Authentic Horsemanship
with margaret beeman- march 2022
Please check back for descriptions, dates, and to register for our spring horsemanship and driving events! You can also view our calendar here.
Workshops participants will be expected to attend all 4 of the classes with their horse.
Workshop auditors are encouraged to sign up for all 4 classes, but it is not required
Pre - registration is required for all four classes, but not for auditors
$75 for Participants, $25 for auditors
Workshop auditors are encouraged to sign up for all 4 classes, but it is not required
Pre - registration is required for all four classes, but not for auditors
$75 for Participants, $25 for auditors
combined driving fun for pleasure drivers:
march 2022
Please check back for descriptions, dates, and to register for our spring horsemanship and driving events! You can also view our calendar here.
Lunch included.
$150 per Driver/Horse/ Navigator team. $25 to Audit.
Preregistration is required.
$150 per Driver/Horse/ Navigator team. $25 to Audit.
Preregistration is required.
We wish Mark Gomez a speedy recovery from knee surgery! Check back for upcoming clinic dates with Mark.
Mark gomez
For over forty years Mark Gomez of Hilltop Polo and Positive Results Training has been training horses of all breeds and disciplines using natural horsemanship methods. Mark grew up on a dairy farm in Northwest CT but always wanted to be a cowboy. When their father bought them a pony, Mark and his siblings rode mostly bareback, practicing roping and cow chasing. His herd eventually expanded to a string of fifty and he went to Oregon to work at a ranch.
Upon his return to Connecticut Mark began a lifelong working partnership with Leslie Desmond. They were both bitten by the polo bug and through his work with her Mark expanded and refined his training techniques. Incorporating the influences of John Lyons, Ray Hunt, Bill and Tom Dorrance, and more recently Warwick Schiller and Tristan Tucker, Mark’s techniques aim to foster relaxation, balance, and impulsion – the core foundation of training.
Mark believes “every horse, pony, donkey, and mule” can be in charge of their own feelings and his training provides strategic ways for them to practice handling their natural flight, fight, or freeze instincts.
In recent years, the dressage community has embraced natural horsemanship as a pathway to greater suppleness and stability. Mark works with horses on the ground, under saddle, or at liberty, offering them and their human partners the opportunity to gain clarity and completely synchronize with one another.
In addition to training and offering clinics, Mark is a farrier, a polo umpire, and an Associate Professor at Post University in Waterbury, CT, teaching Equine Communication.
Upon his return to Connecticut Mark began a lifelong working partnership with Leslie Desmond. They were both bitten by the polo bug and through his work with her Mark expanded and refined his training techniques. Incorporating the influences of John Lyons, Ray Hunt, Bill and Tom Dorrance, and more recently Warwick Schiller and Tristan Tucker, Mark’s techniques aim to foster relaxation, balance, and impulsion – the core foundation of training.
Mark believes “every horse, pony, donkey, and mule” can be in charge of their own feelings and his training provides strategic ways for them to practice handling their natural flight, fight, or freeze instincts.
In recent years, the dressage community has embraced natural horsemanship as a pathway to greater suppleness and stability. Mark works with horses on the ground, under saddle, or at liberty, offering them and their human partners the opportunity to gain clarity and completely synchronize with one another.
In addition to training and offering clinics, Mark is a farrier, a polo umpire, and an Associate Professor at Post University in Waterbury, CT, teaching Equine Communication.
Sovereign Hilltop Farm
41 Barney Drive
Millerton, NY 12546
41 Barney Drive
Millerton, NY 12546
