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Location: Texas | Has anyone been to one of her clinics??? Was it helpful?? I am looking into going to one next yr. |
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Location: NC | Just went to hers this year. Very helpful. Be prepared to be exhausted by the end. Was a 3 day clinic. Got a bit boring waiting but was worth it when you were up. |
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Location: Texas | Racer4eva - 2015-08-06 5:52 PM
Just went to hers this year. Very helpful. Be prepared to be exhausted by the end. Was a 3 day clinic. Got a bit boring waiting but was worth it when you were up.
Thank you! I think they always get boring when you are waiting! :). |
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Location: South Central Florida | took my daughter years ago. It was horrible. Iv posted before, will anytime someone asks. She was a rude, arrogant pompous ass. 20+ people started the clinic on Fri nigbt, by Sunday 5 had left....Adults in tears. She told an 11 year old girl her horse would not even make good dog food. She catered to advanced riders, OR those with high dollar rigs. She told me personally if it were up to her she would have people need to qualify to come to her clinics. She hated wasting time with "non-riders". She was not helpful and down right mean to many.
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| Swannranch - 2015-08-08 7:56 PM
took my daughter years ago. It was horrible. Iv posted before, will anytime someone asks. She was a.rude, arrogant pompous ass. 20+ people started the clinic on Fri nigbt, by Sunday 5 had left....DAdults in tears. She.told an 11 year old girl he horse would.bot even make good dog food. She catered.to.advancex riders, OR those with high dollar rigs. She.told me personally ifit were up to her she would have.people need to qualify to come to her clinics. She hated wasting time with "non-riders". She was not helpful and down right mean to many.
She has mellowed out over the years
But don't expect your ego to be padded
She is blunt
Sometimes harsh
And when I went I noticed if she is constantly on you she see potential in you.
She will have you put your horse into one of her bits |
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Location: Where I am happiest | She is one of the rudest people I have ever met and a fake. She had ONE good horse!!! Go to someone who has had multiple good horses they trained, not bought going. |
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Location: NC | She was extremely helpful in april. Im glad shes mellowed out a bunch. But not once was she rude to us. My horse ended up being a jerk because she was hurt and she helped us out a ton. I def dont have the biggest rig out there nor do i have the most expensive tack and she still talked to us... |
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Location: OH-IO | Went to her clinic at equine affaire a few years back and the whole two day clinic was based for very beginner riders and horses. (it may have been the fact that we were at equine affaire, i am not positive) My horse and I both were very much farther ahead and were way past what she was teaching. It was basically two days of a little exercise for my gelding. Like i said, might have been her "equine affaire class" but i wouldnt pay to go again.
ETA: she was very nice to us though! She wasnt rude or mean at all that week!
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Miss Southern Sunshine
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Location: South Central Florida | Yes, she only sells her products, and no matter what your horse is doing...she will put you in one of her bits. I have heard she has mellowed. However, there are so many good clinitians out there that I would not waste my money.
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Location: Kansas | Same thing I went through with a Lynn McKenzie clinic years ago. Tiring, boring, "buy my crap", actually walked out on a never-ending prayer she presented to us, insulted my shoer. I've watched Sharon Camarillo videos......complicated and tedious.
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| Many of them do this...I think almost anyone who has a product line. Sharon, Charmayne, Martha, all have a buy my bit/saddle/feed/oils, hippie herbs, voodoo horse dolls, bibles...whatever else they sell. I understand that it may "help" but at the same time I am paying $500-$800 for them to help me with my riding and why we aren't clocking.
I went to a Sharon clinic at the SoCal Horse Expo and it was specifically for barrel racers. I was just auditing but I learned a lot. Many people who do clinics are known for not being nice. "Uncle Ed" Wright and "Uncle George" Morris to name a couple are apparently notorious for being nasty...but I have heard that both will make you an excellent rider. (I have only experienced the George Morris clinic...I missed my opportunity for the Ed Wright clinic this year.) |
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| RodeoCowgirl4u - 2015-08-10 10:24 AM
Many of them do this...I think almost anyone who has a product line. Sharon, Charmayne, Martha, all have a buy my bit/saddle/feed/oils, hippie herbs, voodoo horse dolls, bibles...whatever else they sell. I understand that it may "help" but at the same time I am paying $500-$800 for them to help me with my riding and why we aren't clocking.
I went to a Sharon clinic at the SoCal Horse Expo and it was specifically for barrel racers. I was just auditing but I learned a lot. Many people who do clinics are known for not being nice. "Uncle Ed" Wright and "Uncle George" Morris to name a couple are apparently notorious for being nasty...but I have heard that both will make you an excellent rider. (I have only experienced the George Morris clinic...I missed my opportunity for the Ed Wright clinic this year.)
Oddly enough, I went to a Josey clinic at her ranch and the best thing they did for my horse was put her in one of their bits. I felt like it was on a different horse and bought one right away. I was also having a lot of problems though that only happened at speed. So sometimes those things can work well. Everyone at Josey Ranch were the nicest people ever though. |
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Location: Mid-Michigan | I enjoyed the Sharon Camarillo Clinic a lot better than a Josey Clinic. More ride time, more drills, and I felt she went more in depth than the Joseys did. I thought she was very nice, not rude at all. |
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Location: Midwest | I have never been to either, but here's my thoughts on "nasty" clinicians
It's all about how you approach the clinic. If you go in there humble and wanting to learn, they aren't going to tear you down. People that argue with the clinician, don't try, or make excuses are the ones that end up getting chewed out. Don't argue with the person when you are paying them for their opinion- shut up and listen. Use what you want and disregard the rest (eta when you get home).
Just my .02, as I have ridden with so called "mean" english trainers and none of them were insulting to me or my not-so-fancy horse. They saw that I wanted to learn and I tried- and that was what mattered.
FWIW
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Location: Texas | Thanks guys! I have been to a josey clinic and they were so helpful!! They didn't even put me in one of thier bits. They said hat my horses but was just fine- that really surprised me :) |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | stayceem - 2015-08-11 11:05 AM I learned soooo much from her book... that thing was my bible as a teenager. Wish I could find it again! Never met her personally but always wanted to.
all her books are on her website or
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/185-4661466-2426206?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sharon+camarillo+book
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Location: run2win land | I know Sharon and she is blunt but correct. She is very focused on improving your horsemanship. If you know how to ride, it will make you a better barrel racer. As for being mean, I went to an Ed Wright Clinic and he had me bawling in tears the entire first day. broke me down but then started building back up next two days. I learned alot. I'm not paying that kind of money to have someone blowing sunshine up my a**. I'm there to learn. |
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| BarrelRacingChick - 2015-08-10 2:22 PM
Thanks guys! I have been to a josey clinic and they were so helpful!! They didn't even put me in one of thier bits. They said hat my horses but was just fine- that really surprised me :)
That's another cool thing about Josey's, they only change you if they see a problem with it. I just didn't have enough bit for how strong and hard running my horse is. She needed more turn, so they put her in their Go-Around bit, and she was turning great. I still run her in it and we went in June of 2014 to the weeklong camp at Josey Ranch. (Which we were in the saddle almost all day, so not sure what Josey clinic the above person went to, me and my horse were exhausted after all the riding we did that week) |
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