Bud Lyon: Teaching the Extended Trot
The Bud Lyon Method: Building Horses with a Plan
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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 quickly but has a long way to go on consistency.
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