Question from Neil: I have a 2-year-old that is real spur sensitive, and I am working on body control right now – neck shoulders etc., but he only associates the spur with going faster and will tend to brace against especially my left leg. He is a nice colt , nice loper, yet it has [...]
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Ask Les: Using Spurs on a Young Horse
Posted in Ask Les, Training Aids on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ropin’ in Reno
Posted in team roping, Training Aids, Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hi folks… welcome to my blog, and I have some interesting news for you! I just returned from the American Cowboy’s Team Roping Association’s (ACTRA) National Finals in Reno, Nevada, in which I competed and I placed 2nd in one of the rounds, which was my claim to fame. I saw a lot of very [...]
Building the Perfect Arena
Posted in Training Aids, tagged building horse training arena, cow horse training, horse training, Les Vogt on September 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
If I were to build my perfect training arena, it would be about 300 to 325 feet across and perfectly round, except there would be a 100-foot flat wall inserted into it. It would look like tire on your car when the air is let out. That flat wall would be 100 feet. The distance [...]



