How Do You Compete In A Working Cow Horse Event?
Working cow horse combines the thrill of cutting with the finesse of reining. Get a working cow horse. Riders usually select quarter horses as their mounts, but Morgans, paints, Appaloosas and Arabians can also be used. Select a working cow horse that’s between 14.2 and 15.1 hands for optimal performance. Know that there are three events in the reined (working) cow horse events: reining, herd work and fence work. Begin by working a cow in the herd work. Quietly walk into a herd and move one cow out, and work that cow side to side, preventing it from getting back into the herd. During the 2 1/2 minutes you can work as many as three cows, one at a time, showing your ability to control the cow. Run a reining pattern that includes loping big fast circles and small slow circles on each lead, rundowns with sliding stops, spins to each direction, lead changes in each direction and backing. Do fence work. With only one cow, demonstrate your ability to control the cow on the short end of the ar
