Use this drill to help improve your horse's body control in the reining spin.

After completing a few drills to prepare a horse for a reining pattern, Keith Ceddia has his non-pro rider run through parts of a reining pattern to see how her horse's body control has improved

Keith Ceddia shows you a few different exercises you can use to help soften your horse' body and prepare him for a reining pattern.

Body control and body position are both important parts of a reining pattern. In this video, Keith Ceddia goes over basic body control exercises and how he expects his horses to go around when riding them through a pattern.

Learn how to start and stop a spin, how to add speed to the spin, and learn some of the dos and don'ts to plussing this reining maneuver.

Pattern placement is a major part of reining. In this video, Keith Ceddia goes over the basics of rundown pattern placement and a few things you can do at home to help improve your timing throughout these maneuvers.

Keith Ceddia goes over the basics of each reining maneuver, starting with the large, fast circle and the small, slow circle, and shows you a couple of different drills you can do at home to help you get comfortable with pattern placement and getting comfortable with speed transitions.

In a reining pattern, you're required to stop your horse and immediately rollback. Ryan Rushing demonstrates how to combine the two so you can increase your score in the show pen.

Do you know the difference between turning your horse and asking your horse to rollback? Ryan Rushing goes over the basics of the rollback and how to school it.

If you constantly do the same thing over and over with your horse, there's a chance he will eventually get burned out and bored. Ryan Rushing offers his tips on how he avoids burnout in a horse and keeps his training program fun and exciting.

The way you warm up your horse at home and the way you warm him up at horse shows differs. Ryan Rushing goes over his horse show warm up so you can try it out at your next show.

If your horse gets tight or braces when you go to ask for a sliding stop, you might need to spend more time on your rundown. Ryan Rushing shows you how he likes to soften up a horse that gets tight when he stops.

Does your horse stay rounded and relaxed when you're working on your rundowns? Ryan Rushing goes over the next step in his rundown series where he covers the importance of keeping your horse rounded and relaxed so he can stop his best.

To ace your sliding stop, you need to understand the basics of the rundown. In the next step in this drill Ryan Rushing goes over how to build speed in your rundown so you're going your max speed when it comes time to stop.

Before you can ask your horse to do a sliding stop, you need to ensure that your horse is comfortable going straight when asking for more speed. Ryan Rushing goes over the basics of the rundown so you can improve your stop.

Do you know how to stay centered in your saddle when you're asking your horse to perform reining spins? Ryan Rushing talks about body position during spins and how he stays in the middle of his horse during this extremely quick maneuver.

You see some riders lean forward in their large, fast circles, while others sit back and use their seat to push their horse forward. Ryan Rushing talks about body position during reining circles and why he likes to ride them a certain way.

To have a good sliding stop you need to have a good rundown. Ryan Rushing goes over the basics of the rundown and what your horse should be doing before you ever ask him to stop.

When you ask your horse to go from a fast lope to a slower one, your horse should respond almost immediately to the cue. If he doesn't, try this drill from Ryan Rushing.

Sometimes people don't like to practice their patterns at home to avoid having their horse anticipate the patterns, especially when working with a reining horse where there are only a select few patterns to choose from. Learn why Ryan Rushing prefers to have his non pros practice their patterns a...

Ryan Rushing goes through a reining pattern with one of his non pros to go over some of the strengths and weaknesses he sees. This way they can work on those maneuvers before heading to a horse show.

Do you know how to prepare for the horse shows before you even get to the horse show? Reining professional Ryan Rushing shows you the drills he likes to do with his non pros to ensure they're ready when it comes time to head to a horse show.

Does your horse try to go without you in the rundowns of a reining pattern? Keith Ceddia shows you what to do to avoid having too much speed in the rundown.

NRHA Professional Keith Ceddia goes over the basics of fencing a reining horse and the reasons you might see someone fencing their horse at horse shows.