This episode is for anyone who watched the futurity live, hasn’t watched the futurity yet, or wants to better understand how the judging system affects the sport, the competition, and the future of reining.
“A good set of horses with an incredibly experienced set of officials … made for the best futurity I’ve ever seen.” – Jody Brainard.
Score displays, technicalities and tracing technology are a few of the new things that elevated the 2022 NRHA Open Futurity. With over 16,240 maneuvers to evaluate, decisions made in the first go set the stage for the 2nd go and finals. Tenured experts Brian Dygert and Jody Brainard analyze the competition and judging at the Open Futurity. They visit topics like spread scores, percent of differentials, and spreads on runs like Matt Mills and even Shawn Flarida’s winning run in the Level 4 Finals.
Both hosts have over 35 years of experience of judging and monitoring including at the highest level of the NRHA competition. They hit topics like improvements needed to the judging system, the quality of horses, and the tools our judges have (and may or may not be using).
Chelsea Sutton joins us to moderate this action packed episode.
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Episode 37
The NRHA has 40 rule proposals on the table for 2026. We review and discuss each rule and explore the effects for the sport and association.
Episode 36 The Arabian Working Western Alliance. AWWA.
The newest challenge to the working western horse in a competitive arena. Amateurs are the highlight as well as the skills of a western horse put together in a challenging format that is more than Ranch Riding.
Episode 35 Jim Kiser from Kiser Arenas.
The Man in the Arena. He is riding forward as he shares how to measure, test and manage our performance ground to keep horses sound, performing higher and producing our events better. Join us for a great discussion.
2024 Open Reining Champion. Kaci O”Rourke and The Fireman make history as the 1st woman to win this prestigious event.
We review the event and provide data and analytics for the officiating performance relative to the professional talent displayed.
Episode 34 has an epic discussion around the common issues and scenarios in the industry. Race horses or high performance horses, change the names, venues and towns as the story may be very similar. From medications performance enhancing drugs, government regulations and the bond between horse and human along with what competition will do to human behavior. Join us for a great conversation.
Episode 33 has the #2 Open Rider from All Time in Reining, Shawn Flarida as he shares his insights, forward thinking and lessons learned from one of his Great Horses, Spooks Gotta Whiz and the dynamic event, The Run for the Million in Vegas.
Selecting a horse for the TRFM Finals, preparing your horse along with lessons learned from this ride as the sport continues to evolve. Shawn has qualified and been in every TRFM Finals to date. What event is the SuperBowl of Reining?
1 Rider: 1 Horse competition as opposed to 1 Rider: 3 Horses in open aged events; we discuss along with the open leveling for riders. Is there a difference between L3 & L4 ?
