Clinic Drills and Wisdom At the Bowman Barrel Racing Clinic in March of 2024, we went through drills and had lots of chats with the attendees. In the playlist below, we focused on some key things such as Figure 8s, turn and look positioning, hollow backs, points in your turn, posting the trot, and a
Talent is a 5yo mare by CM Nonstop Nitro. I love riding his babies! She needs a little help from me in helping her learn to be responsible for her shape and in learning true collection, not false collection. The owner had said she braces up in her turns. here’s why and here’s how we
In this video you’ll see me riding a 5yo mare. I apologize in advance for the audio quality. My cordless Mic and I are going to have to have a come to Jesus meeting. In this video you can see the mare really struggling to unlock her hips, and ribs, and face. She is dull
!– /wp:spacer –> Uniform circles are definitely something that we as barrel racers want. It means our horses are balanced and tracking forward in a fluid manner. As always ask your questions here and we’ll answer them in a group chat!
Thank you all so much for your support this year! I look forward to making 2024 the best year yet, and hope to see you down the road somewhere. As my gift to you, I’m making my Course on Lateral Work, FREE, until January 31. If you’re at an event and you see me, please
In this ride with Cosmo, I talk about so many things essential to good horsemanship, helping a horse with alley troubles, and so much more. You will want to watch this 40 minute ride. I promise. There are so many nuggets of info here!
Will you be joining us in Iowa April 29 – May 1? Certainly, there’s always lots to learn when you come ride with me! I’m an open book about my progression in this sport and in life. I’ll tell you exactly how and why. I do all the things I do. Furthermore, I won’t reply
My little red mare did just that in 2021 – Gave me two Tour Derby wins, and a BBR XTRA Tour Win – yeah, she won the whole thing! Which means an automatic bye into the BBR World Finals Short Round! 2021 was really good to us, and I look forward to having 3 derby
Barrel racers, tend to obsess about the pattern. So I created a handy diagram to help you make yours the best, fastest, and cleanest it can be! For years, I struggled big-time on how to turn the second barrel. I had trouble understanding how to keep my knee in front of the barrel, and how
May your beef be tender, your horses be sound, your weather be lovely and your soul surrounded by peace and love. Merry Christmas from all my ponies and myself. Be blessed!
How do you help a ratey horse free up? How do you help a free-running horse, rate up? In this video below, I’ll share a few of my tips. One thing I want you to note; I don’t often ask my really ratey horse, Dino, to gather up and get soft. I want to know
Due to the dumpster fire that is 2020, the Better Barrel Races World Finals had to reschedule. The event, typically held in April, had to move to August. Now, for some of you, that’s not a big deal. But when you’re not used to 80% relative humidity, and the sweltering heat of Oklahoma in the
I’m making a new barrel horse. I mean, this is what I did for a living for a lot of years. But since I’ve moved to the ranch I slowed down and had to wait for the colts we raised to get old enough. Well, they’re getting old enough. DX And The City, Cosmo, is
Keep in mind, you only have about 10 minutes of quality time to train at the lope. Due to this, I do most of my softening work at the walk.
Over the course of the next four weeks, I’m going to share with you, the basics of collection. This series will show you where I start, and how I progress. As we delve further into collection, I’ll show you how this relates to the barrel pattern. I need to start by saying this: I believe
We like our horses to tune into our seat and our body, so we can use the reins and our legs to refine the cues we give them for turnarounds, rollbacks, spins, or gathering up so we can do a canter pirouette (or swap directions quickly to corral an unruly bull come fall). Plus, anyone else can use "whoa"...