Andrea Fappani breaks down one of reining’s most iconic maneuvers—the stop—by focusing on how to set it up correctly from the very beginning. In this video, he explains how the quality of the stop depends on the quality of the approach, emphasizing the importance of body control, softness, and st...

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.

Cody Crow shows you a few stopping drills you can use with your horse to strengthen his ability to stop.

A solid stop comes from good foundation training. Here are Brad Barkemeyer's tips to establish a stop with your Western riding horse.

How and when do you ask for a stop in a 2-year-old? Miles Baker explains his longterm progression in the stop.

Cody Crow explains the fundamentals of teaching a horse to stop. He demonstrates correct technique at the walk and trot and offers some troubleshooting for common problems that can come up.

Refine your stop. Sharpen your rollback. Brad Barkemeyer breaks down essential drills to improve your horse’s timing, body control, and responsiveness in high-pressure maneuvers. These are the same skills top riders rely on to stand out in the show pen.

In this video, Boyd explains how he teaches a horse to have a sliding stop. He explains what a slding stop requires and how to prep the horse to start learning this maneuver.

Ryan Rushing introduces the basic reining maneuver—the stop. He demonstrates how to introduce this maneuver to a young horse.

Brad explains why getting a good stop is important and shows you how to work on it at home.

A lot of horses will become squirmy or not stop straight when working a cow. Cara explains how she keeps her horse straight during a stop which helps keep them focused.

Brad Barkemeyer was starting to work on a fence drill to help the sliding stop when he realized his horse wasn't staying soft in his hand. Instead of doing his original drill he went back to the basics at the lope and worked on softening his horse up before moving on to the next step.

Ryan Rushing explains how the rundown is the most important part of the stop. He demonstrates how the horse should feel in this maneuver and how to teach that effectively.

Does your horse get tight when it comes time to stop? Or does he start to stiffen when you cue the stop? Bud Lyon shows you a few drills you can use to fix that problem.

Once you can stop your horse in a straight line at the walk, trot, and lope, you can use this fence drill to help your horse stop and engage his hindquarters.

Cody Crow uses a nonpro rider and her horse to help breakdown some common problems with the stop and how to fix them.