hoping to use her for reining...

I have a new filly, and I've always been a barrel racer at heart, and will get a new horse eventually for that, but while I was away at school, I got into reining, and LOVED it. So iam hoping my new little girl works out for reining. I've learned alot from reining, and training for reining.

I did look back in her pedigrees, and back a bit farther there is penning, ranching horses, halter, and a cutter if I remember correctly but its farther back.
I've actually heard that if a horses leg between thier hocks and hoof is on the shorter side...they will be better at it....something about balance, and stops better.....anyone ever hear this?

I believe if the horse is smart, and loves to learn, and is trained at it regularly and properly I think they would do well in it.

I hope this is what she turns out to be.... :)

What you are talking about is low hocked. Yes you want a horse who is some what low hocked but like anything too much is not a good thing.

Any horse can benifite from reining training and most horses will do ok with proper training at a low level. However there is a reason why there are certain lines that are better at reining then others.

Low hocked , yes that's what I was trying to think of. And I agree , any horse would benefit from basic reining training. Completely agree.

And either way she turns out, she will have the basics of reining.

Thanks

Congrats on the horse. Reining is addictive. I left it for nearly a year for AQHA wp but in the end I came right back to what got me into horses in the first place, reining. Do you have pictures?

Pictures of?

Pictures of the horse

Pastrychef - I LOVE your quote at the bottom of your msgs ;)

Timingline.....thanks... I see you can understand it...nice paint!..
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Sorrelhorse---> the horse I bought I hope to use, is in my profile. But the horses I learned to rein on ...if I could figure out how the heck to get the picture attached to this msg i'd put them there....but..

I worked with a mare who was from ranch stock that the owner wanted polished up. She was just a riding horse that she wanted her kids to eventually ride, (so she wanted desensitizing, easy steering, etc) but what a blast to ride! I used reining techniques and moves to get her on the right track. She was poor at bending, pivots, softening to the bit and neck reining - working through low level reining techniques had her doing all of those things beautifully within a few weeks.

So even if your horse isn't perfectly suited for reining, she's going to be a great horse with a solid foundation to use! Just be sure to have her conformation checked and have a physical to make sure there's nothing that's going to impede her training or cause serious harm to her! Like nrhareiner said - while a little low hock can be beneficial, a lot of it or anything else, can be bad! (As I'm sure you know v