Below is the current schedule for the 2008 NRHA Inside Reining lineup.
More dates and summaries will be added soon.
1/21 Mike McEntire Reining Horses, Selma NC
2/04 Vandorp Reining Horses/Skyline Ranch, Aubrey TX
2/18 2007 NRHA Futurity, Oklahoma City OK (repeat)
3/03 Tanya Jenkins Performance Horses, Temecula CA
3/17 Diamond B Training Stables at Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show
3/31 Vandorp Reining Horses/Skyline Ranch, Aubrey TX (repeat)
4/14 Tanya Jenkins Performance Horses, Temecula CA (repeat)
4/28 Diamond B Training Stables at Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show (repeat)
5/12 Todd Martin Performance Horses, Boerne TX
5/26 Mike McEntire (repeat)
6/09 Todd Martin Performance Horses with Todd Martin
6/23 Tulsa Reining Classic/Mid America Equine Sales - Tulsa, OK
7/07 Waggoner Ranch, Vernon TX
7/21 Tulsa Reining Classic/Mid America Equine Sales - Tulsa, OK
January 7:
2007 NRHA Futurity, Oklahoma City OK
Inside look at the most prestigious event in reining, including the Reining Horse Sports Foundation’s “8 Second Slide” to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Dr. Joe Carter talks about flexion tests for lameness.
January 21:
We meet American Quarter Horse Congress Open Futurity Champion Mike McEntire and his wife Nathalie at their ranch in beautiful Selma, North Carolina. Mike takes us to the training pen to demonstrate the basics of guiding and control in the circles. Dr. Joe Carter explains testing and treatment of plantar fasciitis in horses. The American Paint Horse Association sponsors a salute to the NRHA' s newest million dollar sires - Gunner (Colonels Smoking Gun) and Grays Starlight - and announces reining competition dates for the 2008 Paint World Show in Fort Worth immediately following the NRHA Derby.
www.mcentirereining.com
February 4:
Vandorp Reining Horses and Skyline Ranch,
Aubrey TX
We'll meet Ruben and Melissa Vandorp and two of the owners of Skyline Ranch, Ann Gattuso and Mark Bradford as they show us their combined breeding, training, and sales program. We'll meet ranch stallions Great Resolve (NRHA -Einstein), Shine Big Time, and Einsteins Revolution who was the first horse in NRHA history to earn more than $300,000. NRHA Top 20 Professional Ruben Vandorp walks us through the fundamentals of stopping - from teaching stop and back through the full sliding stop, Dr. Joe Carter explains how veterinarians diagnose front end lameness, and NRHA Professionals Pete Kyle and Rick Weaver explain freestyle reining.
www.skylineranchrh.com
www.einsteinsrevolution.com
February 18:
2007 NRHA Futurity (repeat)
March 3
NRHA Inside Reining from Tanya Jenkins Performance Horses, Temecula CA
Meet the only woman in the 2007 NRHA Top Twenty Professionals – Tanya Jenkins as she tells us about her West Coast operation, featuring one of the last own sons of Reminic – Sir Reminic. Tanya offers some help with seasoned horses that may be getting “sour” in the show pen. Dr. Joe Carter talks about flexion tests for lameness and we meet the two newest NRHA Million Dollar Riders – Tom and Mandy McCutcheon.
www.tanyajenkinsperformancehorses.com
March 17:
NRHA Inside Reining from the Scottsdale Arabian Show and the Purebred Arabian – Half Arabian Reining Horse Futurity. Meet Russ & Mary Jane Brown of Diamond B Training Stables in Newberg, Oregon and their ranch stallions Zee Mega Bucks, Zee Sky King, and Zallas Classic Zee. NRHA Professional Russ Brown gives us some tips on preparing mentally and physically for competition. NRHA Professionals Shawn Flarida and Crystal McNutt hold a reining clinic at the Arabian Youth Nationals and Dr. Joe Carter explains how “training” issues – like horses consistently falling out of lead – can actually be soundness issues.
Diamond B Training Stables: www.diamondbtraining.com
Arabian Reining Horse Association: www.arha.net
Scottsdale Arabian Show: www.scottsdaleshow.com
May 12:
Guest host Steve Ross introduces us to Todd and Taumi Martin of Beorne, TX. Todd had a big year in 2007 and ended up in the NRHA top 50. In the Inside Hand training segment, Todd will walk us through one of the more complex maneuvers in reining - the 360 spin or turnaround. In Your Horse - Inside & Out, Dr. Joe Carter talks about the causes and diagnosis of stifle bone cysts in horses. And in the Inside Scoop - we look ahead to this year's Reining Horse Sports Foundation Rookie Days.
www.toddmartin.net
For more information on RHSF Rookie Day, please visit ReiningHorseSportsFoundation.org