Bud Lyon test drives the flying lead change on the three-year-old reining filly to see what he's working with, since he'd rather save the simple change for emergencies. What he finds surprises him: the right-to-left change is the sticky one, where she wants to cheat through her body instead of li...

After working the circling drill on this horse, Brad Barkemeyer takes the exercise to the next level—adding a live cow. In this session, Brad explains how the horse’s responses change when working an animal and walks through what he looks for in timing, position, and feel. He breaks down how to f...

Brad Barkemeyer pulls out a horse that has just moved to his program and takes her through the fencework maneuvers to evaluate her skill set and see what kind of exercises he needs to start working on with her.

Bud Lyon takes on a maneuver the three-year-old reining filly has almost certainly never done: the extended trot. He works through the problem every rider hits here, when posting to lengthen the stride tips a green horse into the lope, and shows two ways to fix it. She picks up the concept quickl...

Bud Lyon goes back to work on the two things he flagged on his first ride of the three-year-old reining filly: her steering and her transitions. He shows the drills that help with both.

Once your horse can run straight, have control in his body, and is listening to your cues, you can start adding speed to your sliding stop to help with sliding a longer distance.

Bud Lyon continues his first ride on the three-year-old reining filly, working her through the trot, lope, turnaround, and backup to see what he's really got.

Watch the 2026 NRCHA MARS EQUESTRIAN™ Hackamore Classic on demand on Ride TV and see the road to The Run For A Million unfold. As one of the premier qualifying events for the prestigious cow horse competition, the Hackamore Classic brings together the sport's top riders and talented young horses ...

Watch the 2026 NRCHA MARS EQUESTRIAN™ Hackamore Classic finals on demand on Ride TV and experience one of reined cow horse’s premier events from wherever you are. In addition to the featured Hackamore Classic, the event includes a full slate of horse show classes for riders of every level and ser...

Bud Lyon breaks down how he evaluates and transitions a young horse into the ranch classes, using a three-year-old filly that landed in his barn just days earlier.
She comes from a reining background. Her owner wanted to find out if she'd make a better ranch prospect than a reining one, and Lyon ...

It's great to break down each part of a fence work run at home and see what your horse needs help with. In this video, Brad Barkemeyer works on his horse's rate and being able to drive a cow through the corner before going down the fence.

Brad Barkemeyer shows you how to add a little finesse to your circling maneuvers to give it some eye appeal and really stand out in the show pen.

Amy Wilson sits down with Hallie Brindley, the winner of round 2 of the Rookie Ruby 1D, at the Ruby Buckle West barrel race on the EQN Sports Desk, driven by the Holiday Auto Group.

Amy Wilson sits down with the round 2 youth winner, Tallyn Blake, from the 2026 Ruby Buckle West barrel race on the EQN Sports Desk, driven by the Holiday Auto Group.