Re: [RC] Hopefully not too off topic. endurance riders in other - Robert R
The cow work involved with working cow horse is
pretty interesting. You are in the ring with a cow. First off, you
have to keep it from moving for so long. Then, you have to move it down
the wall a certain distance and stop it, turn it around and move it back.
Then, you have to move it off the wall in a straightish line across the
arena. The biggest trick is staying on the correct lead. The lead at
the canter needs to be the forefoot away from the cow and when you are moving it
away from the rail, you have to weave back and forth behind it and come up
alongside it to keep it in a straight line so you need a horse that does flying
lead changes pretty well. The horses figure out pretty quickly to change
on their own based on where the cow is but it does take some time and
experience. Working cow horse classes also have a reining pattern you do
separate from the cow work that doesn't include a cow. I've never done any
cutting. A good introduction to working cows can be had at barns that have
team sorting or penning. It is a blast and you can get your horse used to
moving cows. My QH mare is a very cowy horse and she is excellent at
sorting and penning and would be great at the cow part of working cow horse but
she is not built to be able to even do a passable job at reining (she should
have been owned by a roper because I think she could stop a Mac
truck). You will have a blast, especially if your mare is bossy like
mine. She was timid around the cows at first until she learned that she
got to push them around and make them do stuff and now she gets really excited
at the sight of cows.
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