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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 16 > Horses on the cutting edge

Horses on the cutting edge

Ranch method of cutting finds competitive home

By Anne Aurand / The Bulletin
March 16, 2010

Keith Kitchen rides Sparklynn Smart GiGi slowly and quietly into a herd of about 20 young heifers. The horse and rider nonchalantly split off about six cows. Then they focus on a little black cow, isolate it and control it.

This method is called cutting, as in cutting a cow out of the herd. Once....

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