Miles Baker
4 Seasons
Explore the expertise of Miles Baker in this engaging playlist, where the seasoned trainer and roper shares his insights on horsemanship and roping techniques. With a focus on foundational skills and advanced strategies, Baker's videos guide both beginners and experienced ropers in honing their craft. As a member of the Relentless Remuda, he emphasizes the importance of developing a strong partnership with your horse, ensuring effective communication and performance in the arena. Learn from one of the best to elevate your roping journey.
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Colt-Starting Series: Before Asking for a Stop on a Young Horse
Episode 1
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Bridling Fundamentals
Episode 2
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Teaching the Step Across
Episode 3
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Behavior Expectations on the Ground
Episode 4
Does behavior on the ground matter in great horses? Miles Baker talks about how that really isn't an issue in their program.
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Colt-Starting Series: Introducing a Stop
Episode 5
How and when do you ask for a stop in a 2-year-old? Miles Baker explains his long-term progression in the stop.
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Colt-Starting Series: Starting a Young Heel Horse Pen Roping
Episode 6
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...
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Colt-Starting Series: Introducing Collection—When and How?
Episode 7
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Bit Hobbles and Snaffles
Episode 8
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Starting a Head Horse Prospect Out of the Box
Episode 9
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Teaching a Colt Forward Motion
Episode 10
How much forward motion should you put into a colt without discouraging a stop?
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Colt-Starting Series: Cutting Out the Nonsense
Episode 11
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Explaining the First Rides
Episode 12
Using an unbroke 3-year-old Show Me The Buckles colt, Miles Baker explains his early colt-starting program.
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Colt-Starting Series: Hand Use Dos and Don'ts
Episode 13
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.
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00:59Episode 14
Colt-Starting Series: Saddling Safety
Episode 14
Here's what you need to know about saddling a colt safely.
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Colt-Starting Series: Pen Roping at 120 Days
Episode 15
Pen roping is a critical step in Miles Baker and Trevor Brazile's Relentless Remuda. In this video, Baker explains how he uses pen roping to get a horse broke by giving him a job early on.
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06:48Episode 16
Colt-Starting Series: Shoulder Control
Episode 16
The ability to control a horse's shoulders is critical in any discipline, but it's especially important in head and heel horses who need to react to the cow athletically. In this video, Baker demonstrates the kind of shoulder control he reinforces in his colts and explains how that carries over f...
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Colt-Starting Series: Early Saddling Fundamentals
Episode 17
Relentless Remuda colt starter Miles Baker explains the dos and don'ts of saddling a horse for the first time.
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Colt-Starting Series: Moving a Horse's Hips with a Halter
Episode 18
You can teach a colt to move his hips without ever being in the saddle. Miles Baker shows how he uses a halter and lead rope to move a young horse's feet.
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03:31Episode 19
Colt-Starting Series: Outside Riding 101
Episode 19
How do you control a situation in the pasture on a young horse? And what control should you have before you ever head out of the arena? Miles Baker breaks down how he makes sure to keep his horses in positive situations in the pasture.
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Colt-Starting Series: Teaching a Colt to Follow Its Nose
Episode 20
How do you teach a colt to follow his nose the right way? Miles Baker talks about setting one up for success.
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Colt-Starting Series: Groundwork in a Sidepull
Episode 21
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.
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Colt-Starting Series: Progression into the Stop
Episode 22
Miles Baker wants a colt to be "good in the face" before he starts to really ask for a stop. In this video, he demonstrates how he achieves that and how he asks for a whoa in a colt with 45-60 rides.
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Episode 23
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Colt-Starting Series: Softness in a Sidepull
Episode 24
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.