[Zanerkin177]

ok I want to start Reining, but all I have down is the slide stop (she can slide pretty far) but I need to know how to do the spins, rollbacks, flying lead changes (I think she might be stuck on one lead)

[Haas Horse Farm]

Where in Montana are you? ... there are some great reining trainers in Montana... you should see if there is a clinic near you. Proper shoeing and padding are also important. Without knowing your riding history and skills it would not help for me to write pages and pages here on how to do those maneuvers. You honestly need to find someone with a finished reiner and learn how to properly ride and cue those moves before trying to teach your own horse. Unfortunately it is easy to teach a horse bad habit that are hard to cure if the cues and the horses body position is not correct for those maneuvers.

Basically there are these things you can work on before consulting any trainer. Teaching your horse to stop properly (if shod properly) using your seat and voice instead of rein. Teaching your horse to do flying lead changes.... do not do them in the middle of the pen. Teach the horse to two-track at all three gaits both directions. Teach your horse to lope a circle. Round pretty circles staying off the rail at least seven feet. How big is the pen you ride in? Your circles need to be two speeds. Circles are often the hardest maneuver to plus in a reining pattern. Teach your horse proper transitions and cadence so those transitions are pretty with no change in the top line and no tail response. Teaching your horse to move all body parts independently... the front, the back, and the middle. Backing... teach the horse to drop their face and back straight.

In short you need a broke horse that is physically fit before you can begin to have a reiner. Reining is addicting and once you do it on a really broke horse you will be hooked. The problem with reining is it is not as easy as it looks and every horse is different sometimes it can take months and months to get a horse figured out. To win it all must be done a draped rein and appear as it is done without asking. But then like any other sport it depends on the judge... one judge I know will knock a horse bad for too much speed on the run down as he used to have a horse that would loose control on the run down... other judges will plus a very fast horse on a run down. Knowing how your judge thinks and what they like is always a plus. Staying clean and out of the penalty box is also important. Knowing what is the better thing to do as far as saving on penalties to help the score when the horse does not switch gaits. A break in gait is less than going a full circle on the wrong lead. Read the rule book and understand the penalties and the scoring so you can understand what is a better choice and where the judges will forgive and where they will DQ.

One the average with an broke to saddle horse training a reiner will take at least six to eight months to have it pen ready so you must be willing to put a lot of time into your horse...

[Bruce Wiley]

I have to ditto what Haas Horse Farm just stated.
So many people think their horses have the talent, abilities of a reiners and this should be confirm & evaluate by a professional reiner trainer that has a good rep with their clients & working reiner field.
The only thing, I would suggest to you... prepare your horse, getting the horse fit, willing, consistent in general stuff.
I don't feel you need to focus on doing reinning patterns at this time.
If the horse has talent, it will show.
I hope this helps.

[morablogan]

I say find yourself a trainer, buy some good reining books and there are quite a few good movies too. Go to some shows or watch people train. Start training everyday doing your patterns and see if you can stick with it. If not pm me when your tired of all the work and I will buy all your videos and books that I recommend . Seriously I would talk to a trainer, get yourself as a rider evaluated then start working on your horse. Lots of work but it's worth all the time and work. It's a very demanding sport if you get really serious about it.

[Zanerkin177]

well all I have to work in is a little muddy, flat(some what), little field. and Im guessing its bad for them to do the sliding stop on the mud?! I did that in the field about 2 days ago and she (Im guessing) slipped on her front leg and fell to her knees

[cherazam]

Originally Posted by Zanerkin177

well all I have to work in is a little muddy, flat(some what), little field. and Im guessing its bad for them to do the sliding stop on the mud?! I did that in the field about 2 days ago and she (Im guessing) slipped on her front leg and fell to her knees

AHH mud is bad! very bad. You should only go for a stop in nicely groomed ground so that your horse has a less chance on injuring themselves. If you dont have a drug arena try to go somewhere that is dry that is not too deep but not too hard.

[Zanerkin177]

ok now I know...slide stop + mud = bad

[Zanerkin177]

ok THIS is the one I posted....the other one I have no Idea were how how it cane...I have been in that profile in a long time....this is very odd