LINCOLN — Nebraska Extension is hosting a two-part cattle sorting school and competition, 9 a.m. June 30 at Fonner Park in Grand Island.
The Western Heritage Cattle Sorting School is facilitated by the Cinch Ranch Sorting National Championship (RSNC), and is for the ranch horse and rider team that wants to become more skilled in working cattle correctly. In the school, separate adult and youth classes will be held. Western Heritage sorting is for those who excel in slow and quiet cattle handling. Riders are limited to a trot or slower, and verbal noise directed to influence cattle is prohibited. Western Heritage Sorting follows other standard Cinch-RSNC rules.
School classes will include: riding and training horses to work cattle, working/handling cattle horseback, performance horse health status check, and mechanics/strategies used in ranch sorting.
The day will culminate with a Western Heritage Cattle Sorting Competition that will include beginner and rookie classes. Beginner classes are for those with no to little cattle experience, Rookie classes are for those with some cattle experience.
Beginner and rookie classes are $23 per run with pick/draw partner, and a 50 percent payback. Maximum of five runs. The top teams will receive Dennis Moreland Tack trophy spurs. Awards will be given to reserve champion and runner up teams in each division plus to the top 4-H/Youth team. Each school registrant receives a Cinch-RSNC graduation certificate, sorting school t-shirt, a complimentary one-year Cinch-RSNC membership and other gifts.
Cost for riders is $60 if pre-registered by June 22. After that, the cost is $75. Non-riding auditors can attend at no charge. To preregister, visit https://go.unl.edu/pgbd.
Books open at 8 a.m. on June 30, and close at 4 p.m. The sorting begins at 4:30 p.m.
The event is being coordinated by Nebraska Extension and Cinch-RSNC. Sponsors for the event are Total Feeds, DM Tack, Fonner Park, Nebraska Cattlemen and ZinPro.
For more information visit http://animalscience.unl.edu/horse, or call/email Kathy Anderson at 402-472-6414, kanderson1@unl.edu or Doug Householder at 979-777-2070.
— University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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