Bailey Barrett(15)/Bronc Pen/Smurf 

I’ve started 3-4 colts a month for 18 years now. I can count on one hand the number of horses that have bucked with me in the saddle. The way you do it will get the job done, but the odds are you will always have to be ready for a rodeo from here on out unless your methods change a little down the line. Good luck to y’all!

In1979 my best friend and I took off to Utah to break wild horses. We made enough money to live and win lots of rodeo tournaments. My friend was better than me. We we're hired to break horses on a farm in Montana that had hundreds of wild horses. After three years I was in charge of getting horses ready to be sold. Unfortunately I broke my hip and didn't tell the owner of this 7600 acre farm. My friend covered for me. Telling the owner I had a sprain knee, and I'd be fine in a couple weeks. We attended a contest in Montana in 1983. We took first place and won 800 bucks. The next week our boss wanted three wild horses ready to be auctioned off in a small town in Montana. One of the stallion's was white and tan, one of a kind but extremely strong and nasty. My friend jumped on but didn't tame him although he did get kicked hard behind his right ear. He was knocked out for several hours. He was riding two days later. Unfortunately the kick did damage that was undetected. After about two months he stole the wild horse from a guy in Utah. The horse was still wild. My friend tamed that horse the next morning in front of several cowboys after 2 minutes of riding. My friend died the next day in a Utah hospital with brain damage from his first ride with the same horse.

Everybody on the fence always knows how to do it better!

Take it from a old man, NO SPURS on colts!!!!!!

1:58 haha that was the best line ever, "my grandma could ride that horse while crocheting". The kid did a pretty good job lose the spurs for a while and you did great gave the colt release when he was moving out

That’s right his got spurs on it would have gone a lot easier for him and the horse with no spurs

Beautiful job guys your son made it look so easy I bought my daughter a young horse when she was 11yrs old I put a saddle on him and it went under his belly I rolled out of the horse pin so fast not to bad for a fat lady 😂then when he took to the saddle my daughter filled this life size ugly plastic doll with sand and we would put the doll on the horse over time and trust my daughter began to ride him and I did too not to bad for us two girls we read books and watch horse videos we had him for 10 years he was the only horse in our town that could be ridden we put a lot of love and time into him not the best way to break a horse we didn't have a cowboy around to help but we did alot of riding with him GOD BLESS COWBOYS THEY ARE SO BRAVE ❤️

There are better ways to start them for sure. But that said, this young man has great hands, great body control and amazing balance, not to mention a lot of strength. Very admirable…

i have trained countless horses from the ground up (we raised them and trained them to be barrel horses) yeah horses buck when you ride them the first time but this horse isn't being "sour headed" it's reacting to the spurs, that kid has no idea how to use them correctly and you don't break a horse with spurs! they are an extension of your foot and yes they hurt! and a horse that doesn't know what is going on will buck when they are used on them without knowing what to do. this horse is going to have no sides left on him in 3 months. shame.

I'm no horse trainer, but damn.....every time he bucked was because of those spurs. Then they dug into him.

Green broke lotsa colts and a few bucked but I never taught one to buck by continued spuring. Most of the time I never wore spurs until I had the ground work the way I wanted. But… to each their own!

I died when he said "my grandma could ride that horse

Other then jabbing a unbroken horse with spurs, I thinks he did really well. I like that he was using a hackamore, and also he's a good rider and seemed to know what he was doing👍

Everybody's an expert in the internet I see.

I love seeing people who can sit a horse. God Bless you and yours!

I like that your starting him in a hackamore. (Leave that mouth alone until he is ready) I tend to get along with em a little better without spurs. We start em snub up out in the desert lead em for a bit, turn em loose and make a circle checking cows.

Top em excelente animal

The kid said "he's gonna buck" and he did.

That is a beautiful horse

Incredible seat my dude. Seems he just had some bounces to get out.

hes bucking because the guy is jamming spurs in his side otherwise he would have probably just moved off nicely. yeah they can get lazy

My grandma could ride that horse' while crocheting!

My grandma could ride that horse while crocheting. loll. I miss my dad.

