• If you purchase a blueprint, you will get access to the posture, build & saddle fit lessons
  • If you are a member, you have access to all of the lessons
  • If you aren’t a member, you will get redirected back to the home page if you click on a lesson you don’t have permission to access


Regular Schedule
Live Lessons on Tuesday @ 9pm Central
Q&A Wednesday @ 9pm Central
If we go live from the arena the days and times will move around

Feedback for Run Review/Practice Sessions:
Processed Mon – Thurs – 48 hour turn unless otherwise noted
Blueprints:
Processed Daily Mon-Thurs – 1st completed, 1st processed

No one else in the world has the statistical data to prove your horse is fast enough to shut off the clock – but I do.

11 years collecting interval or split timing data led me on journey to figuring out why 95% of our horses showed fast enough speed to clock in the 1D in parts of their runs, but as a whole run, we weren’t shutting off the clock.

I collected over 1 million runs on the interval timers – after the 1st race I did on intervals it changed everything I thought I knew about barrel racing and I am forever grateful for it.

All of the barrel horses looked the same.  If you go back to the limited footage of barrel racing in the 80’s and early 90’s – a traditional “arena style” horse existed everywhere – not the fastest, but sturdy – good bone & feet – sometimes looked like they might be able to head a few steers too.

But then it all changed – we decided as an industry we wanted more speed and more agility. 
We started mixing run and then cow into our pedigree programs – and the build started to change.
The change was subtle at first but it has come full swing.

Barrel racing is an event that can accommodate the most builds – as long as you are willing to adjust the path and posture of that build to get success and keep the horse sound.

That is what the academy is.  We teach you how to understand your horses’ build & posture and understand what shape & depth of turn it needs to be successful.
We help you understand posture and the things that affect it the most, so you can get your horse sound again.

#1 – Your Horse’s Posture

Good Posture allows a horse to use its full athletic potential
The 3 things that affect your horse’s posture are:
1.  Feet
2.  Saddle Fit (both rider & horse)
3.  Misunderstanding what your horse’s posture should look like for running

#2 – The Pattern – Build = Style
Physics plays a huge role in the path your horse is built to take on the barrel pattern and when you understand how to put this together, it is the most powerful tool we have.
The Build changed, but we haven’t changed with it and we need to – to get our horses sound again.

build

If you go back to the limited footage of barrel racing in the 80’s and early 90’s – a traditional “arena style” horse existed everywhere – not always the fastest, but could stand up on anything
We wanted more speed and more agility – and the build changed.

feet

>STANDING SQUARE & FOOT BALANCE

>FEET – HOW TO MAP THE FOOT FROM THE BOTTOM & SIDE – HOW IT SHOWS IN OUR HORSES POSTURE

>FEET WITH XRAY PROOF

Posture + stretches & releases

saddle fit

bits & tools

groundwork

Pattern

>THE 5 THINGS YOUR HORSE NEEDS YOU TO STOP DOING, RIGHT NOW

>KNOW THE COMPETITION

>WHAT MOVES TO DO WHEN, WHEN TO MOVE ON

>RIDING ONE HANDED & BALANCING YOUR OTHER SIDE

>CHANGING THE POINT

>THE LIST – THINGS TO WORK ON AND CHECK OFF – ESPECIALLY WITH COLTS

>FANTASTIC TURN POSTURE – THE NECK, THE NOSE & THE SHOULDER – PART 1 & 2

>WHEN TO PULL UP – WITH EXAMPLES OF HAILEY KINSEL

>LEARNING TO LEAN INTO PRESSURE – HORSE & HUMANS – PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY

>MULTI TASKING – HOW IT HINDERS OUR HORSES

>TAKING THE BEND OUT OF ONE

>GETTING OUR TIMING RIGHT – ASK BEFORE WE NEED LEAD CHANGES, SHOULDER UP, DEPTH

>3RD BARREL APPROACH AND RECOVERY

nutrition & conditioning

Movement Rehab

>THE SNEAKY LEAN AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA – HOW TO SEE IT FROM THE FRONT AND BACK – USING A COUNTER CANTER MIGHT HELP TO CORRECT IT

>COUNTER ARCING & COUNTER CANTERING – THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY

>GETTING THE WITHER & SHOULDER UP BY BACKING WITH YOUR BODY

>THE HALF HALT – HOW IT IS GOING TO MAKE YOUR TURNS AMAZING

>SHOULD YOU HAVE YOUR HORSES HIP TO THE INSIDE?

>SHOULDER POINTS & SPEED TRANSITIONS

The Mental game

>THE 3 THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL TO CHANGE YOUR RUN OUTCOME

>PERSPECTIVE ON THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO CHANGE

>GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE & DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES

>WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE WRONG THINGS, WE DON’T GET BETTER

>TALK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE HARD PARTS – HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM RALLY CAR

>HOW ELITE ATHLETES GAIN TRUST – WITH PATRICK SMITH & DR PATRICK

>TURNING THE TABLE ON WHAT IF’S & THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PAIN

>MINDSET DOESN’T GROW WHEN YOU GET THERE – IT GROWS AND THEN YOU GET THERE

>HOW TO WIN AND BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT

>TRADING IN PERFECTIONISM FOR A HEALTHIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE MINDSET

>MIND MANAGEMENT – ONCE A TURNING ADDICT, ALWAYS A TURNING ADDICT – SO HOW DO WE MANAGE?

>MOVING PAST PAST MISTAKES

>WHY YOU NEED TO AVERAGE YOUR SUCCESSES

>MIND MANAGEMENT – PREDICTIONS , MUSCLE MEMORY & THE ONE RUN RULE

Event Recaps & special guests