The beauty of watching a cutting horse in action
My daughter called me over the other day and insisted I watch this video about horse cutting. I had never heard of it before and was interested in what it was all about. I was amazed as I sat and watched yet another magnificent talent these wild beasts can almost intuitively maneuver.
After I watched the video, my curiosity got the best of me and I did a little research on the history of cutting and found some interesting facts. Back in the early 1800s when cows grazed the open range, very often cattle from one herd would become intermixed with other herds. So a couple times a year, the wranglers would go out and separate their herd from the herds of other nearby ranchers.
They would use their best cutting horse, those that seemed to have sensitivity to cattle. It was the kind of horse that would actually prick its ears toward a cow and connect with the cow’s eyes. The horse would instinctively separate the cow from the rest, even appearing to have fun with it.
As time went on bigger ranches gave way to the smaller ones by using trucks and machinery to replace the cutting horses. The National Cutting Horse Association has brought new sportsmanship to the cutting horse and has become one of the world’s most exciting horse events.
Here is a short video that demonstrates the intensity and talent of these fine cutting horses.
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That’s really neat. Thanks for sharing.