Ranch Horse
The 4-H Ranch Horse program was established to help preserve the skills and traditions of the ranch horse, from sorting cows to riding down the trail. The Ranch Trail is a heritage-based, activity- rich program designed to pass on to today’s youth traditional practices of safe livestock handling from horseback.
Requirements
To compete in Ranch Horse, rider must have Regular status.
Class Descriptions
Ranch Horse: These classes test the rider on the ability to complete a set of patterns and task where the rider is judged on their ability to complete it effectively. Rider is judged on their transitions through walk, job and lope through a series of patterns and obstacles.
Ranch Trail: These classes judge the horse on its ability to move out in a traditional fashion of a horse working on a ranch. The rider and horse will be judged on their ability to complete a set of typical ranch activities like moving through cows, opening gates, side pass over logs, lope-stop-turn- lope, roping and more.
Ranch Trail-Horse and Rider Gear-Snohomish 4-H
Snohomish 4-H Ranch Horse Contest Guide
