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Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All work is done at the lope (a version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the canter ), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits).
Joe Cody earned an AQHA Champion and a Performance Register of Merit from the AQHA. [4] When he earned his AQHA Championship, he was the youngest stallion to ever earn the award. [5] He was trained and earned points in reining and cutting. He was also trained for team roping. [5]
Reining is a western riding event that judges the athletic ability and willingness of the horse to perform patterns that each consist of certain maneuvers. [5] To rein a horse is not only to guide him but to control his every movement, the best reined horse will guide with little or no apparent resistance and will be dedicated to completely.
Expensive Hobby was shown in reining 120 times, and won the class 110 of those times. [1] He won the American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA, World Show Champion title in working cowhorse and reining in 1979. [2] He was retired in 1983, but came out of retirement briefly, but was eventually retired again, before dying at age 32 in 2003. [1]
Outside of the American Quarter Horse Association's Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas. The American Quarter Horse Association was born at a meeting on March 15, 1940, in Fort Worth, Texas. The original idea had come from articles published by Robert M. Denhardt during the 1930s about the history and characteristics of the quarter horse.
Video of a rider performing a western equitation pattern. Western equitation (sometimes called Western horsemanship, stock seat equitation, or, in some classes, reining seat equitation) competitions are judged at the walk, jog, and lope in both directions. Some classes require individual patterns. Riders must sit to the jog and never post.
His dam, Diamond Sparkles, is the 1979 AQHA Superhorse. His dam is also a member of the NRHA Hall of Fame. His sire Genuine Doc was bred, raised, and trained by those whom Rose picked as only the best. Genuine Doc is a leading sire of reining and cutting horses. Doc is an AQHA Superhorse sire. Doc has progeny bearing numerous AQHA and NHRA ...
Unlike horsemanship patterns, reining patterns include spins and sliding stops performed by the horse and rider. In reining, a score starts 70 and can be higher or lower depending on the quality of the ride. Riders perform movements that include: fast circles, slow circles, spins and sliding stops. Going off-pattern results in a score of zero.