GoHorseShow.com in partnership with SmartPak are pleased to continue the highly popular column, GoSmart with Charlie and Jason. Team SmartPak riders, Charlie Cole and Jason Martin have achieved success beyond compare. Since founding Highpoint Performance Horses in 1992, they have trained over 100 World Champions and 200 All-American Quarter Horse Congress Champions.
Exclusive to GoHorseShow.com, GoSmart with Charlie and Jason will give you access to Charlie and Jason and the secrets to their success like never before. Their next GoSmart column is a response to a young girl’s letter from Pennsylvania who recently wrote Charlie Cole about a problem she is having with her horse. This letter became a viral sensation after Cole posted it on his Facebook Page, and we wanted to share it with our readers.
“Periodically I get emails and sometimes letters asking for help,” Cole says. “I can’t help everyone, but this letter is one that I was compelled to answer because she is a young girl just starting out and trying really hard to improve. I am forever indebted to the individuals in the industry who were willing to take the time and answer my questions when I was first starting out. I realize how important it is to reach out to our youth and new people in our industry because they are our future.”
Looking back on who gave him encouragement as a young rider, Jason Martin remembers being a teenager and looking through the pictures and ads in the Quarter Horse Journal of people he admired. Martin decided to write and ask advice of some of these industry professionals about becoming a horse trainer. Jason says that he recalls that only one trainer responded. That trainer happened to be World Champion halter trainer, and someone he admired very much, Jerry Wells. “It is something I will never forget,” Martin states. “I really appreciate that he took the time to write me back and give me advice. I feel that now that I am a trainer, that I should take the time to respond to any young rider who may need help.”
Check out the young girl’s letter and Charlie’s response below.
Charlie and Jason were kind enough to send the young girl a copy of their highly popular DVD “Teach Your Horse To Change Leads.”
