Western
Barrel Racing
Training Tips for a Better Barrel Racing Foundation
Develop this fundamental outside rein skill during training, and you'll ride consistently well during competition. Adapted from a new book on barrel racing. By Sharon Camarillo with the editors of Horse & Rider magazine. | MORE
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Heeler Position Coming Down the Arena
Position coming down the arena has everything to do with making a good corner. | MORE
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AQHA Horse of the Year Results
The AQHA has released their Horse of the Year winners for 2011. | MORE
Cattle Events
Greg Ward: Dossier
The June 2011 issue of Horse&Rider featured a touching, poignant tribute to “The Master”, reined cow horse trainer Greg Ward. Here’s his dossier to further demonstrate just how | MORE
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Breaking In Roping Steers
Roping steers are a significant investment, so it makes sense to take the time to break them in right. How you break roping steers in is also quite relevant to their usefulness and longevity. Habits are formed early in roping steers, and you want to avoid steers getting away and forming bad habits from the start. | MORE
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Bovine Tuberculosis Shuts Down Mexican-U.S. Border to Horned Cattle
July 15, 2011 -- The U.S.-Mexico border is shut down to horned cattle, and this has the leaders of the roping community crying foul. | MORE
Halter
Weanling Prep for Showmanship, Halter Classes
Thinking about showing your weanling this spring? Top halter trainer Mike McMillian shares his winning program for prepping young horses to show successfully, making their first trips into the show pen positive experiences rather than negative ones. | MORE
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Train Your Horse for Showmanship
Showmanship at halter, one of the most popular events at all levels of Western showing, tests a handler’s ability to fit and show a horse in halter competition. | MORE
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Showmanship Polish: Hand Position and Control Introduction
Perfect your showmanship presentation by avoiding three common hand-position mistakes. By Andrea Simons with Alana Harrison for Horse & Rider magazine. | MORE
Pattern Events
Train Your Horse to Wait for your Cues
While judging reining and other pattern-oriented classes like Western riding or trail, I’ve often seen the same scenario play out. A novice rider approaches the arena on her | MORE
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We’d Love to Own: Teddy Terrific
Barn name: Teddy. Particulars: 1989 dark bay Quarter Horse gelding sired by Money I Hope out of Princess Rancher by King Rancher. Owned and trained by: Carl Ford | MORE
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Basic Body Control of Your Horse
A circle loses shape. A lead is blown. A flying change gets halfway done—or not at all. The common culprit in all these scenarios? Lack of body control, | MORE
Reining
How to Evaluate a Horse’s Reining Potential
Western trainer Al Dunning explains how he examines pedigree, conformation, ability and heart to determine a horse's potential as a reining horse. From Horse & Rider magazine. | MORE
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We’d Love to Own: Smart And Shiney
Particulars: 2003 palomino Quarter Horse stallion sired by Smart Shiner and out of Tronas Pearl, by Dox Tronalena. Owners: Lyle Lovett, Houston, Texas, and Tim McQuay, Tioga, Texas. | MORE
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Sandy Collier: Giving The Face
"Giving the face." In the world of riding, it describes the point when your horse softens in the jaw and flexes willingly at the poll in response to | MORE
Rodeo
Trevor Brazile Ahead of Last Year’s Single-Season Earnings Record Pace
Trevor Brazile is on pace to break his single-season earnings record, set last year. He leads his nearest challenger, Shane Proctor, by more than $70,000. | MORE
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Meet 5-Plus Heeler Dan Narramore
Seventy-five and still going strong, Dan Narramore loves the sport of team roping. | MORE
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2012 PRCA World Standings
The top 20 cowboys and cowgirls in each event. | MORE
Western Pleasure
Judge These Yearlings’ Conformation
Evaluate the conformation of these reining-bred long yearlings and place them in your order of preference. Then see how your choices compare with our expert judge's. By Steve Heckaman for Horse & Rider magazine. | MORE
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Close Up: Bad-Boy John Hoyt
We’re going to take you behind the stories to find the real John Hoyt—the lifelong horseman, legendary competitor, and ongoing inspiration to countless others. Featured as one of H&R’s 50 Great Riders in April 2011, the stories about this horseman are legion. Here’s his true tale. | MORE
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Ride Smart – Sandy Collier’s Western Horse Training Secrets
World champion trainer Sandy Collier shares her core horse training secrets in her book, 'Reining Essentials: How to Excel in Western’s Hottest Sport,' adapted for Horse & Rider magazine. | MORE
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