Downunder Horsemanship
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Improve your Horsemanship and watch your horse transform
Do you want a safe and willing horse?
Do you want your horse to stop some bad behaviour?
Do you want to easily move all 5 body parts of your horse?
Do you want your horse to look out for being ridden?
Do you want to connect with your horse?
Do you want to improve the skills of your horse?
And most important:
Do you want to improve your Horseman skills in order to be a good leader for your horse?
Third Time in the Netherlands
In 2025 Jeff Davis and Shayla Smock, both Professional Clinicians from Downunder Horsemanship, are coming to the Netherlands forÂ
5 Day FUNDAMENTALS Clinic
5Â Day INTERMEDIATE Clinic
2 Day ADVANCED Clinic
YES, I WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FILEJeff Davis -Â Professional Clinician of the Clinton Anderson Academy
Jeff is one of 5 Professional Clinicians in the Downunder Horsemanship Method by Clinton Anderson.
He is teaching clinics all over the US and working the horses Clinton Anderson is showing during the Walkabout Tours.
The passion to help others and the desire to share his knowledge sent Jeff on the path of becoming a Certified Clinician. âI love training horses and I've always liked teaching people. If I can share my knowledge with you, I'm going to do it,â he says.
more about Jeff Davis
Ground Work & Riding
You will learn how to train your horse on the ground and in the saddle. Depending on your skills and the horses training you can build up from there, so each level is welcome.
As this is a horsemanship clinic where you are trained to teach your horse, all riding disciplines are welcome. Each horse needs a good foundation, no matter of the riding discipline or equipment you use.
So it doesn't matter if you are riding dressage, jumping, reining or recreation. You and your horse will profit from this training.
You get a hands-on training, depending on where you are right now in your training. When explaining the lesson Jeff might use your horse, if you agree. There is no other way your horse could learn the lesson any faster than this way!
Does your horse have any behavior problems you would like to work on? Probably it will go away with a good foundation in your groundwork training. But nevertheless feel free to train this in the morning before the clinic starts or afterwards, as Jeff will be there for you and your horse the whole week.
Please note that the clinic is structured as kind of a privat lesson. Each participant will train at his particular level, focusing on exceeding that level throughout the clinic.
Fundamentals:
You will work on
- One Rein Stops
- Backing up
- Lunging for respect
- Yielding the Hind- and Forequarters
- Vertical flexion
- Cruising
- Cloverleaf
- Roll Backs
- Post 'n Circle
- Bending at the walk
- Side passing
- and much more...
Intermediate:
You will work on
- Vertical Flexion
- Yield & Bend
- Post N'Circle
- Rollbacks
- Shoulder in/out
- Serpentine Exercise
- Sidepass
- Stop on Whoa
- and much more...
Location: Manege Meulendijks
We have the perfect training location for our DUH clinics. Situated in Heeze near Eindhoven, the Ranch is not only close to the freeway A67 and A2, it is also situated directly at the entrance to the recreation area Strabrechtse Heide. Therefore you don't have to spend hours cruising through the country with your trailer. To get your horse safe on the trail we are also able to go outside for a ride.
Your horse will love the high-end ground of the arenas and feel save when doing his maneuvers like rollbacks.
You will love the big indoor and outdoor arenas. No matter what the weather will be, you always can concentrate on the training and not be bothered with heat or rain.
During the breaks you can take a comfortable rest at the cafĂŠ to eat and drink something with your mates. In the evening you are welcome to join us for a dinner at different restaurants in Geldrop.
Perfect training conditions
The clinic takes place at Manege Meulendijks in NL-Heeze near Eindhoven, 50 km from Venlo (German border).
Depending on the weather we can either train inside in the huge 26 x 110 m arena or outside in the 70 x 70 m arena with all-weather-ground. Another indoor and outdoor arena are also available in case we split the group for separate training.
Details of the Downunder Horsemanship Clinics
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FUNDAMENTALS CLINIC
Date Fundamentals Clinic: Saturday, 2nd of August 2025 till Wednesday 6th of August 2025
Price for Fundamentals clinic: 1.300 âŹ
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INTERMEDIATE CLINIC
Date Intermediate Clinic: Saturday, 9th of August 2025 till Wednesday, 13th of August 2025
Price for Intermediate Clinic: 1300 âŹ
FULL but you can join the waiting list
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ADVANCED CLINIC
Price for Advanced Clinic: 520 âŹ
Thursday 14th & Friday 15th of August 2025
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Location: Manege Meulendijks, Strabrechtseheideweg 6, NL-5591 TZ Heeze (50 km from Venlo)
Language of clinic: EnglishÂ
Co-Trainers:Â
DUH Ambassador Tanja Voss from Germany for the Fundamentals clinic
DUH Professional Clinician Shayla Smock for Fundamentals, Intermediate and Advanced clinic
Training hours: 6 hours every day (3 hours starting at 9 a.m. with groundwork & riding and after the lunch break 3 hours riding until 5 p.m.)
Price for visitors: If you want to come as a visitor, it is a flatrate of 80 âŹ, no matter if you come for 1 hour or the whole clinic.
