Reining: An International Sport

Upon one’s initial glance the sport of barrel racing might seem as though it is a very basic, straightforward, and even easy sport to achieve a high level of success. However, barrel racing is exactly the opposite. To be a highly skilled barrel racer it takes far more than just agility, strength, and trust from both the horse and its rider. It takes a great deal of patience to learn, be taught, and to have trust in every aspect of this sport. This is a fast paced sport that requires a great deal of dedication, skill, and motivation from every competitor, and horse, regardless of their age or skill level. Along with the above stated skills comes an extremely high level of danger, that I sadly got to witnessed first hand. Every aspect of this

In this essay, I will explain the facts, and argue my own views and opinions on horse soring, a topic that has been booming for horse owners and horse lovers in the United States and other foreign countries for the past forty years. This issue has not only been affecting the horse population, but its controversy has spread and became a huge issue in our government. People use soring to win competitions in a very cruel way. Nothing about this issue seems very fair to me whatsoever.

It’s also my favorite sport in rodeo. There are two judges who give 1-25 to the cowboys\cowgirls performance and 1-25 to the animal’s performance, 100 points being the highest all together would also be counted as a perfect ride. To ride the cowboys, use a bull rope and a rosin. The bull rope is a thickly braided rope with a cowbell attached to the end. The cowbell is used for like a weight so the rope can safely fall off after the ride is over. But bull riding has taken a professional turn towards the bright and shows no sign of slowing

Rodeo has been around for several decades and has gradually become very popular around the world. The three events that have been apart of the rodeo since the beginning include saddle bronc, steer roping, and bull riding. Rodeo is a great sport for cowboys and cowgirls to compete in an event that suits their lifestyle. These contests have changed dramatically since the first official rodeo in the late 1800’s. Because the rodeo event was created in 1888, ranchers culture has been brought to the world and created into a world wide sport.

Rodeo is popular throughout the United States and is the official state sport for South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas, and Idaho. People think we are just entertaining the people and think the animals are physically provoked to make the cowboys look more impressive (Nielsen 1). Really that isn’t true its really how good of a hand you are and how well and experienced you are riding an animal. Some people make their horses hard in the mouth pulling back to much and that isn’t a good hand on a horse. A good hand on a horse has their horses mouth super light so with a little touch of the foot and rein your horse will turn a complete circle without pulling hard.

Throughout the history of American Quarter horses the main issue of the industry is the extent amount of drug usage on horses. The use of drugs on horses can help for healing and speed up the time of injury recovering, yet most of the time drugs hurt the horses. Today, this abusive action has only increased since the founding of the association. Quarter horses are jeopardized by having drugs injected in them to gain endurance and speed, but people fail to mention the risks that can occur. Injecting horses with dangerous drugs can cause heart attacks that may cause death after their race.

For example, “English style horses tend to be taller and many are leggy, aiding their ability to travel over long distances at a variety of speeds as well as jump over a variety of obstacles” (Blocksdorf 2016). English horses are normally lighter and taller to give them an advantage over jumping fences and performing in cross country. Western horses and stockier and they tend to be shorter than English horses. “Western horses tend to be compact and capable of steady travel all day with small bursts of speed to chase stray cattle” (Blocksdorf 2016). Of course, a Quarter horse can participate in the English discipline, and a Dutch Warmblood could participate in reining, but those breeds are usually specifically bred for either English or Western disciplines.

“Doping and the inappropriate use of normal medications present a serious threat to the integrity and reputation of our sport, because they give athletes an unfair advantage and threaten the welfare of horses.”(FEI’s Clean Sport Campaign pg1) Federation Equestre Inerationale and several other animal welfare organizations have well-established regulations trying to create a more perfect sport. Because riding in shows is so competitive riders need to understand that showing isn’t always about winning but learning for the experience of showing.

If you wanted a sport that requires an intricate balance of speed, trust, and timing between a horse and rider, you are looking for the sport of barrel racing. Trust and timing are everything in the sport of barrel racing. If you don’t present any confidence or faith in your horse, then consequently, you will be too occupied with worrying about how he will perform, instead of having faith in how you trained him to perform. If you don’t time your moves just right, it could mess up the whole pattern. As the need for a roping horse arose, we decided to buy Preacher, which explains his wide frame, and immense structure. Since we didn’t focus on roping primarily, Preacher’s owner decided it was time to distinguish Preacher’s abilities in barrel racing, so his owner, decided to let another girl ride him. After only a month of training on barrels, Preacher showed a tremendous amount of potential. Since being on the farm for about three years and last year was the first time that he ran around a barrel, and now I was the fortunate one to start riding

A lot of people say horseback riding should not be considered a sport. Most people tend to think that all equestrians do is sit there and allow the horse to do all the work. Equestrian is not only a sport, but a team, a community and a lifestyle. Riding in essence fits the definition of sport, even though many non-equestrian people do not understand why. The definition of sport is, “sports are institutionalized competitive activities that involve rigorous physical exertion or the use of relatively complex physical skills by participants motivated by internal and external motives” (definition from the sports in society textbook). People that say horseback riding does not fit that description are unaware that in truth it really does. An equestrian

The Australian Institute of sport (AIS) is a sports training institution in Australia. The AIS headquarters were officially opened in 1981 and are located in Canberra. It is on a 66 hectare sight and is in the northern suburb of Bruce. There other AIS program outlets throughout Australia. The AIS was thought about in the year 1976 after the AustraliThe Australian War Memorial lye’s at the top of ANZAC Parade, it was officially opened in the year 1941 and preserves the memory of the Australian involvement with the war. It is a memorial for the people of the world for them to acknowledge the soldiers who have fought for our country and died in action on the battle fields, it also is a museum and an art gallery. They say that there is a collection

So many of you may be wandering two things one what is this about, and two why so Late. Well my reason is to give tips to the new players who have just joined the game or are kinda of still confused how racing works because i have deen newwer players who think that you can just enter your horses on what ever surface and distance you want. Sadly to all our very new players that this works. Now a lot of older players who have played the game for way longer then me will have there own opions on how to find out things.

The science behind evaluating racehorses is deciding which faults make a direct impact to the horse’s career. The requirements needed for a horse to succeed starts at the conformation of the foal/yearling. To which conformational faults are passed down from parents, however, faults may or may not have consequences to their racing career, and therefore different trainers/bloodstock agents may have different inceptions with regard to acceptable faults (TOBA, 2015).

Due to the large size of horses it can be dangerous to work with ones that are hard to handle. The term “Imprint Training” is popular in the horse industry meaning early handling of foals with to focus on improving their behavior, learning ability, and for them to gain confidence in the world around them (Lansade, 2004). This imprint training is believed by many horse people to help horses and make them easier to work with when they become older (Lansade, 2004).

Marketing a new product requires strategic planning and research into the target market. The equestrian market is vast in size and diversity and is often underestimated by businesses (Graham-Suggett, 1999: 31). Due to the range of disciplines and activities covered by this market, targeting just one group could lead to increased sales through word of mouth