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Horse&Rider encompasses everything today’s active, Western rider craves to live his or her best horse life by providing expert western horse training tips, trail-riding insights, horse-care advice, and inspiration to live Today’s Western Horse Life.
Horse&Rider OnDemand is here to help you achieve your riding goals with reliable training and horse-care tips when you need it where you want it. At the barn, in the arena, or around the tack room—you can access information from world champion trainers Brad Barkemeyer and Bud Lyon anywhere your Western horse life takes you.
Slicing a Pole
Learn what slicing the pole in a trail pattern means.
Advice from a Non-Pro
RL Chartier’s non-pro client shares her advice for getting involved in cutting.
Fixing a Spin by Trotting
Bud Lyon shows you how he likes to use the trot to help a horse that struggles with spinning.
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Horse News and Events
Horse&Rider OnDemand Launches Video Series with AZCHA Futurity Champion and Top Cutting Horse Trainer Jade Keller
Western Horse Training Videos
2-Year-Old Cutting Horse Warm-Up
Jade Keller goes over his cutting horse warm-up routine for 2-year-old colts to prepare them for their cutting horse career.
Western Horse Training Videos
Improving the Back Up
Western Horse Training Videos
The Dressage Pyramid
In this video from Horse&Rider OnDemand, world champion Western dressage trainer Tim Chirstensen explains the dressage pyramid.
Western Horse Training Videos
Round Pen Exercises for Colt Starting
Learn how you can use the round pen to gain your horse’s attention with help from ranch riding expert Cody Crow.
Western Horse Training Videos
Clean Up Your Transitions
Bud Lyon works with a student on cleaning up her transitions for the ranch riding at one of his clinics before a ranch competition.
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Western Horse Training Videos
Prevent Falling to the Inside
Brad Barkemeyer coaches a student through a drill that will help them prevent their horse from falling to the inside.
Horse Health Care
Why Hoof Cracks Happen
A hoof crack’s ability to lay your horse up depends on several things including what caused it, its location on the hoof, and its depth—deep cracks can expose the sensitive laminae under the hoof wall, and cause infection and significant pain.
Western Horse Life
Vaulting to New Heights
At this unique program, riders of all abilities are encouraged to give gymnastics on horseback a try.
Western Horse Training Videos
At-Home Horsemanship Drill at the Trot
Robin Frid shows you his favorite at-home horsemanship drill at the trot that you can do at home to improve your horsemanship skills.
Western Horse Training Videos
Teaching a Weanling to Stand for the Farrier
Learn the beginning steps of teaching your weanling to stand for the farrier with help from world champion trainer Anthony Leier.
Western Horse Training Videos
Matching the Speed of the Steer
Learn about matching the speed of the steer from 18-time world champion and Horse&Rider OnDemand expert Brad Lund.
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