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| Western riding is a wonderful way to ride a well trained, relaxed horse. Jeanne has worked with many different breeds in the western arena. Breeds such as Arabian, Half-Arabian, American Quarter Horses, Paints, Appaloosa, Morgan, and American Saddlebred. All of these breeds have tremendous western capabilities with the proper training. We believe in starting each horse with round pen training, then moving towards the division specialization that horse shows the most talent it: western pleasure, trail, equitation mount, or even dressage. The essence of a great western horse is the magical appearance of a fully trained horse carrying a rider that effortlessly demonstrates all the required gaits of the class.They should have slow movement, low head carriage, and loose reins with total collection. Some Typical Western Classes: Showmanship: the handler is judged on their ground skills and appearance Horsemanship: the rider is judged on their riding skills and appearance (also called equitation) Pleasure: the horse is judged on its ability to walk, jog, lope, & back Trail: the horse is judged on its ability to manuver through obstacles set out DIVISIONS 10 & under Walk/Jog 13 & under 14 - 17 18-39 40 & over JTR & ATR: junior or amatuer (over 18) to ride JOTR & AOTR: junior or amatuer (over 18) to ride Maiden- has never won 1st Novice- has not won over three 1st |