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Sliding stops, spins, rollbacks, changements and speedcontrol are tested galloping and reversing a pattern of small and larger circles. Every combination starts with 70 points. The jury rewards very well ridden disciplines with plus points and gives minus points to badly executed parts of the test. |
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The discipline Cutting has the rider choose a cow from the herd in the penning. Rider and horse have to approach the herd without disturbing them too much. As soon as the rider has determined which cow to separate from the herd the combination have to drive the cow as closly as possible to the centre of the penning. Two riders, the turnback men, keep the cow in the middle of the penning, while two others, the herd holders, keep the herd at the short side of het penning. |
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It's the cow's task to prevent the cow from going back to its herd. It's also important for the horse to remain at the right distance from the cow. The test takes 150 seconds and starts the moment the combination has separated the cow from the herd. |
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Team Penning Team Penning is a match based on the work of a cowboy. As the name leads one to suspect the match is played in a team. A team of three combinations should separate three animals from a herd of calves to the other side of the arena and drive them into a penning. It may only take 90 seconds. Timing starts as soon as the first horse's nose has crossed the startline and the clock stops if all three calves are inside the penning and the fence is closed. |
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| The riders should select the appointed calves carefully and manage to keep other calves from crossing the startline. To prevent the same calves being captured time and again, they all get a different colour shown as a ribbon or a distinctive mark. One of the three calves to be captured and separated by the team must wear the team's colour. Team Penning is used by many riders in order to accustom their horses to working with cattle. A Working Cow-horse is a horse that is suitable for work on a ranch. The principles of Reining are needed for this discipline. On top of that the horse should show some Cow Sense. The Working Cow-horse consists of two parts: dry-work (a Reining test without cattle) and fence-work (with cattle).
For the fence-work a cow enters the arena. At first the horse should
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| One of the most exciting speed matches is the Barrelrace. Three barrels are placed in a triangle. Every barrel has to be circles by the horse and rider. The combination are allowed to choose which one of the three to circle in the first place. This will be the one on the left or the right, for the third barrel is put at the end of the arena and is the last one to be circled. Then the riders sprint back to the finish line. The horse that is there first and didn't turn over any barrels wins the match. |
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This command can be given at Walk or Jog. At the end of the test they have to do this backwards. Riders of Senior horses have to keep the bridles in one hand and may not change them. The free hand may not touch the horse and / or saddle. Junior horses are ridden with bridles in two hands. The jury judges the horse's quiet behaviour and swift reactions to the riders' directives at transitions.
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