Brian Bausch's Story

Brian Bausch was raised on a Kansas farm. When he was six months old, he was given his first pony ride on a family ranch horse. Four years later, he was turned loose on his father’s cowhorse, an ex-barrel horse. As an eight-year-old, Brian began learning to start horses under saddle, spin a rope, and do some trick riding. His childhood friend and teaching companion was a two-year-old gelding named Hobbie. Hobbie and other horses taught Brian more than any other human riding teacher could, although Gordon Kern, a local cutting horse trainer, deserves some credit, too. He taught Brian the importance of riding circles and using hitching posts. Working on the farm raising cattle and crops gave Brian and Hobbie a job right from the start. Brian kept riding his family’s ranch horses all through school and college.

After his final exam at Kansas State University, Brian moved to West Michigan to work at the Double JJ Resort & Ranch. Five years of progressive positions, including management of the Resort’s 100 head herd and Ranch equine department, lead Brian to his current career in training, competition, and showing.

Brian now trains with other professional performance horse trainers residing in Scottsdale, AZ. His training methods produce relaxation, straightness, suppleness, responsiveness, and power -- qualities that are essential to all performance horses in all disciplines. Horses trained by Brian, as well as his own demonstrated success in the roping, reining, cutting, barrel racing and mounted shooting competitions, are a testament to his training methods.

In 2005 Brian married his wife Paula, now partnered up together in all their different aspects of the horse industry. The shared love of horses these two give to the people truely comes out in their performances. Across America crowds are inspired to attain the horsemanship Brian and Paula demonstrate in an old western showing of the cowboy heritage. Trick riding with so many extras, overflows this show with crowd pleasing content.