“I’d rather under promise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver.”
– Clinton Anderson
An entire team of professional and highly skilled individuals, including veterinarians and farriers, works closely together to guarantee your horse receives the best care and training imaginable. As you embark on your Performance Horse journey, keep in mind that the team at Downunder Horsemanship is at work for you, ensuring you have the best possible experience with your horse.
Clinton Anderson
Owner & Trainer
A native Australian, Clinton came to the United States in 1997 with $400 in his pocket and a big dream. In less than 10 years, he established Downunder Horsemanship and created the Method, his step-by-step approach to horsemanship, growing the company to a multi-million dollar operation and earning international recognition.
While Clinton enjoys helping people better their relationships with their horses, his true passion is training and competing on world-class performance horses. With Downunder Horsemanship situated as an industry leader, Clinton is concentrating on his goal of becoming a world-champion competitor.
Clinton is teaming up with selected individuals who share his passion and who want to enjoy the thrills of competing at a national level. As owners of his performance horses, these individuals share a partnership with Clinton in which he trains and competes on the horses and they take part in the horses’ daily progress and success at shows.
Reese Hand, DVM, DACVS
Veterinarian
Dr. Reese Hand grew up on a ranch in the Texas Panhandle, where his family raised ranch horses and ran stocker cattle. He showed horses and was a calf roper in high school.
Dr. Hand received his B.S. in Animal Science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1993 and his DVM from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station, Texas in 1997. From 1997 to 1998 he did an internship at Littleton Large Animal Clinic in Littleton, Colorado, followed by a Surgery Residency at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine from 1998 to 2001.
Dr. Hand stayed on at Texas A&M for a year following his residency as an instructor and obtained board certification in the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in February 2002. In June 2002, he became a partner in Great Basin Equine in Gardnerville, Nevada. In September 2008, Dr. Hand returned to Texas to be on staff at Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery in Weatherford, Texas. Today, he is an owning partner of the practice, specializing in surgery and lameness.
Dr. Hand has been working with Clinton for seven years, ensuring his horses receive the finest care and preventive attention to perform at their best.