As your horse gets comfortable going over ranch trail lopeover logs, you can gradually add more logs and teach him how rate over the logs and go over lopeover obstacles.

Brad Barkemeyer works with one of his nonpro riders and goes over the fundamentals of working a cow.

What happens when you’re riding a new horse and you ask for the stop? Does he stop automatically? Does he slowly trickle down to a stop? Or does he prefer to stop on his front end instead of his hind? In the third video in this 12-par series, Bud Lyon explains the importance of testing your stop ...

Taking the time to test your horse’s lope will give you an idea as to how well he knows his leads and how well he moves laterally. This week Bud Lyon shows you how he likes to test a new horse’s lope as a continuation of his 12-part series.

When working with a new horse, it's important to test out all of his buttons and see where his skill level is at. Bud Lyon breaks down how he likes to test a horse's guiding ability when he gets on him for the first time.

Not sure if your new horse likes to stay collected during different maneuvers? Before you can do anything else with your horse, it’s important that he wants to stay collected during different maneuvers. Bud Lyon shows you how he likes to test collection a new horse in the second video of the 12-p...

When working with a new horse, it's important to evaluate how well your horse can move his body to better understand what his strengths and weaknesses are. Bud Lyon shows you how he likes to evaluate a horse's ability to move off his leg.

When you get on a horse for the first time it's important to see how he reacts when you ask him to back. Does he stay collected as you ask for the back or does he stick his head in the air and move in either direction? Bud Lyon shows you the tests he puts a horse through to make sure the horse ha...

Learn what you need to assess in order to give your new horse an overall evaluation of his potential. Bud offers insight on how he evaluated his new horse and offers advice on how to move forward with your horse.

In this part of this working with a new horse series, Bud Lyon explains how to test your new horse’s reining spin. Testing your horse’s spin not only will tell you whether or not he is a good candidate for the event, but will tell you what his style is, comfort level is, and how it matches up wit...

You’ve learned how to evaluate your horse’s spins, lead changes, circles, and speed transitions, so now it’s time to evaluate the sliding stop. After evaluating the sliding stop, you can make a final evaluation of what you need to work on with your horse. It’s important to be able to work your ho...

 In this video Bud goes back to evaluating a new horse for reining and testing for speed transitions, specifically while circling. Although Bud is evaluating this horse’s transitions for reining, these skills can be carried over into any event.

In this part of this working with a new horse series, Bud Lyon explains how to test your new horse’s reining spin. Testing your horse’s spin not only will tell you whether or not he is a good candidate for the event, but will tell you what his style is, comfort level is, and how it matches up wit...

When you're working with a new ranch riding prospect it's important to take time and evaluate him to see what his strengths and weaknesses are so you can better tailor your training program. Bud Lyon takes you through the steps of how to evaluate a prospect for ranch riding.

Whether you prefer to be in the show pen or out on the trails, having a horse who stays soft in his body makes your ride more enjoyable. In this exercise, Bud Lyon works with a horse he considers stiff and shows you the warm-up drills he likes to include in his ride to help a horse soften.

Another common transition in a ranch rail class is the lope to trot transition. Cody Crow demonstrates how he likes to ask his horse to transition down to a trot.

When Bud Lyon works with a rider, he likes to make sure they’re comfortable going all speeds in the ranch riding. Here he breaks down the extended lope and how a rider should ask for the speed transition in the class.

Bud Lyon explains how to perform a turnaround for the ranch riding class. Coaching the novice ranch rider through the turnaround, Bud breaks down how to accomplish the maneuver.  

Want to try out the ranch riding but not sure where to begin? Bud Lyon has a rider, who has never done the ranch riding, practice her transitions so he can properly evaluate her skill level as a rider. 

Breaking down from the extended trot to walk can be more difficult than it sounds. To ensure that your horse fully breaks to the walk and doesn't take any 'jig' steps in between, use Bud Lyon's techniques.

Don't let an overturn leave you in the penalty box when you're in the show pen. Use this drill from Bud Lyon to get your horse to stop when you ask him.

Does your horse get stuck when you ask him to step backward? Bud Lyon shows you a drill he likes to work on from the ground that helps a horse get unstuck when it comes to backing up.

In the ranch riding it's easy to end up in the penalty box if you don't school your transitions at home. Bud Lyon breaks down one of the more difficult transitions, the extended lope to extended trot transition, and shows you what he does at home so he's clean when it's time to go in the show pen.

Bud Lyon demonstrates AQHA Ranch Riding Pattern 4. He breaks down the placement and strategy for each maneuver.