What is SHOT?

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Judge's Corner

 

 

Pleasure

     This class serves to measure the ability of the horse to be functional and a pleasure to ride.  This horse should be well-broke, relaxed, quiet, soft of cadence at all gaits and be willing to transition from one western stock horse task to another.

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Trail

     The trail class is designed to test the horse's ability to cope with situations one would encounter while riding.  The horse is ridden through a pattern of obstacles which should nearly approximate those found during the course of everyday ranch work. 

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Open / Non Pro Cow Work with Roping

     A model western stock horse must be a cow horse and this class has been designed to demonstrate and measure the horse's ability to work a cow.

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Open / Non Pro Cow Work with Circling

     A model western stock horse must be a cow horse and this class has been designed to demonstrate and measure the horse's ability to work a cow.

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Limited NP / Jr Horse Cow Work

     A versatile western stock horse must be a cow horse and this class has been designed to demonstrate and measure a horse's ability to work a cow.

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Novice / Youth Cow Work

     The versatile western stock horse must be a cow horse and this class has been designed to demonstrate and measure a horse's ability to work a cow. 

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Novice / Youth Reining

     This class measures the ability of the western stock horse to perform many basic handling maneuvers. SHOT has two recognized patterns for the Novice/Youth divisions.

Click here for a Sample Novice/Youth Score Sheet for Pattern #1

Click here for a Sample Novice/Youth Score Sheet for Pattern#2

 

 

Open/NP/LNP/GH Reining

     This class measures the ability of the western stock horse to perform many basic handling maneuvers. SHOT has five recognized open / NP / LNP / Green reining patterns.

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Click here for a Sample Pattern #2 Score Sheet

Click here for a Sample Pattern #3 Score Sheet

Click here for a Sample Pattern #4 Score Sheet

Click here for a Sample Pattern #5 Score Sheet