{"id":573,"date":"2006-08-22T03:08:05","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T20:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=573"},"modified":"2006-08-22T03:08:05","modified_gmt":"2006-08-21T20:08:05","slug":"working-ranch-horse-clinic-competition-test-skills-of-paint-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/working-ranch-horse-clinic-competition-test-skills-of-paint-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Ranch Horse Clinic & Competition test skills of Paint Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH, TEXAS<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dReady for a different take on roping, riding and sliding action? Sign up today for the American Paint Horse Association\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next Working Ranch Horse Clinic & Competition. Set to take place Oct. 28\u00e2\u20ac\u201c29 at the NRS Training Center in Decatur, Texas, the event will feature trainer Carl McCuistion.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, October 28, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., McCuistion will be on hand to teach both horse and rider basic-to-advanced Working Ranch Horse skills.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trying to reach a segment of our industry that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve felt hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been reached at this point\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the working cowboy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said APHA Executive Committee member Carl Thurow, who was instrumental in the contest\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s development.<\/p>\n

The two-day event will feature four classes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2<\/strong> Stock Horse Pleasure<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dContestants must walk, trot and lope horses
\nsmoothly and efficiently on a designated course.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Stock Horse Versatility<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dHorses perform some of the many tasks required of them in the course of actual ranch work. For example, they may be asked to walk over bridges, walk through brush, back into confined spaces, jump over obstacles or drag hay bales.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Working Stock Horse<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dParticipants demonstrate the skill and athleticism necessary to move cattle to specific areas while on horseback. Roping may be performed in this class.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Stock Horse Reining<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dHorses must show they can be willingly guided and ridden through specific patterns.<\/p>\n

Participants may enter the clinic and any of the four events. Winners will receive cash and prizes.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153These events showcase a well-trained, all-around horse,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Tom Neel, who rode Paint stallion Delta Flyer Gold Bar to the Open title at the last two Texas competitions. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The horse needs to be relaxed enough for the pleasure, guide well enough for the trail and reining, and have the desire to work cattle for the stock horse class.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

More about the classes<\/strong>
\nWorking Ranch Horse events differ from usual show classes, which are commonly held in an arena and have standardized routines for contestants. The Stock Horse Versatility class, for example, includes an outdoor trail course that incorporates natural terrain into the obstacles.<\/p>\n

Another departure from standard classes is the Working Stock Horse event, which gives contestants a choice to control a cow by guiding it in circles in the middle of the arena, as in a working cow horse event, or by roping it. Thurow said the non-roping option was allowed in this event because roping is a skill that many capable riders haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had the opportunity to learn. The ompetition\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creators didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want riders intimidated and avoiding the event because of one
\npart of the class.<\/p>\n

The classes do, however, encourage many aspects of usual show classes, giving competitors incentive to polish their riding abilities. Judges in the Stock Horse Reining event, for example, look for several of the skills found in a typical reining class.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This event might be one of the hardest for the competitors,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Thurow. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In a days\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 work, ranch horses don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do many spins or sliding stops.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Thurow feels that the extra horsemanship the contest requires can only benefit competitors in their other endeavors.<\/p>\n

For more information<\/strong>
\nTo learn more about APHA Ranch Horse competitions visit apha.com\/
\nranchhorse<\/a> . For further information, phone (817) 834-2742, extension 249, or e-mail jmcdaniel@apha.com .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH, TEXAS\u00e2\u20ac\u201dReady for a different take on roping, riding and sliding action? Sign up today for the American Paint Horse Association\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next Working Ranch Horse Clinic & Competition. Set to take place Oct. 28\u00e2\u20ac\u201c29 at the NRS Training Center in Decatur, Texas, the event will feature trainer Carl McCuistion. On Saturday, October 28, from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}