As a retired workin’ horse, I approve of this here show.
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Now the YouTube videos are blocked for me. I understand not showing the new ones right away but limiting the audience by not posting updates from TRFAM on Facebook and blocking the YouTube videos
I 100% agree with Paramont having the rights and they are footing the bill for production but I’m not buying cable just to watch.
If you have Sling you have the paramount channel as an option for watching. It is well put together, this show, though some of the editing/timing of events seems off.
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You can watch on the Paramount app for free also.
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you guys are the best! I didn’t know there was a Paramount app.
The results were leaked for the Run For A Million but I want to see the runs! I’m getting impatient
They said there was a delay in production because the plan was for TRFAM to be the series finale live. But they had to delay the finish of the series (to be aired in 2 weeks). They are planning on doing a season 2 with the hope that the Million will be the series finale live.
Next year’s event will include Dany Tremblay and PS Mega Shine Chic - who won the $100K Shootout for a shot in next years Million. They had the high score of the weekend with a 232.5. Here’s the winning run: https://vimeo.com/354326232
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Thanks for the inside info. And holy crap that run was awesome!!! Talk about showmanship!
Dany is a rockstar! He knew he had that thing won. Tremendous horseman and showman!
I have really enjoyed this show. The production values are really good; the only bobble is whomever it was throwing a saddle up on a horse and it’s filmed from the offside- the saddle hardly lands at all close to where it should be. Just made me giggle, that’s all.
I am not a particular fan of Fappani, he’s too hard for me, but I felt for him in the episode about how his father did not support (emotionally, much less with a dollar here and there) his immigration to America in pursuit of a career in training. You could see that despite all of his professional success, the lack of his father’s approval is a deep wound.
I like seeing the barns, too. Good stuff. I’m glad it got mentioned here!
He has in turn become a wonderful supporter and advocate for his 2 children. Luca (on the show) has hit huge success in the show pen in the last 2 years. Their other son, Jeremy, is a very successful motocross racer. Trust me - some of those other people on the show are no lighter in training than Andrea.
Oh I don’t think they are, lol… he’s just got a harder shell around him. I didn’t convey that well.
I’m listening to his podcast, it’s really good.
Gotcha! He’s definitely not a social butterfly, but he has always been very nice whenever I’ve dealt with him. I think he is just much more business like than a vast majority of horse trainers.
Especially since they have slider plates on the hind feet. Slick as snot on a doorknob.
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Horses do fall down, but it is extremely rare.
This is a three year old, just starting to show, so a very green horse in that situation.
I am surprised Dany didn’t have a concussion and didn’t quite know where he was, that was a hard hit:
I had colts fall with me just starting them occasionally as they learn to canter in a smaller arena and the corner comes up fast, where it is hard to gather them properly at times and those are barefoot.
It is so rare for a horse to fall reining that it is noteworthy.
Now, jumping or eventing, falls are part of it.
Wish they had more on the horses and training, but guess that is not what that show is about, but the human interest stories, horses the props.
Love Abby, and hope she becomes super successful. I don’t follow reining, are there any women pros other than Mandy who have been really great?
Tanya Jenkins
Kelle Smith
Cira Baeck
Ann Fonck
Jessicah Keller
Samantha Smith
Kim Muehlstatter
Shannon Rafacz
Tish Fappani
They have all won over $500,000 and I know for sure 4 or 5 of them are World Champions and most of them are NRHA futurity or derby champions.
Unfortunately, not a true representation of the horse industry in any way. The best words in this entire thread are the words of Craig Johnson. I have ridden with Craig back in the mid 2000s. Too bad it took him until then to really understand what it is to ask too much of a young horse. He was starting to change back then though. His idea is to let the horse be and he or she will figure it out. I get the “last cowboy” title, but yeah, these guys are NOT cowboys. Reining has nothing to do with “cowboys” anymore. Ever seen a real cowhorse? Yeah, they work a cow NOTHING like a reining horse’s dry work LOL…I started out riding reiners when i wanted to be a pro. I went to Reined Cowhorse and Cutting for a reason. Horses need a JOB other than running around in circles. I’d be mad too if you made me do that with no purpose. It’s funny, my boss way back when said “aw them cowhorses are just washed out reiners”…whatever.
Fun show anyways…entertaining to say the least.
Funny as I never thought cutting as it is presented in the show pen had much true application in the real world.
Never have I cut out a cow and then just kept it from getting back to the herd as my only purpose.
Now the cow work of reined cowhorse has slightly more relevance.
But it is all just a reference made into a sport. Most good stockman don’t routinely work their cattle on the clock.
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Right, many cattlemen were/are not fond of rodeo cowboys.
In fact, until not so long ago, when hiring, they specified no rodeo cowboys need apply.
Today that has changed with all the ranch rodeos as a way to train horses further and sell to those competing.
A thriving horse industry has developed, with special horse sales where the better ones of those horses bring big money.
Rodeo and show cattle events evolved as a stylization of cattle working skills and as a way to practice those, but don’t reflect real cattle work situations or requirements but very loosely.
Most cattlemen that also have rodeo or show horse training in mind have mechanical dummies and practice cattle appropriate and trained for that, don’t want anyone stressing their ranch cattle.
Some cattlemen are surprised when a rodeo cowboy happen to be in a crew that is working and is a quiet, sensible hand that doesn’t stir up the cattle and keeps his horse calm, doesn’t try to train on him or show off.
Once after a drought we were buying 75 pairs out of 120+.
We went to look at them, then several days later went to gather and sort thru them.
We did that out in the pasture, the buyer rode in the herd and paired and brought out each cow with her calf.
The herd holder there pushed them out, all that without a cow or calf or horse even getting out of a slow, easy, quiet walk.
Very different from any you may do when competing with judging and time requirements.
With that in mind, reining evolved from training horses so they could do the work properly, then refined to do way more than a horse may ever need to do during real work.
In reining, it is more about showcasing how high those skills can be taken, what a horse does to show that ability and willingness to follow the rider’s requests, past what will be asked of a ranch horse on the job.
The same for any other, cutting, roping, working cattle on the fence or sorting.
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@Bluey I once asked someone to find me a purebred or club calf breeder who would let them practice calf roping on their calves if it was so innnoculous. I was ignored.
I love to watch a good calf roper but people aren’t routinely roping and tying their entire calf herd to doctor them as I was told. Portable chutes and corrals are wonderful things.
