REMINDER:  WARM UP AREA ETIQUETTE




While the warm up area is also a place to cool down and relax when not competing, the primary purpose of the warm
up area is provide riders a place to “ride down” and “tune up” their horses before entering the cutting pen.

We have several members who are new to the Club and to the sport of cutting and thought a reminder regarding
warm up area protocol was in order:

•        If loping your horse stay to the outside of the loping pen circle. If walking or trotting, stay to the inside of the
circle.

•        If you want to practice your stops or turns, do so off to the side of the warm up area out of the way of the main
flow of those loping their horses.

•        If you are loping and want to stop, check behind you to ensure riders have enough time and space to maneuver
around you before applying your “brakes”, otherwise, ride to the side of the warm up pen and stop.

•        Young children who are too young or too small to properly control their horses are not permitted to ride in the
warm up area.

•        Riders should avoid riding more than two abreast while in the warm up pen.