pattern will begin at the centre of arena. Penalties occurring
while loping to the centre of arena to begin pattern will be
assessed.
106.4 For an ideal cow work, each contestant, upon receiving
a cow in the arena, will hold the cow on the prescribed end
of to contain the cow on that end. After a reasonable
amount of time, the contestant will take the cow down the
fence, making at least one (1) turn each way on the fence.
The contestant will then take the cow to an open part of the
arena and circle it at least once in each direction. The
required pattern for the cow work is boxing, fence turns and
circles, in that order. It is the judge‟s responsibility to
control the pen and treatment of all cattle.
106.5 The judge is to take into consideration the size of the
arena, condition of ground and the disposition and degree
of difficulty exhibited by the cattle worked.
106.6 At the discretion of the judge, cow work may be done
immediately following each individual‟s pattern work or
immediately after completion of pattern work by all horses
being exhibited.
106.7 Horse should keep working until judge blows whistle. If
exhibitor quits working before the judge blows the whistle, a
score of zero (0) will be given.
106.8 If time and number of cattle permit, the judge may, at
his discretion, award new cattle, to enable the contestant to
show his horse‟s ability on the cow, based on the following
criteria:
a) The cow won‟t or can‟t run;
b) The cow won‟t leave the end of the arena;
c) The cow is blind or won‟t yield to the horse;
d) The cow leaves the arena.
106.9 Scoring. Scoring will be on the basis of 60-80, with 70
denoting an average performance. The same basis of
scoring will apply to both the reined work and cow work. In
the event of a tie, the entry with the highest cow work will
be declared the winner.
Penalties are to be assessed, per occurrence, as
follows for fence work
One (1) point
a) Loss of working advantage
b) Horses that run past the cow will be penalised one
point for every horse‟s length past the cow, when the
horse‟s buttocks pass the cow‟s head by one horse‟s
length, he is one length past
c) Failure to drive cow past middle marker on first turn
before turning cow
d) Each time the arena is crossed to use the opposite
fence to achieve a turn
e) Using the corner or the end of the arena to turn the cow
when going down the fence
f) Slipping a rein
g) Excessive whipping, spurring or hollering
Two (2) points
h) Going past the corner of the arena before turning the
cow when going down the fence
i) In an open field turn, animal gets within 90cm of the
end fence before being turned
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