A&C Racing and Roping Training Masterclass
Roping.com is the exclusive home of Rhen Richard and his family’s top-earning A&C Racing and Roping training program. The series features comprehensive training sessions with many of A&C Racing and Roping’s top prospects and Richard’s rodeo horses, offering hours of at-home practice in the family’s state-of-the-art facility located in Roosevelt, Utah. Renowned for his skills as a team roper, Rhen Richard has made a name for himself in the rodeo community, including competing in the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). His program emphasizes the development of both horse and rider, focusing on techniques that build a strong partnership and enhance performance. Through this series, Richard provides valuable insights and strategies that aspiring ropers can use to improve their skills and achieve success in the competitive arena.
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A&C Racing and Roping Snaffle Bit Collection
Colt specialist Trinity Haggard talks through the bits he uses on young horses in the A&C Racing and Roping program.
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A&C Racing and Roping Bit Collection
Rhen Richard breaks down the bits he uses most in his horse training program on head and heel horses—from futurity horses to NFR mounts.
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Finished Rodeo Horse Practice Session
Rhen Richard’s good horse Deetz doesn’t need many reps in the practice pen, but when Richard does make practice runs, he focuses on making sure his horse responds to his left rein.
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Practice Session on: Eh
He talks through developing a solid head horse, eliminating brace throughout the run, and building consistency in his head horse, "Eh."
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Practice Session on Royal Crown Champion: Carters Won Time Out
Rhen Richard won the Royal Crown 6-&-Under Heading in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on Carteres Won Time Out in August. But in May, he was just working to get with her after his brother Kaden had ridden her all winter. In this video, Richard goes through the sweats of teaching a running-bred head horse ...
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Understanding Buttons in a Head Horse
Rhen Richard and Trinity Haggard work together to ensure the horses in the A&C Racing and Roping program are honest and solid. That starts at the beginning of the program, and they explain all of the buttons they need and put into head horses in their program on the horses they raise and train.
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Practice Session: Managing Box Issues
Rhen Richard has been working on this horse for a couple of years. Originally an outside horse, he came to the program with box problems, and the Richards have made it their mission to overcome them because of the horse’s outstanding talent.
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Maintaining a Good Mind in a Head Horse Prospect
Exactly how does the A&C Racing and Roping program maintain good-minded horses throughout the grueling futurity training process? Trinity Haggard explains how they start their colts to keep their heads in the game across their entire careers.
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Analyzing Pedigree and Conformation on A&C Racing and Ropings Yearlings
A&C Racing and Roping’s Rhen Richard walks through his set of yearlings, explaining the crosses and what he sees in each colt.
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Counter Cantering 3-Year-Old Warmup with Trinity Haggard
Trinity Haggard is A&C Racing and Roping’s colt specialist, who instills in all the program’s horses the fundamentals Kaden and Rhen need in high-end horse prospects. In this video, he talks through a warm-up regimen on a 3-year-old that involves counter-cantering for shoulder control—a fundament...
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Transitioning Into the Bridle
Trinity Haggard is A&C Racing and Roping’s colt-starting specialist, and in this video he rides a rope-horse prospect as he begins transitioning him from a snaffle to a bridle. Haggard explains how to show the horse how to respond to the leg and the bridle, explaining pressure and release and the...
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Analyzing Pedigree and Conformation on A&C Racing and Ropings Weanlings
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Practice Session on Foose Is Smoking
Description: Rhen Richard explains the conformation of a 5-year-old head horse and how his structure affects his performance. Then he breaks down how he warms the horse up, and finally what his practice session looks like.
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The Most Important Skill in Riding a Head Horse
Timing with your rope is Rhen Richard’s single-most important factor in riding a head horse. In this video, he explains what he means by timing with your rope and how it affects his horses.
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Practice Session on Hankies Version
Hankies Version has won over $60,000 in his rope horse futurity career, and he’s ready to hit the road with the Richards at the rodeos and jackpots. What sets him apart? And what are his practice reps like? Rhen Richard goes over his form, his warm ups and his practice program
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Practice Session on Shes Mischievous
Kaden Richard has won big on the black Winners Version mare Shes Mischievous. In this video, he introduces her and explains the ups and downs of her conformation and how it affects her performance. He talks through her warmup program, as well as her bit selection and practice program.
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Hancock Fella
Kaden Richard picked up an outside horse with Hancock breeding because he saw the talent and try in him, and in this practice session before the horse’s first futurity, Richard explains what his reps look like and why. He addresses smoothing out a run and keeping his horse working between his leg...
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Summer Colada
Kaden Richard’s great mare Summer Colada has stood out in ARHFA and Royal Crown competition. Bred by the 88 Ranch, Summer Colada’s a super-talented mare that Richard has trained from the ground up. Richard breaks down how her conformation affects her talent and explains his entire program with her.