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So, you are thinking of breeding your mare?

Great - this can be a rewarding experience but before you go any further, please take a few minutes to read this article and ask a few questions. Responsible breeders set themselves a target as to what they want to breed and why. First of all list your aims and objectives in creating a foal. What do you plan to do with it? Answer honestly and define your reasons and goals.

Don’t throw away a great run down and stop with a ‘mud ugly’ roll back, warns experienced reining judge Bob Mayhew.

In nearly 30 years of training reining horses, and 23 years of judging them, the rollback seems to be one of the areas that people fail to grasp the most. Countless good stops have been followed by poor rollbacks, U-turns, or even turns on the forehand, thereby reducing the manoeuvre evaluation unnecessarily.

IRHA/NRHA Open Futurity 3 years old: the Finals Mission accomplished. The challenge to fill the stands of the large, bright oval arena of the new Futurity in Cremona, Italy. Tickets were sold out to the big Open Final.

So who made the podium?