NRHA money earner started in Ranch Horse

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AQHA

The American Quarter Horse is an American breed. It is generally a calm and docile horse with a compact short body and head and is defined by its heavily muscled body, powerful shoulders and hind quarters along with strong sturdy legs.

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Ranch Horse Pleasure

Ranch Horse Pleasure's main purpose is to showcase a working horse's movement, attitude, and versitility. The main consideration in Ranch Horse Pleasure is the horse's overall manners, responsiveness, and qualty of movement. The class shows the horses ability to work at a forward speed while remaning under control with light contact by the rider.

Judging is scored on the basis of 0 to 100, with 70 denoting an average performance. Penalties include: too slow, break of gait, wrong lead, blatant disobedience.

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Reining

Reining is a judged western discipline designed to show the athletic abilities of the cowboys ranch horse, and the confines of the show arena. The National Reining Horse Association has 13 approved patterns that include small slow circles, large fast circles, 360 degree spins, flying lead changes, roll backs over the horses hocks and the hallmark sliding stop that are always a crowd favorite.

The NRHA judging system is judged from 0-100 with a 70 denoting an average score. Each maneuver in the reining pattern recieves a score of +1 1/2 to -1 1/2, with half point increments with 0 indicating an average maneuver.