A Vintage Smoke carried Jason Vanlandingham to the rider’s second National Reining Horse Association Futurity Level 4 Open title when they slid to a score of 225.5. Video credit: Equine Promotion
I’ve been watching a lot of the 2020 reining runs this year. It seems like every damned horse still has a pretty dead tail. Horses don’t normally keep their tails plastered to their butts. Is tail blocking still so rife among AQHA and NRHA trainers? Not cool. It’s a cruel practice and ostensibly forbidden but obviously still in use. These great horses deserve better. IMHO.
