11/01/2024
Here is a quick rundown of tasks for our Nov 2 event. As always the judge may ask you to demonstrate other tasks. This event is to build confidence and imagination. You may demonstrate as much or a little of each tasks. Example: if your horse isnt confident with clippers maybe just turn them on and off a few times. If your horse is super confident then show you could run them all around his legs, ears, and body. (no you dont need to actually clip, just noise and vibration is sufficient)
Come have fun learning and growing with your horses!
1. Basic handling
Demo - gate entry, catching, haltering, leading, stand, pick up feet, back-up, gate exit.
2. Advanced handling
Demo - circles, fig 8 (changes of direction), “de-worm” show you can put a syringe in their mouth, place a foot on a hoof jack front or back, introduce clippers, have the horse touch or push a ball.
3. Show prep
Demo- trailer load, unload, put some water in a bucket (horse needs to stand while task is being preformed), step into dressing room and get a saddle pad, place saddle pad on horse, remove saddle pad, go to show tent and sit in a chair (20-30 sec) open the cooler, dig through cooler of ice, close lid, go to the mounting block and ask the horse to come get up as if you were going to get on.
4. Obstacles in hand
Demo- mailbox (show judge whats in side), garrocha pole (carry or drag from first barrel to the second barrel)
Water oasis (cross water), bridge, brush box pen (turn 360 degrees to the left or right), body drag (drag body in a figure 8 around barrel and standard), roping dummy ( weanling only required to pick up lariat and rub the horse and tap the plastic cow head to make noise, everyone else toss lariat out and coil back up)
Rope gate, corn stalk car wash (walk through chute and under tarp), mounting block (have you horse come get you , stand for a minimum of 15-20 sec)
