Testimonial:
"How are you not on every channel, radio station, internet outlet, or horse help website? Soooo many people need to learn from you!! I and my horses are truly thankful for you, your insight, and your creating a safe place for the horse and human to learn." Kitty, MI 2022
"You are THE most amazing horse psychiatrist and trainer!! Every person that owns or rides a horse should connect with you and learn from you. Their relationship with their horse will most certainly flourish. Your instruction and insight when I attended a Full Immersion Clinic with my mare Raven, was so helpful and your knowledge and assessment of a horse's behavior is SPOT ON! Keep doing what you do best," Genevieve, TN 2023
Samantha Harvey has spent 30 years developing her Alternative Horsemanship™ approach through her various equine-related experiences such as being an equestrian student, horse instructor, mentor, author, and equine business consultant. She offers Alternative Horsemanship clinics worldwide and provides equine-related services such as starting colts and rehabilitating traumatized or "difficult" horses while working with various breeds, ages, and disciplines locally and nationwide.
She teaches equine enthusiasts practical and realistic instruction to acknowledge, interpret, and address horse behavior. This foundation helps riders refine their communication and build trust with their horses through horsemanship clinics, groundwork, and horseback riding lessons. Her adaptable teaching style is suitable for riders of all levels and backgrounds, whether for competitive or pleasure purposes.
Her horseback riding background includes 3-Day Eventing (riding under Australian & German Olympic-level riders while living in Europe), working under a three-time World Cup Grand Prix Jumper rider/judge, and working with multiple nationally recognized and quality horsemen. She has worked under a US international Dressage Grand Prix rider/representative/judge, young horse race prep at Santa Anita race track, working on private cattle ranches starting colts and finishing horses throughout the western USA, participating in horsemanship clinics with a range of international instructors and much more. Sam is also an alumna of The United States Pony Club as a past participant, instructor, and Joint DC in Hawaii.
She has lectured and offered horse demonstrations at nationally recognized equine symposiums, has taught horsemanship handling to pre-veterinary students, has been a featured speaker on nationally syndicated radio programs, and is a regular contributor to equine publications. Her Alternative Horsemanship™ blog is recognized as a top 25 equestrian-related learning site worldwide.
During the summer season in the northern hemisphere, Sam is based at The Equestrian Center, LLC, a horse farm she opened in the early 2000s, nestled in the Idaho panhandle of the United States and Canadian border. Visiting clientele and working students come from around the world for individualized, intensive horse studying opportunities.
In the winter months, she moves her base of operation 1,400 miles south to the US/ Mexico border. During that time, she typically spends two months traveling abroad, working with horses and offering clinics internationally. She has taught horsemanship enthusiasts in South America to develop trust and try with initially troubled and “dangerous” horses. In the Caribbean, she spent several months gentling once wild horses to learn to accept human interaction. In the South Pacific, she assisted equestrians facing behavioral challenges with their horses. In Asia, she helped refine the education of internationally competitive Jumper and Dressage horses and spent time re-educating retired race horses.