Reining NRHA 10 Pattern Horse Guide

Ride Pattern

  1. Run past the center marker and do a sliding stop. Back up to the center of the arena or at least ten feet (3 meters). Hesitate.
  2. Complete four spins to the right. Hesitate.
  3. Complete four and one-quarter spins to the left so that the horse is facing the left wall or fence. Hesitate.
  4. Beginning on the right lead, complete three circles to the right: the two circles large and fast, the third circle small and slow. Change leads at the center of the arena.
  5. Complete three circles to the left: the first circle small and slow, the next two circles large and fast. Change leads at the center of the arena. 
  6. Begin a large fast circle to the right but do not close this circle. Run up the right side of the arena past the center marker and do a left rollback at least twenty feet (6 meters) from the wall or fence — no hesitation.
  7. Continue back around the previous circle but do not close this circle. Run down the left side of the arena past the center marker and do a right rollback at least twenty feet (6 meters) from the wall or fence — no hesitation.
  8. Continue back around previous circle but do not close this circle. Run down the right side of the arena past the center marker and do a sliding stop at least twenty feet (6 meters) from the wall or fence. Hesitate to demonstrate completion of pattern.

Rider may drop the bridle to the designated judge.

The patterns are to be worked as stated, not as drawn. The drawn pattern is just to give the general idea of what the pattern will look like in the arena.