Ride 'em cowboy style

WESTERN riding is a style of horseback riding based on the ranching and warfare traditions brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Feb 2008, 13:28 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:07 BST

Both equipment and riding style evolved to meet the working needs of the cowboy in the American West.

American cowboys needed to work long hours in the saddle over rough terrain, sometimes needing to rope cattle with a lariat or lasso.

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Because of the necessity to control the horse with one hand and use a lariat with the other, western horses were trained to respond to light pressure of one rein against a neck.

For full story see Sussex Horse World, West Sussex Gazette Marxh 5

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