Barbra Schulte
Cutting Clinic
Pony, Montana
May 20, 21, 22, & 23, 2026
At Hollow Top Angus Ranch
Who is this clinic for?
It's designed to help cutters advance their skills, no matter where they are.
It's about cultivating deeper layers of inner game and outer skill mastery in:
- Cutting Technical Skills: Making clean cuts, working the cow, presenting your best and your horse's best in the show pen, and world-class preparation of horse and rider
- Inner Excellence: Building confidence, planning, focus, and remaining cool 'under pressure'
- Riding with Feel and Connecting with your horse
You'll have opportunities to:
Create a plan for practice and showing by breaking your run down into 'chunks,' (prep, cuts, working the cow, between cattle time) - including cattle strategies.
Discover how to prepare yourself and your horse as you simultaneously develop essential horsemanship skills: guiding with your feet on cuts, use of seat, independent use of feet
Strategize, set up and make clean, credit-earning cuts in the middle of the pen. How to trouble-shoot challenging situations that inevitably arise while making a cut.
Learn your best next steps to develop the fundamentals for working a cow: position, form, holding the line, rhythm.
Discover how to debrief your run in 'chunks' so you can focus on the most needed next small steps to improve your skills methodically.
Leave with personalized action steps and discover how to supplement ongoing in-person practices with activities at home to keep growing your skills when you can't be in the saddle.
MORE DETAILS
Arrival Information:
When: Tuesday, May 19, between 1:00 - 5:00 PM and before 7:00
Where: Hollow Top Angus Ranch - 80 A Hollow Top Ranch Road - Pony, MT 59747
Note regarding arrival and departure at the ranch: The ranch gate is open from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Contact Addie Mattice at 406-589-7285 with any questions.
Lodging Information:
Onsite Options - Contact Addie Mattice by texting at 406-589-7285 for booking and more information :
- The housing available for the week of the clinic will include a house that has 3 bedrooms. Two of the rooms have a king bed in them and one room has 2 twin beds. There are two full baths in the house. The price for the house will be $400/ night with a 3 night minimum stay. There is an additional $600 cleaning fee on top of that as well.
- The other housing is a barn apartment. It has one bedroom with a queen bed and one full bath. The price for that is $125/ night with a minimum 3 night stay and an additional $150 cleaning fee.
These are both less than a mile from the arena.
Hook-ups are $40 per night. They have 6 hook-ups with power and water only, NO SEWAGE.
A Dry Camping with Generator spot is $20 per night. There are 7 spots.
Lodging fees are paid to Hollow Top Angus Ranch directly via Cash or check, NO CREDIT CARDS, please.
Hotel Options:
Horse Pens:
Contact Addie Mattice to reserve a pen for your horse by texting 406-589-7285
Pen reservations - $20 per day
Note Regarding Pens - Pens are not covered. They have 12 large pens, approx 12 x 14; and 6 - 10 x 12 pens. First-come, first-served. The pens have dirt floors, and no shavings are allowed. Everyone needs to clean their own pens, please. The weather might be cold, so be sure to bring a blanket for your horse.
Pen fees are paid to Round Top Angus Ranch directly via Cash or check, NO CREDIT CARDS please.
Required Equine Health Information:
- Proof of Coggins within 6 months
- Proof of Influenza vaccine within 1 year
Contact Information for Questions:
Events Coordinator - Melissa Taylor, 'Mo,' schulteoffice@barbraschulte.com
Barb - barbra@barbraschulte.com or text 979-530-8047
About Barb
Barbra Schulte is a High-Performance Coach, Author, Clinician, Consultant, and Cutting Horse Trainer.
After college and a master's degree in Speech Pathology, she returned to cutting horses as a professional trainer. She was also certified as a Personal Performance Coach by the Human Performance Institute.
As she continued to study and apply high-performance concepts to her riding and horse training, Barbra began to see remarkable results. She captured the NCHA Derby Championship, the NCHA Super Stakes Classic Championship, and the Augusta Futurity Championship – the first woman to wear the crowns for all three championships.
In 1998, Barbra published her first book, Cutting, One Run at a Time.
In June of 2000, Barbra and her husband created the Zane Schulte Award, which is presented annually to a professional trainer in the cutting industry who exemplifies outstanding character in and out of the show arena.
In December of 2007, Barbra published her second book, THE GIFT, which contains 72 personal performance articles.
In 2012, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.
In 2013, Barbra published her third book, The Little Book of Cutting Tips.
In 2021, she was inducted into the NCHA Members Hall of Fame.
In 2022, Barbra received the Modine Smith Humanitarian Award from the National Cutting Horse Association.
Above all, Barbra is passionate about helping riders unlock their confidence and potential in the saddle and life through the gift of the horse.
Barbra and her husband, Tom, reside in Brenham, Texas.
The Clinic is limited to 12-14 riders and includes:
- Wednesday, 11:30 - 12:15 meet up & lunch; 12:15 - 1:30 introductions, your goals noted, 1st flag work focus; 1:30 - 3:30 flag work; 4:00 - 5:00 - Thursday cow work plan
- Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, cattle work in the morning and afternoon: Cow watching, herd work, and working the cow - fun team cutting on Saturday afternoon.
- Fresh cattle on all days
- Lunch and dinner every day - except no dinner on Saturday
Please note, if you cancel...
If the cancellation occurs a month or more before the event:
- Together, we can work to fill your spot (we often have a waiting list). It's no problem for someone else you know to take your spot.
- If your spot is not filled, half of your fee may be applied to personal coaching with Barb or another event, and the other half will be forfeited.
- I'll do whatever I can to work it out.
2 Payment Rider
The first is made when you register - $750.
2nd payment billed after 30 days