Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine February 2018 Vol 3 Issue 1

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place. This is not an equitation class. Simply, the horse is being judged on how it moves. Judges are encouraged to credit forward motion, and will pick the horse that they would want to ride to check 5 miles of fence line. This will be a horse that is well-broke, relaxed, quiet, and has smooth transitions.

horse to perform many basic handling or usable maneuvers, while being willfully guided. Reining maneuvers such as stopping on the haunches, correct spin, controlled and deliberate back up, snappy over the hock roll backs, and nice circles. Smoothness, willingness, and correctness demonstrate the horse’s ability

will do while controlling the cow. This is not an equitation pattern and the judge wants to see you make maneuvers as if working a cow. Green Horse and Limited Non- Pro Working Cow Horse Class has no dry work prior to working the cow and is developed as an intermediate level cow horse

Stock Horse Trail class measures the horse’s ability to handle everyday situations and encounters. Obstacles are natural and what you would see in an everyday ranch environment. The pattern is intended to be simple and straight forward, not to scare or confuse horse and rider. There is plenty of content to judge without adding artificial tricks or movements to the class. Stock Horse Reining class measures the ability of the stock

to complete the pattern. Stock Horse Working Cow Horse classes are designed to demonstrate and measure the horse’s ability to work a cow. Three levels are offered and listed below. Novice and Youth Working Cow Horse Class was developed as an entry-level cow class and consists of a warm up dry work pattern and boxing for one minute. The dry work simulates the same moves that the horse

class. Horse and rider will box the cow, drive the cow down the fence and then box the cow at the opposite end of the arena. The horse demonstrates control of the cow for two minutes. This class is a stepping stone up or down for exhibitors. Novice riders can expand their boxing skills by building confidence from boxing and controlling the cow at the opposite end of the arena, without the fast paced fence turn found in the full cow horse

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