Taking Aim on Head Shots with Scott Grosskopf

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 13 Catching a calf by the hind feet is no easy feat. Here Scott Grosskopf continues his discussion about the angles in roping, this time with a focus on heel shots. He reviews the differences between hip shots and heel traps. A heel trap is thrown when the calf […]

Fence Work and Trailer Loading with Bryan Neubert

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 13 Teaching a horse to lead up to a fence for mounting is a worthwhile effort for many reasons. Not only is it a useful skill in and of itself, but your horse will learn several valuable lessons through the process as well. He will learn to follow […]

Groundwork with Feel with Buck Brannaman

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 13 Communication with your horse can be developed whether you’re on the ground or in the saddle. Offer your horse a feel and teach him to follow a suggestion. The more consistent you are, the sooner your horse will be able to differentiate between cues and motion. In […]

Bridge Exercise with Bryan Neubert

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 12 Prepare your horse for trailer loading with this bridge exercise from Bryan Neubert. Stepping up onto the bridge is almost the same as stepping up into the trailer. In both cases, the horse must learn move forward off of a feel and pick up his feet. Watch […]

Riding Great Stops with Wendy Murdoch

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 12 Stopping on your horse should be as fluid and graceful as stopping on your own feet. Watch as Wendy Murdoch coaches a student rider through a few exercises to help develop a better stops and back-ups. At first Wendy has her student experiment on the ground find […]

Roping Exercises with Scott Grosskopf

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 12 Who knew there was math in roping? Montana cowboy Scott Grosskopf talks to us about the angles of roping, which includes not only the angle of your swing, but also the angle of your horse and that of the cow. When these three things are right then […]

Handling the Feet with Martin Black

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 12 Balancing on three feet is something that a horse rarely has to do in nature, but with a little time and patience it is a skill that can easily be developed. Martin Black offers some of his insight on handling a horse’s feet. Anyone who has trimmed […]

Building a Foundation Over Time Part 4 with Peter Campbell

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 11 Some things simply get better with time and the same thing can be said for horses. It’s not necessarily true however, that horses always improve with more time spent in training. Time and time again people have remarked on the benefits of ‘turning a horse out’. Several […]

Catching a Baby Colt for the First Time with Bryan Neubert

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 11 For a young foal, every day is full of new discoveries about life and the world around him. In this video, Bryan Neubert and his wife Patti work as a team to handle a baby colt for the first time. This foal begins to learn how to […]

Dragging a Log with Scott Grosskopf

Excerpt from the Horseman’s Gazette Issue No. 10 There are many aspects of roping live cattle that can be simulated by dragging a log with your horse. Scott Grosskopf walks us through this task and provides helpful hints on how to provide a positive experience for the horse. If you can, notch the log so […]

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