Did any one read the description? It's a rodeo bucking horse. They want to use as a working ranch horse. And yes need to loose the spurs.

I thought the young un did a durn good job. Most would have bailed off after the 1st crow hop. Don't give him too hard of a time about your gradma ridin that pony. A least he's got a pair, which most of today's don't. He needs to be in some in some ranch rodeos.

Damn I wish I was a colt breakin fool like everybody commenting

Those that say this is a young horse need to either read or reread the description. This was a horse bought a Rodeo Stock Contractor. he is probably a 4 to 6 yr old, and probably quit bucking good enough to be on the road. Different mentality then a young starter colt. Ground work on that horse still wouldn't get the initial buck out of him, just hours of riding and gaining trust. Way this video looks, he is liable be in the pasture in no time. That young man is just 15, he'll learn and develop knowledge as he grows older so no reason to be hard on him at all.

Missed your ground work

OMG I could not stop laughing loved it u handled it vary well 😀

Everyone has their opinion on the right & wrong way to break colts. when I was this young man's age, I listened and did what dad said to do. and that's what he is doing. so there's nothing wrong with listening to your old man.

This guys a beast

My boss would yank me off a horse if he saw me do this 😂 I guess some people just don’t like gentle horses

Training a horse and breaking a horse is two different things

Spurs are a tool not a weapon that was what was making him buck

I love horses

Can’t think of a worse way to start a horse out. But shit let them have at it lol

Spurring the horse confused him. Try groundwork.

Everybody is all of a sudden an authority on breaking horses. I wish this kid lived close to me. I'd hire him.

Young man did a great job, and that’s a good looking horse

Didn’t realize there were this many horse trainers 😂😂😂

🤣🤣🤣 "while crocheting" 🤣🤣

My gosh kicking him and jabbing him with spurs will not make him learn what he is trying to be taught.

Wow it is a really good horse

Handled that horse like a pro.

If you are trying educate this horse, where is the ground work and why the spurs? They are meant to be used as an aid not a goad. You want him to jump up and root around then keep digging him with the hooks. Would have thought what you really wanted was for him to trust you and to be relaxed, giving you the easiest path to train him. People can say what they like in the comments about armchair experts, but some of us actually do have a fair bit of knowledge. You "break" him how you want to, but guarantee you'll get a more harmonious outcome if he trusts you and you arent taking him up the ribs everytime he looks like dropping his head.

That young man sticks on tighter than a tick ! Good job !

Great job .

You can either break easy or break hard mustang 😈🤠

Muito bom !!

Oh my god people. It’s called riding the buck out of one. That’s why he keeps kicking him. It teaches them that buckings not okay. Wait. I forgot. Everyone here’s a world known horse trainer🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

hes a good little rider that boy ....sweet job son .......

Old video I know, but just wanted to point out one thing to folks who may do this. If a horse bucks, the one thing you don’t do (which this kid did great at!) is don’t grab the horn! Yes, there are better ways nowadays to break a horse, but back in the day, this is all a lot of us knew.

Any reason y'all keep raking him? Cuz that doesn't exactly look like it's helping.

Was he posting in a western sattle

Are those stirrups made to look like chain links?

Nothing wrong with spurs. One of the best training tools for a horse. Most dangerous thing when breaking colts is one that won’t move forward. Bet that colt is one cool sucker once that young man got him going.

As you can see by the comments everybody is a horse trainer LOL

Do you ever think how it would feel if you got stabbed in the sides constantly I don't have any thing against them but think about that

The hat “whatrrrra do

He did SO goood !!!! Like dude I could not have ridden that lol

Why on earth wear spurs for the first ride!?!?!? Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against them, but, the horse was a bronc first, and cowboys used spurs on him, and the horse looked like he didn't really want to buck, every time he would quit bucking, he was being constantly jabbed in the sides until he was bucking again. That is not how you break a horse!! When he stops bucking, he needs to be rewarded!! NOT jabbed constantly in the sides!!!!

“my grandma could drive tht horse”

this guy is breaking him the right way! wheather people like it or not

Good job.

