In certain events it's frowned upon to use your saddle horn. However, in certain events—like the working cow horse—your horn can be an essential tool to help you stay balanced in the saddle. Brad Barkemeyer works with a rider who is new to the working cow horse and explains the importance of using your horn.
Up Next in Working Cow Horse
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Learn How to Read Cattle
If you're new to cattle events and haven't had much experience around cattle, it's important to learn how to read them so you can keep yourself and your horse safe when you're working a cow. Brad Barkemeyer shows you how.
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Introducing New Rider to Cattle
This week, Brad Barkemeyer teaches a new rider how to respond to the horse when they feel the horse’s instinct take over to work a cow. The exercises in this video explain how to approach a cow and how to read signals.
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Adding Speed While Working the Flag
Once a rider gets comfortable working the flag, it’s time to raise the degree of difficulty by adding speed to the exercise. This week, in the second video of our sevenpart series, Brad works with a new working cow horse rider, helping her get comfortable working the flag at a faster speed.
