Why I Love Reining horses..

[SummerRiot]

This is why I got into Reining.. these horses are just amazing..

bridleless reining
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCsXmkf5XyY

Reining NRHA Summer Slide 2006 - Matt Mills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4DR7JuBrrQ

Stacy Westfall Freestyle Reining - Bridleless AND saddleless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnZ6jLRg01w&mode=related&search=

 

[LoveMyKees]

Aren't horses amazing?

How Stacy Westfall rides is amazing. She has such control with that horse (which might I add is gorgeous, I love black horses)

Reining horses are such brilliant movers. They're so quick and precise !

Thanks for sharing those, horses are my life, any time I see them I'm happy !

 

[Gempress]

Random question here. (Please keep in mind that I don't know much about horses.)

Is reining uncommon in your part of the world? Here in our area of Texas where rodeo/cattle ranching is hugely popular, reining is traditional here and is an everyday thing. That's how almost all horses are trained and ridden. It's actually pretty hard to find anyone who rides English.

I'm just curious if things are different in Canada.

 

[pitbullpony]

Reining in Ontario Canada

Reining is large in Ontario, some of the best bloodlines in the world are being utilized here. Quebec has also played a large part.
Some of the bloodlines we have here;

A Famous Amos, Brennas Jac, a few Hollywood Dunnit sons, a Gunner son (he's new), Peptoleap.
Quebec lines produced the dam of Jesse's Impression (Stinner's stud shown while Trash was shown).

I myself ride a Be Aech Enterprise grandson X a One Gun mare.

Reining is much larger out west. Lots of name brand stallions out there.

Rod Miller, who is running a new reining horse promotion out of Texas called Barn 9 Promotion is an Ontario transplant.

Canadian Duane Latimer (Million dollar rider) won the individual gold at the WEG and the team silver, behind the U.S.
Lance Griffin from DeWinton, Alberta and "Whiz N Tag Chex" also represented Canada. Other Canadians are; Luke Gagnon, Francois Gauthier,

Ontario had more reining in the past; I believe Bob Loomis or Dick Pieper used to live here and Bill Horn used to come up and show at Quarterama, we are slowly coming back to the fold, although many of our top riders are in the states - I think it's the weather.

 

[Roxy's CD]

I always thought reining was neat, but I would much rather stick to my snotty english barn ROFL

It just looks like dressage to me, well, with heavier tack. LOL

You still doing a lot of riding Jenn?

 

[Kmh1]

I Love to watch reiners---In my area of NJ there are a few, but not really that many--this a hunter or Western pleasure type of area.

 

[Zoom]

Oh if only I could ride enough to get to the point where I could ride comfortably on a naked horse.

 

[Spiritus]

Oh if only I could ride enough to get to the point where I could ride comfortably on a naked horse.

Then just ride a naked horse! The best way to go bareback is to just go bareback.

But then, it's me talking. Me, who's scared to get on her mare since falling off three years ago..... sigh. I think though, that I am going to try to send her for training this summer and then take dressage lessons. I've been told by someone I highly respect that dressage is like ballet - learn ballet, and you can learn any dance out there. Learn dressage, and you can easily learn any other form of riding there is. My mare is much more english type than western.... but then, she is part saddlebred.

 

[Saje]

Random question here. (Please keep in mind that I don't know much about horses.)

Is reining uncommon in your part of the world? Here in our area of Texas where rodeo/cattle ranching is hugely popular, reining is traditional here and is an everyday thing. That's how almost all horses are trained and ridden. It's actually pretty hard to find anyone who rides English.

I'm just curious if things are different in Canada.

Reining isn't just western riding. Western riding is quite common in Canada and while many western horses learn some of the skills of reining the actual sport is quite challenging. It's like the dressage of the western world! I live in Alberta which is also mostly ranching and every small town has their own rodeo lol and reining is definitely common but actual competitive reiners and a tight group.

I'll have to watch your videos later Summer (I'm on dial-up) but check out this horse. http://www.northernhorse.com/classifieds/AdDetails_horse.asp?ID=3619

Breeze, Louie and I are smitten lol

 

[BostonBanker]

I think though, that I am going to try to send her for training this summer and then take dressage lessons. I've been told by someone I highly respect that dressage is like ballet - learn ballet, and you can learn any dance out there. Learn dressage, and you can easily learn any other form of riding there is.

