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As with any endeavor, and even more so with the schooling and exhibition of horses, a knowledgeable training program is mandatory. Without it, neither the rider nor the horse will ever achieve his or her full potential or communicate correctly; consequently, all that can be hoped for is average results at best, whether on the trail or in the ring.

Rose Marie winning the blue on "Romeo de Isla.		 We are very strong believers in resistance free training. By coupling this program with various Classical Dressage and Reining horse techniques, we have found that all horses can learn to round their back, drive with impulsion, release at the poll, and free up their entire body from nose to tail. Most, if not all of the time, any faults in the 4 beat lateral gait, are either diminished or eliminated altogether from using this training regimen.

By implementing our program with a vast array of snaffle bits and a multitude of Myler/Toklat independent shank bits, we've seen a vast improvement in our horse's ability to happily "get on the bit", and stay there.

Rose Marie Burke 		This has substantially reduced their tendency for either "driving through the bit" and pulling, or backing off and staying "behind the bit". Both of these faults deliver an unbalanced horse and only poor results can occur.

Now that you understand our training philosophy, we'd like to introduce you to our two wonderful trainers, Rose Marie Burke and Cary Hardiman.

Rose Marie has over 37 years of experience with many different breeds of horses including Quarter Horses, Tennessee Walkers, Thoroughbreds, Clydesdales, and Paso Finos. What makes her such a special trainer is that she is the best there is with the overall care, management, and training of our horses. This ranges from Veterinarian work, breeding, birthing, nutrition, general care, and the actual training and showing as well. She also has a very special bond with the female horses whether that being a young filly or an older seasoned mare, and her soft hands and calm demeanor allow for a completely attentive horse ready to learn.

Rose is available on a limited basis with the training of outside horses, due to time constraints between caring for her family as well as our own horses, but she'd love to help you if she can. You may use either the email or guestbook hotlink provided within this site to contact her.


Cary Hardiman's 2000 Grand National Pleasure Mare win. 		Cary Hardiman is our stallion trainer, and is without a doubt the best trouble shooting trainer we've ever seen in any breed. He is the master of understanding how to train the troubled, badly trained, or untrained horse, and has proven it many times over with his own resistance free system. To further enhance this specialized type of training, Cary recently attended, graduated, and became a certified trainer of Chris Cox's Horsemanship Course. This course is an intense two week program, run under the direct guidance of the world renowned Australian equine trainer, Chris Cox, and requires much more than just attendance and tuition fees to attain the status as a certified trainer.

At 19 years of age, he won his first PFHA National Championship. In 1996, he won the Reserve Grand National Championship in Pleasure, only losing to the infamous "Indio de Ensueno" in the workoff.

Trainer, Cary Hardiman, Lynn Burke on "Santiago de Prometido", and Rose Marie. 		In 1997, he was the National Champion in 3-year-old Performance fillies on his superbly trained "Retorno" filly. In 1998, his client and part owner of Misty Pines, Lynn Burke, won Reserve National Champion in 4 year old A/O Performance colts/geldings. 1999 gave him another client with a Reserve Grand National Championship in A/O Pleasure Mares. And in 2000, this same client won the Grand National Championship in A/O Pleasure Mares, only 1 day after Cary himself was crowned the Grand National Champion in Pleasure Mares.

Cary, as you would imagine is in very high demand for his training clinics. He is centrally located on his own farm, Cary Hardiman Horsemanship, in Springville, Alabama, just northeast of Birmingham.