Dustin Angelle’s clinic includes so many important exercises and tricks for all level barrel racers. He shows how he works his colts around the barrels, explains in details how and why he does it. He shows so many great exercises that can be used to fix many problems or to simply perfect your runs.
1. His everyday Warm-Up (11:33)
Dustin goes through his everyday warm-up that he does with any horses. He explains why he prefers to do straight lines over circles, how he handles his horses, how he likes them to be between his hands, why he does those exercises and more.
2. Working the Barrel Pattern (9:10)
This video is all about Dustin works horses on the barrel pattern; from how he starts colts in the beginning all the way to the open horses. He explains everything he does in details, and why he does it.
3. Working the Pattern with a Pole ( 10:51)
Dustin shows a great exercise to do around the pattern with a pole beside each barrel. In the video, he explains how he does the exercise, and all its benefits.
4. More Examples of Working the Pattern with a Pole (13:49)
This video is about the same exercise as the previous video, but in this one we see Dustin’s students working through the exercise while Dustin helps them. It is a great video to how other people attempt the exercise and to see how to really place your horse and do it correctly.
5. Exercise to Help you Ride your Horse Through the Turn (3:53)
This exercise is with 1 barrel and 3 poles. It is great to make you practice really riding your horse through the turn, look at your spots and it keeps your horse moving forward. He explains in details how to do the exercise and the different steps to go through when you first do the exercise.
6. Exercise to Help your Horse Finish the Turn (2:41)
Dustin shows another great exercise using a fence to help horses finish their turns and also it teaches them to wait on your body cues.
7. 5 Barrels Drill (12:36)
This 5 barrels drill is great to get horses to think about the turns, get a great shape around the barrels and get them to keep following their rider. Once again, he explains the exercise in detail and what his goals are with this exercise. You can also see some of his students try the exercise and Dustin help them through it.
8. Dustin Angelle’s favorites Bits for all Training Stages (6:38)
Dustin shows all of his favorite bits from when he rides colts up to open horses and anything in between. He explains greatly when and why he uses those bits and what he likes them for.