 Gonzales Horse Training is a family owned and operated business.Gilbert, his wife Charlotte and their children Richard 15 and Jessi 14 all assist in the training and day to day working of their business.
Gilbert uses resistance-free training techniques. As for his horsemanship, Gilbert takes his philosophy from the Vaquero style of riding, the way of the Spanish Cowboys...The authentic vaquero way is the way of patience. The most important part of training is to train the owners. Horses already know how to walk, trot, canter, make flying lead changes, side-pass, half-pass stand, lay down, eat etc... We have to learn how to ask the horse to do those things with us on their backs. Once you climb on a horse's back, the mechanics change.
We never get on a horse before the foundation is built. If you do not have a foundation built with your horse and a problem arises how do you start it over? There has to be beginning. There never is an end until you or the horse die. Because they as well as the owner (rider) are always in training. Every ride is training. Even bomb-proof 24 year-olds can develop ISSUES. The colt that Gilbert is working in the photo on this page at the time was 2 years old. This was at one of Gilbert's clinics.The colt had NEVER been worked before. If you are interested in attending one of Gilbert's clinics please click on our Contact Us page. |
 Show host, Craig Cameron and Gilbert Gilbert Gonzales has been selected to compete in October 2007 at the hippodrome in N. Augusta South Carolina. Extreme Cowboy Race # 6 will air in March of 2008.  click to watch the video
Watch the video of Gilbert and Peptonite's Lil Rose in show 3 of the Extreme Cowboy Race's 6th season. |  Crossing the moguls |  Roping colts in the round pen | 
| Watch ALL of the Extreme Cowboy Race on HorseCity.com!
| | What is Extreme Cowboy Race™? The Extreme Cowboy Race™ was created by Ryan Dohrn of HorseCity.com and famed horse teacher Craig Cameron. "The idea of the course was all Craig and the TV aspect came from HorseCity.com. We are a true team" said Dohrn. Fifteen cowboys and cowgirls began the challenge, but only one was crowned the Extreme Cowboy Race™ Champion. Viewers have the opportunity to watch all of the heart stopping action as horse-and-rider teams compete and are eliminated. HorseCity.com decided to name the event the Extreme Cowboy Race™ in an attempt to challenge typical reality TV shows with an infusion of horseback thrills. Video and photos courtesy of and copyright 2008 HorseCity.com. |
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