Practice Session: Troubleshooting Getting to the Inside and Holding the Calf
Breakaway Ropers + Tie-Down Ropers = Besties
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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 conversation she had with the King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile.
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