Equine Excellence

2026 Schedule

Re-energize Your Love for Horses!

Come re-energize your love for horses! Enjoy a multitude of informative and inspirational demonstrations and clinics from top educators in the equine industry, shop the best bargains and most innovative horse related wares, make new friends, connect with old friends and discover why you fell in love with horses all over again!

Friday, June 5, 2026

 Freedom Arena presented by GGT FootingEquines Close Up Arena 2Spirit Arena Arena 3Strong Arena presented by Stable MixRT Hay Arena Arena 5Murieta Inn & Spa Arena Arena 11Horse Expo UniversityTrail Symposium 
9:00AMGates Open at 9:00AM9:00AM
9:20AM     THE AMERICAN RIDE DRILL TEAM COMPETITION 9:20AM-12:20PM  9:20AM
9:40AMSTEFFEN PETERS
Understanding Suppleness
9:40AM-10:40AM
SHELBY KETCHAM
Intro to Teaching Liberty
9:40AM-10:40AM
 SOLANGE Stable Riding: Clearer aides and better communication through Stability. 9:40AM-10:40AMMINIS 9:40AM-10:00AMSTEVE HEBROCK Understanding Navicular Disease 9:40AM-10:40AMROBERT EVERSOLE Horse Camping: What to Know Before You Go 9:40AM-10:40AM9:40AM
10:00AMRYAN ROSE Developing Perfect Ground Manners (Groundwork) 10:00AM-11:00AMBAROCK PINTOS 10:00AM-10:20AM10:00AM
10:20AMADAM SEWELL Mounted Archery 10:20AM-11:00AM10:20AM
10:40AM    MARIJKE ELLERT Hoof Injuries and How to Handle: What’s an Emergency? 10:40AM-11:40AM10:40AM
11:00AMJULIE GOODNIGHT
Clarity & Controls
Cue With Clarity: Install the Easy Buttons
11:00AM-12:00PM
JASON IRWIN
Tackling Trailer Loading Problems
11:00AM-12:00PM
 GAYE DERUSSO Gaited Horses: More than extra gears – they’re wired differently 11:00AM-12:00PMARABIANS
11:00AM-11:20AM
DR.CLAIR THUNES Building a Healthy, Powerful Topline: From Feed to Fitness 11:00AM-12:00PM11:00AM
11:20AM  11:20AM
11:40AMBEC BRAITLING Show Jumping: Technical Riding for Competitive Show Jumping 11:40AM-12:40AMLIBERTY CUNNINGHAM Trick Riding 101 11:40AM-12:20PMDR. LAIS COSTA Vet Talk – On the Trail, Expect the Unexpected. 11:40AM-12:40PM11:40AM
12:00PM    12:00PM
12:20PMBRENDAN WISE
Intro to Bridleless
12:20PM-1:20PM
SEAN COLEMAN How to Choose the Right Bit for your Horse
12:20PM-1:20PM
DR. MICHELLE ANDERSON The Topline Assessment Every Horse Owner Needs Before Training 12:20PM-1:20PMANDALUSIANS 12:20PM-12:40PM DR. JESSICA MORGAN Fitness, Conditioning, and Rehab 12:20PM-1:20PM12:20PM
12:40PM DRIVE A CLYDE 12:40PM-1:20PMREINING CLINIC Kain Emmons Balance in Reining Maneuvers 12:40PM-1:40PMGILLIAN LARSON Hoofing It: Riding Mexico-to-Canada on the PCT 12:40PM-1:40PM12:40PM
1:00PM 1:00PM
1:20PM  KALEIGH MARIE Clicker Training 101: Your Guide to Practical +R 1:20PM-2:20PM FRIESIANS
1:20PM-1:40PM
 1:20PM
1:40PMRYAN ROSE
Developing Connection Through Patterns
1:40PM-2:40PM
DR. CLAIR THUNES
Healthy Horses Start Here: Body Condition and Weight Management Made Simple
1:40PM-2:40PM
SOLANGE Stable Riding: How to stay Stable on the Horse’s Back. Because sometimes our horses act.. like horses! 1:40PM-2:40PMMUSTANGS & BURROS 1:40PM-2:00PM LANGDON FIELDING DVM Assessing Lameness. Which leg is it? 1:40PM-2:40PMKATIE THORNE Breadcrumbs to your emergency: How to get help when you need it 1:40PM-2:40PM1:40PM
2:00PMADAM SEWELL Mounted Archery
2:00-2:30
 2:00PM
2:20PM  2:20PM
2:40PM JESSIE GARFINKEL Inject, Bodywork, Rehab, or Rest: Making Sense of Equine Treatment Options
2:40PM-3:40PM
  CHRISTINE CARLOS La Garrocha 2:40PM-3:00PM  DARRELL NEPHEW Saddle Fitting from a Saddle Makers Perspective 2:40PM-3:40PM2:40PM
3:00PMSTEFFEN PETERS
The Effectiveness of the Aids
3:00PM-4:00PM
DORA HEBROCK Resolving Equine Asymmetries from the ground 3:00PM-4:00PMBRONWYN IRWIN Training a Solid Barrel Pacing Pattern on Your Horse 3:00PM-4:00PM   3:00PM
3:20PMMARWARI 3:20PM-3:40PM  3:20PM
3:40PMJASON IRWIN
Colt Starting Part 1
3:40PM-4:40PM
GYPSY VANNERS 3:40PM-4:00PM  ROBERT EVERSOLE When the Sh@t Hits the Fan: When Just a Day Ride Isn’t 3:40PM-4:40PM3:40PM
4:00PM   GAITED HORSES 4:00PM-4:20PM  4:00PM
4:20PMJULIE GOODNIGHT
Clarity & Controls
Canter Basics: From Cues to Collection
4:20PM-5:20PM
BEC BRAITLING Cross Country: Introduction to Cross Country Riding 4:20PM-5:20PMSEAN COLEMAN Engage Your Horse’s Mind in the saddle. 4:20PM-5:20PMTHE BAROQUE BREEDS 4:20PM-4:40PM  4:20PM
4:40PM DRIVE A CLYDE 4:40PM-5:20PM  LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE Maneuvering the downed equine: safety matters 4:40PM-5:40PM4:40PM
5:00PM   5:00PM
5:20PM       5:20PM
5:40PM        5:40PM

