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Softening Up a Horse
Horsemanship
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7m 52s
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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