Stalling: 25 ⏠per night
Accommodation: Look for an accommodation near Geldrop / Heeze / Mierlo.Â
Contact: Sandra Gijsbers, Tel: 0049 / 151-1428 2526 or [email protected]
Questions: Please contact me if you have any questions. Feel free to ask me for help if you have problems with the english document, I can help you in German, English or Dutch.
Send an emailReady to participate?
Just download the form, fill in all the necessary information and pay the registration fee to secure your participant slot. Please send the filled-in form to [email protected]
If you need any help with the English language, I gladly help you in German or Dutch.
Registration form
The Team
Shayla Smock - Professional DUH Clinician
Jeff Davis - Professional DUH Clinician
Sandra Gijsbers - Organisation
Tanja Voss - DUH Clinician from Germany
Private Lessons
The quickest way to improve your skills and your horse are private lessons by Jeff and Shayla.
You can either book a private lesson where they work with you on whatever subject you want to get better in, e.g. sidepassing or lead changes.
Or you let them work your horse on the ground or ride your horse to get it more supple and improve a certain exercise.
The private lessons are possible in the days between the clinics (7th & 8th of August) and after the intermediate clinic (14th of August).
The book a private lesson please send an email so we can block the time for you and your horse. Private lessons are 150 $ per hour.
Colt Starting
Do you have a young horse that you want to start riding? From 29.7.-1.8.2025 Jeff and Shayla can start your horse under the saddle. Training would be twice a day for 4 days, afterwards you could participate at the Fundamentals clinic.
Please contact me for more details and conditions for this offer as you would have to do some training in advance with your horse and bring it saddle-broke and desensitized to the saddle.
Send an email
Any more Questions?
If any of your questions is not answered underneath, please feel free to contact me at +49 151 1428 2526 (WhatsApp/Telegram) or [email protected]
No own horse?
In case you can't bring your horse to the clinic, but would like to participate, please contact me.Â
It is possible to rent a horse for the clinic for 300âŹ.
So if you are coming a long way and can't bring your horse or your horse is injured or you don't have an own horse yet, you can get the horseman skill with a rented horse and then use this knowledge at home.
What equipment do I have to bring with me?
Can I bring a helper with me?
Where can a stay during this week?
Can I participate, although my horse can not be ridden anymore?
Is there room for my horses special problem?
Can I take my horse home for the night?
Can I change the horse-rider combination during this week?
Can I bring my own food?
Is there a shop for animals near the facility?
Are there any plans for the evening?
How can I get in contact with other participants?
I would love to have a photo of me and my horse.
Is special DUH equipment available?
Who is organizing this clinic?
Testimonial in French by Aurore.
She came from Belgium with her Tinker Apache.
Manu & Elli Graf
We are a mother and daughter duo from Germany, Bavaria. We traveled 8hours with our two Quarter Horses for this year's Clinic. We knew the long drive was worth it to gain new experiences and make great progress as it was our third clinic with Jeff.
The last clinics in Germany (2019 & 2022) taught us so much that we immediately agreed to go to the clinic in the Netherlands. Jeff is a great teacher who takes his time for every participant. With his patient way of explaining all the exercises, you never feel helpless. His professional handling of every horse fascinates us every time and because of his great knowledge we had many "aha" moments. You will push your limits so that you fall into bed tired every night. But at the end it's worth every drop of sweat and dirty jeans when you can look back on all the successes of the week. Weâre looking forward for our 4th clinic next year!
Annemiek AriĂŤns
Iâm Annemiek from the north of the Netherlands and I want to share my experience with the clinic from Jeff Davis in the Netherlands. First of all I was amazed at the high standard of Jeff as a teacher and horse trainer. His commitment and willingness to help you further is enormous. Iâm also impressed by his working attitude. He starts early , ends late and always stays in a good mood. He also has a great voice. You really like to listen to his voice. He speaks loud without shouting. You can easily hear him talk in a big arena with 13 participants and 13 horses. His teaching is very systematic, pushing you through the fundamentals and a few extras without slacking off towards the end. In previous classes I have rarely become so tired, I only got that when I did the homework. But with Jeff you really get the feeling that you are working hard. I was never bored and very satisfied with what I achieved. I have knowledge of the Clinton Anderson method since 2017 and I used it to train 3 young horses. They all had 3 months training from a professional horse trainer to break them in. After that they came home and I can assure you that when I hadnât follow the method it wouldnât have been safe for me to ride these horses. So the standard of the method, the videoâs, the explanation, the teaching is very high. Iâm living proof of that. It really kept me safe with riding and around my horses. In 2020 the course I wanted to join with my 6 year old gelding was cancelled because of Corona. Again a year later. So I was hesitating a little because I felt safe riding my horse and enjoyed what we had reached in 4 years. To join the course I had to take days off from work and persuade my husband. But something told me to do it and I donât regret. It gave me a lot extra. When you just do the Clinton videos and you listen very well you still donât hear everything. When you have the chance to have life supervision by Jeff, to see him work with horses, to get his feedback you get so much further with the horse. And there is humor with it. I brought a gaited horse so they donât perform that well especially with some exercises. But the horsemanship is no different with them and really important to connect to the horse and make them good willing partners. Best wishes, and THANK YOU Jeff!!!
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