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Special Events :: Misc
Reining Horse Show
9:00 AM
Majestic Valley Arena
Description:
Montana Reining Horse Association Reining Horse Show
August 22 - 28, 9 am - 6 pm

General Admission FREE
Come and watch the top reining horses, trainers and riders compete for prize money and trophies. Free to spectators. Concessions will be available.

WHAT IS REINING?

Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All work is done at the lope (a slow, relaxed version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the canter), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits). Originating from working cattle, reining is often described as a Western form of dressage riding, as it requires the horse to be responsive and in tune with its rider, whose aids should not be easily seen, and judges the horse on its ability to perform a set pattern of movements. The horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely. A horse that pins his ears, conveying a threat to his rider, refuses to go forward, runs sideways, bounces his rear, wrings his tail in irritation or displays an overall poor attitude is not being guided willingly, and is judged accordingly.


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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Majestic Valley Arena
Address: 3630 Highway 93 North Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: (406) 755-5366

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