“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: a few of the new things at the 2022 Open Futurity at the National Reining Horse Association.   With over 16,240 manuever evaluation decisions made in the first go, tenured experts Brian Dygert and Jody Brainard analyze the competition and judging at the Open Futurity, visiting topics like spread scores, percent of differentials, and spreads on runs like Matt Mills and 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 and hit topics like improvements needed to the judges system, the quality of horses and the tools our judges have (and may or may not be using).  

Moderated by Chelsea Sutton of the ConsultMent Agency, this episode is a for anyone who watched the futurity live, didn’t watch the futurity yet, and want to better understand how the judges system effects the sport, the competition and the future of our sport of reining.   

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“We’re trying to do too much with the same people in the same day {at our horse shows} .” – Brian Dygert. The last 5 years in western horse showing has brought massive evolution from the creation of events like the Run for A Million, and American Professional Horseman from Teton Ridge, the development of new shows, the growth of shows through stalls and entries, and more.  While in some ways, we are growing, in many others, we are not.

This episode explores questions like: is horse show activity ready for modification?  Do our sports like reining, cutting, reined cow horse, ranch riding need to develop a fan?  Does subjective scoring hold our sports back? Is it time for our national organizations collaborate again?  Breed shows like the American Quarter Horse Association and Paint Horse Association, discipline specific-national shows like the NRHA Derby, Futurity, and emerging segments like ranch riding are faced with these questions and Brian and Jody will debate and share statistics that shed light on ideas and possible solutions.

Brian & Jody also discuss the differences in the working western horse show industry from other prominent sports like rodeo, golf, and basketball, including the professional leagues like, NFR, NFL, NBA, PGA, and the challenges that horse shows face.

Chelsea Sutton moderates this conversation.  This episode is a great listen for anyone who is a leader in their group, business or organization for modern horse showing, for those who compete or work at shows, owns working western performance horses and who are interested in the culture and industry of modern horse showing.

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RESOURCES REFERENCED:
American Horse Council:  https://horsecouncil.org/

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START HERE:  Get to know the stories and experiences of your show hosts – Jody Brainard and Brian Dygert.  From training horses, to a change of college plans, Brian and Jody share about the paths they walked and what they’ve learned along the way.  In this episode, the cowboys share about their experience as trainers, judges, teachers, monitors, venue producers and more.  They’ll share what spurred the idea behind this podcast, and what you can expect from conversations and episodes moving forward.  From Reining, to quarter horses, world championships and everything in between:  moderator Chelsea Sutton, of the ConsultMent Agency, asks the questions so that you can get to know them both.

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