Training the Reined Cow Horse is Wil's true love. With his background spent in years of intense training of NCHA cutting and NRCHA snaffle bit futurity horses, he has had great success with coaching & his non-pro cutter, and reined cow horse & team penner students and training their horses. Since working cow horses are his passion, he is able to energize his students, motivating and inspiring them to attain much higher levels of performance in their horses and achieve their competitive goals. This is an exciting opportunity to take advantage of Wil's reining and cattle-working knowledge and expertise.

Wil's concise formula for teaching the dynamics of working cattle applies to competition working cow horse, cutting, team sorting & penning, and versatility ranch work. You will find out how to improve your scores, enhance your times, save stress on your cattle, and have more fun when handling cattle. Nor more fighting with your horse, the cattle, or your partners.

We offer shorter 3-4 day cow working courses, which is run the same as our normal school sessions. Reined Cow Working is open to anyone, however, prior completion of our FFF Bridle - Horsemanship Reinsman Course is recommended, but not required. Advance viewing of our From Foundation to Finished© video series and a complete understanding of Wil's 10 Steps, is required.

The first part of this school session is spent on "tuning up" the dry work/reining, to prepare for the cow working exercises that follow. Course fundamentals include:

• Advanced application of the 10 Steps for refined body control and tuning the "turn around"/spin
• Perfecting the roll-back/fence work with speed, advanced stops, and "get back"
• The art or reading, predicting, and handling cattle quietly
• The "right start" on cattle with one-on-one cow work
• Putting "cow interest" in your horse & teaching rate
• Keeping a horse "bright" yet calm on cattle
• Herd work
• Driving, holding, and controlling the cattle under pressure
• Boxing & Fence work training & showmanship tactics
• Horsemanship & maintaining control of your horse for safety while working cattle

From his own cowboy experiences, Wil teaches thoroughly with fervor, all aspects of handling cattle…. be it sorting pairs, roping & doctoring yearlings or driving bulls from willow thickets on the open range. He can translate arena training to the practical application of roping & cutting horses… ultimately creating "all around- reining cow horses". Wil & Beverly make a cow working team of instructors that "tell it like it is" with a passion for sharing how a "true cow horse" is suppose to handle and... why, and... how to get them there. Whether you are at the top needing your edges honed for competition, starting out, or a seasoned cowboy rancher wanting expand your horsemanship on cattle, you'll be glad you came to the WHR… where "Cowboys become Horseman".

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