Training to Win
Want to close the gap between good and great? Training to Win on Ride TV is your shortcut to riding smarter, performing sharper, and racing stronger. Featuring quick-hit tutorials from champions like Hailey Kinsel, Jordon Briggs, Ryann Pedone, Molly Powell, and more, each video drills down into the ‘how’ behind top performance:
- Keep it simple with effective warm-up strategies—see futurity routines, gentle pattern prep, and reliable bias before the bell
- Fix those turns—Ryann Pedone walks through ways to correct wide rear ends, inefficient hand positioning, and timing errors
- Sharpen your strategy—from hand positions to riding one-handed, rate management, and dealing with mental blocks like losing streaks
Accessible, actionable, and tailored for real riders—Training to Win gives you the pro playbook in bite-sized, on-demand sessions.
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Off Pattern Work to Keep Barrel Horses Sharp
Maintaining softness and responsiveness in your barrel horse with Shali Lord.
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Different Turning Styles of Barrel Horses
How to ride different turning styles of barrel horses.
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Gate Issues
Kelly Yates demonstrates the proper and improper application of splint boots.
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Aprroaching and Rating the First Barrel
A look at different types of tiedowns and the circumstances in which you might consider using one with Kelly Yates.
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Pattern Basics with Kelly Yates
Kelly Yates talks more about saddle fit, pad thickness and shows the stirrup hobble on a barrel racing saddle.
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Safety check and Saddling with Kelly Yates
Saddle safety check with Kelly Yates.
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Horse Care and Nutrition with Kelly Yates
How Kelly Yates customizes feed, supplements and therapies to the unique needs of her barrel horses.
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Safety in the Warmup Area
The importance of being aware of your surroundings when horseback with Kelly Yates and how an injury personally impacted her perspective.
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Racetrack Bloodlines Ridden by Kelly Yates
Kelly Yates talks about some of the racetrack bloodlines she introduced to the barrel racing futurity industry early in her career.
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Barrel Racing Bloodlines with Kelly Yates
Kelly Yates talks about the legacy of Firewater Fiesta and some of the other bloodllines she prefers, including Bully Bullion and Jesses Topaz.
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Conditioning & Outside Riding
Shali Lord talks about outside riding and the importance of safety when riding a young or inexperienced horse outside of the arena.
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Rodeo Ground
How Shali Lord adjusts her riding according to particular ground conditions.
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Ratey Horses vs. Free Runners
How to ride a free running horse versus a ratier horse.
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The Importance of Consistency on the Pattern
The importance of riding to each point of the turn in order to achieve a correct pattern demonstrated by Shali Lord.
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Four Barrel Drill
The four barrel drill helps horses quicken their feet and is especially useful to teach young horses cues that will be needed on the pattern.
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Three Barrel Drill
The three barrel drill is used by Shali Lord to reinforce correct body position for snappy turns.
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What to Look for in a Prospect
Shali Lord discusses the conformation traits and bloodlines she looks for in a barrel racing prospect.
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Seasoning Rodeo Horses
Shali Lord shares her thoughts on seasoning horses that come out of the futurity ranks to make successful rodeo horses.
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Equine Nutrition and Supplements
The preferred feed and supplements that keep Shali Lord's horses healthy and running at their peak.
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Mentally Handling Rodeo's Hardships
Shali Lord talks about the hardship of rebounding from Freckles Ta Fame's injury.
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Advice for Handling the Road
What it takes to make it on the road from Shali Lord.
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Using the Fence to Add Rate Collection Power
How to ride a ratey style of barrel horse.
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The Day After a Bad Run
How to maintain softness and responsiveness in your barrel horse.
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Starting a Horse on the Barrel Pattern
How to ride different turning styles of barrel horses.
