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Location: Northern CA | Are any of you in to reined cow horses? I gave up barrel racing several years ago for RCH, but find myself coming to this site several times a day because there just doesn't seem to be any forums for RCH, cutting, or reining. And besides, so many of the topis here apply to all aspects of horses. Just thought it might be fun to see if there are others out there with other horse interests! |
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Location: Beggs, OK | No experience other than playing around at the trainer's house, but it's an event that has always intrigued me. I love watching and would probably go that direction if I ever decide that I've had enough of barrel racing. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | My husband and my son are into the reined cowhorses. My daughter has played with it. |
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Location: Always on call..... | I really want to do it! :-). It looks like tons of fun. Maybe one day...
is the NRCHA expensive to compete in? Would I need a professional trainer? |
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| I rode reiners for several years. Quit because I couldn’t handle the abuse in the industry. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | gypsykalgirl - 2015-11-18 9:02 PM
I rode reiners for several years. Quit because I couldn’t handle the abuse in the industry.
I don't know anyone personally, but I have heard of tail nerve being cut so the horse can't swish his tail. |
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Location: The edge of no where | It's on my list of things I'd like to try someday. I really like the way the reining portion goes at the reined cowhorse events - I can watch the snaffle bit and the horses still move out like athletes. I'm beginning to have a hard time appreciating the way the reiners move at nrha events....getting pretty close to that western pleasure shuffle lope that I despise. |
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Location: Northern CA | Dr. J - 2015-11-18 1:49 PM I really want to do it! :-). It looks like tons of fun. Maybe one day...
is the NRCHA expensive to compete in? Would I need a professional trainer?
NRCHA is quite expensive, but I love it. I find myself going to 3 or 4 of the bigger shows every year because of this. ANything with cattle is expensive, but with the aged events, you get to show in 3 different events, and often time have the chance to come back and compete again in the finals. It is a little hard to see my friends traveling several times a month to barrel races, while I save up for the a few times a year.
I train my own horses, with the help of lessons and clinics. But, yes, a trainer is so very helpful, and just as much as needing a trainer would be needing access to cattle (somehting I lack).
But, with all of that said, to just dablle in RCH you don't need any of the above! You sure don't have to show NRCHA, there are many AQHA and local level shows that offer classes. And most competitors are so willing to help! |
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Location: Northern CA | MS2011 - 2015-11-19 6:53 AM It's on my list of things I'd like to try someday. I really like the way the reining portion goes at the reined cowhorse events - I can watch the snaffle bit and the horses still move out like athletes. I'm beginning to have a hard time appreciating the way the reiners move at nrha events....getting pretty close to that western pleasure shuffle lope that I despise.
I agree, I don't care for the new reiner style at all. I am thankful that RCH will most likely never be able to go this direction. If our cow horses moved like this they would spend more time on their faces than they do on their feet! |
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Location: West Texas | My wife does reined cowhorse. It is a lot of fun to do and watch. Would be something that a barrel horse could do both, with the right kind of horse. |
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| Yep, I play/dabble in reined cowhorse too!
I work with a trainer once a month to tune myself up, my filly is young still and I've been doing 99% of the work myself so I haven't been aiming for the futurities or anything major; if that makes sense? We're aiming for our first real show this next year. I will probably only be doing one or two NRCHA shows a year as I love mounted shooting (with my other mare) too! |
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Location: North Dakota -> Colorado | Yes, I got into reined cow horse this past year because it was a new event in the NHSRA. I enjoyed it, however with where I am from it is not that popular of an event, so that really limits any opportunities up here. Reined Cow Horse has definitely upped my horsemanship skills and made me a better rider for barrels! I luckily found a trainer that was able to help drill me and teach me what applies to both, and I still go back for tune ups on my riding even though I am no longer competing in RCH. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I used to do RCH but it just got too expensive for me between lessons on cows and the shows. I miss it badly however. |
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| rockette - 2015-11-19 4:22 AM gypsykalgirl - 2015-11-18 9:02 PM
I rode reiners for several years. Quit because I couldn’t handle the abuse in the industry. I don't know anyone personally, but I have heard of tail nerve being cut so the horse can't swish his tail.
De-nerving or alcohol blocks are pretty common in the show industries including WP, HUS, Reiners etc. I know some barrel racers that do it as well. The good news is most of the time when the nerves are cut they will grow back and regain some movement of the tail.
Edited by gypsykalgirl 2015-11-19 10:31 PM
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Location: 31 lengths farms | That's what drew me to RCH also... My horse needed to be a forward moving athlete but one with the ability to stop and change directions. Sounded like a good solid foundation for a barrel horse to me. I started my gelding at 3 taking some reining lessons from a reined cow horse guy, them started playing on cows on him a month or so later. He loved it! Showed in the open breed classes at some foundation QH shows because you do everything at those shows, then some reined cow horse stuff on him as a 4 year old. I can pretty well flip flop him back and forth from the cutting pen to the stock horse class to the barrel pen and he never bats an eye though he would prefer to walk in and see a cow than a barrel to chase:). Best thing I ever did for him was the reined cow horse stuff. We have literally gathered cows on Friday with my 80 year old dad riding him, then Saturday Mark a 72 in the herd work at a RCH event and Sunday pulled a check in the 2D at a barrel race. Just a fun fun horse and I believe the foundation he got in the RCH stuff is the reason . |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Tdove - 2015-11-19 9:48 AM My wife does reined cowhorse. It is a lot of fun to do and watch. Would be something that a barrel horse could do both, with the right kind of horse.
It's funny that Hotbox is not cowwy at all. She works because she's supposed to, but she does not lock onto cattle on her own. Pj wants Greg to start heeling off of her some just to give her something else to do. Denali has been shown some in ranch horse classes and loves to take one down the fence....his reining pattern needs some work though, lol His style is more functional than show. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I'll take function over show any day:) |
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Location: Arkansas | run n rate - 2015-11-20 12:06 PM
That's what drew me to RCH also... My horse needed to be a forward moving athlete but one with the ability to stop and change directions. Sounded like a good solid foundation for a barrel horse to me. I started my gelding at 3 taking some reining lessons from a reined cow horse guy, them started playing on cows on him a month or so later. He loved it! Showed in the open breed classes at some foundation QH shows because you do everything at those shows, then some reined cow horse stuff on him as a 4 year old. I can pretty well flip flop him back and forth from the cutting pen to the stock horse class to the barrel pen and he never bats an eye though he would prefer to walk in and see a cow than a barrel to chase:). Best thing I ever did for him was the reined cow horse stuff. We have literally gathered cows on Friday with my 80 year old dad riding him, then Saturday Mark a 72 in the herd work at a RCH event and Sunday pulled a check in the 2D at a barrel race. Just a fun fun horse and I believe the foundation he got in the RCH stuff is the reason .
Is this Tucker? |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Yes, that is him in my profile picture as a 4 year old at a lesson. They have cow way back on their papers, Jesse James but the rest on the bottom is all running bred. For whatever reason Tucker's cow is really strong, he went to a cow like a duck to water, his full sister doesn't really work a cow but she works a barrel like Tucker works a cow, low and with intent, LOL!!! |
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