After you've mastered the critical skills your horse should know before being started on the barrel pattern, you can move onto patterning your horse. Shali Lord shares how she patterns her horses and eventually adds speed.

The three barrel drill is used by Shali Lord to reinforce correct body position for snappy turns.

The four barrel drill helps horses quicken their feet and is especially useful to teach young horses cues that will be needed on the pattern.

Shali Lord talks about outside riding and the importance of safety when riding a young or inexperienced horse outside of the arena.

How to ride a free running horse versus a ratier horse.

Shali Lord talks about how to ride a ratey style of barrel horse by adjusting your timing on the pattern.

Maintaining softness and responsiveness in your barrel horse with Shali Lord.

How to ride different turning styles of barrel horses.

The importance of riding to each point of the turn in order to achieve a correct pattern demonstrated by Shali Lord.

Shali Lord discusses the conformation traits and bloodlines she looks for in a barrel racing prospect.

How to ride a ratey style of barrel horse.

Shali Lord demonstrates how to properly position a barrel horse for the turns.

How to ride different turning styles of barrel horses.