NO! I’m not talking about your whacky uncle. (This is about cutting horses!!!)

I’m sure you’ve noticed how uncomfortable it can seem when you move out of the middle third of the arena and travel across the pen toward the outer thirds of the arena.

It’s incredible that within the space of five to ten feet, you feel like you go from a sense of having it all “handled” (in the middle of the pen) to being in the North 40 pasture on the ends.

Trying to work the cow and keep it all together with yourself and your horse can be a little tricky on the ends!

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A big challenge when you learn to ride a cutting horse is sitting quietly in the turn.

We have a natural tendency to want to go with the cow immediately and move our bodies in different gyrations!

At the very time when we need to be the most quiet, intuitively we want to DO SOMETHING to contribute to the action.

But of course, what we need to do is exactly the opposite.

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Make This One Little Change and You Just Might Sit Quietly In the Turn

I have a story to tell you about learning to sit still on your cutting horse.

I came across a very powerful new way to help you sit quiet in the turn … and not lean … and not twitch your body … and gain better timing with your feet.

The tips I’m about to share are novel … at least to me. They evolved because of my own need to be more quiet in the saddle.

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Have you ever had a cutting horse that was difficult to get to the ends, especially at a show? This is often accompanied by turns that aren’t too pretty (flips) and then ending up out of position ahead of the cow as you travel across the pen.

The whole thing can feel awful.

The reason this happens is that until you get the hang of staying even with a cow as you travel at all speeds across the arena, it feels like you are suddenly in the south 40 pasture as you travel to the wall. Early on in your learning, the middle of the arena feels safe and the ends feel vulnerable.

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