I trained so many horses without spurs haha

the horse bucked because you stab him all the time! This poor horse looks for release of pressure and you don't give him any direction or release! Learn how horses sees your actions before trying anything! Look at the horses head when he don't bucks, always looking outside the pen, because he wants to go away from this place that he associated with pain and pressure! And I'm pretty sure that horse got a strong bit before this bosal, because when he bucks his mouth is wide open like a horse that tries to avoid the pain caused by the bit.

Good Lord . There are better ways . Maybe not more fun but BETTER WAYS .

Honestly I'm no horse trainer, but its common sense to know that you dont ram him with spurs and try to control his head. You should always ride them bareback for the first time in a rope halter and let them move where they want. That way they're not AFRAID.

This young man is doing it just right. He has got to take the fight to the bronc to ever get it out of him. I got on my first colt 58 years ago, at 70 I still start a few gentle colts. Most have started pretty uneventful. I've had two I never got on, one made it to the elemenator pen at the NFR . This young man knows how and when to use the spurs, and is one super good rider. Nice horse I am sure Mr Barrett will make into a really good horse.

The young man is a Damm good Rider... "IF". he ever gains the knowledge of horsemanship, he could be the next Clinton Anderson $$$$$

Just like my uncle Roland for sure

Expecting to much on first ride take what u get first ride then praise him for doing good if he does then slowly expect more and add Spurs if needed

the kid is obviously practicing bronc riding. give him a break. i wouldn't be suprised if half the coment people have ever started a horse.

The spurring isn't that bad I have seen far worse in the past including spurring with sharp cutting spurs that draw blood everyone is different everyone has a view

I like the way that kid rides a colt

Can we see grandma ride?❤

Yeah I'd be pretty pissed too if I kept getting stuck with spurs

Man I wish that when I break colts they bucked like that.... but no they got to try and kiss the moon when they buck.

I Like that horse

Nunca vi domar sem um bridão...

O and a another thing to almost every one on here has the more negativity then ever I'm just saying I'm 14 and I love to ride and that may be your opinion but there is no need for this if he wants to ware spurs than let him there are so much people that ware them and if u don't want to or u don't like them then fine I'll admit it I'm not a big fan of spurs but maybe next time keep that to your self and try to complement more then adding negativity

Take off the spurs!

Awesome vid. Why everyone needs a round pen before an arena

Good riding cowboy

we're the spurs necessary?

No buck in that horse just a few crow hops nothing serious. he will make a good horse. I never saw a good horse that wont buck a little. ride him with spurs every day. He never raked him nothing wrong with the kids riding or spurring him. enough with the round pen now go to pasture and start on job training for cow work.

Always a know it all in back

OMG THE HAT FELL OFF ITS THE END OF THE WOOORRRLLLLD!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Togli SPERONI!!!!! Errato fare guerra con cavallo!!!

instead of beeing happy when that horse goes forward for a second and pet him for the good job, so that he can realise what the wrong thing to do is, he just continue to kick him until it's to much for it. A horse that is so sensitive with the leg shouldnt be ridden in spurs...

Good Boy

Good job

would have walked off without the spurs..would loose them for the first few rides..he bucked as soon as those spurs went on him...hillbillys

those spurs are to strong so when you keep kickin him with them of coarse he wants to buck you off

Good job young man...it’s hard to find a real old school horse breaker nowadays...that’s why we have so many silly acting unsafe horses nowadays

I grew up rodeo and the old break em’ style cowboys. I think the men like to have them buck. It’s just cruel to jab spurs in their side really. It’ll be good when this mentality no longer exists.

If you train a horse with spurrs when you do need spurrs it will already have learned to ignore them so you will have to keep using worse and worse spurrs. As the men who taught me everything once said "You always start from 0 because if you're already 100 there's no where else to go"

Never in a lifetime ride withouth them get some chaps in case they bite you are protected dont lose your hat and never trust a horse that never buck on the first week I mean a week under sadle get some wert blankets out of that looks like a good colt dont listen to the other guys trust ypur legs feel the horse and train him so any one of this girls can ride it after that week amen

Well done sitting on that horse ! I wonder how they do today

very nice Young man