Dakota Kirchenschlager rode the 4-year-old mare Miss Peppys Rebel at one AQHA show—just a few days before filming this series. This is Kirchenschlager’s first time roping on the mare since, and he’s dialing her back in to keep her calm in the box and work well on both ends.
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Practice Session: 5-Year-Old Show Mare
Correcting bad habits is a long road that takes a lot of patience. Dakota Kirchenschlager and wife Emily own this talented young mare, but she came from a show-barn background and needs work in the team roping. Kirchenschlager works on gaining control, keeping her calm in the box and building the...
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Practice Session: 5-Year-Old Dual Sma...
Dakota Kirchenschlager practices every day for what each individual horse needs. In this session, Kirchenschlager heads and heels on a 5-year-old futurity horse, sometimes breakawaying, sometimes circling the steer and sometimes making runs to manage the horse throughout the practice.
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Practice Session: 4-Year-Old Ex-Reine...
This 4-year-old gelding named Gotta Hit It Big came out of a reining program, and in this practice session Dakota Kirchenschlager starts with breakawaying before he moves to heading steers on the green head horse prospect. With a regular head rope, Kirchenschlager works on teaching the horse he c...