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Scoring Your Horse

By Jake Barnes, Kendra Santos, Lone Wolf

A hot-blooded horse with a lot of run will tend to score good on the first few runs in the practice pen. But the more consecutive runs you make on him, the more aggressive he's going to get and the more he's going to want to leave when the gates bang. If you rope a few steers on a horse like that, maybe rope one and score two or three. I let my horse tell me how much he needs to be scored. I can't have him moving when the gates bang, or I won't be able to read the start. I can't have a horse cheat me and leave when he wants to, because I can't have my horse dictating the start. When I'm in the box and a horse gets tight because he's nervous, he'll often turn his head one way or another. If he does that, I'll ride him forward. I'll do that until he relaxes with his head straight. Then I'll score a steer and reward him for it.

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