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« on: December 22, 2011, 12:22:56 am » |
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With all the recent horse topics here, I have some questions of my own. I am pretty green when it comes to horses. I am comfortable riding a broke horse, but thats about it. I dont have the first clue about training one.
With that said, I love watching cutting horse events on TV. But I don't really understand how the events are scored. Also, with cutting horses, how much of it is the rider, and how much of it is the horse? I understand a rider has to know what he is doing, but to my uneducated eye, once the cow is cut from the herd, it doesnt look to me like the rider is doing much during a run. Looks to me like it is more instinct of the horse to keep the cow cut off. I am sure there is tons of training that goes into making a good cutting horse, but to relate it to hog dog terms, can you take any horse and turn it into a cutting horse? Or does the horse need the genetics to make a cutting horse? How much input does the rider have as to what the horse is doing.
Just curious about this as like I said it is something I really enjoy watching even though I dont fully understand it.
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Austin
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« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2011, 06:58:36 am » |
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Not every horse makes a cutting horse, some of the best calf roping horses and team roping horse are crop out cutters. As far as the rider not looking like he/she is doing anything in the pen, most of the work comes in the practice pen just like anything else. By the time you get to the arena it should look like it is all horse and the rider is just along for a smooth ride.
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« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2011, 07:34:21 am » |
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It miht look like we are not doing much in the saddle but small ques are still required to keep the horses in position,the horse must still posses the desire and ability to work a cow and it is a minimum of 2 full years of training before they go to their first futurities,genetics plays a key role as with any horse dicipline. This is a little gelding i show in open competiton,Meradas Armada (beaver) he has lifetime earnings of $180,000 to date.  |
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Kid7
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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2011, 11:09:38 am » |
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I rope with Cobie Wood quite a bit and he's got some top notch cutting horses and one day I made the HORRIBLE mistake of asking him how simple it actually wAs to sit there and hang on for dear life while the horse did everything...... I got my ear chewed off  Lol all I know is it's even more fun than it looks!!! |
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« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 06:01:32 pm » |
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Kobies been around it for a long time,a lot of people dont know it but hes a hell of a cowdog trainer too!!!
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2011, 06:15:53 pm » |
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if you plan on getting into it I would suggest you find a trainer you could trust and let them find you an older seasoned horse that has been there done that. there is nothing worse than trying to learn how to ride on green horse that doesnt know what hes doing either. good luck.
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« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2011, 06:28:40 pm » |
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It may look easy, but it's not. Some horses are tough enough to carry you through a run with you making mistakes, others will not stand for it. One of the most challenging events I've ever done. A simple mistake of leaning the wrong way can screw up the whole run. I had rode my whole life, and it took a relearning of the proper way to ride before I could get through a run. One of the most exciting things I've ever had the chance to do.
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