I'll bet it was cool to see the NFR in it's heyday!

Thank you!  I'm getting better.  It's really cold at home too so I'm glad to be here!  Can you send some video of your mare working?

Mike Watson Nice!  I like the dark oil!  I have a coule Jeff Smiths too.  Good rigs.

Good to know.  Thanks!

Oh cool.  Send us some pics of your new rig.

Amy Hershey My pleasure!  Good luck!

Thank you Samantha!  I hope you guys are well.  

Once a horse goes into that shanked snaffle, I'll ride them one handed a lot.  But, I still have the option of two-handing them if need be.  It's the perfect bit to progress into while roping.

My personal preference is to let them learn a little speed either working a cow or roping.  They just seem to want to speed up.  But, I want to make sure I have control all the time.  If I didn't have cattle, I'd build speed in all aspects over the course of several months if not years.  Once they have a solid foundation, the speed will come.  It's just a matter of gradually building so that I don't scare them.  Make sense?

I like to work them 5 days a week with 2 consecutive days off.  It doesn't always work like that because of weather and other things that get in the way, but that's my aim.