Four Days on Bully!
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Horse Training
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En Ferno 75 – The First Day
This adorable 2023 colt, En Ferno 75, is learning all the big boy things, and taking everything in stride. Here’s his first day under saddle. He is so kind and quiet. I can’t wait to see where life takes us. Stay tuned for more!
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What’s In The Barn- Tack Edition
What’s in my barn, tack wise, is something I often get asked. I just hosted a 3-day summer workshop and the gals that attended asked me to build out this list, and the places they can get “the things”, so here goes! You’ll find links to all of these things by clicking on them –…
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Training Tip Tuesday – Posting the Correct Diagonal
In this little clip of a July 2022 ride on Doodlebug, I walk you through a few things I like to do on each ride with my horses: Posting the Diagonal, separating the hinds from the fronts which helps the horse learn to tip their weight back and why this helps your horse (and you)…
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Training Tip Tuesday – Backing Straight
One way to tell if your horse is balanced and correct to both sides is through backing them up. And while I do love to back me some circles, backing up straight is just as important. In this short video, I talk you through how to tell if your horse is tipped one direction or…
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A Ride on Cosmo
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Four Days on Bully – A Series
I was given the opportunity to ride Bully for four glorious days. Four days of quality can do a lot to help a horse. Day one was NOT filmed, but in day two, I talk you through what we did work on. I wish now, I’d filmed day 1, but my phone was dead, and…
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Training Tip Tuesday: The First Barrel
The First Barrel The first barrel in barrel racing, often referred to as the MONEY barrel, plays a pivotal role in determining the success and speed of your run. This barrel sets the foundation for a quick time on the clock or, conversely, it can lead to a less favorable outcome. By mastering your approach…
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If at first…
Once in a while I find myself being interviewed by a journalist. They must believe that I have something worthwhile to share with the world. I of course, would like to believe this is true! But, I’m not the one with my name currently in lights. I am however, in the trenches – grinding it…
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Speed Control
Speed control is undoubtedly one of the things most beginner barrel racers, and even some of the seasoned veterans struggle with. In these videos I show you what I do to tune the horse into my seat and my energy. When your horse is thinking back to you, it’s easier to teach rate, and so…
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There’s No Such Thing as a Hot Horse
There’s no such thing as a hot horse. But there are horses that don’t have any confidence in what we are asking them to do. Let me explain…While I do think there are horses that may be more active mentally and have more energy physically, it is our job as the rider to be aware…
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Horseback Riding 101
For years I’ve thought about this- but wasn’t sure I could make it work. I made excuse after excuse! I knew it would be so much work. So. Much. Work. – I didn’t know where to start.– No one would buy it.– It would be too hard to share abstract concepts. But then the right…
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Get Creative With Your Training
There is more than one way to get the job done – almost always. Often we forget that we don’t need to obsess about how a horse isn’t understanding something, when we can easily be creative! Just do something other than the “one thing” that’s causing you grief in your training program and that “one…
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Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2022! I’ve got a ton of valuable content planned! AND, there will be at least two clinics! One in Iowa and one here at the home ranch in South Dakota. I have dates for the clinics and will share that info in subsequent posts. I’ll also be taking a limited number of outside…
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Colt Starting 101
It’s not a secret to the handiest of horsemen, that good groundwork can make or break your colt. If there’s holes in them, one can almost always find it in the groundwork. And if you don’t want holes in their groundwork, you should do your research on who you have start your colts. If it’s…
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Teach them to Reach!
If you teach your horse to reach their front end you’ll save yourself a lot of drama and heartache when it comes to teaching your horse to collect. You can really help a horse learn to follow their front end and shift their weight back with this drill. Happy Trails and happy riding!
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Pattern Diagram
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…
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Ratey Horses vs. Free-Running Horses
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…
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Bridling Tips And Tricks
How you bridle your horse can determine what sort of habits you develop in them! In this video I’ll show you how to get and keep them good!
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Advanced Rollbacks
A good rollback is one movement – a stop to a turn around, and off we go! That said, I want my horse to wait on me, not anticipate, the maneuver. Here’s how I accomplish that!
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Teaching Rollbacks
Teaching Rollbacks is one of the best ways to get good shoulder control on your horses. Shoulder control is at the top of my list when it comes to making a solid, honest barrel horse. Recently, I shared a video on my IGTV about removing the brace from your horse, and rollbacks are another great…
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Let’s Talk Rein Length
Let’s talk rein length, shall we? To me, rein length is really important. When we’re training a horse, we are, or should be, teaching them to search for the release. We do it with our feet, and even with our seat, so why do most barrel racers not do it with their reins?
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Collection: Part Four
Today we’ll wrap up this video series on the basics of collection. I hope you’ve all found it helpful in your journey with your horses. In case you missed them, here’s part 1, part 2, and part 3.
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Getting on From the Fence
Getting on from the fence is a handy trick to have in your arsenal. It’s one of the most important things I believe we can teach our horses to do.
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Collection: Part Three
We’re covering more ground in our series on collection today! A couple things to note — in the video below: Cosmo wasn’t perfect with her lateral flexions. We are still working on those, and eventually they’ll become just right. But I won’t pick at her, because that will ruin all the try this mare has….
