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Introduction to Sliding Stops:Using the Fence
Horsemanship
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8m 29s
Once you can stop your horse in a straight line at the walk, trot, and lope, you can use this fence drill to help your horse stop and engage his hindquarters.
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Softening Up a Horse
Brad Barkemeyer was starting to work on a fence drill to help the sliding stop when he realized his horse wasn't staying soft in his hand. Instead of doing his original drill he went back to the basics at the lope and worked on softening his horse up before moving on to the next step.
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Introduction to Sliding Stops:Lope
In the last step of this exercise, Brad Barkemeyer works his horse at the lope and starts to introduce him to the fundamentals of the sliding stop.
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Introduction to Sliding Stops:Trot
Once your horse understands how to stop at a walk, it's time to increase the speed and test out your skills at the trot.
