Learn from Bud Lyon how to balance practicing for a rider and practicing for the horse.

Bud Lyon explains and demonstrates fencing on a 3-year-old prospect. He explains how to properly fence a horse, what the benefits are, and why he uses it in his training program.

Another common transition in a ranch rail class is the lope to trot transition. Cody Crow demonstrates how he likes to ask his horse to transition down to a trot.

"Look where you want to go." Bud Lyon explains your body position and where your eyes should be looking when you're riding over trot poles in the ranch riding.

Bud Lyon discusses different types of romal reins.

Bud Lyon works with a horse who is new to the gate maneuver to complete a right-hand gate.

Learn from Bud Lyon what to look for in a ranch riding prospect versus a reining prospect.

Bud Lyon gives his favorite exercises to help a horse from dropping his shoulder in a circle.

What does Bud Lyon look for in a performance horse prospect? The answer is more complicated than you might think.

Does your horse drop its shoulder in the spin? Bud Lyon explains how to keep your horse's shoulder up in the reining pattern.

Bud Lyon helps encourage a horse to be more confident in the extended trot to help prevent them from breaking into the lope.

Cadence is key. Bud Lyon helps you set your horse up for success when trotting over logs in a ranch riding pattern.

A belly turn won't get you the points you want. Bud Lyon offers advice for helping your horse plant his pivot foot.

How do you work the gate in the ranch riding? Bud Lyon demonstrates and explains how it differs from other trail patterns.

How does Bud Lyon get out of a riding slump? He explains his mental strategy in this video.

Bud Lyon explains how you should ride the extended gaits in the ranch riding.

Bud Lyon discusses how and why you should adjust your riding style depending on the horse you're riding.

Bud Lyon explains when to use your legs to achieve collections, especially when the horse may already be heavy in the bridle.

A lead change—either flying or simple—is part of the AQHA Ranch Riding Pattern 1. Bud Lyon helps a rider struggling with the lead change during the pattern.

In the ranch riding it's easy to end up in the penalty box if you don't school your transitions at home. Bud Lyon breaks down one of the more difficult transitions, the extended lope to extended trot transition, and shows you what he does at home so he's clean when it's time to go in the show pen.

Bud Lyon breaks down log walkover in ranch riding. He explains why foot placement and footfall is so important and what you can do to ride the log walkover smoothly.

Bud Lyon demonstrates a training drill that will help you control your horse's feet in a log walkover.

Learn how to correctly sidepass a log in ranch riding.

Just like people, horses are either right handed or left handed. Bud Lyon works with a horse and shows the difference between his right and left turns and shows you which direction his horse struggles with more.