Your cow side leg is your driver. Learn how you can use the flag to help your horse learn the importance of it. Brad Barkemeyer talks about the importance of it in this video.

A quality turn is important when you're working a cow. Here's how to practice on the flag.

Don't let the stress of preparing for a horse show keep you from prioritizing your fundamentals. if you find your horse distracted or struggling, it's time to take him off the flag and focus on the fundamentals.

If you do the same thing every day at home with your horse when practicing the spin he's going to get burned out. Brad Barkemeyer shows you a few things you can do at home to keep the spin fresh and fun for a horse.

Brad Barkemeyer shows you how counter cantering can help your horse.

Once your horse has a basic understanding of collection and steering control you can start working on advanced lead departures and focus on having your horse collected when you ask for a lope.

Watch how Brad Barkemeyer introduces a green horse to the flag using a snaffle bit.

Once your horse understands the fundamentals of the flag, you can start adding more advanced maneuvers to your practice to prepare him for the cow.

Once your horse has a good understanding of speed control, you can start incorporating slow-to-fast and fast-to-slow speed transitions into your riding routine.

Brad Barkemeyer shows you how to advance the turnaround maneuver once your horse has a good basic understanding of it.

One of Brad's biggest pieces of advice is to always be flexible in your riding. Sometimes things don't go according to plan and you need to adjust your routine to fit your horse's needs.

Once your horse has a good understanding of basic fundamentals in the snaffle and you have directional control and speed control you can try this circle drill.

As you work with your horse in a snaffle bit it's important to work on speed and direction control to prepare your horse for the two rein and bridle.

You can't gain speed control or direction control if you don't use your hands and legs properly. Learn how Brad Barkemeyer likes to ensure his horse can travel correctly using his hands and feet.

Once you have speed and directional control you can start working on manipulating your horse's frame to help him with self carriage.

Learn how Brad Barkemeyer likes to use a riding crop to help his horses move off his leg and hand so that he isn't always dependent of his spurs.

To be successful in reined cow horse events your horse must have a flying lead change. Brad Barkemeyer talks about the fundamentals he uses to help teach his horse how to change leads.