Gemara Farm Foxtrotters is committed to bringing the horses along as naturally as possible with a natural hoof barefoot trim to develop great feet and legs and with natural horsemanship using understanding of horses' habits and communication to develop their minds and skills. We don't ride them until they are three years old, but they have enough background education by that time to understand what it's all about and do well at whatever line of work for which they are destined.

Several of our horses have gone on to become competive trail mounts, endurance horses, pleasure trail horses, and model and versatility show horses. One is even earning her keep doing some Hindu  wedding ceremonies! See the horses sold page for pictures of them all.

We don't just sell  horses, we try to match a potential owner to a horse so that they can have a good partnership for many years to come. If we don't have a match for you, we won't try to make a sale but will try to refer you to someone who might have what you are looking for. Check out our For Sale page to see what is available.

Shown above  left is Baron's Final Star H., a 1997 smokey black minimal tobiano gelding. His background includes some basic dressage training as well as several years of natural horsemanship work. In 2005, he was the Pleasure Horse Champion at the Southern Showcase Foxtrotter show in Perry, GA. He was a stallion for 5 years and we still have two of his fillies available for sale. He's just recently been sold to Mary Hopkins in Tennessee.

Left is Gemara's Lucky Stripe, a 4 yr. old gelding by double registered Pure Luck and out of our Duke's Cast in Iron mare, Golden Cassiopeia. He's shown at a 2008 Brent Graef clinic here in GA. Read more about the clinic on the Natural Horsemanship page.

All of our horses are barefoot, maintained every six weeks by farriers practicing the natural hoof trim. They have strong, sound, correct feet and seldom need the protection of boots, even on rough terrain.

Bonnie and Gregg Martin
Barnesville, GA
(770) 358-9922
  GEMARA FARM FOXTROTTERS
  Combining Natural Horsemanship and
  Gaited Horses
The road to your horse should be NATURAL

If you live nearby, give us a call for natural horsemanship coaching, our horse or yours. Reasonable fees! Beginning in August, Kyle McMichen will begin accepting some horses in for training using natural horsemanship methods.
  gemfox@bellsouth.net.
Highly recommended reading: Easy-Gaited Horses by Lee Ziegler. She covers all breeds, all gaits, and how to achieve them NATURALLY without gimmicks! Lee has passed away, but her book is a wonderful legacy that lives on.

Also highly recommended is Natural Horsemanship clinician Brent Graef from Canyon, TX. He can really help pull it all together for you and your horse. Check out his yahoogroup  or his website, www.brentgraef.com
This page was last updated: June 24, 2008
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October 27, 2007 we were invited to give a demo on natural horsemanship at a local riding academy. We decided to take Baron, 10 and now a gelding, demonstrating English and Joy, his 4 year old daughter, showing western to emphasize that natural horsemanship works on whatever discipline or breed it is used with. Joy has only been under saddle since spring, and Kyle only gets over to ride once or twice a week, so we are really pleased with the progress she has made.

Read more about natural horsemanship and see more pictures on both our Natural Horsemanship and Articles pages.
Joy and Kyle, Baron and Bonnie, sidepassing barrels
Joy backing during groundwork.
Bonnie on Baron talking to girls.
November 10, 2007 We took three horses to a two day cow sorting clinic where we worked on foundation moves and then worked with cattle moving them without getting them running from one point to another and around and through cone patterns. It was a great learning experience for both horses and riders. The fox trotters held their own against a crowd of Quarter Horses!
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