Ask Carson James

About Ask Carson James

Carson James answers horse training questions and provides natural solutions for horse training solving horse problems. New episodes every Tuesday. Get more horse training at https://carsonjames.com

Publisher

Carson James

Category

education · education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jan 2021

Latest episode

19 May 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 120 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   3 Things That Make A Horse Weird

   Host Carson James reveals three often-overlooked factors that can cause a horse to behave unusually, offering practical insights for horse owners.

2. 

   4 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Dr. Stephen Peters, Equine Neuroscientist

   In this episode, Dr. Peters and I go into what's actually happening in your horse's brain. What if "stubborn" isn't stubborn? What if the horse that stiffens up the second you swing a leg over isn't being difficult, but doing exactly what biology built him to do? I sat down with Dr. Steve Peters, the equine neuroscientist whose research has quietly rewired everything I think about horsemanship. We went deep on the nervous system most horse owners never see: homeostasis, allostasis, pendulatio...

3. 

   24 Feb 2026

   Insider Perspective On BLM Mustangs

   Sara Wedel joins me for an inside look at BLM wild Mustangs - their future, their fate, and what's really happening behind the scenes. Support the show

Inside a recent episode

3 Things That Make A Horse Weird

Published 19 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So you want to be very careful overdoing all of the flexions of the neck because if you don't offer anything else to go with that, he'll become what people call a noodle neck. Now, Ray Hunt talked about how a horse could not be too soft. There was no such thing. When people say, I don't like my horse to be noodle-necked, what they really mean is, I don't like riding a horse to where his feet have been disconnected from the reins and his face. So the important thing that you think about is you have to ride their hooves and their legs, not their face. A horse can turn, go straight, or go the other way, regardless of which way he's bent and regardless of how his head is. […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

3,211,937

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

133 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

40 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

67

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