Larry Whitesell has been training gaited horses since 1980. He has been very successful in the show ring, winning many regional, national and grand national championships. He held judges cards in several gaited breeds. In 2002, he was Trainer of the Year.
In the early 1990's, Larry was not satisfied training horses to just win ribbons. He wanted to train "using" or
pleasure horses to a very high level, to make a safer, more dependable horse for his clients. Horses trained like
this should also do well in the show ring or anywhere else an owner wanted to take them.Larry began learning classical dressage because he wanted correctness, and liked the lightness and softness these horses showed. Later, after spending time with several ""natural horsemen"", he felt they were teaching him the same
things his classical teachers had. They taught the same movements, philosophy, and basically the same techniques.
They just called movements different names and dressed differently. So he continues to learn from both schools.Now, Larry travels the U.S. and Canada doing clinics and horse fairs. He still primarily spends time training the ultimate pleasure horses for people around the country.