[Ag-eq] "neck-reining"

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Susan:

Your cousin is very accomplished.  I never think of rodeos being a big deal on
the east coast.  I guess they are every where.

Do you still ride?

Did your horses do the Tennessee Walker flat walk and running walk?

Before Cruiser was trained I rode my neighbors big TWH; he was so fun and could
really cover the ground with his long legs.  Unfortunately he coliced last fall
and had to be put down.  Everyone was so sad, he was a special horse.

Nella




Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:

> When my cousin and I were learning to ride our first ponies at age 4, none
> of us had any idea how far my cousin would go.  I never did any showing, but
> my cousin Wes went on to be a very accomplished professional roper with the
> Virginia Cowboy Association and the American Quarter Hourse Association.  He
> just stopped ropeing two years ago and he just turned 50.  His first horse
> which was bred and raised on the farm was a beautiful horse named Warrier.
> Wes was also left-handed which made his training even harder.  He was in his
> first Quarter horse professional show at age 13 and came in 3rd place.  His
> first registered Quarter Horse roper was Patty Red.  He has had at least
> four other quarter horses and his current Quarter Horse is named Trouble.
> Warrier was neck trained and the description of power stearing hits it right
> on the head.  You had to be very careful riding him because the slightest
> pressure would have him turning on a dime and if you slightly pulled back,
> that was his signal to rocket backwards.  This was his training so when Wes
> had the rope loop on the calf's neck, one tap back on the reins and
> backwards he'd go to keep pressure on the rope as Wes jumped off, ran along
> the tight rope line, flipped the calf off his feet, (called daylighting),
> put the calf on his back and then tied three legs together for the ending of
> the timer.  While all of this is going on, Warrier had to keep that rope
> tight.  He had extra power steering and it felt so odd when his hind
> quarters would slightly drop and either turn on that dime or shoot
> backwards.  Needless to say, I didn't ride him very often, I stuck with my
> own horse which was his brother.  Their father was a huge Tennessee Walker
> and their mother was half mustang.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>
>
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