Ranch Riding

Is your horse comfortable working a gate? Here’s how to introduce them to it.

Last week we broke down the basics of walking a horse over ranch riding logs.

Bud Lyon shows you how to introduce your reining horse to ranch riding logs.

Watch as Bud Lyon performs speed transitions for ranch riding on a reining horse.

Teach your reining horse how to turn instead of spin when competing in the ranch riding.

Bud Lyon shows you how to master the lope to walk transition on your reining horse.

Lope to trot transitions can be difficult for reining horses, Bud Lyon shows how to master it.

Teach your reining horse how to do serpentines with Bud Lyon's tips.

The Arizona Fall Championship Farnam $5,000 added ranch riding futurity and $5,000 added Cinch open ranch riding derby were both won by Bud Lyon, who took home a combined earnings of $4,883.

Next in this series, Bud demonstrates the extended trot.

In recent years, the ranch riding has grown to be one of the most well-liked classes. The Arizona Fall Championship took note of the interest and has catered several classes to the ranch riding for 2020.

The Arizona Fall Championship is bigger and better than ever. Here’s what you should know about the event.

Don’t let a break of gait leave you in the penalty box in your ranch riding class.

Bud Lyon teaches a novice ranch rider how to perform turnarounds and spins.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Bought a new horse? Here’s how to assess his skill level.