2019 Quarter Horse Congress Freestyle Reining Steve Kutie on Ichibon DMF

[@donelookin3386]

Brutal, I couldnt watch it all, horses mouth opened on every stop, his flying lead changes were horrible, counter bent and mouth open on first few circles.... terrible.... they need to score this accordingly to elevate the quality, .... couldnt watch it and I do reining and dressage, so I am used to being scored for every single movement, reining needs that kind of accountability

[@violetyoungerman5019]

I agree.

[@devynt7702]

Since this is freestyle I think it might be scored differently. I mean I do reining and this score would be pretty bad because of the spins and the first sliding stop.

[@volleyballjunkie00]

What’s funny is this is the horse Steve claims is the best horse he’s ever started and finished all the way through. Absolute trash. I hope Petri gets a proper retirement and gets removed from Steve’s barn.

[@heatherkouba7807]

The horse is just stiff and sore I can tell

[@Velvet_yGoodness]

How do they score Freestyle? I was shocked by some of the high scores even when people were yanking on the reins or tense on the mouth. Even people who were on the wrong lead for half the routine managed to score high I was so shocked

[@fionaoreilly5962]

I liked the routine, but he was a little hard on the reins. Might it be the training?

[@Shiba_Draws]

Nah, I think he's just yanking his horse's head off, theres really no need to yank a horse like that, I mean I understand when you're learning to ride and something happens and you get nervous and pull the reins a bit too much(has happened several times with me) but that doesnt seem to be the case here

[@cass3652]

He doesn't really look to be pulling too hard, to me at least. The horse maybe seems to jerk his head back when responding to the reins. But then again, I might not have seen what you're seeing.

[@cass3652]

At around 4:26 The rider seems to just pull to indicate a stop, and the horse munches at the bit a little. So maybe the horse just doesn't enjoy that feeling of the bit, like it clanks his teeth or something. Not trying to disprove your point, just trying to explain what I'm seeing. :)

[@volleyballjunkie00]

He never rides his horses. Petri lives in a stall and gets pulled out for stupid shit like this without proper legging up and schooling. So no shocker that Petri botched the first stop, looks stiff through the whole thing and Steve has to crank on him.

[@heatherkouba7807]

I think the horse might just be sore like my horse because when my horse stops she pulls the reins the horse also looks really stiff

[@windsofcolor]

Horse doesn't fit the program, nice horse but just doesn't have the moves

[@brigittefarmer4400]

Pfffft....

[@windsofcolor]

There was no practiced program, sorry you didn't like it. can't please everyone.

[@wagners02]

What a way to go out! Amazing job Petri and Steve!!

[@myaccount2825]

Agree! This horse is amazing!!

[@gabimariemerino5420]

What the hell did I just watch? That was atrocious!

[@tinky2914]

Every stop , the horse mouth was yanked open ?

[@jennyandersson6238]

Diane Hunsberger No it was because he was harsh. Educate yourself

[@heatherkouba7807]

It’s just sore and moving it head because it hurts him it’s not his fault

[@tinky2914]

@@heatherkouba7807 never said it was

[@windsofcolor]

You have no idea, she was in flight mode so may have been a little short on her. I never had to pull hard on her mouth. I never yank on her mouth! yanking is a fast hard pull that isn't at all what was happening.! She just stood outside in freezing rain and performed like a champion with no practice!

[@mattlauraannakenny]

Amazing trust and team work Steve and Petri . Awesome!

[@donelookin3386]

Tried to watch this again.... disgusting, I would kick that person off my horse and never let them touch another one of mine....Such a horrible representation of something that can be really cool to watch and ride. Zero precision and quality here, felt sorry for the poor horse.

[@myaccount2825]

Does anyone know how tall this horse is? He has the most beautiful big steps when cantering!

[@bigpapaj7786]

great job

[@Shiba_Draws]

Anyone else surprised that the horse didnt rear up on him or something due to how much he was yanking his head?? I mean the horse had his mouth wide open with every sliding stop, I dont do western riding though Id love to try it one day and I saw in other reining videos the horses dont have their mouth open like that,nor are they Being yanked 😯

[@maximillian1109]

Some horses have their mouths open. It can be due to past trauma or just a bad habbit. Does not mean the current rider is doing anything wrong. I do as well think that with the harsh bit and the oddly slack but not really slack reins (which is worse than holding a horse super hard to to the sporradic pulls rather than a constant preassure) made his hand a lot harder than it could have been. But over all it wasn’t too bad. I have seen worse.

[@heatherkouba7807]

HE IS JUST SORE

[@ndarkf]

Hi there, he isnt, its just the horses breed, they act differently and move their heads in a different way

[@windsofcolor]

NO yanking was done on this horse!

[@yula__]

After this galloping in a skirt was like: WTF did i just do Au

[@michelletrombley9960]

Every stop the horses mouth was yanked open. Good horse, bad rider. And that horse doesn’t look fit for this

[@smohr2]

Awesome !!!! You two are wow :)

[@windsofcolor]

Thank you

[@kayefouxe6502]

Next please...

[@wellwellwellxx]

I WAS THERE TO WATCH HIM RIDE THERE

[@maxinealbrecht5352]

this is a Andalusian good job

[@spinspinspin]

I knew something was wrong it didn’t look like an american quarter at all-

[@dashriprock2916]

So much for "anti-gimmick Horesmanship"

[@kathrynmontgomery6520]

The white horse didnt do very well. Dont know if because of rider or training.

[@Salito0014]

You got to fucken kidding!!

[@elisapuzzoli5139]

🙄

[@tuktuk3424]

I dont know much about horses, nor about this sport. But the whole video was cringe... he is “that guy” from a friend group who always tries to be funny with wierd sh*t but he isnt. (If anyone disagrees and want to make a comment, please do not! You are a geek too if you like this, and i have better things to do than reading cringy comments from people with 0 humor)

[@johnwalker863]

Little hard to watch.. That horse is a little old for this

[@elizabethmelton3592]

WTF She got a 195 doing a slid stop while standing but yet anothet guy got a 225 doing a normal Reining pattern with his young kid, with Mom guiding her, running around in arena...I with him doing pattern I CALL JUDGES PAID OFF

[@devinlintzenich5713]

Well first off....it's a he. His name is Steve. Secondly, there was a lot of "wow factor" - the standing up, pretending to moon the audience, etc etc, but there wasn't a lot of solid maneuvers happening. One of his lead changes, he missed his back end and went most of the way around the arena before he fixed it. They want to see creativity in freestyles but not at the cost of actually performing reining correctly.

[@elizabethmelton3592]

@@devinlintzenich5713 Well first off I dont need gender correction...it was mistake Second of all I stand by my comment The one with the kid was STILL A a basic reining pattern

[@lolidk3203]

Elizabeth Melton the horse needed lots more work, softening the mouth, lead changes, spin ect. it’s not just how the man rides and did that standing up thing, the judges also look at how good the horse is trained.

[@kayefouxe6502]

Bahaha lighten up “Lizzy.”

[@SephirothWaifu]

Ill never understand why some womenntry to labelize such a beautiful animal as a "barbie" " object" Pink and horses never work out >< Horses rather be rolling around in the dirt and being an equidae lol. Cute show nevertheless but I'm a vroticsl thinker too.

[@brigittefarmer4400]

Great horse!