That's how they lure you in . The truth is, once you learn dressage, you don't care what else is out there - it all pales in comparision.

I was as die-hard a h/j rider as there ever was. Our college h/j equestrian team coach was first and foremost a dressage rider. I was determined to stay away from the dressage, and managed for almost two years. Then I got to ride one of her nice mares, and realized just what I'd been missing all along. Sold the jumping saddle, bought full-seat breeches, and never looked back.

I do enjoy watching reining, although I worry about the ages of some of the horses. The chestnut in the video is three? Awfully young (IMHO) to be doing such high-impact work with a big guy on board. But I'm from the land of warmbloods, where you don't even get on until they are three, so what do I know?

 

[mrsgrubby]

I too love riding, but mostly just plain trail riding, sometimes bareback sometimes not.

spiritus is right, the best way to learn bareback is to just jump up there and do it! I find it is easier as you can really feel the horse move

 

[Zoom]

It's not so much that I'm afraid to just that I don't get the chance to really ever ride at all...and around here most of the stables will not let you ride bareback unless it's your own horse or you've been taking lessons from them for years. I guess it's a liability thing, but it really hinders me. I can't even find a good stable to take western lessons at; only English style around here.

Time and money is all it boils down to...time and money...

 

[shea4]

When my husband was teaching my son to ride he would not let him have a saddle he told me when he can ride bare back he will be able to ride anything he said thats how they taught me all I could say was honey yeah but they also let you ride bulls at ten tell me how smart they are :lol-sign: our son was only four and a half I was so mad I have been riding all my life and still can't ride good bare back but it worked he is six now and can ride just about anything or will at least try but that could be the dare devil in him .:lol-sign: and he finally gave him a saddle the saddle just makes me feel better with a little one at least they have something to hold onto .

 

[pitbullpony]

Ridden lots of different styles and neat link to excellent article

regarding when to start a horse under saddle.

It's way too cold -10'C here today to ride much lately, but I've been giving my guy some exercise, mostly loping or jogging, with some practise on collecting, flexing and rollbacks, on Mon/Wed, that's when my daughter is at the caregivers.

I really want to get him to some saddle club stuff this year; then next year Avalon can go in leadline with him.

Taco is only 13.2; was ill after weaning and never grew as he should (he most likely should be a whole hand taller).

I've ridden since I was three; so 29 years now. I've gone through hunter/jumper (where I started) to showing Western Horse Association and Ontario Appaloosa Horse Assoc. english to riding western. The OAHA had back then an excellent class - bareback equitation - open tack - our boy rider won every time - said it hurt like hell, but he wanted to beat the girls Back then horses in trail classes had to ground tie, take mail out of a mail box, be able to handle picking up a cow/goat hide, drag a log - fun, fun classes.

I've only been involved in reining since 1993; when I went with my trainer down to Bill Horn's, that man is awesome and has the most amazing timing on a horse. My trainer spent about 9 mos. assisting BH at the time, I spent about a month there, it was just awesome. I love reining; it is just like dressage; only FAST!!! However it can be just as boring as dressage when watching 30 runs go one after another.
Most top reining horses can do the same maneuvers as a dressage horse; but in different tack.

I have honestly never seen the point of dressage; always viewed it as a way to get my horse to work better, a means to an end; not an end to itself.

I'm not slagging on the hard work it takes to compete; but I'd rather compete at a variety of other stuff instead.

Oh yeah, the excellent article that shows we are starting our horses way too early;

Skeletal Maturity in Horses
http://www.equinestudies.org/knowledge_base/ranger.html

ANOTHER really neat article that might explain why women like to ride bareback and give some ideas for more suitable posture for a woman rider is
http://www.equinestudies.org/knowledge_base/built_to_ride.html

 

[Zoom]

Interesting articles.

 

[BostonBanker]

I have honestly never seen the point of dressage; always viewed it as a way to get my horse to work better, a means to an end; not an end to itself.

To each their own, I guess. I never got the point of dressage either, until I got hooked . Granted, I'm not sure there's really a "point" to much of what we do with our horses these days. I know a huge number of h/j horses, and not one of them is going to ever actually go foxhunting! It's all about what we enjoy.

I'd like to print out that article and carry around to staple on the foreheads of all the people I see jumping their four year olds three times a week.