Starting
a Young Horse... When starting young horses, there
are a variety of techniques that can be used. Tommy Garland
uses the bosal. Join him as he goes through some of his
award-winning techniques. Click
here!
Beginning
the Spin... Horse trainer, Todd Martin, walks us
through the beginning stages of preparing your horse for
that perfect spin. Click
here!
Working the Spin... Todd Martin, shows
us that it's not that difficult to work your horse into
the sport of Reining. Here he demonstrates the correct way
to work your horse into one of those breathtaking spins.
Click
here!
Meet
Feature!... Our Horsecity.com Free Horse for 2006
has been training with Van Hargis. Watch Van put Feature
through some of his training exercises. Have
you signed up? This great horse could be coming your
way after the first of the year! Click
here!
Meet
Feature Part II!... Our Horsecity.com Free Horse
for 2006 has been training with Van Hargis. In this episode
Van works with Feature in the Round Pen. Have
you signed up? This great horse could be coming your
way after the first of the year! Click
here to watch it!
Ride and Tie...
Some of the fastest racers in the equine world might only
have two legs! That is when they participate in the sport
of Ride and Tie. Maggie Herlensky talks about the sport
that not only challenges the endurance of the horse, but
also the endurance of the riders. Click
here!
Horse Play...
Craig Cameron loves working with his horses and knows that for all their hard
work, there needs to be some time to play. Join him as he goes over some of
the activities that he does to give both himself and his horses a reward. Click
here!
Getting Your Horse
to Stand Still... Do you ever have to avoid all the green areas around
you when you are simply standing with your horse? Raye Lochart goes through
the basic steps and repetition that will teach your horse to stand still no
matter where they are. Click
here!
Arabians...
are one of the oldest known breeds and sometimes training them takes a little
extra time. Join Tommy Garland as he discusses his methods of training and how
sometimes the little things make all the difference when training Arabians.
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New Career?
Playing around with your horse and your riding just might get you an exciting
career. Join Meredith Taylor as she talks with all-around entertainer Denny
Chapman, of the Kentucky Horse Park, about what it takes to be a trick rider
and roper. Click here!
Pole Bending: The Western World is full of speed events and pole bending is just one of them. Join clinician and trainer Doug Leasor as he explains the basics of pole bending and what makes a competitive pole bending horse and rider combination.
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Barrels
- Lance Graves: ...is an AQHA World Champion and
Congress Champion barrel racer. He is a Barrel Futurities
of America Reserve World Champion and NBHA 1D National Winner.
Many of the horses he has trained have been seen running
WPRA, IFR, NHSRA and NBHA races around the globe. His personal
approach to teaching gives each student a unique perspective
when learning. World Champion credentials with a passion
for teaching makes Lance a professional barrel racer like
no other. www.lancegraves.com
1. Get
the correct and best position when approaching the
first barrel.
2. Teaching your
horse to flex
and bend.
3. Lance gives some advice on
getting a gate sour barrel horse to cooperate.
4. The "rollback"
is important to your success in the pattern.
5. Horses that constantly drop shoulders and/or flop their rear ends around will
tip barrels and ruin your run.
6. Setting
the space around the barrels is mission critical to
your success in the barrel arena.
7. Lance shows us how to properly lunge
a horse. See why it's important to lunge both the
trained horse as well as the horse-in-training.
8. Lance shows the benefits as well as the proper use of the O-ring
Bit.
Reining - Tod Bergen:
There are five NRHA professionals who have reached the celebrated
NRHA Million Dollar Rider milestone: Todd Bergen has now
joined the small, but very select group. Bergen has no less
than three NRHA Futurity reserve championship titles to
his credit. In 1997, he was the Co-Reserve Champion on Im
So Tari owned by the Lazy E Ranch, Inc. In 1999, Todd guided
Vaughn Zimmerman's Roosters Wrangler to the Futurity Reserve
Champion position, then, in 2000 he repeated that feat with
Ricochet Rooster, also owned by Arcese Enterprises. In 1995,
he rode Jon Sather's Lean With Me to the Open Derby win,
and then he and Jerry Lees Surprise, owned by Blue Sky Ranch/Doug
Holmes, earned the Open Derby championship title in 1996.
1. Basics
of Backing
2. Bit
Basics Part 1
3. Bit
Basics Part 2
4. Bit
Basics Part 3
5. Pointers
on Bit Placement
6. Using
Boots
7. Buying
your Reining prospect
8. Cinching
your saddle correctly
9. Signs
of Colic
10. Focusing
pointers
11. Finding
the Correct Hand Position
12. Mounting
Tips
13. Reining
Reins
14. Correct
Saddle Placement
15. Correct
Saddle Posture
16. Making
the Side Pass
17. Splint
Boots Explained
18. Using
Spurs
19. Correct
Stirrup Length
20. Making
the Stop
21. Suppling
your Horse
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