The traditional means of transport for the cowboy, even in the modern era, is by horseback. Horses can travel over terrain that vehicles cannot access. Horses, along with mules and burros, also serve as pack animals. The most important horse on the ranch is the everyday working ranch horse that can perform a wide variety of tasks; horses trained to specialize exclusively in one set of skills such as roping or cutting are very rarely used on ranches. Because the rider often needs to keep one hand free while working cattle, the horse must neck rein and have good cow sense—it must instinctively know how to anticipate and react to cattle.
the traditional means of transport for the cowboy even in the modern era is by horseback horses can travel over terrain that vehicles cannot access horses along with mules and burros also serve as pack animals the most important horse on the ranch is the everyday working ranch horse that can perform a wide variety of tasks; horses trained to specialize exclusively in one set of skills such as roping or cutting are very rarely used on ranches because the rider often needs to keep one hand free while working cattle the horse must neck rein and have good cow sense—it must instinctively know how to anticipate and react to cattle