>I received a flyer saying there are starting up "calf sorting and team >penning" at an arena near me, you go and pay 20 bucks and get to play >at it. They say its very good for a horse, he has to stand tied at >the trailer and rail while the others work the cattle, and he gets >used to all the lights and noise and excitement. He also has to get >used to cows. they say you need to plan on taking your horse several >times to get used to things before you actually make an attempt at it. > I am planning to try it! I will film it if I ever get the nerve to >try. The only horse I have that has ever been around a cow is jaspar >and he freaked out when he saw it :) so wish me luck! I am going to >the next one and taking Tivar and Stonewall and just tie them at the >trailer for our first time and see how it goes. I will get to watch >and talk to people and see what I should do etc. Won't it be fun when >a chubby 57 year old woman with a pony and a walking horse shows up >with all the cutting horse people... I can't wait. >Janice >-- >yipie tie yie yo
You'll have a lot of fun. It doesn't require the stop and turn on the dime skills that cutting does and is quite accessible to all breeds of horses (or mules -- the fastest penning time I ever saw was at Mule Days with a team riding mules). My daughter used to pen with her Peruvian and even though she was laughed at at first when she showed up with this little 14 hh horse, once the guys saw how smooth and quietly she could gait into the bunch of calves to cut her numbers out she was in demand as a team member. -- Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/ http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/JoyOfRiding/ http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/HighPoint/
