Category: Cutting/Reining
A podcast exploring the development of reined cow horse prospects from the pasture through their first NRCHA competition. The host trains NRCHA horses in the California coast range and discusses the unique demands of developing horses that must excel in three separate go-rounds — reining, cow work, and fence work — within the same event. Episodes cover the progression of introducing a young horse to cattle for the first time, building the confidence and rate required for controlled cow work without making a horse hot or dull, and the fence work footwork that can make or break a score in the herd work go-round. The podcast features established NRCHA trainers who discuss bloodlines that consistently produce reined cow horses capable of competing at the Derby and Snaffle Bit Futurity level. Training methodology episodes address the difference between starting a pure reining horse and a horse being developed for the cow horse pen, and why that distinction matters from day one.