This gelding just started in the heading after spending two years in a cow horse program, and in this session Kirchenschlager works on keeping the horse’s shoulders up while turning off. He’s working on teaching this horse to have forward momentum through the turn, and he’s limiting the horse’s facing because the young horse already wants to face too much for how green he is.
Up Next in Tate Kirchenschalger's New Series
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Practice Session: 4-Year-Old Roo Star...
In this full practice session, Kirchenschlager explains how he focuses on turning a steer on a gelding with six months of heading training. Kirchenschlager isolates the turn and only focuses on that one element of the run to limit the horse’s forward momentum as he gets a hold of the steer.
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Practice Session: 4-Year-Old Travelin...
Kirchenschlager is focusing on teaching rate on a young mare with three months’ of heading training. He plans to just make some building runs on her, but when she doesn’t rate as well as he’d like, he refocuses his efforts on backing off and regaining control.
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Practice Session: 7-Year-Old Cow Hors...
Tate Kirchenschlager is working on building a foundation in the team roping on a well broke 7-year-old gelding who comes from the cow horse side of the arena. Kirchenschlager uses slower cattle to help the horse learn how to rate and turn the steer, and he focuses on getting the horse in the left...
