There's no need to pick a fight with a fresh head horse—especially if you know the horse inside and out. Starting your practice session off by allowing your head horse to settle in can be the best way to set your practice up for success, says horse trainer Bert McGill.
Up Next in Heading Box Work & Scoring
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Nervous Horse Scoring
Dustin Egusquiza has a good horse that gets flat nervous in the box. He talks through a session of scoring him to explain rewarding a nervous horse in the box.
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Leaving The Box
Holding your saddle horn in the box can have advantages over cocking your rope. Kevin Stewart discusses how to ride your horse efficiently out of the box.
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Up and Back Scoring Drill
Kolton Schmidt wants his horses to leave off his cues and his cues only. He pushes his horses forward and back in the box to make that happen, and in this video he describes the drill.
