To repair a shouldering heel horse, I take advantage of the Heel-O-Matic ground-driven coach to simulate a run whereas isolating the problem I would like to deal with.
Don’t Move Until the Heel-O-Matic Moves
Wait till the dummy goes to cue your horse to comply with the sled. I need my horse to work the Heel-O-Matic like a cutter works a flag—till the sled strikes, I don’t need him to maneuver. When it strikes, I am going forward and ask him to lope behind it.
Nick Sartain is Coming to Roping.com in 2023
Stay Wide
I need my horse to remain out huge via the nook, and I wish to keep away from him making an attempt to chop throughout that nook because the steer turns as a result of that collapses my pocket, messes up my timing and places me in a foul spot. When that occurs, right here’s how I handle it.
Stop Pushing
On the following lap across the enviornment, with the motive force in a sq. behind the Heel-O-Matic, if he begins to push throughout earlier than the nook, I cease him and maintain him in my hand the best way I need. But earlier than we flip in, I observe the Heel-O-Matic for a full three turns across the enviornment—handing over solely after I get to the identical nook I’d flip in if it had been a stay steer. This ensures that I’ve received my leg in him and him picked up with the bridle reins to maintain his shoulder up.
Lift Up
At that final flip of the 4-wheeler, if I really feel him beginning to reduce in and push on me on the nook, I cease him and elevate him up. I’m not getting after him, however by stopping him and backing him off the dummy, that lets him notice that was more durable than I wished him to drive into the nook. I let him sit there and give it some thought.
Time to Throw Your Rope
When we begin once more, I am going forward and go across the enviornment once more for 3 turns of the 4-wheeler in a sq., and if he feels good and I’ve management of his shoulders, I let him go to the steer and I rope.
