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.

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. 

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...

Relentless Remuda colt starter Miles Baker explains the dos and don'ts of saddling a horse for the first time.

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. 

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. 

How do you teach a colt to follow his nose the right way? Miles Baker talks about setting one up for success. 

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.

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.