There is a delicate balance between keeping control of your horse and staying out of his mouth. Work on your left hand positioning with Patrick Smith.

Every horse has different abilities, both mentally and physically. In this video, Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker use a 4-year-old mare as an example of how they modify their training to fit each individual’s temperament and abilities. In this video they demonstrate scoring, breakaway roping and m...

Rickey Green taught more roping clinics than anyone else in the business, and over the decades he learned a trick or two to help ropers improve their game using the fundamentals.

Professional horseman Justin Briggs answers the question posed by a viewer as to how he approaches a hypersenstive colt.

Your head horse's warm-up routine can affect the way he works in the run. Here's how World Champion Jake Barnes prepares his head horses to be snappy and sharp.

When transitioning an older horse with a cutting background into roping, Dakota Kirchenschlager is careful to optimize his opportunities to show the horse how to work correctly.

You never know what a fresh muley will do. Here's how Hunter Koch wants his horses listening on fresh cattle.

Clay O'Brien Cooper talks through what makes a good heel horse prospect, using his gelding Trooper as an example. He covers the mental and physical attributes of a young horse, and how he approaches the training knowing those elements of his personality and structure.

Are you giving your fresh, green horse a fair shot when you take him to the roping pen after some time off? BFI Champion JR Dees walks you through a fresh horse warm up and provides some dos and don'ts on a green horse.

Trevor Brazile's great young horse Firecracker has a lot of speed and feel—so in this video, Brazile takes him through a pre-futurity practice to keep him responding to his left rein. 

There are no shortcuts to becoming a better horseman. Spending more time in the saddle will help you learn to ride your horses better. Kevin Stewart discusses some tips to help you spend your saddle time wisely.

Do you save the best run for last, or work on your horse at the end of the day? Patrick Smith shares how he makes the last run on his good horses in the practice pen.

When World Champion Jake Barnes is analyzing a new horse, and in doing so he ropes a pen of steers and breaks it down run by run, talking about how he's feeling the head horse's responsiveness to his cues. He demonstrates how he wants the horse to work and how he wants him to score.

Training a horse with a laid back attitude can have advantages and disadvantages. Kevin Stewart discusses some tips to ride horses that are a little on the lazy side.

Professional horseman Justin Briggs demonstrates how to set the proper foundation in place for rate and stop on a prospect.

Clay O'Brien Cooper is constantly monitoring how his horse is feeling throughout a practice session and adjusting his practice and his game plan based on the responsiveness he's feeling. He talks about how he evaluates and tests his horse in a practice session.

Trevor Brazile, who's got 26 gold buckles to his name, uses split reins when he's riding outside the arena and when he's working on a young horse. Here are the different ways he holds them in each situation to accomplish what he's working on with each horse.

Justin Briggs discusses the importance of selecting the best prospect you can afford and how breeders incentives have impacted the market.

How you finish your run in the practice pen can affect the way your horse handles the pressure in jackpot situations. Lane Ivy and Kirby Blankenship talk through how they like to keep their head and heel horses calm after a run.

How and when to use your feet while heading is an often overlooked, yet always critical, part of the run. In this video presented by Cactus Ropes, 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile breaks down exactly where your feet should be, how you should be using them and how your horse should respond.

The 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile does a lot of little things differently, including his warm-up routine. Team ropers spend a lot of time loping to the left in the warm-up pen at any jackpot, but if you see Brazile getting ready to rope, chances are he's going against the grain. Brazile s...

Trevor Brazile is never done learning, and luckily he has Miles Baker around to provide insights when he sees a hole in his horsemanship. In this video, Baker coaches Brazile through a slight adjustment to his body position to better control his horse’s hips.

Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker have a young horse with fancy footwork in the face, and in this video they describe the type of runs they’re making on him to keep him solid.

On a horse with a natural, aggressive face, sometimes you have to eliminate some of the backup at the end of a run. Here’s how Trevor Brazile is working on meshing this new horse’s style with his own.