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Comment by Julia Slater on January 5, 2010 at 9:21am

Those of you who are developing your own reining horse, check out IPHDA.com. It was started by a former NRHA judge, Rod Miller.
The shows are online... Tape your ride, submit the video, wait for the judging to come back.
The judges are top notch. Tim McQuay, Clint Haverty, Lindsay Grice, Warwick Schiller, Jim Hutchinson to name a few.
The training process is broke down into levels (kinda like dressage). Level 1 is walk-trot, Level 8 is slides, turnarounds, 4 flying changes on a straight line.

It gives me an opportunity to show the horses I'm training, while they are still in training. It also lets me gain experience showing (take as many vids as you want, pick the best one). I don't have to pay heavy entry fees, just to get to the show and make a critical error. No trailering, no spending the whole day sitting around waiting for your go... etc, etc.

Comment by Kerri Morden-Marsolais on November 12, 2009 at 12:07pm

This weekend at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, ON, Reserve World Champion Harvey Stevens will be riding Peptoleap, in a reining/dressage demonstration. The performances will be in the evening on Friday, November 13, Saturday November 14 and Sunday, November 15.

Listed below are just some of the accomplishments that Harvey and Peptoleap accomplished in 2007
-2007 NRHA Reserve World Champion
-ORHA Open Champion
-Reining Canada Open Champion
-ORHA Intermediate Open Champion
-Reining Canada Intermediate Open Champion
-Congress Senior Horse Reining Champion
-Congress Intermediate Open Reining Champion
-Congress Open reining Top Ten
-1st in Affiliate Intermediate Open Finals
-2nd in Affiliate Open Finals
-2nd in North American Affiliate Finals (Oklahoma City)
-Multiple Bronze and Pewter wins

This is a great opportunity for everyone to see how talented the reining horses truly are......

Comment by Kerri Morden-Marsolais on October 23, 2009 at 10:26am

Holly, you should try it. I have never reined until this year. It's very challenging but rewarding. Plus there are various levels to compete at which helps.

Comment by Holly Brown on October 22, 2009 at 7:47pm

I'm not a reiner but I really want to start reining with my appy gelding.

Comment by Jennifer Lamm on October 19, 2009 at 3:41pm

Wow, congratulations!! that's awesome.... It's just cooling off here to an acceptable temperature here in Souther California, USA. so I'm able to enjoy my horse more too... take care!!

Comment by Kerri Morden-Marsolais on October 19, 2009 at 2:20pm

We just finished our final show of the year here in Ontario, Canada! Despite the cold there was a great turnout...we have made many new friends this past year and have really enjoyed watching our horses succeed in the show pen.

Comment by SkyHilaryLove on September 11, 2008 at 7:57pm

I dont rein. But I love it soooo much. It amazing! Pure agility, talent, and power.

Comment by Cindy Jeffery on September 3, 2008 at 1:46pm

Hey Becca here I am.......do you participate in reining? If so where and at what level? Reining is wonderful it is the dressage of the western discipline.