Meet the Trainer

a cowboy’s tale

No matter where life has taken Mark, horses have always been part of his journey. His family enjoyed riding horses and started him off with a Shetland pony when he was a young boy. By the time he was a teenager, Mark had moved on to galloping down polo fields. Over the years, he’s tried his hand at a variety of disciplines and worked cattle when he lived on a ranch in Texas. “No matter where I moved around in life, horses have been a part of it in some way or another,” he says.

As a Foundation Specialist, Mark is passionate about bridging the gap between people who love horses and horses that are misunderstood. “We have a tendency to put human emotions into horses. We think that just because we love them, take care of them and treat them with respect that they’ll do that in kind to us. That’s not the case, and often leads to frustration. I’ve experienced that myself,” Mark says. “Educating the public on how to have a better partnership with their horses is my ultimate goal.”