Shawn Flarida and others at NRHA Derby

Reining Horse video of the Best of the NRHA Open Derby Championship. This video includes: Shawn Flarida, Dell Hendricks, Andrea Fapanni, Brian Bell, Todd Crawford, Casey Hinton, Reuben Van Dorp, and more.

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[Rex Wager]

The footing in reining horse show arena is very important. Without the right base, and mix in the arena you can't slide like you can in this show arena.

That said, these world-class trainers actually teach the horses to slide to their stops, and a lot of it has to do with their breeding.

[razrbladefaerie]

the paint is gunner bred! haha i knew that the second i saw it. i was suprised that brian bells horse didn't look like a typical 'brian horse' if you know what i mean. all great horses!! and a great video! and to those of you who are criticizing reining and other sports for cultural differences, just shut up!!! every one does things their different ways so why dont you go do yours your way and they do theirs their way!!!

[14racegirl07]

Reining horses don't look sad, that's just the way they are trained. Very light rein contact, so they mainly moves off of leg pressure. Unlike charreria or whatever its called, your cowboys ride like english riders. Horses head is held high, rides on the bit, and doesn't seem to move off of leg pressure. Your horses wouldn't come close to qualifying in the NHRA. Its all about QUALITY not quantity. Get it right.

[ginna minna]

ruben vandrop riding einsteins revolution

mike mcentire riding the great guntini

shawn flarida riding smart spook

andrea fappani riding maybe wimpys little buddy

craig schmersal maybe whizs katrina

[englishjumper123]

My trainer bought this horse!! my best friend rides him now that he's retired

[ducati916chick]

I really dont understand this sport, but my GOD...I was getting giddy WATCHING these little ponies, how on earth do they not fall over from dizziness(or the riders for that matter-as they don't "spot"???

Although reining has a very high horse injury rate, all forms of horse sport has it's common injuries (ok albeit not so permanant), but I am sure if the horses were able to give an answer, they'd much rather be doing this that but in a bull fighting ring...now that IS cruel.

Enjoy the ponies

[Jeeper4life88]

Great video! And to respond to a few people, I highly doubt any of these horses are 1500 lbs, I ride a 975 lb mare at 14.3hh and am 210 lbs, She has no problem holding my weight! And also, I doubt your mares legs were ruined from reining. Jumping is more strenuous on their legs than reining spins.

[razrbladefaerie]

haha thats awesome! there have been two gunner horses that have come through my trainer's barn and one of them is still there but they are grey. haha it's so funny

[razrbladefaerie]

after trotting a few circles in the bridle stop the horse then lift your inside rein towards your armpit just enough to help their nose into the spin, lay the outside rein across their neck, lean over and out opening your inside leg and tap with the outside spur. only ask for a couple steps at a time when you are first teaching them, this way it is easier for them to recognize when they are doing it correctly and learn it faster

[razrbladefaerie]

ktcowgirl94 to make a horse spin you ask for them to lift their shoulder and move it over. you do not need a fence to do this. you must make sure their body stays relatively straight and when you push them out to trot circles that they remain in the bridle.

[razrbladefaerie]

i know many reining horses that would make great jumpers and their hocks are splendid. it sounds like either you or the person who attempted teaching your horse reining does not know very much about the discipline. therefore you should not blame said discipline for your horse's misfortunes

[razrbladefaerie]

please do not blame an entire discipline for the faults of a few individuals within that discipline. i dont know the history on your horse, nor do i assume any sort of knowledge about it. perhaps the person who tried reining with your horse did it wrong and did not keep the horse in good condition for it.

[Dunmare]

totally a gunner horse haha, we had a Gunner gelding at our barn and he had almost the exact same coloring and build