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World Class Reining
World Class Reining covers the entire spectrum of training and showing a reining horse and is lavishly illustrated throughout with four-color photography that gives it a “coffee table” book feel and look.
The authors, Shawn Flarida and Craig Schmersal, are two of the best reining horse trainers in the business. They’ve trained and shown some of the highest earning horses in the industry, and both men have helped their share of successful non-pros.
This book escorts the reader through all the steps of owning, riding, showing and caring for the reining horse. Tapping into their experience, Shawn and Craig offer advice and ideas for a winning training program.
Breaking down the horse’s training process into individual maneuvers, Shawn and Craig reveal training techniques that they’ve perfected over the years. The two trainers outline their methods for making sure the horse’s start is right, the training consistent and the finish polished. These are basic teaching steps that can be used, whether training a reining horse, maintaining the complete show horse or simply hoping to improve a horse’s behavior. The authors also recommend valuable show pen strategies that make the difference.
The authors, Shawn Flarida and Craig Schmersal, are two of the best reining horse trainers in the business. They’ve trained and shown some of the highest earning horses in the industry, and both men have helped their share of successful non-pros.
This book escorts the reader through all the steps of owning, riding, showing and caring for the reining horse. Tapping into their experience, Shawn and Craig offer advice and ideas for a winning training program.
Breaking down the horse’s training process into individual maneuvers, Shawn and Craig reveal training techniques that they’ve perfected over the years. The two trainers outline their methods for making sure the horse’s start is right, the training consistent and the finish polished. These are basic teaching steps that can be used, whether training a reining horse, maintaining the complete show horse or simply hoping to improve a horse’s behavior. The authors also recommend valuable show pen strategies that make the difference.
250 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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December 20, 2018 This book was pretty good. It tells a lot about how you should go about training your horse, and different methods that should work. It told you a lo on how you can protect them from injuries, I found that very useful. The book was very good on showing some demonstrations, and also the phases of a drill or whatever.
This particular book got a little confusing in places, but for the most part it was very useful. Definitely more than ¾ of the book was easy to understand and was really helpful in the training process. The people who the drills came from, were set on only there way. They made it sound like you can only do it that certain way. I liked a lot of there drills, but also knew of some that I thought were better.
I think that the reiners and horse owners got a little cocky, or at least the book made them sound like it, like they were talking about how you should have the horses in a indoor barn in the winter. Not everyone has the luxury of that. I still think that the book was useful and their training techniques are pretty cool.
Overall the book wa great. The writer wrote it very good. It had good wording and everything. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get into the sport of reining. If you are a person set on your own ways, this book probably isn’t for you. Happy reading, and if you're going to train horse, Happy training!
-Emmi Jensen
This particular book got a little confusing in places, but for the most part it was very useful. Definitely more than ¾ of the book was easy to understand and was really helpful in the training process. The people who the drills came from, were set on only there way. They made it sound like you can only do it that certain way. I liked a lot of there drills, but also knew of some that I thought were better.
I think that the reiners and horse owners got a little cocky, or at least the book made them sound like it, like they were talking about how you should have the horses in a indoor barn in the winter. Not everyone has the luxury of that. I still think that the book was useful and their training techniques are pretty cool.
Overall the book wa great. The writer wrote it very good. It had good wording and everything. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get into the sport of reining. If you are a person set on your own ways, this book probably isn’t for you. Happy reading, and if you're going to train horse, Happy training!
-Emmi Jensen
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