In ranch riding and ranch trail your horse is required to backup through different obstacles. Cody Crow shows you several different drills you can do with your ranch horse to prepare him for competitions.
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Basic Backup Drills
Cody Crow shows you a few exercises you can use to help your horse with his backup.
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Breaking Gait During an Extended Trot
During the ranch rail portion of a ranch versatility event, you'll be asked to do gait transitions and extended gaits. Cody Crow shows you what to do at home if your horse likes to break into a lope when asking him to extend trot.
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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.
