Julie Goodnight established a connection with horses at a young age, and after a successful run as a youth
hunter-jumper competitor in Florida,she galloped her way through college riding race horses, graduating from
the University of New Mexico, magna cum laude, in 1984.


photo credit Melissa Arnold

Founding her horse training business in southern Colorado in 1985, Julie’s reputation as a trainer grew far and
wide, while conducting horsemanship clinics from coast to coast and on many continents. In 2008, she began
producing Horse Master with Julie Goodnight, a popular how-to horse training series broadcast weekly for eleven
years, with 270 episodes. Full of practical, ever-green advice for horse owners, this series remains popular today,
streaming on-demand from her website.


photo credit Melissa Arnold

For nearly four decades, she’s been at home in the Colorado Rockies, pursuing wilderness sports and riding
cow-horses. She produces educational media in the form of a monthly blog, an award-winning podcast about
horse training, and informative video shorts. Goodnight enjoys a massive following on social media, and she
educates horse owners internationally through her online training programs at JulieGoodnight.com/Academy