Bud Lyon: Warming Up a Green Ranch Horse
The Bud Lyon Method: Building Horses with a Plan
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Bud Lyon rides a three-year-old filly that's been in his program five months, far enough along that he can start stringing maneuvers together the way a ranch riding pattern demands. He runs his checklist first, then works the extended walk, transitions, side passes, turns, lead changes, and logs in quick sequence, because in a ranch pattern one element comes right after the next and the horse has to be ready. It's a look at where a horse goes once the fundamentals are solid and the first ranch futurity is only a couple months out.
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