After completing a few drills to prepare a horse for a reining pattern, Keith Ceddia has his non-pro rider run through parts of a reining pattern to see how her horse's body control has improved

Keith Ceddia shows you a few different exercises you can use to help soften your horse' body and prepare him for a reining pattern.

Pattern placement is a major part of reining. In this video, Keith Ceddia goes over the basics of rundown pattern placement and a few things you can do at home to help improve your timing throughout these maneuvers.

Keith Ceddia has another horse and rider go through the checkpoints of the rundown to identify what problems they're running into and how they can fix them.

Improve your steering in your large, fast circles with this steering drill from professional Keith Ceddia.

This dog-bone drill is going to help your horse stay honest in the rundowns and have a better sliding stop.

Keith Ceddia goes over his cassette-tape drill and how it will help improve guiding in the small, slow circles.

There are three checkpoints you should check off when practicing your sliding stops at home. Keith Ceddia goes over every part of the rundown and stop and what you need to do during each checkpoint.

Body control and body position are both important parts of a reining pattern. In this video, Keith Ceddia goes over basic body control exercises and how he expects his horses to go around when riding them through a pattern.

Keith Ceddia goes over the basics of each reining maneuver, starting with the large, fast circle and the small, slow circle, and shows you a couple of different drills you can do at home to help you get comfortable with pattern placement and getting comfortable with speed transitions.