Jud Carter
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About Jud
I started working and trying to figure out how the human might be able to get along better with this amazing animal at the age of 15. I saw how people, even myself, had problems with things and tried to make the horse to fit what we wanted to have happen. Nothing would ever go smooth and I thought that there has got to be a better way for the horse and human. I started reading books, watching videos, and attending clinics. I still was not completely satisfied with myself and the horses. Then one day I met a fella (James Shriver). He told me of two men named Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance and that I needed to do some research on them. James was a great horseman and would come and help me with my horses I was riding and that's when it all started changing for the better. I went to a Ray Hunt clinic and met Ray. He told me that I was not working on the horses level but on mine. I was dragging the horse down where I was at and it just wasn't working. Some horses would put up with me but some wouldn't. In 2007 I was 1 of the 5 people chosen to spend 2 months with Ray Hunt at Bill Muncaster's Diamond M ranch in north Texas. We started colts, halter broke yearlings and rode some already started horses all under Ray's watchful eye. Buck Brannaman and Tom Curtain came and spent a couple weeks with us at Ray's which was helpful also. The way that I worked with the horse was no where close to what I learned there. I learned that I needed to change with every horse to fit the situation and work from where the horse was at , not train on them. They are more sensetive then people think and they are living, breathing, feeling and decision making animals just like us. I also learned how important it was to keep the horses life up and keep them on a line which is very important. Ray taught me that you can not learn this from a book, video, or even a clinic. The only way to learn it is through experience. The horse is our best teacher. I now am constantly changing and experimenting everyday and looking for the smallest change and slightest try. I went back to spend another month with Ray in 2008. I'd like to thank Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt and James Shriver for helping me change from what I would call a horse trainer to a horseman, with a special thanks to the horse.
Jud and Ray 2008 picture above
5 Horseman from Ray's first 2 month understudy program. From left to right: Coy Patterson, Jud Carter, Sarah Cheney, Mark Schwarm and Patrick King. We whistled, grin and rode while learning to take advantage of opportunities.
Jud and Buck Brannaman working calves under Ray's eye.