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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | I thought it would be interesting to take note of what barrel racers preferred to use as far as equipment goes for the competitors at the American...heres what I noticed with the 21 barrel racers of the long go:
All wore some sort of front leg protection
16 wore rear leg protection
Most used some sort of draw or gag bit while 4 used some version of the snaffle the only one who ran in a simple o.ring was Happy..
Only 5 used a tie down...Clint used a brain chain type tie down the rest were the traditional style
Everyone wore a breast collar except Gretchen and Charmayne
Everyone wore a flank cinch except for Clint
11 used a whip or over n under on their horse during their run
Of those 11 two of them hit barrels
Only 4 people actually knocked a barrel over during their run
The first barrel was hit 3 times while the 2nd barrel never went over..third barrel went over once
I obviously had way too much time on my hands last night lol but I thought I'd like to know some equipment preferences of our elite!!
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Location: Stephenville, TX | sodapop - 2014-03-04 10:06 PM I noticed the gigantic check Lisa Lockhart held up at the end of it.
  
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Location: London Ontario | This is really interesting!!! It cool to see what the pros are doing and what works for them(obviously). |
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Location: Kansas | sodapop - 2014-03-04 10:06 PM I noticed the gigantic check Lisa Lockhart held up at the end of it.
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Location: Got Lobsta? | sodapop - 2014-03-04 11:06 PM I noticed the gigantic check Lisa Lockhart held up at the end of it.
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Location: WYOMING | Pretty interesting. Thanks for taking the time! |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | IMO, It tells me that, contrary to personal preference, there is certainly NO "right or wrong" way for the use of certain equipment....Thanks for being bored and compiling the statistics......very interesting.....  |
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| what blew me away was that powerful stallion running in nothing but an O Ring................................ and Robin's trust for him |
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| I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM
I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
There were a couple in the semi finals. And Lisa Lockhart rides a flex tree. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
I'm pretty sure Lisa's is a flex tree not a treeless.
I didn't even realize CJ rode without a breast collar until my daughter pointed it out while watching the replay. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM
stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
The other one was Jackie Ganter. |
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| Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-05 7:58 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM
stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
The other one was Jackie Ganter.
She only rides Double J saddles. Didn't think they made treeless saddles |
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Location: PNW | RoadToVegas - 2014-03-05 9:54 PM
Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-05 7:58 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM
stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
The other one was Jackie Ganter.
She only rides Double J saddles. Didn't think they made treeless saddles
True. She was riding in a Double j at the semi finals - not a treeless. |
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| Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM
stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2014-03-05 11:19 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM
stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else?
Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board.
I should clarify I only saw the top 21 go. Just didnt notice one but I was also watching on youtube lol |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | svincent - 2014-03-05 10:04 PM RoadToVegas - 2014-03-05 9:54 PM Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-05 7:58 PM Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
The other one was Jackie Ganter. She only rides Double J saddles. Didn't think they made treeless saddles True. She was riding in a Double j at the semi finals - not a treeless.
Oops. I must have gotten her mixed up with someone else. But I'm pretty sure I saw one besides Tammy. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | cheryl makofka - 2014-03-05 11:19 PM Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board.
What is puck board?
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-06 7:43 AM cheryl makofka - 2014-03-05 11:19 PM Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board.
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Location: The edge of no where | BBrewster - 2014-03-04 9:58 PM I thought it would be interesting to take note of what barrel racers preferred to use as far as equipment goes for the competitors at the American...heres what I noticed with the 21 barrel racers of the long go: All wore some sort of front leg protection 16 wore rear leg protection Most used some sort of draw or gag bit while 4 used some version of the snaffle the only one who ran in a simple o.ring was Happy.. Only 5 used a tie down...Clint used a brain chain type tie down the rest were the traditional style Everyone wore a breast collar except Gretchen and Charmayne Everyone wore a flank cinch except for Clint 11 used a whip or over n under on their horse during their run Of those 11 two of them hit barrels Only 4 people actually knocked a barrel over during their run The first barrel was hit 3 times while the 2nd barrel never went over..third barrel went over once I obviously had way too much time on my hands last night lol but I thought I'd like to know some equipment preferences of our elite!!
Next time you're bored.... give us a break down of the saddles.
