The Two Reinhttps://www.techcowboy.io/Who taught whom: the history of horsemanship from the first riding masters to Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt, and the people carrying it now.en-usTom Dorrance: The Quiet Man at the Start of Ithttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/tom-dorrance-the-quiet-man-at-the-start-of-ithttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/tom-dorrance-the-quiet-man-at-the-start-of-itFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:23:13 +0000Tom Dorrance (1910 to 2003) left his family's Oregon ranch at 50, wrote one book, True Unity, and changed how a generation handled horses.Ray Hunt and a Horse Named Hondohttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/ray-hunt-and-a-horse-named-hondohttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/ray-hunt-and-a-horse-named-hondoFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:22:13 +0000How a troubled horse named Hondo led Ray Hunt to Tom Dorrance around 1960, and how Hunt became the first traveling horsemanship clinician.Bill Dorrance: Rawhide, a Reata and a Book at Ninety-Threehttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/bill-dorrance-rawhide-a-reata-and-a-book-at-ninety-threehttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/bill-dorrance-rawhide-a-reata-and-a-book-at-ninety-threeFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:21:13 +0000Bill Dorrance (1906 to 1999): roper, rawhide braider and the author, with Leslie Desmond, of True Horsemanship Through Feel.John Rarey, the Ohio Horse Tamer Who Performed for a Queenhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/john-rarey-the-ohio-horse-tamer-who-performed-for-a-queenhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/john-rarey-the-ohio-horse-tamer-who-performed-for-a-queenFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:20:13 +0000John Solomon Rarey of Groveport, Ohio, tamed horses for Queen Victoria in 1858 and the stallion Cruiser, and argued in public for kindness over force.Buck Brannaman: The Line Carried Forwardhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/buck-brannaman-the-line-carried-forwardhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/buck-brannaman-the-line-carried-forwardFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:19:13 +0000Buck Brannaman: student of Ray Hunt, lead equine consultant on The Horse Whisperer, subject of the 2011 Sundance winner Buck, and a lifelong clinician.Where the Words Natural Horsemanship Came Fromhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/where-the-words-natural-horsemanship-came-fromhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/where-the-words-natural-horsemanship-came-fromFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:18:13 +0000Tom Dorrance, Bill Dorrance and Ray Hunt are credited with starting natural horsemanship. The name came later. Where it came from and what it means.The First Teachers on Record: Kikkuli, Simon and Xenophonhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/the-first-teachers-on-recordhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/the-first-teachers-on-recordFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:17:13 +0000The oldest horsemanship texts: Kikkuli's training program for chariot horses and Xenophon's On Horsemanship, with its advice never to handle a horse in anger.The Hard School: Grisone, the Riding Academies and the Long Argument About Forcehttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/the-hard-schoolhttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/the-hard-schoolFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:16:13 +0000From Federico Grisone's 1550 manual to Pluvinel and La Gueriniere: how Europe's riding masters argued over force and gentleness for two hundred years.Hackamore, Two Rein, Bridle: How the Vaqueros Made a Horsehttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/hackamore-two-rein-bridlehttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/hackamore-two-rein-bridleFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:15:13 +0000How the California vaqueros made a bridle horse: hackamore, then the two rein, then straight up in the bridle, and the words the tradition left behind.Four Arenas, One Root: Cutting, Reining, Cow Horse and Rodeohttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/four-arenas-one-roothttps://www.techcowboy.io/articles/four-arenas-one-rootFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:14:13 +0000Cutting, reining, reined cow horse and rodeo grew out of ranch work. When each was organized, and how The Two Rein will cover the people in them.