Center Your Circles
The Beginner's Guide to Circles
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2m 6s
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 staying centered in this week’s video.
Up Next in The Beginner's Guide to Circles
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Guiding in a Circle One-Handed
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.
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Large Cricle Drill
Once your horse can do the small and medium circles, it's time to test out your loping abilities and do the largecircle drill.
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Medium Circle 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.
