Horsemanship Check-up
May 14, 2019
4 minutes
—with Brad Barkemeyer
I’ve made my career training and showing in the National Reined Cow Horse Association and American Quarter Horse Association, as well as training jackpot and futurity rope horses. I try to rope four or five days a week and get to jackpots whenever I can. Spending my time between the horse show world and the team roping community allows me to see where ropers can improve their horsemanship in and out of the arena. Here, I’ll outline five fundamentals essential to good horsemanship—horse wellness and soundness, proper tack adjustments, foundational training, bilateral conditioning and proper flexion—that ropers can double-check to be sure their
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