Long ago, cowboys would have casual competitions with one another to see whose horse was a more willing and better partner. Over the years, these contests grew into a world-wide sport called “reining.

Reining is a judged competition to showcase the athletic ability of ranch-type horses in a show arena through a series of official reining patterns. There are 13 approved patterns that horses can ...

In the reining world, Shawn Flarida is one of the sport's superstars. A multimillion-dollar winner, he is living proof that reining has become a big sport with big money. Flarida, 40, who was in ...