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Cutting, One Run At A Time | 
 enlarge | Authors: Barbara Schulte, Julie Wells
Publisher: Center for Equestrian Performance
Category: Book
Buy New: $132.17
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 403559
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0966258509
Dewey Decimal Number: 798
EAN: 9780966258509
ASIN: 0966258509
Publication Date: February 15, 1999
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Book Description
Written by cutting horse trainer, teacher, international clinician and author, Barbra Schulte, Cutting, One Run At A Time is sure to become every cutter's personal cutting resource guide with all the information, tips, pictures, illustrations, and quotes needed to boost their cutting expertise...guaranteed. Plus, riders from any discipline will benefit from the first five chapters which are geared toward helping riders master high-performance skills and incorporate Barbra's Mentally Tough program into their everyday riding. Divided into two major sections, the first section covers critical foundation skills outside of the cutting arena. It will help you to: Identify your goals
Build a strong support system
Choose a horse that suits your needs
Develop basic riding skills
Learn the mental skills of great competitors
Then the second half will give you many indispensable tips about how to ride and show in the arena. It will help you to: Master riding a trained cutting horse
Maintain your trained cutting horse
Develop your own showmanship style
Study cattle to be more in control
Execute confident herdwork strategies
Plus, you'll enjoy: Quotes from champion non-pro and pro riders like Paul Hansma, Lindy Burch, Winston Hansma, Kobie Woods, and Dick Gaines. Summarized tips for quick reference. Resource suggestions for cutting, as well as reined cow horse, reining, team penning, and other related events.
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An All Around Guide to Cutting April 22, 2000
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Barbara Schulte's point-by-point guide to cutting and competing devotes about half of its content to the mental aspect of the sport. Barbara covers topics such as the importance of goal setting, mental strategies, and the power of positive thinking. In the remaining half, she deals with selecting the right horse, making sure the rider has the basic riding skills down, practicing effectively, and learning how to work the herd. The material is presented in "executive summary" fashion with the outset of each chapter telling the reader what that chapter will say. Within each chapter, Barbara and co-author Julie Wells present information using a lot of numbered lists and headings. No reader should fail to understand the book's important points. At times, however, the elegantly simple presentation may not convey enough detail to be useful. For example, when telling the reader "how to get" a horse to have head/neck flexibility, the book assumes the reader knows what to feel for "when the horse gives his nose in response to your request." (People may incorrectly think a horse "gives" when his nose points in the direction of the direct rein pull but the horse is still bracing on the rein, not softening.)When Barbara presents information on reading cattle and working the herd, she excels. The reader will appreciate how she breaks down each step of a cut and correlates those steps with what the rider should be doing to effectively ride his or her horse. She could have written the whole book on those topics, and the reader would still want more. The book's quirky format may annoy some readers. (On the even numbered pages are inspirational quotes from cutters or photos/illustrations; the odd numbered pages contain the text.) But the presentation does make for easy reading. Whether the reader is interested in acquiring performance coaching/positive thinking skills, learning how to cut cattle, or both, Barbara shares enough gems to make this a worthwhile read.
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