Freedom Arena
presented by GGT Footing

Steffen Peters
9:40AM-10:40AM

Understanding Suppleness

Julie Goodnight
11:00AM-12:00PM

Clarity & Controls Cue With Clarity: Install the Easy Buttons

Brendan Wise
12:20PM-1:20PM

Intro to Bridleless

Ryan Rose
1:40PM-2:40PM

Developing Connection Through Patterns

Steffen Peters
3:00PM-4:00PM

The Effectiveness of the Aids

Julie Goodnight
4:20PM-5:20PM

Clarity & Controls
Canter Basics: From Cues to Collection

Equines Up Close
Arena 2

Shelby Ketcham
9:40AM-10:40AM

Intro to Teaching Liberty

Jason Irwin
11:00AM-12:00PM

Tackling Trailer Loading Problems

Sean Coleman
12:20PM-1:20PM

How to Choose the Right Bit for your Horse

Dr. Clair Thunes
1:40PM-2:40PM

Healthy Horses Start Here: Body Condition and Weight Management Made Simple

Jessie Garfinkel
2:40PM-3:40PM

Inject, Bodywork, Rehab, or Rest: Making Sense of Equine Treatment Options

Jason Irwin
3:40PM-4:40PM

Colt Starting Part 1

Spirit Arena
Arena 3

Ryan Rose
10:00AM-11:00AM

Developing Perfect Ground Manners (Groundwork)

Bec Braitling
11:40AM-12:40PM

Show Jumping: Technical Riding for Competitive Show Jumping

Kaleigh Marie
1:20PM-2:20PM

Clicker Training 101: Your Guide to Practical +R

Dora Hebrock
3:00PM-4:00PM

Resolving Equine Asymmetries from the ground

Bec Braitling
4:20PM-5:20PM

Cross Country: Introduction to Cross Country Riding

Stable Mix Strong Arena
Arena 4

Solange
9:40AM-10:40AM

Stable Riding: Clearer aides and better communication through Stability.

