Ranch Roping Syllabus
ANS 144
Fall 2016
Instructor: Wade Black
Instructor Contact Information:
Office: V-T
Phone: (541) 881-8822, ext. 305
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9:00a.m.-12:00p.m. and Thursdays 10:00a.m-1:00p.m.
E-mail:
Class times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Class Dates: TBD
Course Description:This course is designed to cover the skills and knowledge needed to be safe, efficient and keep low stress on cows, horses and people when using a rope on a ranch.
Course Topics:
Horsemanship
Roping skills
Stockmanship
Team work in ranch roping
Course Outcome:
Identify and list three causes of resistance while working with animals and why they occur
Identify and list four things needed to eliminate resistance in working with all animals
List the four stages of training a horse to do a job
List seven parts to positioning a horse to successfully rope an animal
Demonstrate how to properly influence flight zone and balance point to influence the direction of a cow.
Demonstrate how to safely and effectively use a rope in ranch roping.
Demonstrate how to safely and effetely tie off in ranch doctoring.
Grading:
Attendance100 points
Participation
-Score Sheets 100 points
-Ranch Roping Competition 100 points
Written exam100 points
Practical exam100 points
Total Points500 Points
Attendance is essential to your success in this course. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. The grade for attendance is calculated using the number of classes in the term divided by the number of classes you attended.
Grading Scale:
A= 100-90%
B= 89-80%
C= 79-70%
D= 69-60%
F= Below 60%
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Course Outline
(Subject to change)
Day One: Horsemanship 11/ 7/ 16
Morning
- Intro/ Review Foundation for Perfection
- TQA Score Sheets, FFP checklist
- Second month task completion score sheets
- Performance Horse Production, Training, Marketing and Selling
- Managing a horse training business: Achieving the “Training Trifecta”
- 4 stages of breaking a horse
- Rodear Style Ranch Roping Video: Horsemanship
Afternoon
-Horsemanship
- Test Horse on Foundation for Perfection
- Foundation for Perfection Applied to Ranch Roping
- Final Practical Test
- Weave in and out of Barrels
- (Stage 3, Stage 2 w/ Vertical Direction, Stage 4, Neck Reining)
- Pull Dummy Heading
- Stage 4, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3 w/ Willing Submission and slipping rope)
- Pull Dummy Healing
- Stage 3, Stage 2 w/ Willing Submission and Vertical Direction
- Open and Close Gate
- Stage 3, Stage 1, Stage 4 w/ Willing Submission and keeping hand on gate.
- Roping
- Swing, Delivery, Follow Through, Dally
- Fill out score sheets on horses
Day Two:Roping skills 11/ 8/ 16
Morning
- Ranch roping video
- Increasing financial sustainability on the ranch -(Jared Higby)-
- Tyler Magnus Video
- Guest speaker: (Jason Smith)
(Using ranch roping to make rope horses)
Afternoon
- Guest Speaker: Reading cows and working dogs (Walter Miller)
- Horsemanship and Roping
- Roping on foot (swing, delivery, follow-through)
- Roping donkey’s and dummies (Fill out score sheets)
- Application of FFP to positioning horse for ranch roping
Day Three:Stockmanship 11/9/ 16
Morning
-Ranch roping video
-Cow working video
- Foundation for perfection (cows and dogs)
- Guest Speaker: Grazing systems and potential horse work (Chris Black)
Afternoon
- Horsemanship and StockmanshipClinic (Martin Black)
- Roping Fundamentals (Chris Black)
- Cutting Colts
Day Four:Team Work in Ranch Roping, Take Written Exam 11/10/16
Morning
- Take Written Test
- Finish watching Branding Video
- Guest Speaker: Detecting sick cattle (Roger Findley) 9:00-10:00
Afternoon
- Practice: Horsemanship, Stockmanship, Roping, Teamwork
- Prepare for branding on Friday
- Pasture Doctoring and Saving Cattle Training Horses
- Practice for Competition
Day Five:Branding at Greely’s 11/11/16
Morning
- Guest Speaker: Using ranch roping to make rope horse (Josh and Sam Mackenzie)
Afternoon
- Practice: Horsemanship, Stockmanship, Roping, Teamwork
Day Six: Judged team branding at Thurman’s Arena11/12/16
-Clover Buds
-Level One
-Level Two
-Level Three
-Level Four