Re: Training a reiner
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Posted by PCF Cody on August 01, 2002 at 13:23:44:
In Reply to: Training a reiner posted by ceemyboot on July 31, 2002 at 01:44:10:
:Time for the first discussion :). Last year I bought this broodmare (on impulse) bred to Docs Malbec, 22 yrs old, nice looking mare sold for $1700. And with luck I got a beautiful filly. She's reiner for sure and some of the moves she's done out in the pasture I just can't believe. I've ridden few trained reining horses but trained a few in basics, helped my friend teach her mare rollbacks and sliding stops. She wins stockhorse classes with that horse. Now i've got this yearling filly i need to train next year. I mostly ride barrel horses anymore but always had an interest in reining. So i need any info you guys have before next spring when i saddlebreak and start some light trail riding on this filly.
Ohh...a good question to start with!!
Well, there's more than one way to go about this...
The absolute best way in the long run would be to let someone who's a professional reining horse trainer take her and start her and you together. Not only do they have the know-how, but they can also put you on the right road if you're looking to either show her or sell her.
The next best solution would be to start her yourself and either send her to a reining trainer then - though more trainers prefer to start the babies themselves as in a lot of cases, this prevents them having to retrain something that was taught wrong - or at the very least, have a professional or seasoned reiner give you lessons both on their horses and on your filly. Its better to learn what feels right on a seasoned horse, and then apply it to your filly, than to have you both wondering what is right and what isn't :)
Now, on the very bottom of the options is the complete do it yourself mode which I don't recommend. But, basically, reining is the advanced dressage of western riding. It's putting all those basic moves, pressure responses, communication skills, etc. into a dance. As you train her up, make sure she understands each and every cue perfectly before moving to a more complicated cue. Leg yields, response to the slightest movement of the bit - the works, need to be perfect before you start asking for more.
From there, each move would take its own post just about just to cover the bare bones of how you teach it! And its been so long since I've done them, I'm not really confident I could walk you through correctly...I could still get on a reiner and get the moves done, and rollbacks I know, but spins and slides take a bit more explaining and do's and don'ts....
Help any?
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