Authentic, insanely talented and humble person. It's a joy being apart of watching your journey

who has the courage to reveal himself ? respect, this is an very authentic video......i enjoyed it !....my goal is to have a kitchen with a door to the stable ....ha ha ha

You are a breath of fresh air. Thank you for taking so much time to create these glimpses into your life with horses.

Now I know why you are so talented. Young and problem horses will tell you a story if you listen. Young and problem horses teach you so much so when you get one that is pure, you already know how not to mess it up but you both go together to its highest potential.

❤❤❤ you definitely speak their language. Thank you always for being the ultimate horseman.

I love your sincerity and outlook. You are a lucky guy! I love your videos and watching you ride. Thank You for sharing so much with us.

Joseph, this was a fantastic little autobiography. For me, it revealed a whole new depth of your character. Very impressive and well done.

Just found your videos...I don't ride dressage, but! I love your philosophy of Horse. Thank you so much for all your kind hearted work with horses, and for your lovely smile, too 🥰

thanks for sharing!!!! I have a problem loader, gosh when I heard you mention that you used work with these horses I listened and liked what you said, "when we quit pressuring them and give them a reason to follow us in" ..PERFECT!

I totally agree with you... I also worked with so called ‘problem horses’, but 99% of the time I found it was the owners who had and brought about the problems in their horses. I am now in my 70’s and can no longer work with my beloved horses due to ill health, but did put a book together ‘Equus Caballus, on horses and handling’. I miss it terribly ...

Thanks for letting us tag along with you all to the first show.

Interesting video. I enjoyed the insight into your experience and ambitions. We are so very different. My focus is turning rejected horses into horses people want. It's a weird compliment to be told that the horse you are on is too good for you when you are the person who produced that horse from the beginning. Seriously looking forward to seeing the horses that you end up keeping for yourself.

Joseph, thankyou for sharing truths and what makes who you are in your horse life. I appreciate your natural communication in your clips. thankyou as I like your experience which helps my own path with my horse life so thankyou is what I'm trying to say, haha and watching from Queensland Australia

We had similar beginnings. My Mom was a Dressage trainer and a “horse whisperer” before the phrase was in fashion. There wasn’t much available for coaching for my Mom as a young girl (think Edith Masters era!), but her father was from Vienna and he was in love with the SRS as they lived very close and visited weekly! He saw to it she got every great book “the Masters” wrote, and I guess Mom was really great at comprehending what they said. I started off riding at 4, 1st state championship at 6 (western). Went into riding reining and cutting horses and then did stock seat equitation classes and was eventually 2nd in the state of Pennsylvania. At 18 I went all-in with Dressage. 😁 LOVE YOUR STORY & TALENTS YOU SHARE!

Joseph, I so enjoyed watching your autobiography and hearing about your goals. Many of your beliefs are like mine and I can so feel what you mean. Good luck to you. ❤

Dressage, I feel like, is the foundation of all riding. What I've found is now that I'm learning to ride raining horses, I think my dressage training comes in to play! Gosh, I love your videos!

This. Is. Awesome!! Very defining for you as a horseman and what makes you very compelling for your viewers. Also: chasing cows around seems like heaven!

Yes! I lived for this, thank you! Your editing and videographer skills are fantastic! I love your positivity, passion and outlook. Keep doing what you are doing! PS I’m probably going to comment on all of your videos, I’m ADDICTED! 😍

You have a great vision, follow your bliss!

Loved this inside look from where you came from to your next steps in this journey. I had wanted to grow up to be a cowgirl and fell in love with Dressage later too. I was highly competitive, desired to go to the Olympics, then loved to teach riding more than the competition. So I teach. I recently decided to make a youtube channel to reach more people with my philosophies, very similar to yours. I love watching your channel. Inspiring to say the least. Thank you. It's a journey, eh?

love your story. so warm.

Love it. Give me encouragement at age 49 :-)

I loved this video. Your love of horses shines through and I feel like you work with them as partners. Really enjoying your videos.

Fascinating!

Joseph, thank you for taking us on this journey and telling your story. I find it so interesting. Selecting horses is an art and developing them is both and art and a craft. You and Jessica have a good eye the horses you have chosen all have such quality and are beautiful types. I hope some of the horses get sold to talented riders that bring them to their full potential. I enjoy the process and journey your vlog has taken all of us on!

Loved this! The best thing? The goal to be the best horseman you can be! Because I will never ride the big fancy horses, but I can become horseman I can no matter what quality horse I'm able to ride. (I'm just glad to have something to get on!) Thanks for inspiring me...again!!

This a great video!

A true horsemen, in my opinion

Joseph you have my dream life and job! Always get inspired by your videos, my question to you is have you ever considered doing Hunter’s Run.

Thank you , so well spoken , easy to follow critical thinking !! The only choice for a horse under your tutelage will be to succeed!

Great chat. I used to live in the houses above Seffan and his wife Shannon when they first got married In Fairbanks Ranch and woke up to the Macarena every morning when the feeders came in at six. Then I sold that house and built a house in Santaluz and while I was building the house I lived next to the place where Steffen and Shannon moved and guess what? The same thing the morning feeders and cleaners played the Macarena at six every morning. I wished I had ridden with Shannon as I wanted to bring my horse, Carlos, over and we got rained out that year . So I moved across the street to higher ground,. But I always regretted not being able to follow them and go with Steffens new place behind Santaluz. I tried to buy the ranch next door but they had messed up the property and buildings would have had to be completely demolished. I think that might be the place where your new arenas are. Is that where you are riding with all the houses next to the arena or is that another place?

I am impressed with your philosophy toward horses, particularly from a Dressage prospective. I’m curious if you have ever thought of adopting a mustang and training one maybe through the Extreme Mustang Makeover or the TIP program ( Mustangheritagefoundation.org). Having someone with your approach and skill could introduce the very talented mustang to more people and possibly help get more adopted from the BLM holding facilities. I’m sure you are familiar with the story of Cobra and Marsha Hartford-Sapp, Cobra being the 2018 USEF National Horse of the Year. I really enjoy watching your videos.

💞Speaking their language should be the ultimate goal IMO as well. I believe that's when you see the harmony and oneness in dressage, that actually brings tears to your eyes because of the incredible beauty. Sadly enough not many feel that way. With that mind set I believe you will go far, on happy partners! Not ones that just do the movements by rote! 😞 Who wants to ride a robot...Surely, not I. God bless you in your endeavours Joseph🌷

Nice video. I think working with the problem horses, made you a better horse trainer. And working cows also helped make you a better person, well rounded.

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Hi Joseph! Can you come give a clinic in Minnesota? And how much do you typically charge?

Hi Joseph! So interesting! So what will it take for you to decide at one moment or the other to keep one of EDI's horses for yourself? Do you have a goal of growing the business with Jessica to a certain point before doing this? Also, I wanted to know if with all the traveling to Europe, the coaching sessions and the education you do to EDI's horses (plus video editing!), if you still have the opportunity to get lessons yourself? I find fascinating the business you and Jessica have grown! Congratulations :D PS: Love the video at the start with your sister on her horse playing with her dog... that horse's sooo chilled, guess getting horses to be mellow runs in your veins ;)

Do you ever retrain ottbs ?

try riding without a bit