Gaye DeRusso
11:00AM-12:00PM

Gaited Horses: More than extra gears – they’re wired differently

Dr. Michelle Anderson
12:20PM-1:20PM

The Topline Assessment Every Horse Owner Needs Before Training

Solange
1:40PM-2:40PM

Stable Riding: How to stay Stable on the Horse’s Back. Because sometimes our horses act.. like horses!

Bronwyn Irwin
3:00PM-4:00PM

Training a Solid Barrel Pacing Pattern on Your Horse

Sean Coleman
4:20PM-5:20PM

Engage Your Horse’s Mind in the saddle.

RT Hay Arena
Arena 5

Minis
9:40AM-10:00AM
Barock Pintos
10:00AM-10:20AM
Adam Sewell
10:20AM-11:00AM

Mounted Archery

Arabians
11:00AM-11:20AM
Liberty Cunningham
11:40AM-12:20PM

Trick Riding 101

Andalusians
12:20PM-12:40PM
Drive a Clyde
12:40PM-1:20PM
Friesians
1:20PM-1:40PM
Mustangs & Burros
1:40PM-2:00PM
Adam Sewell
2:00PM-2:30PM

Mounted Archery

Christine Carlos
2:40PM-3:00PM

La Garrocha

Marwari Horses
3:20PM-3:40PM
Gypsy Vanners
3:40PM-4:00PM
Gaited Horses
4:00PM-4:20PM
The Baroque Breeds
4:20PM-4:40PM
Drive a Clyde
4:40PM-5:20PM

Murieta Inn & Spa Arena
Arena 11

The American Ride Drill Team Competition
9:20AM-12:20AM
Reining Clinic
12:40PM-1:40PM

Kain Emmons
Balance in Reining Maneuvers

Horse Expo University

Steve Hebrock
9:40AM-10:40AM

Understanding Navicular Disease

Dr. Clair Thunes
11:00AM-12:00PM

Building a Healthy, Powerful Topline: From Feed to Fitness

DR. Jessica Morgan
12:20PM-1:20PM

Fitness, Conditioning, and Rehab

Langdon Fielding DVM
1:40PM-2:40PM

Assessing Lameness. Which leg is it?

Trail Symposium

Robert Eversole
9:40AM-10:40AM

Horse Camping: What to Know Before You Go

Marijke Ellert
10:40AM-11:40AM

Hoof Injuries and How to Handle: What’s an Emergency?

Dr. Lais Costa
11:40AM-12:40PM

Vet Talk – On the Trail, Expect the Unexpected.

Gillian Larson
12:40PM-1:40PM

Hoofing It: Riding Mexico-to-Canada on the PCT

Katie Thorne
1:40PM-2:40PM

Breadcrumbs to your emergency: How to get help when you need it

Darrell Nephew
2:40PM-3:40PM

Saddle Fitting from a Saddle Makers Perspective

Robert Eversole
3:40PM-4:40PM

When the Sh@t Hits the Fan: When Just a Day Ride Isn’t

Large Animal Rescue
4:40PM-5:40PM

Maneuvering the downed equine: safety matters

Please note: Times, speakers, and topics are tentative and subject to change.

Western States Horse Expo Venue Map

Facility Grounds
The Mane Event
Friday Night Concert
The American Ride Drill Competition
Drive A Clyde
Sierra Nevada Hounds
Kid’s Day
Breed Pavilion
Food Truck Festival
Clinicians Unmounted
The Mustang Summit
Branded Bonanza
The Young & New Rider Park
Western States Horse Expo Hours

June 5-7, 2026

Friday June 5th   9:00 AM – 6: 00 PM
Saturday June 6th  9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday June 7th  9:00 AM – 5:00 PM