For the very first time, a Para-Reining clinic and demonstration class will be featured at the West Coast Classic July 10-13 at Chilliwack Heritage Park, just outside Vancouver in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The educational seminar and Para-Reining demonstration classes are slated for Saturday, July 12. This also marks for the first Para-Reining class to ever be held within the Canadian para-equestrian system, and aids in the effort to bring the discipline for equestrians with disabilities as a fully recognized sport in 2015.
Para-Reining offers riders of all skill-sets and levels of physical and mental ability the opportunity to compete and show on Reining horses. Para-Equestrian activities have been on the international stage for more than a decade and Para-Reining finally offers riders the opportunity to show at the high performance level in a western discipline.
The Para-Reining movement is driven by collaboration between the American Quarter Horse Association; Equine Canada’s Canadian Reining Committee, the official sport affiliate for the western discipline of Reining within the international structure of horse sports; and the National Reining Horse Association, the standard-setting body for the sport of Reining.
Equine Canada’s Canadian Reining Committee works to provide the key pipeline to high-performance competition at the international level. A main goal is for Para-Reining athletes to one day earn a spot to represent their nation at an international Para-Reining championships.
