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Product Description
The authors, Shawn Flarida and Craig Schmersal, are two of the best reining horse trainers in the business. They’ve trained and shown some of the highest earning horses in the industry, and both men have helped their share of successful non-pros.
This book escorts the reader through all the steps of owning, riding, showing and caring for the reining horse. Tapping into their experience, Shawn and Craig offer advice and ideas for a winning training program.
Breaking down the horse’s training process into individual maneuvers, Shawn and Craig reveal training techniques that they’ve perfected over the years. The two trainers outline their methods for making sure the horse’s start is right, the training consistent and the finish polished. These are basic teaching steps that can be used, whether training a reining horse, maintaining the complete show horse or simply hoping to improve a horse’s behavior. The authors also recommend valuable show pen strategies that make the difference.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #163935 in Books
- Published on: 2007-06-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 250 pages
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About the Author
Shawn Flarida and Craig Schmersal are two world class competitors in the sport of reining, having won every major national and international event sanctioned by the National Reining Horse Association and the United States Equestrian Federation. Both men are listed in an elite group known as “NRHA Million Dollar Riders.”
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from the chapter titled “Pattern Strategy”
Putting maneuvers together in a smooth, precise and correct pattern is the ultimate goal in reining. When you walk into the arena to show what you’ve got to the judge, all your time, training and efforts are on the line. This is what you’ve worked so hard for. But things happen so fast that you don’t have time to think about anything except your next maneuver. This is when all your preparation comes into play, and you execute your game plan. And, believe us, you need a game plan.
There’s an old saying that goes, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” We never enter any show, anywhere, without planning a strategy for success. Even if we’ve been to the same showgrounds many times and have run the patterns hundreds of times, we still strategize our every move before we enter the show pen.
In this chapter, we’ll tear down the parts of a standard NRHA pattern and give you tips and some training techniques on how to handle the maneuvers, plus troubleshoot any common problem areas.
It all begins with your entry into the pen. According to the official NRHA patterns, there are walk-in and run-in patterns, and how you approach either sets the tone for your entire run.
Customer Reviews
Great photos 
This book is worth it for the photos. The training methods are average, with not enough focus on the subtle and important body language that makes a horse so responsive and collected. The old method of 'using the fence' to turn a horse or stop is I believe on the way out. Nevertheless, reading this book gives some good pointers. I would not recommend it for a beginner without a trainer who can judge and guide the various methods of teaching slide stopping, spins and turnbacks.
Author of Roses and Locoweed: The Life of a Cowboy's Wife
World Class Reining
This is a good book to add to your library. It has a little bit of everything in it, from the what is Reining to the how to's. Not sure if it would help the experiance Reiner, but it was a good read.
Excellent!
This book was so helpful to me! When it comes to trying to teach your horse to rein, this book helps so much! And it teaches you much more besides the basics of reining! It's a great book i would recommend it for anyone!
