Justin Briggs kicks off the futurity trainer's clinic by working 4-year-old "Bluey," a son of A Streak of Fling. He gives an introduction of how he gets his horses very soft when riding with one hand or two and provides an overview of the main points the students will work through during the two-...

Jordon and Justin explain to the students at the trainers' clinic how they make training young horses work around their schedule. They explain when they give rest, how they rotate the workload and their different philosophies for training intensity, bits and more. 

Justin Works a lazy horse and describes how he incorporates things like backing up, figure-eight's and snake-like movements to achieve goals of softness. He also breaks down the different ways he helps horses learn how to add speed while staying soft and freed up through their body.

This might be a train wreck, but just trust me. Jordon works with a trainer and her 4-year-old who lack confidence. Jordon explains how she rides one-handed during drills and why she does it. She also shares what it means when a horse relaxes at the poll during athletic work.

Justin helps a student at the Briggs clinic work with her younger horse who is showing her stiffness through the hip and shoulders. He explains how he uses his seat and hands to teach horses how to respond to different cues and stay loose through their body during the ride. They also work on the ...

Jordon and Justin set students up at their clinic on their first drill that involves teaching a basic barrel turn in the most correct manner. They discuss various points about collection, feet placement and break down how they want horses to feel the complete way through the turn.

Step two of teaching the barrel pattern (after the most basic turn) is explaining how to rate. Jordon Briggs rides a naturally free horse and explains how she teaches a horse to listen to her body and slow down off her seat to prepare for a barrel turn. She breaks down how to teach proper rate fo...

Justin breaks down how he teaches a green horse with a naturally free style how to rate at the most basic level. He discusses how teaching transitions at a fast pace can be beneficial for both horses who tend to by "sticky," and horses that are naturally free. Justin also shares how to warm young...

Jordon rides one of her young horses that is just learning the pattern and demonstrates how she trots through the pattern with her focus on his weak points. This particular horse tends to fold around the barrel and not get his hip underneath himself in the barrel turn, so she works on fixing that...

Jordon works with a student whose horse is struggling with dumping in the front end. She decides to step on the horse, and works it on and off the barrels, then gives her diagnosis.

Jordon works with a student whose horse has an attitude about a part of his run, which she calls the "sticky spot." Learn how Briggs recommends fixing this problem and working with a horse that can catch an attitude during tuning.

Justin Briggs has ridden a lot of young horses that develop to be taller in the hind end before their front end catches up. Justin explains how he works his horses to help them level out without constricting their neck and forward movement. Then, he gets on this student's horse and demonstrates h...

A student Jordon dubs "the control freak," works through slow work on the pattern and tries to drop to one hand on the reins through the pattern. Jordon explains why this will help her horse and how she can empower him to be more automatic.

Jordon instructs a student at the trainer's clinic who is riding a 2-year-old gelding that is started on the barrels and loping a smooth pattern. She explains how to handle a horse that excels nearly too quickly on the pattern and recommends things like having somebody rope off the gelding to kee...

A student at the Briggs' trainer's clinic shows Jordon and Justin where her young horse is at on the pattern and slow works her. Jordon and Justin break down the horse's weak points and explain how the filly is behaving like a "spoiled brat," and what a trainer can do to work through that mentali...