Breakaway Practice Sessions

Breakaway Practice Sessions

Watch the best horses and breakaway ropers in the business at home in their practice pens, with their friends, making runs of all speeds.

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Breakaway Practice Sessions
  • Bethanie Shofner’s Second-Ever Practice Session on Bubba

    Roping on a new horse can be intimidating, but Bethanie Shofner makes it look easy. Being her second time to ever rope on Erin Johnson's horse Bubba, Erin and Linsay Sumpter break down Bethanie's practice session.

  • Linsay Sumpter Practice Sesh Delivering with Pinky Down

    Linsay Sumpter and Erin Johnson break down how Sumpter delivers her breakaway rope with her pinky down and what delivering with your pinky down does to your rope.

  • Practice with a Purpose

    You practice for a reason. Erin Johnson and Linsay Sumpter explain why ropers should go into a practice session with a purpose in mind to get the most out of your practice.

  • Roping on a Free Horse

    Bethanie Shofner ropes on Erin Johnson's great horse, Bubba, and discovers how she has to rope on such a free horse.

  • Tune Up: Practice Session on Hard-Running Breakaway Horse

    Hope Thompson talks her way through a full practice session on a seasoned breakaway horse.

  • Tune Up: Practice Session on Hard-Running Breakaway Horse 57118

    Hope Thompson talks her way through a full practice session on a seasoned breakaway horse.

  • Green Rodeo Breakaway Horse Practice Session

    Shelby Boisjoli is always looking for the next great horse, and she's always working to make him, too. In this video, Boisjoli talks through an entire practice session on a young breakaway horse that she's got high hopes for in the future.

  • Practice Session: Super Chrome Ink

    Lari Dee Guy often rides her best friend Hope Thompson's AQHA Reserve World Champion mount Super Chrome Ink at rodeos and jackpots. BreakawayRoping.com takes you into the practice pen with Thompson, Guy and Ink to explore what makes this mare one of the best to ever chase a calf.

  • Practice Session: Rodeo Horse

    Hope Thompson has won some of the biggest ropings in the country on her gelding "Ace", and in this video she talks us through an entire practice session on the hard-running, user-friendly horse.

  • Practice Session: Troubleshooting Getting to the Inside and Holding the Calf

    The way a horse breaks to the pin and crosses over behind the calf is an essential element of a breakaway roper's game. But when that isn't happening perfectly, how do you fix it? In this video, Lari Dee Guy talks through a practice session on her rodeo horse, with solutions coming from a convers...

  • Breaking Down Practice Runs

    At the Smarty Young Pro clinic, Shelby Boisjoli and Kelsie Domer work with the breakaway ropers on live cattle, breaking down their runs and discussing notes on the start, positioning and box work as they work through issues in real-time. 

  • Pre-NFBR Practice Session | Taylor Munsell and Samantha Fulton

    Taylor Munsell and Samantha Fulton join Lari Dee Guy at her arena in Abilene, Texas, and practice to get ready for the National Finals of Breakaway Roping in Las Vegas, Nevada. Munsell and Fulton share what specific things they are tweaking in their own roping and how they keep their horses worki...

  • Pre-NFBR Practice Session | JJ Hampton, Cadee Williams and Lari Dee Guy

    JJ Hampton and Cadee Williams join Lari Dee Guy at her arena in Abilene, Texas, for a practice session to get ready for the National Finals of Breakaway Roping in Las Vegas, Nevada. See how they tune up their horses and work on their mindset to prepare to rope for the $550,000 payout at the South...

  • Angelone Sisters' Practice Session on Fresh Horses

    Martha and Sarah Angelone ride Amigo and Chick in this practice session. Amigo is a greener horse that has been in training with Sarah for five months and she focuses on keeping him relaxed in the box, the run and in good position behind cattle. Angelone ropes off "Chick," one of her younger rode...

  • Angelone Sisters' Practice Session on Finished Horses

    In this laid-back practice session, Martha Angelone and Sarah Angelone rope on their finished horses, Jesse James and Wilma, at Sarah's house in Lipan, Texas. They discuss scoring techniques and ways that they work each horse to keep them on their A-game. 

  • Angelone Sisters' Practice Session on Young Horses

    Martha and Sarah Angelone work through a live cattle practice on their younger horses and explain how they work horses at different stages of training and correct common issues in the box and the run. 

  • Justin Maass's Breakaway Coaching

    Justin Maass coaches his "right hand" Maggie through a breakaway practice, focusing on crisp neck ropes and timing with a four-year-old horse. He discusses the benefits of holding the saddle horn in practice and how it changed Maggies' departure out of the box.

  • Practicing Roping from the Pin

    NFBR qualifier Danielle Lowman explains why she ropes from the pin at a standstill on her more finished breakaway horses. She talks through a normal practice session on her more finished horses and explains how she works on her timing and sets up the drill to be beneficial to both her and her horse.

  • First String Practice Session

    Everybody wants to know how Danielle Lowman practices on her best horse, and in this video she breaks down what her practice sessions look like. She discusses how she found her good horse, what she looked for in a breakaway mount and how she works on things like scoring to keep her horses working...

  • Practicing on a Strong Breakaway Horse

    "I always score the first one on my horses." Danielle Lowman breaks down her process for working with a mare who was on the stronger side when she first picked her up. Learn how she teaches rate at the line and behind cattle and more.

  • Tuning up a finished horse

    Danielle Lowman reunites with a horse she won a lot on at the start of her breakaway career and breaks down how she keeps the horse moving through her throw. Lowman also explains how she adjusts her roping to various styles of horses. Lowman also explains how she utilizes roping from the pin to h...