Texas AgriLife Extension Online Horse Judging is Back!

Online Horse Judging

The Texas AgriLife Extension Online Horse Judging is back!

The Texas AgriLife Extension Online Horse Judging videos are designed to assist horse judging team coaches and judging team members in their quest to become more knowledgeable and more skilled judges. Started in October 2006, the videos have served as a valuable resource for horse judging teams in Texas and many other states.

The videos are now available for purchase in one of two course formats. Texas AgriLife Extension Online Horse Judging Archives includes 87 archived videos plus a new set of videos each month for a period of 365 days. Topics include: halter, western pleasure, hunter under saddle, western horsemanship, hunt seat equitation, reining, western riding, and trail. The cost is $200 per year. Texas AgriLife Extension Online Horse Judging Monthly includes a new set of videos available for a period of 30 days. The cost is $20 per month.

The new videos for November 2011 cover the topic of reining. Background information, score sheets/placing cards, and practice videos are included in the courses. Videos include: Introduction to Maneuvers; Introduction to Penalties; Introduction to Scoring; Reining – Class 1 – 2 Horses (Practice class, Critique, Reasons); Reining – Class 1 – 4 Horses (Practice class, Critique, Reasons); Penalty Test – Circles and Test Answers; Penalty Test – Rollbacks and Test Answers; Penalty Test – Spins and Test Answers.

To register, go to https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu . Click "Online Courses" and scroll down the page to find the course. Credit cards are the only accepted method of payment for online courses. Once registered, you will be provided with instructions on how to access the course on the eXtension website: http://campus.extension.org/ .

Similar instructions will be provided on our equine science website, where the videos were previously located, early next week.
http://animalscience.tamu.edu/academics/equine/index.htm