Heeling Horsemanship
Elevate your roping skills with the "Heeling Horsemanship" series, featuring insights from renowned coaches Clay O’Brien Cooper and Patrick Smith. This collection focuses on the essential techniques for selecting, conditioning, and refining heel horses, ensuring they are reliable assets in team roping. Learn from the best in the business to enhance your precision and performance in the arena. Unlock the secrets of effective heeling and strengthen your partnership with your horse through expert guidance.
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Horse Pattern
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Heeling - Drills for Colts and Older Horses
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Keeping Your Horse From Shouldering In
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Working With Someone Who Has Never Roped
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The Crossfire Rule
In this throwback video, catch some of the sport's legends at the NFR on the video used by PRCA judges to understand the crossfire rule.
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Header Makes The Heeler
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Taking Pressure Off Your Horse
Sometimes you have to back off and give your horse the freedom to mess up, or to prove that they understand their job. Matt Sherwood discusses how to test your horses on the dummy and help them gain confidence.
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Green Horse Reminders on the Smarty
Joseph Harrison demonstrates how he tunes up a green heel horse on the Smarty.
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Introducing Steer Stopping
Brad Lund often takes cow horses and reiners and turn them into head and heel horses. In this video, he talks through an entire session on a green horse in the steer stopping.
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Are You The Problem? - Heel Horses
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Developing Collection Through the Run
On this Metallic Cat mare, Dakota Kirchenschlager addresses her tendency to get strung out through the corner and shows how keeping her framed up can help her develop a better stop.
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It's All About Feel
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Rewarding Your Horse For A Job Well Done
Let your horse know when he's doing well. Matt Sherwood explains how instantly rewarding a horse can help their confidence and help enforce good behavior.
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How To Be In Sync With Your Horse [JB]
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Perfecting Different Points of Roping with Matt Sherwood
Do you use your "free time" while riding to improve your roping? Learn how you can use your time better and win more.
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Is There a Such Thing As Too Much Slide?
Is there such a thing as too much slide? Trevor Brazile says 'Nah.' Here's why.
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Benefits of Riding a Cowboy-Type Horse
Trevor Brazile has a tough horse in the barn that’s broke to death and makes his job fun. He talks about why here.
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Stirrup Length and Body Position
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Physically Preparing Different Styles of Horses
Reiners, cutters, cow horses and running bred horses all require different workout regimens and warm-ups. Here is how Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker prepare each different type of horse for competition.
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Right Leg Balance
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World Series Starts vs. Rodeo Starts
The secret to the start wherever you are is keeping your horse listening to you rather than the bang of the gate or the movement of the steer.
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How To Stay Balanced On Your Horse [JB]
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Horsemanship Fundamentals Part 3
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Green Head & Heel Horse Training Runs
Dakota Kirchenschlager and Brad Lund talk ropers through an entire practice session on green horses, including addressing tightness in a heel horse and overbridling in an ex-reiner on the head side.