Horsemanship
Elevate your horsemanship skills to excel in the dynamic world of team roping with our comprehensive video collection. Our expert coaches, including Clay O'Brien Cooper, Trevor Brazile, Miles Baker, Rhen and Kaden Richard and Dakota Kirchenschlager, provide invaluable insights into the crucial role of horsemanship in roping success.
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Ideal Buttons in a 2-Year-Old
What would the full package of buttons on a 2-year-old look like for Miles Baker? Miles uses Cardi BRelentless, a 2-year-old running-bred filly, to explain.
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Analyzing Pedigree and Conformation on A&C Racing and Ropings Yearlings
A&C Racing and Roping’s Rhen Richard walks through his set of yearlings, explaining the crosses and what he sees in each colt.
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Analyzing Pedigree and Conformation on A&C Racing and Ropings Weanlings
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Inside the Remuda: Lambo
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Using a Breakaway Hondo on a Young Head Horse (PART 2)
Bonus video from Roping.com: Not all breakaway runs are created equal. Miles Baker and Trevor Brazile explain the intricacies of how they use a breakaway in their program and why. PART 2
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Reinforcing Fundamentals in Young Horses
When approaching pre-event practice on a young horse, your best bet is to reinfornce fundamentals rather than ram-and-jam training into them. American Champ Ryan Motes outlines how he approaches practice on his ready-to-go good young horses.
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Switchenders
Some horses are more natural in the heading, while others excel in the heeling. In young horses, it's not always easy to know which way a horse should go. Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker like to head and heel on their green horses to help them develop and to figure out where they belong.
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Letting Colts Make Mistakes
Trevor Brazile might be a perfectionist when it comes to every element of his game, but that doesn't mean he demands perfection every step of the way from his horses. In this video presented by Cactus Ropes, Brazile talks about how he allows his horses to make mistakes so that they learn what he ...
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Green Horse Confidence-Building Practice on Muleys
Ryan Motes and Brock Hanson practice on some muleys to keep their young horses confident and make it
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DT Horses Masterclass: Slow Roping Session 4
Keeping horses soft throughout the entire training process is important. In this video, Dean Tuftin explains why this is and how they begin the process when horses are in their 2-year-old year getting them broke and laterally and vertically soft.
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DT Horses Masterclass: Slow Roping Session 3
In this video, Dean Tuftin is on a 5-year-old colt that still has some green spots to him. Tuftin tries some fresher cattle to see where he's at, focusing on keeping a left lead and keeping him soft.
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DT Horses Masterclass: Slow Roping Session 2
Fresh muleys are good for young horses because they keep moving forward. Dean Tuftin explains how they help train young, green horses to not worry about a hit in front of them because of the constant forward motion.
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DT Horses Masterclass: Slow Roping Session 1
When a horse doesn't read your seat, you can feel it. It makes a heeler feel like their horse isn't rating and that they're going to have to pull more. Dean Tuftin explains how to get a horse to read your seat and why it's important.
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DT Horses Masterclass: Slow Roping Warm-Up
To introduce young horses to live cattle, DT Horses trail them around behind a lead steer in a circle. This is a great opportunity to introduce young horses to starting out of the box, too. Dean Tuftin explains how this is a nice warm-up before a roping session.
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Developing Timing in ANY Roping Discipline
Whether you're training a heel, breakaway or calf horse, the foundation is essentially the same: finding the cow and having great timing. Trevor Brazile explains the fundamentals that go into teaching great timing and a lasting pattern in any rope horse.
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Game Plan on a Fresh Horse
Everyone from the best in the world down to beginners have to deal with fresh horses in the roping pen from time to time. What's the best way to approach a practice session on a fresh horse, and what expectations should you have? Clay O'Brien Cooper explains how he handles a horse with plenty of ...
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Is Your Horse Jackpot Ready?
Seven-million-dollar cowboy Trevor Brazile talks about assessing a green head horse's prospects for going to the jackpot and how to know when a young head horse is ready for the pressure.
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Tips For Reading Cattle [MS]
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The Specific Feel Ropers Need
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How To Build A Relationship with Your Horse
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Backing a Free Horse Off the Bridle
Using your bridle reins and your feet to back a strong horse up after a run can get them paying attention for future runs. Lari Dee Guy and Aspen Miller explain how that works.
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Introducing a Curb Bit
Horseman Justin Briggs shows the typical progression of his program as he introduces a 3-year-old Mr Cinnamon Roll x Dash Ta Fame to the curb bit.
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Feel in the Bridle
Will your head horse like a roller bit? Jake Barnes talks through the benefits of using a ported bit with a roller in the middle and explains why his head horse prefers it.
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How To Be In Sync With Your Horse [MS]