♦A little about us: We are a New Grass Roots affiliate of the National Reining Horse Association. We represent 5 States……North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Central and Eastern Montana, and Western Nebraska. Our square miles are vast and our membership comprised of friendly “Cowboys” and “Cowgirls” enjoying our ranch horses and participating in the sport of Reining.

Our objectives: To promote and encourage development of public interest in agriculture and ranching through the promotion of public Reining Horse Shows; the development of suitable and proper standards of performance and judging intended to govern all Reining Horse Contests sponsored and approved by the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA); to encourage the development and breeding of better Reining Horses; and to develop and disseminate informational material deemed desirable to provide contestants and spectators a better understanding of a proper performance of the Reining Horse in the show arena.

Description of a Reining Horse: A reining horse may be of any breed, size, shape or color (a legal size horse). To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement. The best reined horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely.

CSRHA Purpose Statement: To promote and encourage interest and participation in the sport of reining through informational clinics and public reining horse shows . Our shows will adhere to the standards of performance and judging as set down by the National Reining Horse Association.

2010  CLASSES FOR CSRHA YEAR END :

^{Check the "Shows & Events" link for the 2009 year end winners}

CSRHA Classes:  Rookie ♦ Green Horse ♦ 2 Handed Green as Grass ♦ Youth 18 & Under

NRHA Classes:   Rookie Level 1 ♦ Rookie Level 2 ♦ Rookie Professional ♦ Non Pro ♦ Int. Non Pro ♦ Limited Non-Pro ♦ Prime Time Non-Pro ♦ Novice Horse Non Pro L1 ♦ Novice Horse Open L1 ♦ Limited Open ♦ Intermediate Open ♦ Open ♦ Youth 13 & Under ♦ Youth 14 through 18

Note:  To qualify for CSRHA year-end awards, both owner and rider must be members prior to showing in that class for points to count toward year-end.  Points are not retroactive.  Points are accumulated based on the “same horse/rider” combination throughout the current show season. IMPORTANT NOTICE:   For those of you belonging to more than one NRHA affiliate, you must designate which affiliate you want to represent in order to qualify for the Affiliate Championship Finals.  This designation must be in to NRHA before July 1, 2010.   You can download the form from the NRHA web site at www.nrha.com .