Married2Rodeo - 2014-01-06 6:54 PM I do what I call a "box Drill". It's from my Dressage Queen days. I take cones and poles and make a box then a bigger box on the outside of the first box. Just wide enough to ride a horse between the two boxes. Walk trot canter that both ways working on collection ( which should always come from the hind end forward not the other way around like a lot of people think it does). The horse has to sit down and do a 1/4 pirouette at the corners. No cheating and rounding that's why I use poles and cones lol. My dressage trainer used to tell us that she had a barrel racer come to her for lessons once or twice a week. After doing this for only a short while. ( a month if I remember right) she shaved 1/2 second off her time. Any dressage will help with getting a horse on their hind end. Anyway that's one of my favorite drills to do

Married2Rodeo - 2014-01-06 8:35 PM I start big with the young horses like a 15 meter inner box and a 20 meter outer box. Then make it smaller as they get the hang of it. The bigger it is the longer the rest time ( straight a ways) you can do it however it fits in your arena. We have done it a number of ways to make it fit. I had it set up in my small cutting pen not to long ago. I think the inner box was about 10 meters and the out side 15. It's small but they can do it they really have to be on their hindend. I really like this drill and it really helps my horses Now if we can just stop spooking at banners people cattle ghosts during our run we will be good And if I can get over making it look pretty, grow a set and RUN LOL