http://forum.horse.com/(c) Horse.com Forum30Enjoy the touching and inspiring stories of two U.S. World Equestrian Games Reining Team riders, Shawn Flarida and Craig Schmersal. [link=http://equestrianlife.com/vihttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=18443Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:26:32 GMTVideo Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All wohttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=18401Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:14:57 GMTWell I think that you should get mircale groom it works like show sheen gets stains out and detangles it is by for the best thing that i have spent my money on so far! and get a fake tail that makes the judges look at you more http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=18378Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:19:16 GMTIf you are looking for cheap, elbow grease is the best. A poorly conditioned coat is still going to look poor with product, it'll just be shinny too!! I am not a fan of a lot of product, but I do like to do a trace clip on the face, ahttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17554Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:16:58 GMTWe've got some show moms here. I'm more English and haven't shown in years. Okay, decades. Everyone's so busy. Maybe a lurker can help you out. I've used WD40 in manes and tails before, more to help detangle but ihttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17550Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:22:26 GMTI'm participating in a show this coming weekend.. wondered if anybody had good tips or tricks to help me out :) I'm really new to this whole thing, and don't know a whole lot about it. I like things that i can do to improve the horse's look withouthttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=17447Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:19:21 GMTHi! Welcome! I ride English - all my life. I've never enjoyed western saddles but ONE DAY something happened that changed my LIFE! My son's horse was acting up with a guest riding him. My son is 6'2" with LOOONG legs.&nbhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=15257Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:21:56 GMTI have always English, but I am currently riding a friend's horses and they are all Western. Her tack is also all Western. Can anyone offer advise? I'm slowly getting use to the looser rein and have been trying to focus on leg aids.&nbshttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=15256Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:51:23 GMTWhen I was 7 I took riding lessons and the instructor always told me to "sit up pretty like a princess". I also second the idea of follow the leader. As an adult beginning rider I had an instructor constantly telling me to "use more leghttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=14526Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:32:04 GMTIf you trust your horses you can have them drop their reins and stand in the stirrups and balance with hands out straight (or wherever). You can put trot poles down and have them say a vegetable (or fruit, or state, or dog breed....whatever) over ehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=14501Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:43:35 GMTHeels down, toes straight ahead, sitting up straight. Here is what my sons instructor tells him. Heels down- pretend you have weights on your heels pretend you have a stick on your back. set up small cones around and have them shttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=14492Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:44:14 GMTI am an intern instructor at the barn I work at. My boss has been having me teach cowpoke (riders on lead line young in age) riders which i just started to get the hang of. Its hard for me to get down to kid level and teach them from there or make the lehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=14482Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:26:33 GMTi love shownaship, it is one of my fav classes:) Pretty much what showmanship is is how well you and your horse look, and just the overall picture. make sure your horse is banded, cleaned, clipped, and youre hair is under that hat with a good show outfithttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=6089Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:52:58 GMTI had the same problem with my mare...she is a retired barrle horse so most of her life thats all she did was run run run......So like TanyaC97 i up her in a little stronger but not to to bad but just enough to give herhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=5978Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:10:26 GMTThere are a few different ways to do this. You can pick up on him ask for collection and that should help some, sort of like you are checking him up. You can also work on loping circles in the bigger areana, this keeps them slower, and helpshttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=5474Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:15:27 GMTjust work with him until he slows down Get him into a lope then when he starts to go faster than you want him to slow him down if he drops to a trot get him back to a lope and slow him down when he starts to move to fast, just keep doin that he'llhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=5285Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:45:10 GMTI hope it isn't too late. Just saw this thread... Make sure you keep eye contact with the judge. Smile pretty and don't switch hands with your lead. Mostly have fun. Hopefully you'll have a judge who will give you pointers after the class. Good luchttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=5148Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:00:58 GMTI'm showing my miniature pony in a showmanship class on Saturday. I have only ever shown once before, and that was in an English schooling show where I rode a horse from the barn I was taking lessons at. I asked a question about showmanship ohttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=5096Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:06:41 GMTHi, I was wondering how everyone slows down a horse's WP lope. I'm not looking for the normal slow, but I'd like to be able to keep my horse from basically racing. My horse will lope perfectly in the round pen, but outside of it and in the shhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=4858Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:11:17 GMT