How do you evaluate your horse’s performance?

In competitive situations, it’s not hard to come up with benchmarks for evaluation. For example, it’s easy to determine what is a 1D barrel horse or an open/pro-level roping horse. It’s also easy to compare one horse against another – “this horse stops harder” or “this horse turns quicker” are pretty obvious evaluations to make. But, these benchmarks aren’t very useful when it comes to developing systems for winning performance.

On this episode, I'm sharing how I have created a streamlined system for evaluating my horse's performance and how this has helped me strengthen their foundation. Read the full show notes at philhaugenhorsemanship.com/podcast.