summer in texas -- this is a little thread on the ft worth ncha summer cutting spectacular at the will rogers memorial coliseum.

 

i was checking out the deco coliseum and i wandered into this unusual (at least for me) local event. i was glad i did, it was very interesting and fun to hang around and watch. so now i know what cutting is! if you don’t you can read all about it here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_(sport)

 

enjoy the horses and cows and the real cowboys in action!

 

 

more:

http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-news/2009/07/14/ncha-summer-spectacular.aspx

http://www.nchacutting.com/summer/summersch.shtml

 

Neat stuff! I don't think a lot of people understand how smart and intuitive horses are, and what an integrated team an experienced rider and well-trained horse can be.

 

It's no different with the big, powerful draft horses used in farming; they quickly can learn complicated tasks, and once trained, don't necessarily require a very skilled driver to get the job done.

very true rob. it was pretty obvious the cows were sensing the horses more so than their human riders.