Jack and Lisa Emory are lifelong horse people with over 60 years combined experience with various horse breeds and trail riding. They are active with the Back Country Horseman of America as well as avid gaited horse enthusiasts. They practice natural horsemanship methods. Jack has worked as a professional back county guide and wrangler in some of the most rugged country in Montana. Lisa has written articles and been published in The Gaited Horse Magazine, Rocky Mountain Rider, Horse & Rider as well as The Trail Less Traveled. Jack and Lisa enjoy sharing their knowledge with others in clinics or one on one sessions.

"We hope to meet you & your horses on the Trails!"

A friend sent this prayer to us a couple years ago and we printed it out and it has been hanging on our refrigerator ever since. It sums up very well our feelings and motivations for our Saddle Business and our life with horses overall.

Horse Handler’s Prayer

Dearest God in Heaven,

Give me the strength to guide my horse. Make my hands soft and my head clear. Let my horse understand me and I him. My heart you have blessed with a special love of these animals. Let me never lose sight of it. My soul you have gifted with a deep need for them; to see the sun gleam on an elegant head. Always may my throat tighten at the sound of a gentle nicker. Let the scent of fresh hay and a new bag of grain always be sweet to me. I adore the joy of a warm day on the farm. The grace and splendor of a running horse, the thunder of its hooves makes my eyes burn and my heart soar; let it always be so. Dearest God, grant me patience, for horses are harnessed wind and wind can be flighty. Let me not frighten or harm them. Above all dear God, fill my life with them. When I pass from this world, send my soul to no heaven without them. For this love you have given me graces my existence and I shall cherish and praise you for it all the time.
Amen.

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Jack riding Browsins Little Doc at Chris Bohenek's Low Stress Cow-Man Ship Clinic
April 19, 2009.

Jack Emory riding "Rock's Gone Country" at the Ride the West Extreme Trail Challenge in Spokane, WA May 17th 2008.