Julie goodnight biography

Julie Goodnight is a.
Julie Goodnight has been a full-time equine professional for 25 years, with a varied background ranging from dressage and jumping to racing, reining.
Julie Goodnight is a horse trainer and clinician.

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Julie Goodnight & Barbra Schulte Riding & Wholeness Retreat

April 24 – April 28, 2025

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For an equestrian event that includes cattle pushing clinics, check out Julie’s Ranch Riding Adventure in October!

Spring Horseback Riding: What to Expect

No horseback riding on check-in and check-out days.
Please note that while we ride year-round and in all types of weather, trail rides in Spring are walk-only for the safety of both horses and guests!
This event does not include cattle working. If you are interested in our Working Cattle Ranch Experience, consider booking one of our week-long summer stays occurring mid-June to mid-August.

Join Julie Goodnight and Barbra Schulte for four nights and five days in the glorious Rocky Mountains to gain new riding skills, explore your passions and indulge yourself in superior service and luxury at the renowned C Lazy U Guest Ranch.

Beyond improving your horsemanship with daily lessons from two of the

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Julie Goodnight Tour

Day 4 – Glengowna Mines, the Twelve Bens, and your very Blacksmith art piece

Today we pack our bags, horses, and tack, and make the onward transfer to our second accommodation, the wonderful Clifden Station House Hotel. En route, we’ll visit the hidden treasure of Glengowla Silver Mines, where we descend over 120ft into the mine shaft to witness the hardship of the mining industry that many locals endured centuries ago. The owner, Keith, will take you on a tour of the onsite “Klondike” film set before he gives us a fascinating working sheepdog and turf-cutting demonstration. From here, we’ll stop at Peacocke’s Hotel, situated right at the central crossroads of Connemara, for some lunch and a visit to the gift shop. Each October, a street fair is held here, giving Connemara natives the last chance, before the long winter sets in, to sell their livestock: ponies, donkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, goats, you name it, it’s there! Next, we’ll travel on through the spectacular scenery between the Twelve Bens and Maamturk mountain ranges, before checking in at the

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From Lessons to Clinics

By Julie Goodnight

I was just a year out of college when I decided to follow the path of least resistance (for me) and make a career in the horse industry. My college degree had nothing to do with horses, but I had been managing a breeding/training farm for a year, so it wasn’t a huge leap for me. Although the sport of riding was a big part of my passion for horses, studying horse behavior and science-based training methods was always a huge motivator for me. It was clear that working for someone else—their horses, their barn, their style of training—was not my path. I needed the freedom to train each horse the way I thought best, to expand my capabilities and explore new techniques.

In 1986, I first hung out a shingle for my own horse business, which included boarding, training, lessons, trail rides, pack trips and drop camps. Basically, anything involving horses that someone would pay me for. I would’ve loved to do nothing but train horses all-day-every-day, but there was way more to running a successful horse operation, and teaching/guiding/coaching