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drills

Counter Arcs, Diamonds and Serpentines

By Maddy Rohr and Hillery Yager

January 13, 2026

Charmayne James presents a few useful barrel racing drills you can practice at home such as the six-barrel drill and micro-pattern drill.

The Downlow on Drills: Part 2

By Blanche Schaefer and Charmayne James

April 4, 2024

Encourage your horse’s forward motion with this relaxed warm-up drill from Suade Furr.

Revolving Circles

By Abigail Boatwright and Suade Furr

March 19, 2024

Fine-tune your horse with this whole-arena rate drill from trainer Josianne St-Cyr to get them to listen to your body more.

Whole-Arena Rate Drill

By Abigail Boatwright and Josianne St-Cyr

February 8, 2024

horse loping in front of wall

Sharin Hall’s Two-Wall Barrel Racing Drill

By Abigail Boatwright

May 18, 2022

Ashley Schafer

In the Alley with BHNTraining

Five Drills to Watch this Week

By Kailey Sullins

April 13, 2020

Horse with split reins and a snaffle bit, best for this softening drill

Softening Drill

By Abigail Boatwright and Blue Allen

September 11, 2019

Nicole Laurence demonstrating what reins she uses for the slow work drill

Slow Work Drill

By Abigail Boatwright

May 21, 2019

Ron Ralls turning horse

The Back Lift

By Abigail Boatwright

November 26, 2018

tires laid out for barrel horse drill

The Fab Five

By Kailey Sullins

June 29, 2018

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