Reining

Reining

A competitor performing the sliding stop, one of the signature and most crowd-pleasing moves of a reining horse
Highest governing body	International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI)
First played	United States
Characteristics
Contact	no
Team members	individual and team at international levels
Mixed-sex	yes
Type	indoor or outdoor
Equipment	horse, western saddle and related horse tack, including bit, spurs, chaps, and headstall.
Venue	Arena indoor or outdoor with dirt or similar footing suitable for the horse
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide

Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All work is done at the lope (a version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the canter), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits). Originating from working cattle, reining requires the horse to be responsive and in tune with its rider, whose aids should not be easily seen, and judges the horse on its ability to perform a set pattern of movements. The horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely. A horse that pins his ears, conveys a threat to his rider, refuses to go forward, runs sideways, bounces his rear, wrings his tail in irritation, or displays an overall poor attitude is not being guided willingly, and is judged accordingly. If a horse jogs or breaks gait it is a 0.^[1]