Bonus video from Roping.com: What should you expect in the early rides on a colt? Miles Baker explains how he rides in a sidepull and introduces fundamentals in the first few rides.

Bonus video from Roping.com: How much forward motion should you put into a colt without discouraging a stop?

Bonus video from Roping.com: Miles Baker starts the Relentless Remuda colts in a sidepull rather than a snaffle. Here are the fundamentals of using a sidepull and how it should be adjusted.

Yes, you can blow a young horse up riding outside. It's one of the things that can be done right or so, so wrong. Miles Baker talks about how to best utiliize outside riding in your program.

Teaching colts to stand tied is a critical element to Miles Bakers' green horse program. He uses the tie-rail to teach his horses patience and contentment at any step of the game.

Miles Baker introduces flexing in a colts first few rides not with a snaffle but with a halter on the ground. Here he demonstrates how.

Is there a set level of expectations each colt should have in early rides? And when should you ask for a lope? Miles Baker explains.

Do young horses spend too much time bending around in an arena and not enough time outside? Miles Baker breaks it down.

Bits are like tools in a toolbox, and Miles Baker talks through how these bridles fit into his program on young horses in and out of the arena.

Miles Baker gives a 40-day check in with a colt by Show Me The Buckles, progressing from a side-pull to a snaffle bit and demonstrating what those early rides look like.

Miles Baker doesn't pull on two reins on his colts until they've developed the feel and responsiveness with each rein individually. Here are the fundamentals Baker puts in each colt before ever asking for a hard whoa. 

There's a right and a wrong way to bridle a colt. Miles Baker talks through the best way to put a bridle on a green horse. 

How do you teach a colt to move his feet in a way to set him up for success later in life? Miles Baker explains how he introduces a step across in a colt. 

Does behavior on the ground matter in great horses? Miles Baker talks about how that really isn't an issue in their program.

How and when do you ask for a stop in a 2-year-old? Miles Baker explains his long-term progression in the stop.

The Relentless Remuda does a lot of breakaway roping, steer stopping and pen roping before they ever rope out of the box. In this video, Remuda trainer Miles Baker explains how he starts a heel horse prospect pen roping on a calf, demonstrating his corrections, the amount of slide he looks for an...

Exactly when should you teach a horse to collect themselves in the training process? It should take a while, according to Miles Baker. In this video, he demonstrates how he introduces collection and flexion through the bridle from the ground. 

Snaffle bits and hobble straps work well on 2-year-olds as you begin to instill confidence and responsiveness in colts. Here's how your snaffle should be adjusted and why a hobble strap is an important part of your game.

Miles Baker is already winning on Blade—a son of Show Me The Buckles—but Roping.com was there when Baker started this colt out of the box. This is the same colt Baker started under saddle for our cameras in 2021. His full series is now available as a playlist on Roping.com.

How much forward motion should you put into a colt without discouraging a stop? 

Do all the good ones have quirks? They don't really HAVE to if you try implementing these fundaments from Miles Baker at an early age. 

Using an unbroke 3-year-old Show Me The Buckles colt, Miles Baker explains his early colt-starting program.

The way you use your hands in the earliest stages of the training process can make or break your rope horse's responsiveness down he line. In this video from the Relentless Remuda, Miles Baker demonstrates how he uses his hands on a colt that's ready to start out of the box.

Here's what you need to know about saddling a colt safely.