Futurity Horse Prep

Futurity Horse Prep

Train with some of the top futurity trainers in the rope horse industry. Watch practice sessions with top futurity horses including The Darkk Side, Relentless PYC, Shes Mischievous, and more. The "Futurity Horse Prep" video series on Roping.com provides essential training insights for preparing horses for futurity competitions. Featuring expert advice from seasoned trainers, the series covers conditioning, groundwork, and skill development necessary for competitive success. These videos are an invaluable resource for trainers and aspiring competitors looking to enhance their understanding of futurity horse preparation. Explore these informative videos to elevate your training techniques and improve your competition readiness.

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Futurity Horse Prep
  • Pen Roping on a 3-Year-Old Filly with a Reining Background

    Sarah Angelone pen ropes on a 3-year-old she is training that is on track for 4-year-old futurities. The filly started out in her training as a reiner before starting in Angelone's problem, so she discusses how she works with her sliding tendancies to create her ideal breakaway stop. She works on...

  • Practice Session: Darkk Side, Gangster, Lunchbox

    Look inside the training program at the Relentless Remuda in this practice session with futurity prospects Darkk Side, Gangster, and Lunchbox.

  • Practice Session on Clubhouse and Ringo

    RR Buckles Clubhouse is one of the Relentless Remuda’s winningest futurity horses of 2023, and in this video, Trevor Brazile describes how his expectations were too high on the horse in the spring and how he overcame those sweats to end up with a standout finished product. On the other end of the...

  • Practice Session: RR Buckles Clubhouse and Pride And Joyy

    Miles Baker and Trevor Brazile run slow cattle on two futurity champs—RR Buckles Clubhouse and Pride And Joyy. Shot in 2023, this footage came before the Relentless Remuda had won on Pride And Joyy, who now has over $180K in earnings.

  • 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

  • Practice Session on SJR Diamond Bond

    SJR Diamond Bond is one of A&C Racing and Roping’s top futurity horses, with tens of thousands in earnings. Bred by the San Juan Ranch out of the stallion CD Diamond and purchased as a yearling out of the Western Bloodstock Sale, SJR Diamond Bond was destined to be a head horse. Richard explains ...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Inside the Remuda: Bama Cat

    Meet Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker's Bama Cat, a 4-year-old heel horse that they're excited to show in the futurities this year. 

  • Practice Session on Clubhouse

  • 4-Year-Old Inferno 66 Futurity Colt | Managing the Head Horse’s Mind

    As Dakota Kirchenschlager rides 4-Year-Old Inferno 66 Futurity Colt, he addresses how to prepare a stronger horse's mind right.

  • Reinforcing Responsiveness to the Left Rein

    Trevor Brazile's great young horse Firecracker has a lot of speed and feel—so in this video, Brazile takes him through a pre-futurity practice to keep him responding to his left rein. 

  • Heeling Drill: Developing Control Through the Corner

    In preparation for the American Rope Horse Futurity—where Joseph Harrison showed Tuckin Away Buckles for the Relentless Remuda—Miles Baker drills "Dagger" to keep him listening and controlled in the corner. 

  • 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.

  • Rhen Richard | Green Head Horse Practice Session

    Leading futurity trainer and NFR header Rhen Richard talks through an entire practice session on a green head horse, explaining how and why he makes the runs he does and what he does to fix any problems that may arise.

  • Futurity Prep on a 5-Year-Old with Trey Yates

    In this practice session, Trey Yates talks through his runs on a 5-year-old gelding as he prepares for a futurity and the AQHA World Show.

  • Trey Yates on a Futurity-bound 4-Year-Old

    Trey Yates makes some practice runs on his futurity 4-year-old mare.

  • Futurity Heeling Practice on a 5-Year-Old that Heads, Too

    As he prepares for a futurity, Trey Yates practices on a 5-year-old mare he heels on and his dad, JD, heads on.

  • Facing Drills

    Trevor Brazile is a stickler for a great face in a head horse. Whether he's ready to rodeo or just getting one prepped for its first futurity, Brazile will stop mid-practice to insure his face is sharp. In this video, he demonstrates how and what he does to get his head horse's facing dialed in.

  • Practice Session on Nala and Hooligan

    Miles Baker and Flag Ranch mare Relentless PYC picked up $50,000 at the 2024 Old West Roping Futurity held in Wallsburg, Utah, July 25. Watch a full practice session on the 4-year-old they call “Nala” only at Roping.com.

  • Practice Session: Heading on Futurity Horse Three S REO Booncat

    Ryan Motes heads on Kerry Kelley’s Three S REO Booncat, a futurity head horse he needs to soften up and flatten off, letting the horse cruise through a half-hour practice session. Meanwhile, Brock Hanson works on relaxing his good help horse on the heel side.

  • Pre-Futurity Practice Session 

    World's Greatest Horseman Finalist Tyler Merrill joins NFR heeler Ryan Motes from Weatherford, Texas, the day before the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's World Championships to ride through his young horses and talk about his strategy going into the ARHFA's premiere event.

  • Practice Session: Building Futurity Runs and Tuning on Older Horses

    Brock Hanson is team roping’s master catcher, and his job is to help at the horse shows by catching every single steer. In this practice session at Ryan Motes’ place in Decatur, Hanson and Motes talk through a practice session on a green heel horse and one of Hanson’s seasoned help horses. Motes ...