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Mike Beck is internationally
known; doing clinics and concerts
in the United States and Norway, Sweden, Finland, and England.
Mike has a confident and patient approach that teaches a lifetime
of horsemanship skills. Riders of all levels can benefit from
Mike's expertise.
Mike Beck grew up outside Monterey California. He got his first
horse at nine years of age and rode the ranch country outside
his home, but it wasn’t until meeting Roy Forzoni that he
started to take a serious look at the horse." I was about
17 years old when I went to work for Roy and his wife André.
Roy started colts and showed working cow horses at his Hidden
Hills Stables in Carmel Valley. They had some hunter jumpers there
too and that’s where I met Tom Dorrance." Tom worked
closely with Roy, spending about 6 years there helping him.
Mike’s interest in the horse took off and that led him to
meeting Bryan Neubert and going to the two million acre Spanish
Ranch in Nevada to be a cowboy." The horses there were hardly
rode much and pretty wild. It was common to see 2 or 3 horses
buck every morning. Bryan Helped me so much there. They ran a
spring wagon to get everything branded. We had a lot of fun there."
Bill Dorrance invited Mike to come live with him at his Mt. Toro
Ranch in 1977." Bill’s boys were in college and farming
so he asked me to help him on the ranch in exchange for helping
me with the horses and cattle. The experience was priceless and
Bill and I remained close friends until his passing in July 1999. |
I always could drop by and spend
time with him. He helped me get a horse ready to show, helped me
with my roping, whatever. Bill was the greatest teacher I’ve
ever been around and his generosity in sharing his time and knowledge
was never ending true gentleman."
Mike has worked with Joe Wolters and continued to seek his help
whenever he gets a chance. " Me and Joe and Bryan and Billy
Askew worked a steer outfit out of Deeth Nevada. We had 10,000
steers to look after and the crew was all cowboys interested in
bettering our horsemanship."
At the Madison River Cattle Co. in Three Forks Mt., Mike started
colts for 2 years. "The ranch manager there was very high
on Ray Hunt and hired me because I’d worked with Bill Dorrance.
He used to send me and Buck Brannaman, who also worked there,
to Ray’s clinics in Montana with company horses to start.
It was great!"
Mike Beck now makes his home back in California where he grew up,
living on MT. Toro outside Salinas on The Dorrance Ranch. He travels
all over the U.S. and Europe , playing his music and doing Horsemanship
Clinics.If you are interested in having him come to your town to do a
concert or clinic, contact Mike at mikebeck@mikebeck.com
or call 1-831-484-2810.
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