Ryan Motes heads on Kerry Kelley’s Three S REO Booncat, a futurity head horse he needs to soften up and flatten off, letting the horse cruise through a half-hour practice session. Meanwhile, Brock Hanson works on relaxing his good help horse on the heel side.

With the help of Brock Hanson, Ryan Motes works through a practice session on “Level Up”, a 4-year-old ex-Snaffle Bitter that came from Jake Telford’s program. Motes works on building consistency and confidence in a horse that’s been to only one show. Motes is working on heeling slow steers, stay...

Brock Hanson works on his roping with Ryan Motes heels on Bet Hesa Shiner—Ironman—making realistic runs to make sure the horses are sharp and solid. Hanson rides a practice horse that allows him to work on his roping, while Motes rides Bet Hesa Shiner to ensure the horse is driving through the tu...

Brock Hanson and Ryan Motes practice on one of Hanson’s new help horses and one of Motes’ solid futurity horses to slow down their run and fine-tune parts of the run. In this session, Hanson takes some walk starts, and Motes backs his horse off through the corner to keep solid position.

Brock Hanson is team roping’s master catcher, and his job is to help at the horse shows by catching every single steer. In this practice session at Ryan Motes’ place in Decatur, Hanson and Motes talk through a practice session on a green heel horse and one of Hanson’s seasoned help horses. Motes ...