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Matt Moffat’s training principles

This video series provides a great insight into Matt’s program.  From a square pen to rating there are similar principles throughout which, when you think about it, will make more sense to your horse.  His program is producing results and there are numerous training principles in this series that will help you understand why.

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Pressure & Release with Dan Steers

Have you ever thought about how your horse learns and how they view you?  Well if you haven’t Dan Steers has!  Going from the competition arena to liberty and again back into performance horses has given him a skill set which is quite unique.  We haven’t spoken to anyone who has given this more thought

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Joel & Julie Duff work a 7yo and 3yo on the flag

Joel and Julie produce great yard horses with few cattle which is why we asked them to share some of their techniques for working the flag There are numerous techniques for working the flag.  Whilst some aspects may be similar its important to consider your horses capability, potential limitations, undesirable aspects and adjust to suit.

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Al Sullivan works his Competition horses on Bison

There are 2 words that we would use to describe Al’s competition horses: Calm and Pure!  Having now watched what Al is doing at home we now understand why.  Al has his horses correct yet he isn’t making major adjustments to achieve his objectives.  There are a few new concepts including ‘drawing a line’ where

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Campdraft Theory with Michael Wilson

There are a lot of variables in how a campdraft run will play out, however it’s important to have an overarching strategy to help you maximise your potential of setting up your yard and getting around the course in an attractive manner.  We’ve taken to the whiteboard to explain how Michael likes to set up

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Understanding some of the Principles of Breaking In with Scott McNaughton

If you don’t break your own in you might find this video series interesting.  In this series we hope to give you some insight into what Scott is building on with his breakers to give you every opportunity to progress with your horse when you’re ready to go on with it.  Just jerking the girth

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Michael Wilson tracking another horse

Simulating what you need to do on course is of paramount importance.  Michael is a big believer in tracking another horse and rider to enable your horse to get comfortable slowly catching up, checking off and changing over.  He likes to move up angled out then bringing the nose back to the inside to create shape

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Horses that Drop their Shoulder

A horse running with its shoulder in and its head out (dropping its shoulder) is a common problem.  In this video we investigate the causes of this issue, prevention and management with Ben Tapp.  Discipline, setting your horses up correctly and sacrificing runs may all be part of a solution to help you if you

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Michael Wilson works a beast to work on his position on a cow

Leading on from Michael’s fundamental exercises, to working cattle, not only exemplifies the importance of his dry work exercises but also his simple yet effective method of working cattle.  This steer, who is on the stale side, gives Michael time to get his horse stopped and shaped yet keeps him honest if he is unable

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Fundamental Exercises with Michael Wilson

All the fundamentals on CTO have similar characteristics however slight variances.  Michael’s exercises are a prime example: Similar but unique.  Whether its understanding the position of your feet, getting your horse into its stops or keeping them light in the front feet we’re sure this will help provide some of the missing pieces in your

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