~ ~ Reining Training Tips ~ ~

There are several kinds of leg yielding exercises, all resulting in the horse responding or “giving” to leg pressure from the rider, but the...

The second warm-up exercise I ask my horses to do is vertical flexion. This exercise teaches response to the rider’s weight and direct press...

Other than forward motion, the first exercise I want my horse to learn and, thereafter, the first exercise I ask after I mount up, is latera...

The way a horse learns is really quite simple. It's the rider’s responsibility to keep it simple. The simpler you can keep your schooli...

Someone (I think it was Dick Pieper) once said, “If a horse improves 1% every time we ride him, he will be trained in 100 days and we know w...

Riders who are new to reining usually buy a horse that is already trained rather than buying a prospect but finding the right horse – one th...