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The Short Score: 3 Tips for Leaving Flat From the Box
Leave the box smoother and flat with these three tips.
Trevor Brazile ridine The Darkk Side
Brazile on The Darkk Side, a stallion he won AQHA’s 2023 Jr Heading World Title aboard. | TRJ File photo

Leaving the box flat not only affects your start, it also plays a role in setting up the entire run. If your horse is squatting, their skewed balance can get you off balance. In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Trevor Brazile gives three tips for leaving the box flat.

Riding the famous stallion The Darkk Side, Brazile explains what leaving flat means in the box, and how he uses his body to stay with the horse from the corner to the steer. He talks through the problems created by squatting in the corner, and Brazile talks about how to eliminate squatting in the corner in the box, too

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