NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CLINICIAN

Luke Gingerich is a horseman, clinician, and performer whose mission is to inspire and educate horsemen and women to better connect with and understand their horses, while both developing a great relationship and achieving results together.

He specializes in liberty horsemanship, and has been fascinated with it ever since he was a young boy. He always loved the relationship and level of communication that it displays, and how subtle and refined it can become. He also competes in reining, ranch versatility, and western dressage.

Luke was the 2022 Quarter Horse Congress Open Freestyle Reining Reserve Champion, and was also the 2022 International Liberty Horse Association Invitational Freestyle Champion.

Much of Luke’s liberty work is founded on the basis that a horse naturally wants to mirror, or be in sync with, other members of the herd. He channels that desire and natural instinct to read subtle shifts and changes in body language, to be able to create complex, high level maneuvers and behaviors that his horses can perform completely at liberty.

Helping his horses learn how to use themselves correctly in a balanced and athletic way, even while working at liberty on the ground, is also very important to him. The combination of both the mental and emotional connection, combined with the physical body control and muscle memory that this work creates, can then be carried directly over into riding in many other competitive disciplines.

Luke currently presents at equine events throughout the country, and offers an extensive online coaching program for students, in addition to offering demos, clinics, and lessons at his home base training facility in Plain City, Ohio.