…On the other hand, it is very far from the work of the ranch and while this latest version of the Cutting Horse is a delight to present to a judge on the cultivated footing of a modern arena, this same horse would be an absolute nightmare with wich to work cattle in on the open range…instead of a neat and finished movement, one is presented with a quick, syncronized double motion that suggest that the job of the cutting horse is not much to control the cow but to challenge it!!!

Thomas McGuane