Over 40 youth and adults participated in the 5th Annual 4-H Working Cowhorse Clinic held at the Henderson County Fair Complex. Clinicians from the Texas Tech Working Cowhorse team worked with the participants over the 3 day clinic to help the participants gain a better understanding and appreciation for the three basic skills of the working cowhorse class. Reining, boxing the cow and fencing was focused on for the participants.
These clinics have provided a much needed increase in basic horsemanship knowledge for the youth of Texas. This program was designed to offer a more specialized approach to summer horsemanship clinics by offering a more discipline specific format to target the growing group of youth 4-H members interested in reining and working cowhorse events, and to encourage clinic participation by adult volunteer leaders. Participation in working cowhorse classes is rapidly growing in Texas throughout many different horse groups and associations. This growth is no more apparent than at the State 4-H horse show where the entries in the working cowhorse totaled near 100 in 2006.
