Brad discusses the importance of focusing on form during circling, and how to teach your horse to keep his shoulder up and drive his hip to the inside to avoid leaning on the cow.

When your horse is rating well and responsive during boxing and fence work practice, learn from Brad how to successfully set yourself up for circling. Brad teaches how to finish a turn and start circling, and what to do if your cow stays on the wall.

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.

Before he begins to circle the cow, Brad takes time to practice boxing and driving the cow to warm-up his horse and practice fundamentals. Learn how to practice rate and speed during this maneuver, and teach your horse to get to the shoulder and rate the cow.

Can you walk a perfect circle without using your reins to keep your horse on a circle? See why Brad Barkemeyer likes to use this exercise on all his horses, regardless of their age and skill set.

Being able to circle your horse safely when you're on a cow is an extremely important part of working cow horse. If you don’t have total control over your horse you can put yourself in a dangerous situation. Brad Barkemeyer shows you how to work with your horse to ensure he's circling the cow saf...

Ever watch the reining portion of a pattern and see riders who struggle with hitting the center marker and keeping their circles even? As a showman it’s important that you locate the middle of your pattern so you can properly guide your horse in a true circle. Brad Barkemeyer offers his tips for ...

The ultimate goal is to be able to ride your horse comfortably one-handed. Brad Barkemeyer shares how he rides his horses with one hand by demonstrating on one of his aged reined cowhorses.

Once your horse can do the small and medium circles, it's time to test out your loping abilities and do the largecircle drill.

In the second part of this drill Brad speeds things up in the medium sized drill and shows you what you can do once you've progressed from the small circle to the medium circle.

Brad Barkemeyer has a three-circle drill he uses to help work his horse. In the first part, he works on the smallest circle, where he does things at the walk and back to get his body soft and responding to his cues.

You see some riders lean forward in their large, fast circles, while others sit back and use their seat to push their horse forward. Ryan Rushing talks about body position during reining circles and why he likes to ride them a certain way.

Ryan Rushing continues to put all the reining maneuvers together and demonstrates how the right circle should look and feel.

Ryan Rushing demonstrates how to work through circles one-handed on a young reining horse.

Ryan Rushing explains how he wants his horse to lope off with balance and softness, highlighting how body control creates better shape and responsiveness in the circle.

In this collaborative session, Bud Lyon focuses on loping quality circles with cadence, control, and consistency, while Andrea Fappani breaks down the finer points of executing an effective turnaround. Together, they highlight how forward motion, body control, and timing all connect to build a we...

Bud Lyon gives his favorite exercises to help a horse from dropping his shoulder in a circle.