Editing Reining (section)

{{About|the sport|the equipment used to guide and direct a horse|reins|the surname|Reining (surname)}}
{{Infobox sport
| name       = Reining
| image      = RbtB2006 059-1.JPG
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| caption    = A competitor performing the sliding stop, one of the signature and most crowd-pleasing moves of a reining horse
| union      = [[International Federation for Equestrian Sports]] (FEI)
| nickname   =
| first      = United States
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| region     = Worldwide
| registered = 
| clubs      = 
| contact    = no
| team       = individual and team at international levels
| mgender    = yes
| type       = indoor or outdoor
| equipment  = [[horse]], [[western saddle]] and related [[horse tack]], including bit, spurs, chaps, and headstall. 
| venue      = Arena indoor or outdoor with dirt or similar footing suitable for the horse
| olympic    =
| paralympic =
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'''Reining''' is a [[western riding]] competition for [[horse]]s in which the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of circles, spins, and stops. All work is done at the lope (a version of the [[horse gait]] more commonly known worldwide as the [[canter]]), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits). Originating from working cattle, reining requires the horse to be responsive and in tune with its rider, whose aids should not be easily seen, and judges the horse on its ability to perform a set pattern of movements. The horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely. A horse that pins his ears, conveys a threat to his rider, refuses to go forward, runs sideways, bounces his rear, wrings his tail in irritation, or displays an overall poor attitude is not being guided willingly, and is judged accordingly. If a horse jogs or breaks gait it is a 0.<ref name="BB">{{cite book |title=Backcountry Basics |last=Kinsey |first=Mike |author2=Jennifer Denison |year=2008 |publisher=Western Horseman |location=Colorado Springs, CO |isbn=0-911647-84-8 |page=8 }}</ref>