[Ag-eq] "neck-reining"

[Susan Roe]

Nella,

No, I don't ride any more and the last two horses that were on the property 
I had to have them put down in May of 2011.  One of them was Beau who was 39 
years old and the other was a 19 year old quarter horse mair named Lucy. 
Wes's dad raised horses all my life and several of them were trained as 
registered quarter horses for Wes.  The last horse raised for Wes was a 
beautiful chestnut named Cowboy.  It nearly killed him when he had to be put 
down.  Luckily, his wife Terry is a vet and she took care of everything with 
the help of others so Wes would not have to be there.  At that time, Wes 
didn't board his horses here, but on the property where he currently lives. 
Terry is the one who helped me take care of the remaining two horses after 
Wes's mother died that April.  The two horses were burried on the farm.  His 
dad died that August.  My sister Pattie and I took care of both of them. 
All 6 family members, my Dad's parents, my parents, and my Dad's brother and 
wife, past away here on the farm.  Although we do have a graveyard here that 
dates back to the 1800's, they were not burried here.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] "neck-reining"


>
> 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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