Long ago, cowboys would have casual competitions with one another to see whose horse was a more willing and better partner. Over the years, these contests grew into a world-wide sport called “reining.

Reining is a judged competition to showcase the athletic ability of ranch-type horses in a show arena through a series of official reining patterns. There are 13 approved patterns that horses can ...

DELLROSE, Tennessee - Marco Formentin, a nationally respected professional reining horse competitor and trainer, will offer a clinic in the Western style precision riding in a covered arena in ...

Courtesy photo Paisley Jane Fix, 13, of Warriors Mark, is shown piloting her horse Velvet Revolverr through a reining pattern at The Florida Reining Classic earlier this year. Paisley Jane Fix, 13, of ...

With its spins, circles. rollbacks and stops, reining is an exciting display of horsemanship to watch and even more exhilarating to perform. If you have the desire to learn about and try out this ...

When Sue Coyne of Stevensville first started taking lessons in 2006, she couldn’t even get her horse to the center of the arena to start a pattern. Coyne, with the help of Pipinich, won two year-end ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Georgia's Julia Spreng grew up riding in the English discipline, but she switched ...

After disappearing from the Australian horse scene twenty or so years ago, the somewhat forgotten show sport of the working cow horse appears to be making a comeback. The working cow horse (or reined ...

Mirjam Stillo has been riding horses since she was a young girl. “Since I was a little, little kid, so probably 3-4 years old,” she said. She started competing on horseback at six years old and says ...

The Buckeye Reining Spectacular (BRS) will slide into the Champions Center today for a four-day horse show event officials said brings around $4 million in revenue to the Clark County area. The BRS ...