Learn how Ashley Schafer focuses on transitioning between horses when running multiple horses in a small amount of time.
Ashley Schafer demonstrates her approach to teaching transitions and keeping a horse responsive for the turns.
Ashley Schafer describes the benefit of wearing spurs and the importance of knowing when to use your legs versus when to use your spurs.
Ashley Schafer shows us how she wants her horses to pick up their leads in between the barrels and why it is important.
Ashley Schafer explains how starting your colts right and finding the right trainer to break them can make all the difference when starting horses on the barrel pattern.
Ashley Schafer shows you her four-corner drill that she does to keep all of her horses soft and responsive.
Ashley Schafer talks about how there is a lot to be learned from other disciplines and horsemen when training a top barrel horse.
Ashley Schafer discusses how she teaches a horse to have fluid, forward motion around the barrels in the final installment of her two-part training series. Fluid, forward motion…
Ashley Schafer discusses how she teaches a horse to have fluid, forward motion around the barrels in part one of her two-part training series. When Ashley Schafer talks…