Head horses need to be introduced to live scores. When the gate bangs, the heeler needs to make some form of forward movement so the head horse sees movement. Trevor Brazile explains what live scoring is and why it's beneficial.

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.

Timing with your rope is Rhen Richard’s single-most important factor in riding a head horse. In this video, he explains what he means by timing with your rope and how it affects his horses.

A header breakawaying a steer can be beneficial for both the head horse AND the heel horse. Trevor Brazile explains how breakawaying a steer with a heeler can add intensity to the run.

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.

Dakota Kirchenschlager finishes up a week of training on a 5-year-old Magnum gelding with reining chops. His goal is get the horse working well at different levels of intensity instead of always finding a way to ask for a big, beautiful stop. This session also demonstrates the value of putting we...

If a steer steps right, you've got to keep your focus and your distance to help the run come together. Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves talk about what lets them bring a run together best when a steer isn't down the middle.

Is your horse making your heel shot harder thanks to where he carries his head? Here's how to tell and how to fix it.

Headers and heelers spend time figuring out their run, and sometimes they make adjustments on the fly. Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker talk through how those adjustments are made mid-run, and who needs to make those adjustments.

Wesley Thorp talks through some runs on a young horse and how he expects him to track across the pen. 

Plenty of head horses get on the muscle when their nerves get the best of them. Dustin Egusquiza has learned the horsemanship necessary to get by one. In this video, he explains what he does and why.

ARHFA World Champion Dakota Kirchenschlager rides horses in his own program as well as outside horses, and in this video Kirchenschlager is breakawaying on a 4-year-old head-horse prospect with a lot of run and a lot of try. He talks through how to manage that in a full practice session.

How a lower-number roper can up his game to get to the next level with Jake Barnes.

The 2022 Cinch Timed Event Championship at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, pits the best timed event hands in the country head to head over five rounds of five head each in the heading, tie-down, heeling, steer wrestling and steer roping.

How should you react as a team when a steer steps into the head horse? Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves talk about their reactions—both mental and physical—to still put a run together. 

How do you need your head horse leaving in the South Point Equestrian Center's arena? Kolton Schmidt talks about what you need to focus on in the practice pen to be ready to rope for millions in Vegas.

Even the best head horses in the game have setbacks in their training. Trevor Brazile addresses how situations he put his young horse in created some problems, and how he's addressing them in the practice pen.

What's the best way to log a horse and teach the face? Jake Barnes explains teaching facing by logging a head horse and the dry work needed before you start.

Right-leaded head horses can be flat dangerous. Here's how to fix them.