Reiners! QUESTION!

Alright, so what do y'all think about a quarter horse/thoroughbred getting into reining? Candi is 16.1H. She is still young, she is only 6. She's an extremely fast learner, she catches onto anything within a few times of doing it. I have been working with my horse on her quarter horse gaits and she's really coming along great. I have also been working with her on sliding stops. The video is the only the first day of doing 'sliding stops'. I apologize the that the video is blurry, but I just had my sister take it on my phone because my camera was up in the barn. Their is also a picture that way you can see her body style a little bit better. So let me know what y'all think.
P.S - If you guys have any training tips for reining, let me know please.

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IMHO, every western horse can greatly benefit from proper reining training, she may never be a great reining horse, but she could be decent with proper training. It puts an excellent foundation on them for whatever else you may want to do. HOWEVER, reining is something that should really be taught by someone experienced in the discipline. Because of the high-torque, high-stress aspects of some of the maneuvers, it is very easy to injure a horse if they are taught to do it wrong or if they are asked to do it too often. People who aren't experienced in training for a certain discipline (or training in general) will often ask the horse to perform a certain maneuver over and over and over until they get it "perfect". That's incorrect and puts a lot of additional wear and tear on their bodies.

As for a sliding stop, there is much more to it than just stopping hard. A horse has to supple their face, round their back, tuck their hind legs up underneath them, and continue forward motion with their front legs. You're going to need some help to put the beginnings of a good stop on your horse, she is eons away from being ready to start trying to slide. She stops decently hard but she does not stop well. She flings her head and braces against the bit (my guess would be because you are fairly quick with your hands), she stops with all her weight on her front end and her hind end just kind-of flops around behind her. That's what causes her stop to be so jarring.

If you are serious about getting into reining and being competitive, even at lower levels, or even if you just want to advance her training through reining, then you are going to need some serious help from a knowledgeable trainer.

Smrobs already said what I wanted. I love those responses.

Any breed can be turned into a reiner. I don't think he'l be winning the NRHA High Roller Classic anytime soon, but there's no reason why you can't take him and show lower-level.