Have a bitting problem? Bitmaker and 15-time world champion in reining and working cow horse, Les Vogt, Arroyo Grande, Calif., has some ideas about how to approach the situation.

The majority of people make the same kinds of training errors when starting a colt. Find out how to recognize and avoid these costly mistakes.

Richard Winters lives in Ojai, California, with his wife, Cheryl. They conduct horsemanship clinics throughout the country and operate their horsemanship program at the Thacher School, a private boarding school in Ojai. Winters won the 2009 Road to the Horse challenge, and is featured in the October article, “Higher-Level Horsemanship,” on page 68.

Kansas horsemanship clinician Kerry Kuhn explains that some things remain constant and others change when developing smooth transitions horseback.