Where can a find a good reining horse that wont break the bank?I am 15 and hav been riding off and on since i was 4. In FL all i rode was western and this past year i have been riding mostly english. I like western a whole lot better and have wanted to get into performance for as long as i can remember. I really would like to get a good reining horse that will not be really... | |
If you're just beginning reining, my suggestion is to do one of these two things:
Find a good reining trainer and take lessons, but don't buy a horse. Once you gain experience and are pretty good yourself, buy a nice but young horse--one that isn't quite finished. Continue to work with the trainer to bring it along (this is also why you shouldn't go out and buy it now), but save money by buying a green horse.
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Buy a finished but not-so-fancy horse. If you're just starting, you don't need a NRHA champion. You need a solid horse who knows the maneuvers and who can teach you. In a few years, you can sell that horse to someone else who needs a teacher and you can buy a nicer horse.
If you already have experience and know how to ride reiners, find a good trainer and enlist them to help you work with the horse.
Just be careful about trying it on your own. A friend of mine shows at our open shows with me; he does reining. His girlfriend has been showing in the WP for years, and he wanted to be able to ride with her (his riding experience was limited, and he had no show/reining experience). He went out and bought a super nice but very young/green reining horse. The horse was much better than he was, but it was green and not capable of putting up with mistakes without being affected. Every time I watch them, I cringe--and worry that someone's going to get hurt. The horse's value has also gone downhill because the rider gets in his way and hasn't enhanced his natural ability.
A good trainer is your best bet for finding a nice horse that actually is trained in reining. You can look online or locally as well, but you'll have to sort out the real reiners from the ones that happen to use reins when they get ridden :).
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