Cody Crow on What Makes a Great Ranch Horse
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Every horse in the ranch pen can do the maneuvers, so what makes one stand out? Cody Crow of No Where But UP Performance Horses walks through the attributes he looks for: natural expression with the ears up and the tail quiet, a horse that finds its own balance point and stays there without being managed, and a big, ground-covering stride that's pleasant to sit all day. Using one of his own geldings as the example, he shows why self-carriage and a horse that genuinely likes its job are what earn that extra half point from the judge.
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