10/ DECEMBER 2022 THE RIDER
Pro and Non-Pro Reiner Article Series Key elements for Reiners:
1. Have a good horse. 2. Ride it well. 3. Remember the pattern. 4. Stay out of the penalty box. 5. Know what the judge is looking for.
Jen: It’s horse show day and you have finished your run, you get your score and now you are looking at the judge’s sheet with their scores from your class. You might wonder why you plussed, minused or zeroed your ma- neuvers, received penalties, zeroed the run or worse, got a no score. If you are new to the sport of reining this can be overwhelming to navigate through your scoresheet, even as a seasoned reiner you may want to know why but do you know how to ask for a review?
Sharon: At a show recently, I watched a fellow reiner and I could see they had some bobbles on their ride. The horse was decent, they rode it quite well, they remembered the pattern but did not stay out of the penalty box and didn’t show the judge what they were looking for. When they heard their score you could tell by the look on their face they were confused. Back at the stalls they were questioning why they got that score.
I asked ‘Have you looked at your
score sheet? That’s where you’ll see where you went wrong and you can al- ways ask the judge for a review.’ This information fell on deaf ears, the per- son was spinning in their own head and even later when the initial shock had cleared they were still asking the same questions about why they scored where they did. I watched them ride over the next few shows and they were still making the same mistakes and getting low scores.
J&J Reining Inc: In a sport that’s played between two sets of ears, knowledge is power. The base of that knowledge is described in the NRHA rulebook under A. General: “To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement. The best reined horse should be willingly guided or con- trolled with little or no apparent resist- ance and dictated to completely.” This is the essence of what the judge is
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looking for. What is the judge wanting to see
in the execution of your run? What would make a zero spin into a plus half spin or your circles from minus half to a zero? How can you stay out of the penalty box to improve your score? How important is pattern place- ment? From there comes the technical side of the run, how accurate you are in pattern placement and how you ex- ecute your maneuvers and of course, does the horse look willingly guided.
To know the judge’s perspective
will not only improve the way you ride your run but you will fully under- stand how the judge is scoring each run.
| There are two great ways to find
out: 1) attend a scribes clinic and vol- unteer to scribe for a judge. Most judges are happy to share their knowl- edge with you. 2) attend a ‘From the Judge’s Perspective’ Clinic.
We ran a scribes clinic earlier
this year (we may run another in 2023 if there’s interest) the attendees learned a lot and several scribed at our shows.
In March 2023 we are hosting a
From the Judge’s Perspective clinic with Ed (Hoot) Bricker – a judge with tons of experience (he’s been an NRHA judge since 1997) and he’s judged at all three Run for a Million competitions. It’s a full day packed with learning, and lunch! If you’re interested in joining us,
all rider spots are taken so come and audit – send us an email to JJReining-
Inc@gmail.com and get yourself prepped for show season!
————— Pro and Non-Pro articles written
by Jen Jonas of Jonas Performance Horses (Pro) and Sharon Jones of Be A Better You (Non-Pro). Together, they are J&J Reining Inc. Both Jen and Sharon are believ-
ers in continual learning – if you’re not learning you’re not growing.
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