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 individual parts of the run, all with the back of the roping box flipped up to work on her scoring.
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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 Stallion...
Now Lets Talk Money has already been exceptional at the shows, so Dakota Kirchenschlager focuses on ensuring the horse peaks at the right time by making smooth, easy runs in the practice pen, both in the heading and the heeling. He explains what he’s doing and why every step of the way so ropers ...
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Practice Session: 6-Year-Old Stallion...
Dakota Kirchenschlager has won tens of thousands on the 6-year-old stallion Test My Metal. But along the way, Kirchenschlager has dealt with nervousness in the box, and he addresses that throughout the practice session.