Making a Remuda Horse
Roping.com has been the first place to meet all the best Remuda horses over the years, and now we're introducing ropers to the 2025 and 2026 lineups. In this exclusive video series, Trevor Brazile and Miles Bakers share their wealth of knowledge, offering valuable insights into the essential elements of team roping, from the fundamentals to advanced maneuvers. Learn how to improve your positioning, timing, and communication with your partner, as well as tips for perfecting your header and heeler skills.
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Practice Session on Relentless Honor
Miles Baker works with Relentless Honor, a talented 4-year-old mare with over $40,000 in futurity earnings. He breaks down her tendencies—pushing on the left rein and loading with her shoulders—and demonstrates key adjustments to keep her from leaning and responsive while heading.
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Colt-Starting Series: Teaching a Stop on a Race-Bred Prospect
Miles Baker has a Stevie Rey Von x Valiant Hero 2-year-old that leans heavily into her dam’s race horse roots. In this video, he explains how he introduces stopping to her and what his expectations in the stop are.
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Colt-Starting Series: Judging Prospects on Conformation
Miles Baker breaks down old wives’ tales about horses’ physical traits and their connection to their mental strengths and weaknesses, and he explains their overall conformation and its effects on the training process.
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Colt-Starting Series: Pen Roping on a 2-Year-Old
Miles Baker goes over the finer points of pen roping, including how to throw his breakaway rope to ensure it doesn’t pop his horse in the face, how he wants his horse relaxing, position behind the cow and more.
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Colt-Starting Series: Buttons On 2-Year-Old Prospects
What buttons does Miles Baker think he needs in a colt to connect their feet to their bridle? Baker shows the step-by-step process to developing the level of “broke” he wants in a 2-year-old.
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Colt-Starting Series: Stevie Rey Von x Valiant Hero 2-Year-Old "Bella"
Miles Baker introduces a 2-year-old filly by Stevie Rey Von out of a daughter of Valiant Hero, and he talks about this run-cow cross that’s the next level of head horses.
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Colt-Starting Series: First Day Throwing a Rope on a Head Horse Prospect
Miles Baker introduces the rope to a colt by Metallic Cattack out of Fun N Fancy Free, the dam to his World Champion Pride And Joyy.
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Colt-Starting Series: First Day in the Box
Miles Baker takes a colt into the head box for the first time, discussing how he wants that colt to be comfortable and relaxed.
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Colt-Starting Series: How Much Desensitizing Do Colts Need?
Desensitizing shouldn’t dull your horses, and Miles Baker wants his horses to keep their natural feel. Here’s how he achieves that.
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When Is It Time To Change Bits?
From ring snaffles to bigger bits, how does Miles Baker decide which bit he’s going to use on any particular day on a colt?
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Colt-Starting Series: How Long Do You Need to Ride a 2-Year-Old?
Miles Baker doesn't spend as much time "training" on 2-year-olds but just being on their back and building for the next day.
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Colt-Starting Series: 2-Year-Old Maternal Sibling to Pride And Joyy
Miles Baker shows the foundation he’s putting on a maternal sibling to his World Champion stallion, Pride And Joyy, by Solo Select’s stallion Metallic Cattack. The 2-year-old is started by Ty Benson, and Baker shows how he’s picking up with Benson left off and how he introduces a rope to the colt.