Schultz Performance Horsemanship

Schultz Performance Horsemanship SPH combines horsemanship&performance, enabling horsemen of all backgrounds to accomplish their goals

Located in Pilot Point, TX, we provide quality horse training services, including colt starting, foundation training, and problem solving for horses of all breeds and disciplines. SPH also trains prospects for reining, ranch riding, and timed events. We offer horsemanship instruction that is effective and easy to understand for horsemen of all skill levels. In addition, we also produce and sell ho

rses that are well trained, safe, and dependable. Hannah Schultz has been dedicated to being the best horseman she could be from an early age. This passion for knowledge has led her to work with some of the top trainers in the United States, in both the clinician and performance horse fields. Having the experience in BOTH industries has shaped Hannahโ€™s training philosophy and teaching style, culminating in a program that gives you the best of both worlds: high level performance, but achieved through communication that the horse can understand. The key behind Hannahโ€™s philosophy in both training horses and teaching people is CUSTOMIZATION. Customizing a horseโ€™s training program to fit his future career yields far better results than forcing him into a cookie-cutter training regimen. People are no different โ€“ when working with riders, Hannah tailors the program to your experience, goals, discipline and weaknesses. Schultz Performance Horsemanship looks forward to helping you toward your horsemanship goals! Follow along for updates, training tips, videos, and inspiration!

05/11/2026

Spring is here and so is the season of GROWTH ๐Ÿด๐ŸŒฑ

Huge shoutout to some of my clients that have been putting in the WORK lately!
It is truly a privilege working with all of you towards your horsemanship goals and seeing your progress week to week. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”ฅ

04/23/2026

๐’๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโ€ฆ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’…

For 10+ years, this mare has given me so much! Jolie showcased my program and what it could achieve, while simultaneously being my OG lesson horse, helping countless riders learn horsemanship and build their confidence.

Everyone knows that the trainerโ€™s personal horse usually ends up last on the riding list - and yep, guilty! ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ
It has been fun carving out more time to work with her lately. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

04/09/2026

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ! ๐ŸŽ‰

Weโ€™re excited to be working out of such a beautiful space that enables us to provide the best in care and training for our horses, as well as a quiet and enjoyable learning environment for our clients!

๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
-18-stall show barn with oversized stalls, automatic waterers, and fans
-Covered arena + Outdoor arena
-Ample turnout and pasture areas
-Multiple riding spaces outside the arena for trail and real-world training
-Comfortable office and lounge with a full bathroom

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ:
Walking Tall Ranch
9940 Cole Rd
Pilot Point, TX 76258
*Schultz Performance Horsemanship is located in the barn attached to the covered arena*

Huge thank you to the owners and staff of Walking Tall Ranch for being so accommodating and getting everything set up for us!

03/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ซ๐š

After 6 incredible years at CSC Ranch, Schultz Performance Horsemanship is beginning an exciting new chapter. ๐ŸŽ

When I first moved my program to CSC Ranch six years ago, my business was still in its infancy. Over the years, that small program grew into something truly special. So many wonderful horses have come through the barn, amazing clients have become friends, and countless memories and relationships were built during our time there.

I want to give a heartfelt thank you to Chad and Susan Chance for an amazing six years. You have been so much more than landlords โ€” youโ€™ve become great friends and mentors, and Iโ€™m incredibly grateful for the support and the opportunities you gave my program.

While itโ€™s bittersweet to leave a place that has meant so much, Iโ€™m excited to share that Schultz Performance Horsemanship will be relocating to ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก (๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐, ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ, ๐“๐— ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–) โ€” just right down the road from our previous facility. The property is beautiful, quiet, and private with wonderful amenities that will allow us to continue providing quality training and instruction.

We will be fully operational at the new facility starting ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก, and weโ€™re very excited for what this next chapter holds.

