Roping Lesson with Bert McGill: The Lost Art of Pen Roping
California horse trainer Bert McGill talks about how to use pen roping to put a foundation on the run on without the pressures of the box.

California horse trainer Bert McGill makes head horses that ProRodeo’s best seek out, year in and year out. For the first time, we’ve tapped McGill for an audio roping lesson on The Score, and he provided us with a lesson on pen roping—an often overlooked but critical step in the rope-horse-making process.

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