Pretty interesting stats! |
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Location: Up and over to the right | Out of curiosity what did Lisa run in (bit/tiedown/whip/pad/etc.)? I have to re-watch the runs! |
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Location: South TEXAS | ChasingCans04 - 2014-03-06 9:01 AM
Out of curiosity what did Lisa run in (bit/tiedown/whip/pad/etc.)? I have to re-watch the runs!
she used a simplicity bit I do believe |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | ChasingCans04 - 2014-03-06 9:01 AM
Out of curiosity what did Lisa run in (bit/tiedown/whip/pad/etc.)? I have to re-watch the runs!
No tie down, no whip. I just watched the re run but it moved so fast I couldn't tell much and I didn't pause it. I'm honestly not sure if she was riding in one of her saddles or not and the saddle pad was plain gray, like maybe a CE or impact gel? Not sure. |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | I noticed Lisa had a Simplicity on Louie instead of the o-ring he's been in for the last few years.
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| Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-06 6:43 AM cheryl makofka - 2014-03-05 11:19 PM Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board.
I'm laughing cause I saw your other post under Cheryl's on the "hockey puck size serving" thread..saying you have never seen a hockey puck..must be a Cdn thing LOL....puck board is the white polyethylene plastic stuff on the boards of hockey arenas.....its just a hard plastic |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | No to steal the thread, but I've been wondering how "Happy" got his barn name. Is it really because he's a happy dude? I hadn't seen him before and was so impressed with his semi-finals and American runs. |
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| sweetjet - 2014-03-06 11:53 AM
Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-06 6:43 AM cheryl makofka - 2014-03-05 11:19 PM Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board.
As a kid I spent many cold nights playing hockey in an outdoor rink with the neighbours, and loved every minute of it, and up until now didn't realize how hockey equipment can be used in our daily lives.
Ps hockey pucks are not that big, and puck board is very flexible, but doesn't crack easily under cold conditions or trauma, so I can see how it would be good to have in a saddle.
If you go to the circle y site you can look to see how the Kelly kaminiski saddle trees are made look under flex 2
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | sweetjet - 2014-03-06 11:53 AM Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-06 6:43 AM cheryl makofka - 2014-03-05 11:19 PM Nevertooold - 2014-03-05 6:32 PM stayceem - 2014-03-05 6:23 PM I didnt notice any treeless saddles either... did anyone else? Tammy rode in hers on Friday at Mesquite and ran the second fastest time. She came back in the semis and hit a barrel.
Actually if Lisa was riding in the Lisa Lockhart barrel saddle, it is a treeless.
Lisa's is not a treeless, I have one it is a flex tree the bars are made of puck board.
I'm laughing with you. It's funny how many regional sayings and customs we have that we don't realize are peculiar to our own little corner of the world. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | I was surprised to read in the BHN that the 3rd barrel was knocked down three times in the Shoot-out round! Wasn't there three barrels down two 3rd barrels and one 1st barrel which Charmayne knock down? |
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Location: The edge of no where | skye - 2014-03-06 5:14 PM
I was surprised to read in the BHN that the 3rd barrel was knocked down three times in the Shoot-out round! Wasn't there three barrels down two 3rd barrels and one 1st barrel which Charmayne knock down?
Charmayne hit in the first round. She wasn't in the shootout. |
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | Yea only 4 people hit barrels in long round charmayne was one of em...iin shootout 3 did...Lisa was last up and all she had to do was ride clean...and she still ran a smoking time instead of safteying up... but lisa didn't whip and didn't use a tie down...pretty cool cat! |
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| RLB - 2014-03-06 10:20 AM
I noticed Lisa had a Simplicity on Louie instead of the o-ring he's been in for the last few years.
I'm pretty sure most of last year she rode in the Simplicity, and at the NFR the year before I think it was. But I've only seen her run in the o-ring the first year he was at the NFR |
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Location: Oklahoma | Just wondering if anyone knows why Charmayne doesnt run with a breast collar? |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Horse-racin - 2014-03-07 4:11 PM Just wondering if anyone knows why Charmayne doesnt run with a breast collar?
Some horses don't like hitting them when they stride out. That would be my guess. If your saddle fits well enough, you don't need one anyway except to look pretty or hang a tie down keeper on. |
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Equipment/Tack preferences for mounts at the American