Stay tuned for a peek at the new facility! โœจ

Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Equestrian Functional Fitness Workshop yesterday!๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸดThis event was desig...
03/03/2026

Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Equestrian Functional Fitness Workshop yesterday!๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿด

This event was designed to build stronger, more balanced riders and give our clients helpful exercises and stretches to improve their performance in the saddle. ๐Ÿ‡

Big thanks to Wilcox Fitness for hosting and leading an incredible session, and to our amazing Schultz Performance Horsemanship clients for showing up ready to work! ๐Ÿ‘

๐€๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐, ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ...๐Ÿ˜ฌWhile they are intelligent and have excellent ...
02/24/2026

๐€๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐, ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ...๐Ÿ˜ฌ
While they are intelligent and have excellent retention, horses do not have the same problem solving/analytical/imaginative capabilities that some other animals do.

Here are some examples of what I am referring to:

๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ: ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ ๐Ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ
A common behavior that some horses do is dumping over their feeder or grain bucket, only to then nibble their grain straight out of the dirt or mud as a result. That horse will go ITS WHOLE LIFE doing this and never once will it dawn on him that if he left his bucket upright, he would get to eat ALL of his grain, and not ingest a bunch of dirt at the same time. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ

๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ: ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ
Imagine you are loading your horse in the trailer. As you are doing this, a tractor drives by, and startles him. Without thinking he quickly raises his head, hitting it on the roof of the trailer. This in turn, scares him further, causing him to scramble out of the trailer.
Here's the funny part: he will not associate the whole incident with the tractor that startled him initially - or the fact that he raised his head. Instead, he will actually associate the negative incident with the TRAILER and think that it caused him harm. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ He can't analyze the sequence
of events and realize it had nothing to do with the trailer itself!

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ .
Breaking down complex maneuvers into bite-size concepts and teaching them in a connect-the-dots, step-by-step format avoids confusion, fear, and frustration.

Even though their reasoning (or lack of ๐Ÿ˜ณ) might seem โ€œstupid" to us, we need to remember that they are not trying to be that way on purpose - it is just how they are made! ๐Ÿ˜†
As the party with the higher intellect, it is our responsibility to educate ourselves in their psychology so we can help them learn. ๐Ÿ’ฅ

02/13/2026

Stormyโ€™s ground-tie game is ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿผ

Knowledge, skill, and experience are what turn uncertainty into confidence. Growth often shows up in the small, incremen...
02/09/2026

Knowledge, skill, and experience are what turn uncertainty into confidence.
Growth often shows up in the small, incremental winsโ€”they build belief in yourself and create real evidence to lean on as you push beyond your comfort zone. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

Building confidence is a process, not an event - keep going!
Happy Monday! ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‡

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ข๐ฉ: ๐€๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ”As a prey animal, it is normal for a horse to be suspicious ...
01/29/2026

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ข๐ฉ: ๐€๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐„๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ”

As a prey animal, it is normal for a horse to be suspicious and fearful of just about everything in their world - that is how they have survived for thousands of years. In their eyes, everything is "out to get them" - everything is perceived as a threat until it is proven safe. What a way to live, huh? ๐Ÿ˜…

This is why I always try to replace this instinctual fear with curiosity - a horse being investigative and curious about something is the complete opposite of being scared to death of it.

Some horses are naturally curious and bold - basically that primal flight instinct has been somewhat bred and domesticated out of them. But there are many horses that are much closer to the primal flight-or-fight family tree. With these horses you have to actually teach them to investigate and check things out, showing them how to think through the situation - because every instinct they have is telling them to react and G**O. ๐Ÿคฃ

When training a reactive horse, remember: investigation leads to curiosity, which then builds confidence, which leads to: A safe, enjoyable horse that isn't terrified of the world and putting your life in danger every 10 seconds. ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž.๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ...
01/27/2026

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž.

๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž?
That trainer has been there.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ?
That trainer has been there - MANY times.

๐“๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐ž๐  ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ?
That trainer has probably been there too.

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒโ€”๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. Hundreds of horses. Hundreds of people. Hundreds of hours and scenarios. It takes countless mistakes, incorrect judgements, and confused horses (that we wish we could have another crack at now that we know where we went wrong ๐Ÿคฃ) to build that experience.

Professionals arenโ€™t immune to the struggle. Theyโ€™ve just been struggling longer than you and have learned from it. That understanding is what allows a trainer to meet you where you are and help you move forward. โœจ๐Ÿ‡

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