Richard Boatwright hope you all are staying warm! I have a question. I've got about 30 rides on this horse, starting to work on the turnaround. Based on my understanding I should be starting with the step (even a single one) across and then building up from that a step or two at a time. Here's an example of how I'm working on that:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7xqggWsJiY . Am I heading in the correct direction with this approach?

For those of you interested in attending a B1Horsemanship clinic in the Northeast, Mr. Boatwright will be holding an event in Pennsylvania September 21-22! Contact/registration information is in the flyer. In addition to the two-day clnic there is the opportunity for 1 on 1 lessons and training the 19th and 20th!  

Intro to Cow Horse Clinic! 

For those of you interested in attending a B1Horsemanship clinic in the Northeast, Mr. Boatwright will be holding an event in Pennsylvania! Contact/registration information is in the flyer.

Truax - Week 2 Spin

https://youtu.be/Pnywcr_7fFs?feature=share

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Truax - Week 1 - Spin

Richard Boatwright here's the video for week 1. My primary issue is with keeping his rear-end locked in.

https://youtu.be/uidi4fqY0Ng

Bucking and Using Marks

Mr. Boatwright,

Hope you're happily out of the Thanksgiving food coma. I had a couple questions:

1) My gray horse has started into some bucking recently. Thus far it has been when something scares him (specifically behind him) when we're moving fast. He's always been a little watchy about things, but these are the first times he's decided to really buck about it. I've used circles to correct him away from whatever object started things and then let him rest near the object but I'm not sure how clear that is to him. What are some ways you might address this? Should I try to have someone introduce things behind him and make him face up as a way to get used to things in that spot?

2) Using marks. I took the same grey horse out west last year and rode a bunch of pasture (at least a bunch to me) and came out of the deal with some using marks. I attributed them to poor saddle fit and have since switched saddles. After reviewing the marks I noticed that one side is significantly larger than the other. I'm thinking that may be due to me leaning and putting more weight on one side than the other.  Do you think that's a likely explanation?

Richard Boatwright

Calling all the ranch ropers! We're working to start up a Back-East Ranch Roping competition. If you're in the area come on out!

For those fellow B1 members in the Northeast Mr. Boatwright is going to be holding a series of clinics in Western Pennsylvania! We'll be hosting him at Bedford, PA for 2.5 days during which Mr. Boatwright will be holding 3 clinics. Check out the links below for more information!

https://b1horsemanship.com/pages/truax-clinic

10/13 Ranch Roping - 1:00PM-4:00PM (https://www.facebook.com/events/818830073045817/)

10/14 Ranch Trail - 9:00AM-4:00PM (https://www.facebook.com/events/1910025189370620/)

10/15 Beginner Cow Horse - 9:00AM-4:00PM (https://www.facebook.com/events/678107967205128/)

To register contact Lucas Truax

Call/text: 304-702-1740 Email: LNRTRUAX@gmail.com 

Richard Boatwright - I have a question. I've seen patience poles used to teach a horse to tie up - is that a method you recommend?

Wanted to say thanks Richard Boatwright for the content and share a success story with my wife's horse. We have roped some off of him and he's tolerated but never been completely good with it. Like good horsemen (sarcasm) we left it go because it's sometimes more fun to rope than it is to work on your horse. Last couple outs he got tangled a little bit and had a couple near wrecks.

We went back through your 'How to Prep a Colt to Rope' exercises and started him back on it the right way. We found quite a few 'resistance' areas which we would not have wanted to find in the saddle! This is him after he eventually decided that the rope attached to his foot was going to kill him.

Thanks again!