask a green horse to step sideways. Fingertips rest on the hip with less force than a handshake. The horse leans, thinks, and finally shifts its weight an inch in the right direction... Leadership Through Horsemanship Leading People Read more
Nervous Rider Tips: A Working Plan for Riding Scared Jul 15, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden If you are nervous around a thousand-pound animal with opinions of its own, your arithmetic is working fine. Fear around horses is not a malfunction; it is risk assessment doing its job, sometimes wit... Leadership Through Horsemanship The Inner Rider Read more
Horse Herd Behavior and Leadership: Order Without Tyranny Jul 10, 2026 Leyden Horsemanship Journal Zachary Leyden Stand at the pasture fence at feeding time and watch what does not happen. Hay goes out. A mare flattens one ear. A gelding drifts two steps sideways and eats at the next pile. Somewhere a tail swishe... Leadership Through Horsemanship Lessons from the Herd Read more
