In this full practice session, Brad Lund heads on a daughter of DT Sugar Chex Whiz, the mare Billie Jack Saebens won Horse of the Year aboard. Lund addresses issues that have arisen from a winter in the show pen on a 4-year-old, while Kirchenschlager talks trouble-shooting a heel horse.
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Fresh-Horse Box Work
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.
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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.
