About Ed Dabney

October 2008 - Ed is invited to judge the Virgina Trainer Challenge at the Equine Extravaganza in Richmond.

September 2008 - Ed is invited to the 500 year old Chateau de la Boulaye in Cerisy la Foret France to spend a month training the Chateau's horses in preparation for the arrival of guest riders.

August 2008 - Ed is invited back to Europe to conduct more horsemanship clinics in Sweden and Finland. On this clinic tour reporters from three large newspapers interviewed Ed and published articles about his training methods. A four page article about Ed with photos was also published in a Finnish equestrian magazine. While in Sweden Ed was honored to have been invited to the royal palace in Stockholm to observe, evaluate and conduct a horsemanship clinic for the King's own regiment of mounted Royal Palace Guards.

May 2008 - Ed is invited to Europe to conduct Six Keys to Harmony horsemanship clinics. Ed's first European clinic tour is very successful with clinics in Sweden, Finland and France.

October 2007 - Ed Dabney wins the Virgina Trainer's Challenge colt starting competition at the Equine Extravaganza in Richmond making him the only multi award winning champion of the history of the Trainer Challenge and earning him the title of East Coast Trainer Challenge Champion.

August 2007 - Ed Dabney wins the North Carolina Trainer's Challenge colt starting competition at the Equine Extravaganza in Raleigh.

2006 - Ed's new television series, "The Ed Dabney Gentle Horsemanship Show" premiered on the nation-wide television network RFD-TV. This year Ed also finished production on two new instructional DVDs - Foundation Training and Stress Free Trailer Loading to accompany his original DVD, Six Keys to Harmony.

January 2005 - Ed was invited to join the Trainers Advisory Board for HorseSouth Magazine.

March 2001 - Present: Trainer and Instructor for ED DABNEY Gentle Horsemanship based in Monroe, GA (Atlanta GA area) for colt starting, problem solving, riding lessons and horsemanship clinics. Certified Facilitator for Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.

January 2003 - June 2003: Instructor at the University of Georgia, Animal Science Dept. teaching Colt Starting and Horse Training.

1976 - Present: Ed has trained many horses both for himself and others using gentle communication and natural horsemanship techniques.  He has had successful experience training wild horses captured from the open range of Wyoming and ranch raised horses that have never been touched.  He has performed imprint training on many newborn foals with excellent results. He has trained horses to be used in movies and reenactments in which they must remain calm and responsive as firearms are fired from them and while they are in close proximity to cannons, explosions, and a variety of excited activity of people, props and equipment.  Ed's specialties include colt starting and problem solving.

1990 - Present:  Ed has been cast in a variety of horseback action, mounted roles working on location on seven major motion pictures with horses he has trained for movie work.

Jan. 2000 - June 2000:  Full time horse trainer for the Otto Ranch in Lander, Wyoming.  This ranch is exclusively a horse operation with over 70 head including a variety of ages and breeds.  Ed's responsibilities included imprint training on newborn foals, halter and ground school training on weanlings and yearlings.  Ed trained their horses all the way through halter training, ground school, hoof trimming, saddling, rope work and riding in rough country.  He was successful in working with other horses which had problems such as being hard to catch, excessively spooky and unresponsive.  Ed also taught riding and horsemanship lessons at the Otto Ranch.

1994 - 2000:  Ed owned a company known as "Rocky Mountain Horseback Adventures".  In the Spring and Summer he took guests on week long horseback camping trips in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, in the high plains along the Oregon Trail and in the Red Wall Country of central Wyoming.  Ed was a licensed Wyoming Outfitter.

1994 - 1999:  Ed owned a company called "Old West Big Game Hunts".  In the Fall each year, Ed took clients on horseback big game hunting trips in the Rocky Mountains. Ed was a licensed Professional Hunting Guide.

1995:  Ed was Assistant Instructor for several three-day horsemanship and horse training seminars held in different areas of the country. These seminars were open to the public except one which Ed and company conducted exclusively for the National Forest Service rangers.

1994:  Ed attended a month long advanced horsemanship school in Cody, Wyoming which qualified him to use and teach natural horsemanship riding and horse training skills.

1992:  Ed trained daily for and participated in 50 mile horseback endurance racing.

1988 - 1996:  Ed was a member of a cavalry company which performed American Civil War battle reenactments and living history demonstrations for the National Park Service at Civil War battlefield parks, including Gettysburg, Shiloh, and others.  He was promoted to Sergeant and was responsible for instructing the troops in mounted drill maneuvers and in mounted saber drill combat tactics.

1984 - 1988:  Ed operated a horse boarding facility and taught riding lessons.

1970 -1974:  During high school, Ed began participating in Rodeo competition in the Bull Riding event and continued this competition through college while attending Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

1960 - 1972:  Ed grew up on a horse farm where his family raised horses, boarded horses for owners who lived in the city and taught riding lessons.  He began riding his own horse at age 7 and has owned horses all of his life.  As a youth, he trained his own horses, rode cross-country trails regularly and participated in horse shows.

Ed is pictured below on the cover of American Cowboy magazine.