Is your horse reaching at the extended trot or just going faster when you’re trotting? Are you standing up in your stirrups or do you prefer posting? These are all things to think about when you’re practicing the trot for a ranch riding event.
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Introduction to Ranch Riding: Extend ...
Have you ever wondered how to teach your horse to extend the walk? Bud Lyon breaks down the basics of extending the walk and works with a rider who is new to the ranch riding learn how to properly ask her horse to walk so he doesn’t break into a trot during a ranch riding class.
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Introduction to Ranch Riding:Working ...
When Bud Lyon works with a rider, he likes to make sure they’re comfortable going all speeds in the ranch riding. Here he breaks down the extended lope and how a rider should ask for the speed transition in the class.
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Practicing Ranch Riding Obstacles
If you plan on competing in ranch riding events, you need to be familiar with going over logs at a walk, trot, and lope, and must be able to sidepass over a log. In this video Bud Lyon works with a non-pro rider and goes over the different obstacles he practices when he's at home.
