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Bud Lyon breaks down how he works with a rider learning how to do a flying lead change.

Why is it important to be able to walk a perfect circle? Brad Barkemeyer breaks it down.

Being able to sidepass your horse sets you up for success and teaches your horse to move away from pressure.

A rider who is new to the ranch riding learns how to properly ask her horse to extend the lope for a ranch riding class.

Struggle with lead departures? Brad Barkemeyer is here to help.

Don’t lose points in the show pen because you’re not staying centered in your circles.

Bud Lyon works with a novice ranch rider to explain the importance of working the trot.

Knowing where your markers are within a pattern is extremely important. Brad Barkemeyer breaks down how you can practice this at home.

Bud Lyon teaches a novice ranch rider how to extend the walk.

For the safety of your farrier, veterinarian, yourself, and anyone else handling your horse, you need to be able to handle all four of his feet and legs.

Bud Lyon has someone who is new to ranch riding work his scale so he can assess her riding skill level and knowledge of the ranch riding.

To conclude this series Bud Lyon gives an overall evaluation.

Learn why you should be able to disengage your horse’s hindquarters and how to properly ask him to do so.

Brad Barkemeyer explains why it’s critical to form a relationship with your horse so that you’re able to work them at liberty.

Continue to evaluate your horse’s reining skills as Bud Lyon evaluates a new horse’s sliding stop.

Brad Barkemeyer demonstrates a few basic ground drills for you to work on with any horse.

Continue to evaluate your new horse’s maneuvers with the help of Bud Lyon.

The key to training a good cow horse—or a good horse in general—is consistency.

You’ve learned how to evaluate your new horse’s reining spin, now you can learn how to evaluate his ranch riding spin.

Does your horse need more practice on cattle? Brad Barkemeyer demonstrates the exercise he uses on all of his horses.

Now that you’ve tested your new horse for ranch riding, you can evaluate your new horse as a reining candidate.

Purchase a new ranch riding prospect? Here’s how Bud Lyon likes to evaluate a new prospect.

New to working cattle? Here’s a drill Brad Barkemeyer likes to do to help you learn how to read cattle.