Four barrel futurity trainers share futurity prep tips to help you avoid pitfalls and provide insight for training and campaigning a futurity horse.
Barrel Horse News caught up with some of the best trainers in the business to discover their preferred progression in bits as colts evolve from new to the pattern to seasoned campaigners.
Casey Mathis and SH Stylish And Sly clock second-fastest time to win Performance Three; Brandon Cullins and MCM Imasharpguy win RFD-TV’s The American Semifinals.
Brandon Cullins and MCM Imasharpguy took over the lead of RFD-TV’s The American Semifinals after turning in a time of 13.402 in Performance Two.
Robin Weaver has built a small but successful barrel horse program by selectively pairing the genetics of top stallions with the best mares she can find.
Champion trainer and $1 million rider Brandon Cullins rides in the Shallow Creek clover bit to get lateral shoulder control on a horse that naturally rates and drags its hind end.
Brandon Cullins demonstrates his points on the barrel pattern and the basis of his training program.