Brian Jackson is an exciting new addition to Wisconsin’s Horse Industry. Brian’s entire life has been based around horses and now Wisconsin is reaping the benefits. Brian’s experiences are based around the performance horse world. His background is in ropers, cutters, reiners. His specialty goes further into colt starting and problem horses.

Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Brian’s high school career was spent calf roping and team roping. He began training horses for his family and local friends while in high school. These experiences showed Brian that the horse industry was the life for him.

After graduating high school, Brian took a year long training internship in Poynette, WI where he worked with colts and problem horses. Next he went to work at the StoneCreek Ranch in Arkansas and trained under Arvall Bass. He picked up on many of Arvall’s unique interpretations of “natural horsemanship”. Arvall inspired Brian to work for the career goals of assisting horse and rider to work as one. Arvall taught Brian to carefully examine those subtle cues the horse is giving to the people around. This talent allows Brian to quickly react, in a proper manner, to the horses around him. And now, Brian is focused on sharing that with the horsemen and women around him to create the perfect pair. From there Brian started training and showing part time, while working full time as the Barn Manager for Equine Reproduction Concepts in Virginia. During this time, Brian was giving the opportunity to train and show cutting horses. Most recently, Brian was working as a ranch hand on Bar T Bar Ranch in Arizona. There he worked cattle on a 360,000 acre ranch. After realizing how hard the terrain was on him and his horses, he moved to Wisconsin.

Now in Wisconsin, Brian trains horses full time at Meinpferde Farm in Deerfield. Brian is working with numerous different clients at all ages and riding levels. Brian’s program focuses on creating a safe, trustworthy horse, then working with the horse and rider as a pair to ensure a great partnership. Brian loves to keep his training horses busy. He’s forever exposing them to different things so they’re ready for what ever life throws at them.

Brian’s most recent adventure has been training Bayle, his mustang for the 2009 Midwest Mustang Challenge. Bayle has taught Brian how important the trust between horse and rider is and shown him the bond that comes from it.

Mel started riding with her mother at the young age of 3 years old. Thanks to her mother she had a good start with Horses. Her mother taught her how to ride and supported her in every aspect of this incredible sport. Mel spent 9 years in 4-H and also competed in Open Shows through her youth. Mel then set out to become a well rounded experienced Trainer, so she started working for many different trainers and instructors to learn their training and teaching techniques. Working with horses and training them is a real special part of Mel's life. She has taken on some of the most extreme cases to turn them around to the most reliable and well trained horses. She is kind to the horse and works with a positive attitude. And when doing that the resolution is a very well rounded and easy going horse that loves attention and works hard to do a good job!

Safety, Sanity & Success© 3S© is the philosophy on which 3S-Ranch bases all of it's education and training. 3S© is founded on understanding human as well as horse behavior, along with the truth that horses are looking for leadership, clear direction and safety.

Zeke Zacharias has been riding horses since the age of four .
At age 12 he started training his family's Quarter Horses and

Starting out with a pony named Peanut Jack when I was 3 years old, I have been around horses most of my life. I grew with paints and quarter horses, showing 4-H, and trail riding, then riding race horses and working on the race track as a teenager.
The race track was a great place to learn, by riding so many different young and impressionable horses for many different trainers, keeping an open mind and listening to the trainers and learning to “read” horses.
As I got older training customer horses was secondary due to bull riding. I have been riding bulls professionally for over 10 years, but horse training has become more of the focus of my career in the recent years. Two years ago Heidi and I bought our own 40 acre ranch and turned it into a horse training facility.
Maintaining a strong reputation is something I strive for. I approach horse training with the same intensity that I have with bull riding. Applying all the things I have learned through the years, but keeping an open mind to different methods and ideas. Listening to and “reading” horses and their problems. Sometimes stepping back and analyzing some of my procedures.
S.M.A.R.T. Horse Training is the name of my business and an acronym that describes what I would like to achieve with each horse.
Supple Motion Adding Responsive Touch makes a horse soft and easy to work and requiring less effort to request tasks. I believe in starting a young horse slow, exaggerating to teach and refining things as we go on. I use as little resistance as needed, but my training is not resistance free. I set tasks where horses can teach themselves through trial and error. Then use repetition and a timely release to solidify the cue. Another large part of my training is building confidence, desensitizing and exposure to outside elements.
I have had quite a bit of experience starting young horses and strive for positive results and enforce strict technique in my methods and try to critique myself everyday.

I grew up in a horse family. I got my own first horse at 13 years, a newborn palomino filly. The horse was raised and trained by myself. As will happen, a 15 year old boy likes motors, so I sold my horse and bought a motorcycle. Well, the motorcycle wasn't that good at pole bending. I soon learned that there were plenty of problem horses that needed riding, so I was rarely without a horse.
Being newly married with a wife that wasn't particularly fond of horses, I didn't do horse stuff for a few years, until my oldest daughter decided that she needed a pony. I mostly supported her habit, until I wound up with a pair of Belgians and in a few months I was training problem horses again. Since then I don't remember how many horses I have trained or retrained.
Horses are still a family activity. My daughter, son and daughter in law and all 5 grandchildren all ride and drive horses. We have a 6 horse hitch of Percherons. The grandchildren are usually all of 5 years old before they take the lines. Most of the family has ridden on drill team.
I work with Blue Barn Stables, Blue Sky Farm and various friends with almost any aspect of horsin' around.
There's a 3 year old in my pasture that I raised and trained, who pulled the Wells Fargo wagon at the State Theater in Eau Claire, a 20-piece orchestra in front and 85 cast members behind us performing.
Driving a hitch wagon with six tons of horses - ain't nothin' like it.
Sitting on the hitch wagon with a grandchild in the show ring - grandpa feels pretty tall.
15 years of mounted patrol at the midwest horse fair - fits like an old shoe.
Walking a colicking horse in the dead of winter - chilling.
Riding tandem bareback with my brother with no shirts on - a bittersweet memory.
Beating my sisters at it - rocks.
A winter sleighride bonfire with 40 of my good horse friends - awesome.
Getting bucked off of the grandkids' pony - funny.
Seeing a foal born - a miracle.
Putting a horse down - hurts.
Starting a new horse - exciting.